Georgia football made headlines throughout all of college football on Wednesday. From earning a new prediction for a top 10 running back to comments about a new NIL strategy, Georgia was in the news a lot on Wednesday.
But let’s first begin with the biggest story that occurred on Wednesday for UGA.
Georgia earns commitment from 4-star in-star ATH
The biggest news by far on Wednesday was Georgia earning a commitment from four-star ATH Ryan Mosley.
According to the 247Sports composite rankings, Mosley is the No. 182 overall player in the country. He also is the No. 23 player from Georgia, which shows how much Kirby Smart is continuing to prioritize in-state recruits.
The best part about this commitment however is the fact that Mosley was thought to be leaning towards South Carolina earlier this year. Georgia did come on strong in May in this recruitment, so this commitment wasn’t all that surprising, but UGA did appear to come from behind to win this recruitment against an SEC rival.
New prediction logged for 4-star RB
Speaking of commitments, Georgia is closing in on another win on the recruiting trail as well. Jae Lamar is a four-star running back and the No. 8 ranked back in the country according to the 247Sports composite rankings. Lamar has been a target for UGA for some time now, and it appears their pursuit is going very well.
Adam Gorney with Rivals recently predicted Georgia to win this recruitment, which marks the second prediction in the Bulldogs favor. It’s unclear when Lamar plans to announce his commitment, but Georgia is the heavy favorite right now.
Kirby Smart discusses strange NIL tactic
Smart made national headlines on Wednesday as he discussed a new NIL strategy some teams are using. He shared that some programs are paying recruits upwards of $20,000 per month to stay committed to their program.
Thankfully this doesn’t appear to be something that Georgia is doing, because if they were then Smart wouldn’t be talking about it publicly. But this is just another strange twist in recruiting caused by the NCAA failing to regulate NIL in college athletics.