Last month Georgia lost a key commit to UCLA. Yes, you read that correctly, UCLA was able to steal four-star defensive back Jerry Outhouse from Kirby Smart even though they are nowhere near the level of program Georgia is.
UCLA may just be a program on the rise though because they are closing in on stealing four-star quarterback commit Brady Edmunds from another big program in Ohio State as well.
🚨NEWS🚨 Ohio State 4-star QB commit Brady Edmunds will take an official visit to UCLA this weekend, @GregBiggins reports🐻
— Rivals (@Rivals) June 3, 2026
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Ohio State's trouble with 4-star QB commit looks awfully familiar to Georgia
Georgia knows exactly ho Ohio State is feeling right now. Outhouse seemed like a recruit that was going to stick with Georgia, but reports began circulating just like they are with Edmunds and before anyone could breathe he was gone.
Ohio State still has a chance to convince Edmunds to stay, and maybe they will end up keeping him in their recruiting class, but this story is looking awfully familiar to what Georgia experienced already.
The good news for a program like Ohio State is that they will be able to withstand this loss if it were to happen. Just like Georgia who is doing just fine without Outhouse, the Buckeyes would be able to find a player just as good if not better than Edmunds to replace him.
These recruits giving programs like UCLA a hard look though is a sign of how much college football has changed in the last few years.
Ohio State and Georgia's struggles against low level programs is a telling sign of a new age in college football
Georgia has had more recent success than every other program in the country. Not many programs even come close to Georgia, but Ohio State is one of the schools that does.
Just like how Georgia is the best program in the SEC, Ohio State is the best program in the Big Ten. One would assume that would come with a lot of dominance on the recruiting trail and for the most part it does, but times are clearly changing because both programs are struggling to keep their commits from flipping to low level programs like UCLA.
It would be one thing if Ohio State and Georgia were losing recruits to other great programs like Alabama, Texas, Oregon or Michigan, but to lose recruits to UCLA shows just how different college football is today.
A decade ago recruits would never even think about choosing a program like UCLA over Georgia or Ohio State. College football today has made that a realistic option though because of the amount of NIL money unsuccessful programs can throw around.
Just look at Texas Tech for example. They were a really bad program for a long time, but then they got their hands on some NIL money and now they look like prime Alabama in the Big 12 and are recruiting better than they ever have before. Indiana is a great example of this as well after miraculously winning a National Championship last season.
UCLA could very well be the next program to make that type of meteoric rise, and unfortunately for Georgia and Ohio State it is coming at their expense.
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