– 2019 LB –
Grayson HS, Loganville, GA
UGA Recruiting Daily Thread
TODAY’S FEATURED PROSPECTS
If position ranking is noted, it is 247 Sports latest composite ranking of the player.
J.D. BERTRAND
CLASS: 2019
POSITION: LB – No.17 OLB, ILB
HT, WT: 6 foot 1.5, and 216 lbs
SCHOOL: Blessed Trinity High School
CITY, STATE: Roswell, GA
STATUS: COMMITTED TO UGA on 07/15/2017.
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on 03/10/2017,
# OFFERS: 10
NEWS & NOTES: J.D. was offered by the coaching staff back in March, and he visited the Bulldogs on March 16th and then again on April 22 for G-Day. He also visited UGA over the summer on June 9th before committing to the Dogs on July 15th. J.D. was back in Athens over the weekend for Georgia’s game against Mississippi State. A talented athlete and player, he also plays TE for Blessed Trinity and some schools are also recruiting him as a TE.
Bertrand and Blessed Trinity are a perfect 6-0 on the year, ranked No. 6 in Class AAAA, and have this coming weekend off. The will be back in action on Friday, October 6th, hosting Region 7, Class AAAA (5-1) White County High School.
2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2015 FRESHMAN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
KING MWIKUTA
CLASS: 2019
POSITION: DE/ILB/OLB – No. 5 OLB
HT, WT: 6 foot 4, and 225 lbs
SCHOOL: Troup County High School
CITY, STATE: LaGrange, GA
STATUS: Undeclared
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on 01/28/2017.
# OFFERS: 17
NEWS & NOTES: The Bulldogs offered Mwikuta back in January. Like Northside’s Caleb Johnson, Troup County’s King Mwikuta has a big frame and is athletic, and he could play at ILB, OLD, or WDE at the collegiate level. Mwikuata visited the Dogs back in June, and he also visited Alabama and Auburn over the summer. Mwikuta was in town over the weekend with a number of prospects for the UGA vs. Mississippi game. Right now, the early 2019 recruiting battle looks to be between Bama and Georgia.
Mwikuta and Troup County are currently 5-0 on the year and will host Sandy Creek High School on Friday night.
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OWEN PAPPOE
strong>CLASS: 2019
POSITION: LB – No. 1 OLB
HT, WT: 6 foot 1, and 207 lbs
SCHOOL: Grayson High School
CITY, STATE: Loganville, GA
STATUS: Undeclared
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on 06/05/2015.
# OFFERS: 41
NEWS & NOTES: Pappoe has held an offer from UGA for a couple of years. The Peach State 2019 OLB phenom has also visited Athens a number of times and made a couple of visits to Georgia in July. Most recently, Pappoe visited UGA over the weekend for the Bulldogs game against Mississippi State. He has over 41 scholarship offers, and on May 14th he released a top 10 that included UGA, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, FSU, LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Tennessee.
So far this season, Pappoe and Grayson are an undefeated 4-0 on the year and ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 7A and 10th nationally. Of their 4 opponents, three have been out of state programs, and they will take on a fourth out of state program this Friday on Sept. 29th when they host Ramsay High School out of Birmingham, which is ranked 20th in the state of Alabama and No. 8 in Class 6A.
2017 HIGHLIGHTS vs. MCEACHERN – CLICK HERE
2017 HIGHLIGHTS vs. HOOVER – CLICK HERE
2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
2015 FRESHMAN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE
KEVIN SWINT
CLASS: 2020
POSITION: LB – No. 6 OLB
HT, WT: 6 foot 2.5, and 215 lbs
SCHOOL: Carrollton High School
CITY, STATE: Carrollton, GA
STATUS: Undeclared
UGA OFFER: Yes, offered on 03/25/2017
# OFFERS: 14
NEWS & NOTES: Swint was offered by the UGA coaching staff back in March, and he was one of a number of talented prospects to attend the Kirby Smart Football Camp at Georgia on June 2nd. The Carrollton High School sophomore already has a number of big time FBS scholarship offers, and I expect that list to grow over the next 3 years. Swint was a number of prospects that visited Athens over the weekend for the UGA vs. Mississippi State game.
No. 6 Class 5A Carrollton High School and Swint travel to Rome, GA to take on a talented and No. 1 ranked Rome High School team in Class 5A that featuress several FBS prospects including OLB/WDE Adam Andreson this Friday.
2017 SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS, 1ST 3 GAMES – CLICK HERE
2016 FRESHMAN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CLICK HERE