The Bulldogs hosted a number of recruiting prospects and their family members on unofficial visits for Georgia’s 2017 G-Day game on Saturday. And while this year’s spring football game at Sanford Stadium didn’t match the eye-popping 93KDay of last year’s event, recruits were still impressed by the atmosphere and the number of fans that turned out to watch the Red Team duke it out with the Black team.
Just how many prospects were in Athens on Saturday? Approximately 63 and possibly quite a few more north of that number. Below is a list of the prospects I was able to confirm that were able to make it to Georgia’s G-Day game.
2017 GEORGIA G-DAY VISITORS LIST
UGA commits and signees are in red font/type.
Stetson Bennett IV – UGA 2017 PWO QB | Pierce County High School, Blackshear, GA
J.D. Bertrand – 2019 LB | Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, GA
Cartavious Bigsby 2020 ATH | Callaway High School, Hogansville, GA
Dominick Blaylock – 2019 WR | Walton High School, Marietta, GA
Jermaine Burton – 2020 WR | Hapeville Charter Career Academy, College Park, GA
Jake Camarda – 2018 P/K | Norcross High School, Norcross, GA
Rashad Cheney, Jr. – 2019 DT | Washington High School, Atlanta, GA
Jakai Clark – 2019 Center | Grayson High School, Loganville, GA
Brenton Cox – 2018 DL | Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, GA
Trey Dean – 2018 DB | Dutchtown High School, Hampton, GA
Marquez Ezzard – 2018 WR | Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, GA
Ed Ferguson – 2017 LB/WR | Athens Academy, Athens, GA
Ryan Fitzgerald – 2019 K/P | Colquitt County High School, Moultrie, GA
John FitzPatrick – 2018 TE | Marist High School, Atlanta, GA
James Foster – 2018 Dual-threat QB | Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, AL
Mark Fox Jr. – 2019 OL | Miami-Northwestern High School, Miami, FL
Luke Griffin – 2019 OL |North Murray High School, Chatsworth, GA
Ryland Goede – 2019 TE | Kennesaw Mt. High School, Kennesaw, GA
Kevin G. Harris II – 2019 LB | Grayson High School, Loganville, GA
Michael Harris – 2018 LB | Tucker High School, Tucker, GA
Jadon Haselwood – 2019 WR | Cedar Grove High School, Ellenwood, GA
Stephen Herron, Jr. – 2019 DE | Trinity High School, Louisville, KY
Trey Hill – 2018 OG | Houston County High School, Warner Robins, GA
Christopher Hinton – 2019 SDE | Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GA
Kobe Hudson – 2020 ATH – DB/WR | Troup County High School, LaGrange, GA
Darnell Jefferies – 2018 DT | Newton High School, Covington, GA
Netori Johnson – UGA 2017 OG signee | Cedar Grove High School, Ellenwood, GA
Keiondre Jones – 2019 OL | Callaway High School, Hogansville, GA
Logan Kesler – 2018 OL | Buford High School, Buford, GA
Kyle Mann – 2020 DL | Douglas County High School, Douglasville, GA
Devon Martin – 2018 DL | Rabun County High School, Tiger, GA
Kyler McMichael – 2018 ATH (DB, RB) | Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GA
Derrick McLendon – 2019 WDE/OLB | Tucker High School, Tucker, GA
Joe Milton – 2018 QB | Olympia High School, Orlando, FL
King Mwikuta – 2019 LB | Troup County High School, LaGrange, GA
Kayode Oladele – 2018 DE | Edison High School, Miami, FL
Owen Pappoe – 2019 LB | Grayson High School, Loganville, GA
Jalen Perry – 2019 DB | Dacula High School, Dacula, GA
J.J. Peterson – 2018 LB | Colquitt County High School, Moultrie, GA
Jalyn Phillips – 2019 DB | Archer High School, Lawrenceville, GA
Dameon Pierce – 2018 RB | Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge, GA
Kyle Pitts – 2018 TE | Archbishop Wood High School, Warminster, PA
Genuine Potts – 2018 WR | McEachern High School, Powder Springs, GA
Jamaree Salyer – 2018 OG | Pace Academy, Atlanta, GA
Justin Shaffer – UGA 2017 OL signee | Cedar Grove High School, Ellenwood, GA
Richard Silva – 2020 RB | Keller Central High School, Keller, TX
Frank Sinkwich IV – UGA 2017 PWO FB | Athens Academy, Athens, GA
Terrick Smalls Jr. – 2018 RB | Benedictine High School, Savannah, GA
Chris Smith – 2018 DB | Hapeville Charter Career Academy, College Park, GA
Nolan Smith – 2019 DE/OLB | IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL
D’Andre Swift – UGA 2017 RB signee | St. Joseph’s High School, Philadelphia, PA
Andrew Thomas – UGA 2017 Ol signee | Pace Academy High School, Atlanta, GA
Ronald Thompkins II – 2019 ATH (DB, RB) | Grayson High School, Loganville, GA
Tru Thompson – 2019 DL | Grayson High School, Loganville, GA
Channing Tindall – 2018 LB | Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC
Josh Vann – 2018 WR | Tucker High School, Tucker, GA
Nathaniel Watson – 2018 ATH (LB, WR) | Maplesville High School, Maplesville, AL
Clay Webb – 2019 OL | Oxford High School, Oxford, AL
Mark Webb, Jr. – UGA 2017 WR signee | Archbishop Wood, Warminster, PA
Dwayne White, Jr. – 2018 DB | McEachern High School, Powder Springs, GA
Zamir White – 2018 RB | Scotland High School, Laurinburg, NC
Isaiah Wilson – UGA 2017 OT signee | Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, NY
Andrew Wing – 2017 LB/SS | St. Paul’s Episcopal High School, Mobile, AL
Dylan Wonnum – 2018 OL | Tucker High School, Tucker, GA
Bulldawg Illustrated’s Greg Poole and Michael Pope were out and about with their cameras and got a few pictures of the recruits enjoying themselves.
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Those recruits and their families took to social media to share their experience between the hedges at Sanford Stadium and in and around the Classic City. Based on several of the prospects I talked to, the feedback has been very positive and they had a very good time on their visits.
The Bulldogs even picked up a commitment on G-Day after the game, when the number one kicker/punter for the 2018 recruiting class, Jake Camarda, announced his decision to commit to Georgia. Camarda’s commitment gives UGA two for 2018 after Adam Anderson flipped to LSU on Saturday morning; so, the question is, will the Dogs pick up any other commitments from G-Day?
Short term, I do believe that Georgia could pick one to two more commitments this week, and long term, the positive results from the recruiting prospects’ and their families’ experiences with the UGA coaching staff and the school could pay big dividends as we go deeper into the 2018 recruiting cycle. If the Bulldogs can get just a couple of big names to ‘Commit to the G’, I believe that will jump start the Red and Black recruiting mean machine.