Kirby Smart made sure to protect Georgia's borders with this latest RB commitment

While every team can win games in multiple ways, we all know what the tried and true recipe is for Georgia. They recruit at an elite level, allowing their more talented athletes to execute simple concepts with great speed and tenacity. They do this in all three phases, but Georgia built its winning tradition around great defenses and being able to break its opponents' will with a solid running game.

On Saturday, shortly before kickoff of the much-anticipated Texas game, three-star running back recruit Noah Parker let it be known that he planned on committing to Georgia over the likes of Alabama, Florida State and Tennessee. The Montezuma native plans on "turning dreams into reality" by suiting up for his home state's program of note. He will be part of the 2027 recruiting class at UGA.

As it is these days, nothing is official in the recruiting world without the sweet Hayes Fawcett graphic.

According to the 247Sports Composite, Parker is the No. 45 running back in his class, the No. 63 player from Georgia and the No. 566 player nationally. With him being part of the 2027 recruiting cycle, getting the Georgia offer and then accepting it will probably only elevate his recruiting status to that of a four-star in due time. Again, he has another season to play football at the high school level.

Let's now further unpack why Parker and Smart made smart decision to make this dream a reality.

Georgia secures three-star commitment from running back Noah Parker

There are three things this does for both Parker and the Georgia program right off the bat. The first is you are keeping some of your best talent in-state, without letting it venture to programs in the vicinity. Alabama, Florida State and Tennessee all try to poach top-flight talent out of Georgia every single year. Getting Parker to commit a year ahead of schedule and before he really pops is so impressive.

The second is Georgia often uses a multi-back sort-of attack, meaning the day and age of using a bell-cow behind the line of scrimmage has been left forever in yesteryear. Parker will get his touches Between the Hedges, sooner than he might expect. Most importantly, he is not going to be a shell of himself physically as an upperclassman because Georgia recruits the position to share the workload.

And finally, Parker is not going to be expected to contribute right away. Frankly, he probably will get some touches as a freshman, especially if he were to enroll early two years from now. There will be other running backs higher up on the depth chart getting far more snaps than him while he builds up his body and gets accustomed to being a college student. In time, his day in the sun shall be coming.

For now, Dawg Nation can only hope some of this parlays into a nice win on Saturday over Texas.