As I promised:
On the recruiting trail is our fearless leader, Mark Richt. And for a 6-7 team, he is killing it. I’m not sure what we’re telling these kids or what the ‘Friends of the Program’ are giving them*, but it’s working.
Unless you were on Mars this past week, you should have heard the news the UGA picked up Jay Rome, Malcom Mitchell, and now just picked up Xavier Ward.
Quick Hitter Stats:
- Jay Rome / 4 Star / Most sites have him rated no 1-3 TE in the Nation
- Malcom Mitchell / 4 Star / Top Athlete in the state, but is projected as a 6-1 corner, great speed and will play some offense/specialist
- Xavier Ward / 3 Star / One of the, if not THE, top tackle prospect in the State. a 6-7 monster
Why are these important, besides their actual contributions to the team? Well in the Inspector’s humble opinion, it gives me more of a bearing as to where the non-biased UGA fan stands and how the true moniker on Richt right now is not actually “what a failure, get his ass outta here” but closer to ” well, no one is happy, but he is making the correct decisions off the field to not only win, but win Championships”. As an unapologetic UGA homer, I am in the second group of thinking and I like where he and Mcgarity have their mind sets.
Going forward, our biggest keys to recruiting this season lie with 3 players: Isaiah Crowell, Ray Drew, and ‘Big’ John Jenkins. While Isaiah Crowell tends to be what most recruiting ‘beatniks’ who put way too much into 17 years old’s statements consider our biggest need, but I digress. Although he will certainly change our running game for the better, it is in fact John Jenkins who will make the most immediate impact and to whom our hopes should rest. If you live under a rock: John Jenkins is a MONSTER JUCO nose tackle who de-committed to Okie State and now we’re in the lead for his services. I can hear it now, “Wow, he’s just a JUCO player, Ima hate him, he won’t be here long.” Oh ok…SEE: Nick ‘Dirty VD Bastard’ Fairley. It was he, and not sCam ‘Now I can LEGALLY buy a laptop’ Newton who really won that MNC. Jenkins impact would be immediate, substantial, and hopefully pay the ‘Fairley-ish’ dividends.
Ray Drew is a DE/OLB that is like Justin Houstin, but a little bigger. Some rate 4 star, some 5, but he is a big deal, too.
Now while Isaiah Crowell (5 star RB) would be awesome and I would love to have him, he would be my close no 2 if I were the coaches.
Although, I may be wrong:
What do you think?
-Inspector G