– Class of 2018 WR –
Heritage High School
Today on Bulldawg Illustrated’s UGA Recruiting Daily we look at Georgia’s 2018 wide receiver recruiting.
The Bulldogs have two wide receivers committed so far for 2018 with four-star, 5 foot 11.5, 203 lbs Kearis Jackson out of Peach County High School and four-star, 5 foot 11, 181 lbs Elijah Moore out of St. Thomas Aquinas. Georgia currently has 11 receivers on the roster on scholarship, and the only one they will lose after this season is senior Javon Wims, but in 2019, they have four wideouts that will be seniors; so, over the next two seasons, they will lose almost half of their receiving corps to graduation.
With 17 commitments for 2018 and with two of those being receivers, how many more pass catchers will the Georgia coaching staff look to add? At least one and possibly two more. I have listed three undeclared receiver prospects and one potential flip candidate from which additional UGA commitments could come from including Jatavious Harris, Jalen Jordan, Alontae Taylor, and Jordan Young.
TODAY’S FEATURED PROSPECTS
If position ranking is noted, it is 247 Sports latest composite ranking of the player.
JATAVIOUS HARRIS
CLASS: 2018
POSITION: No. 111 WR
HT, WT: 6 foot 2.5, and 176 lbs
SCHOOL: Baldwin High School
CITY, STATE: Milledgeville, GA
STATUS: Undeclared
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on 02/21/2017.
# OFFERS: 26
NEWS & NOTES: The Georgia coaching staff offered Harris back in February, and the talented Milledgeville wideout committed to SEC East rival Tennessee a couple of months later in April. Harris Tweeted out on his Twitter account on Monday, October 2nd that he was reopening his recruitment to all schools, just two day after the Bulldogs’ gave the Volunteers a 41-0 beatdown. He stay committed to UTenn up until Wednesday when he announced he would be de-committing from the Vols.
Harris and Baldwin are 4-4 on the year after dropping their last two games to Thompson High School and Burke County, but will look to get win No. 5 on the year on the road on Friday versus (4-4) Hephzibah.
2017 EARLY SENIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2016 JUNIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
JALEN JORDAN
CLASS: 2018
POSITION: No. 101 WR
HT, WT: 6 foot 5, and 210 lbs
SCHOOL: IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL
CITY, STATE: From St. Francis HS, Alpharetta, GA
STATUS: Undeclared
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on April 18th.
# OFFERS: 9
NEWS & NOTES: Jordan is a big, tall receiver that the Dogs offered back in the spring and is similar to Georgia’s 2017 signee Matt Landers. As of right now, it looks like a three school race for Jordan between the Bulldogs, GT, and Tennessee.
2017 SENIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2016 JUNIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
ALONTAE TAYLOR
CLASS: 2018
POSITION: No. 29 WR
HT, WT: 6 foot 1, and 182 lbs
SCHOOL: Coffee County Central High School
CITY, STATE: Manchester, TN
STATUS: Committed to Tennessee 06/18/2016
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on 02/11/2017.
# OFFERS: 25
NEWS & NOTES: Georgia offered Taylor back in February. The Machester, TN wide receiver has been committed to the Volunteers since June of last year. Since Justin Fields committed to UGA on Oct. 6th, Taylor has been possibly eying the Bulldogs. Could he be a flip candidate?
2017 SENIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2016 JUNIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2015 SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
JORDAN YOUNG
CLASS: 2018
POSITION: WR
HT, WT: 6 foot 3, and 190 lbs
SCHOOL: Heritage High School
CITY, STATE: Conyers, GA
STATUS: Undeclared
UGA OFFER: N/A
# OFFERS: 1
NEWS & NOTES: Young is currently the fourth leading receiver in the Peach State for 2017 with 1,013 yards and 14 receiving TDs in eight games. At 6 foot 3 and 190 lbs and a reported 4.46 forty, it is a wonder why Young doesn’t have more offers, but I think that can be attributed to the fact that this is the first season where he has been “the man” at WR at Heritage. He hasn’t camped a lot either. Young has visited UGA. He was in Athens for Georgia’s game versus Mississippi State on Sept. 23rd. If young has the academics and test scores to go along with what he has done on the field this season, look for some more offers to start to come his way as a number of programs are showing interest.
Young has big, strong hands that he uses to snatch the ball out of the air with. He does a good job of adjusting to the ball, and he knows how to use his height and length to go up and get the ball at its highest point.
Young has been a weapon at WR for Heritage High School and the Patriots are 5-3 on the year. They will be on the road Friday to play (3-5) Alcovy, and it looks like Region 3 title in Class 6A will come down to the final regular season with Heritage at (6-2) Evans on Nov. 3rd.
2017 EARLY SENIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE