Georgia could keep rival at extended arm's length with a key transfer portal addition

This would certainly be something if it were to happen. Although the transfer portal does not officially open up until Friday, Jan. 2, more and more players are announcing their intentions of entering it with each passing day. While the quarterback market remains all the rage, the best player to potentially enter the portal just announced his intentions of doing so. That would be Auburn star Cam Coleman.

The talented wide receiver has amassed 1,306 yards and 13 touchdowns over two seasons playing for the Tigers. With Alex Golesh coming in from South Florida to take over for Hugh Freeze, perhaps now is a great time for Coleman to experience a change of scenery? Yes, everybody and their brother will want to be in on this guy. Would Georgia actually stand any chance of landing him in the portal?

Georgia has made it a point to recruit the wide receiver market well out of the portal in recent years.

While some of the best wide receivers in recent Georgia history are homegrown products such as A.J. Green, Ladd McConkey, and George Pickens, wide receivers like Zachariah Branch, London Humphreys, Noah Thomas, and Colbie Young on this year's team all began their college football careers somewhere else. This is an example of Kirby Smart and his staff becoming more self-aware.

Georgia may not recruit receivers terribly great out of high school, but UGA crushes it in the portal.

What Cam Coleman could bring to the Georgia Bulldogs receiving corps

If Coleman were to turn heel and link up with the Dawgs in the transfer portal, that would not only be massive for Georgia's chances of continuing to assert its dominance over the rest of the SEC, but it would make it that much harder for Auburn to mount a serious comeback in the overall hierarchy of the league. Players like Coleman are difference makers. Auburn is losing one, and UGA may gain one.

Overall, Coleman will be among the hottest of commodities if he does intend to enter the transfer portal. He is the type of player where geography does not matter. Just because he starred in the SEC most recently at Auburn does not guarantee that he will remain in this league for the foreseeable future. If he leaves the SEC, then that is no skin on Georgia's back. What if he transfers to a rival team?

Georgia should be a player for Coleman, but the Dawgs will have competition. If Coleman were to leave Auburn someone like Ohio State or Oregon, that will only effect Georgia come playoff time. Conversely, if he went to SEC contenders like Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas, or Texas A&M, Georgia will not like that. Regardless, Coleman to the Bulldogs might make them the favorites to three-peat.

For now, we will have to wait and see where Coleman ends up playing next college football season.