Georgia football: 5 recruits most likely to sign with Georgia Bulldogs

Here are five 2021 recruits likely to sign up to play for Georgia football.

Georgia football has built a reputation on great recruiting under head coach Kirby Smart.

Since Smart took over for Mark Richt in 2016, Georgia has never had worse than a top-six recruiting class in the eyes of 247Sports. The Georgia Bulldogs have had a pair of No. 1 recruiting classes, but have some work to do with its 2021 recruiting class. Entering July 2020, Georgia has the No. 17 class in this cycle nationally and the No. 4 class in the SEC. Time to step it up, Dawgs.

Fortunately, Georgia only has nine players committed, so it’s not like this particular class is going to stay down for long. The Dawgs from five-star quarterback Brock Vandagriff from nearby Bogart, Georgia, as well as seven four-stars this early in the cycle. Georgia has a shot at landing upwards of three five-stars in the recruiting class, as there are only 31 players with that rating.

Though the Dawgs are looking up at the Tennessee Volunteers, the Florida Gators and the LSU Tigers in the recruiting rankings, we know deep down programs like Georgia and the Alabama Crimson Tide have yet to make their moves. They’re always in the top-10 and typically find themselves in the top-five for a reason.

With high school football ramping up here in a few months, we should expect a handful of commitments to come in the next few weeks. Usually, the best prospects in the country like to have their recruitment wrapped before their final season so they can early enroll if they feel so inclined. Here are five top recruits for Georgia who seem destined for Athens at this point.

These five 2021 recruits are the most likely to play for Georgia football.

While Georgia has had its issues in the receiving game for the better part of forever, the Dawgs have had ample success historically at the tight end position. It’s long been an area of strength for the program and on the recruiting trails. One tight end who just might be willing to leave California to play in the southeast for the Dawgs is Brock Bowers.

At 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds, Bowers is a four-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite. The Napa, California native is the No. 3 tight end in the country, the No. 10 player from California and the No. 93 player in his entire class. He has 22 offers, but Georgia is the one SEC program of note garnering for his commitment. Georgia tight ends coach Todd Hartley is his primary recruiter.

Having Hartley as his primary recruiter is significant because he was the primary recruiter on 2020 five-star athlete Darnell Washington out of Las Vegas, Nevada. At 6-foot-7.5 and 261 pounds, he projects as a tight end in Georgia’s offense. Running two tight end sets is something the ground-centric Georgia offense is used to historically, so recruiting Bowers isn’t overstepping Washington.

While most of the usual West Coast suspects are in on Bowers as well, Georgia is one of three programs it looks like he’d be willing to move considerably east to play for. The other two programs are the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions. If Bowers ventures leaving the West Coast, the Dawgs have this in the bag. Plus, the SEC is a huge get here for him.