FAQ on Georgia's use of Hargrave and Fork Union

I wrote this FAQ on Georgia's use of Hargrave last year around signing day. There were a few Tech fans complaining about UGA using these prep school like Hargrave so "they must be dirty."

In the linked FAQ, I talked about who else uses these two schools. Basically, 11 of the 12 SEC schools regularly use them along with at least 9 of the 12 ACC schools. Only Wake, Vandy and GT avoid them. I'm not sure about Boston College.

Duke, UVA and UNC all send players to these schools. In fact, UVA sends a bunch of players to Hargrave including superstar Ahmad Brooks. Many Big 10 and Big East schools use these and similar prep schools.

In fact, this year's Hargrave team has players who have already signed with the following schools:

Alabama (1)
Auburn (1)
Florida State (3)
Georgia (1)
Illinois (1)
Kentucky (1)
Maryland (2)
Mississippi State (1)
North Carolina (1)
Ole Miss (2)
Syracuse (1)
Tennessee (1)
West Virginia (1)

The FAQ also briefly talks about what the kids get out of going, and what their intended schools really get out of it. Here's an article about Eddie George and Vinny Testaverde's time at Fork Union.

My feelings when I first wrote the article were the same then as today.

There is a difference between a dumb kid and a lazy kid. And not all lazy kids will be lazy forever. How long should a kid be penalized for the decisions he makes a a FR and SOPH in High School?

Bottom line: When they get out of Hargrave they STILL have to pass the same SAT that every other recruit has to pass in order to meet the same NCAA standards that they had to meet before they got there.

CrackerJacket, one of The Hive admins, was nice enough to archive the post for me back then. Given that it's almost signing day, I thought it was relevant to repost.

Given that signing day is so close, I thought it was worth reposting the link.

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