Recruiting and housekeeping

First off, the Dawgs got two big commitments today from Dontavius Jackson (RB, Heard County HS) and Sanders Commings (ATH/DB/WR, Westside Augusta HS). As Dean Legge from Scout.com pointed out today, the Jackson commitment gives the Dawgs a commit at every position except QB, Fullback and Offensive Tackle.

We have a roster and commitment list full of fullbacks, H-backs and TEs so no issues there, and we've got plenty of young QBs in Stafford, Cox and Gray.

Offensive tackle remains a huge open priority for the recruiting class. It basically looks like this group has a Cordy Glenn sized hole in it. Glenn is listed at 6'6" and 315 lbs by Rivals.com, and I have it on very knowledgeable authority that he could be larger in both respects. Good bigger not fat bigger.

I don't generally do a lot of recruiting coverage, but Glenn was described to me as (paraphrase) "bright, qualified and hard working with exceptional quickness and strength. He is exactly what the Georgia program's offensive line needs." When you get such a glowing endorsement from a legitimately knowledgeable source on the topic, it gets your attention.

I don't care about recruiting rankings, which is a legitimate thing to say when your team's class is ranked in the Top 2-4 by virtually every service of note. I don't care about stars beyond simply a frame of reference for talking about recruits over beers. As a fan, I judge recruiting classes based on questions like:

-- Did you sign kids that the programs at your level and up desperately wanted?
-- Are those kids spread across positions of need?

There are always exceptions like Tony Gilbert, Randy McMichael, Thomas Davis, etc. Guys that no one wanted that turn into All-Conference beasts, and guys like Jasper Sanks and Mudcat Elmore that don't turn into the well hyped studs from their billing. However, if you load up on a class full of "sleepers" you'll generally find yourself with a program that's asleep.

The 2008 signing class is currently loaded with kids who our peer schools badly wanted. There are a couple of "tweeners" and kids that I'm not sure have an actual position in the existing Georgia scheme in this class (more on that post-signing day), but overall it looks like a high quality group.

We still need an offensive tackle or two to lock this thing down. Then all we need to do is play with the fire from the Cocktail Party during all the big rivalry games. Hell, we'd never lose. ;)

(oh....the other thing. I got rid of the juke box on the blog. No one was using it, and it was just slowing the page load)

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