Earlier this week we wrote about some of Georgia football’s top defensive recruiting targets for the 2021 cycle and now we are taking a look at the other side of the ball.
Georgia is fresh off the No. 1 ranked class for the 2020 cycle and right now, for 2021, the Dawgs have some ground to make up between present day and next signing day.
As of now, Georgia has two commitments for a 2021 class that ranks 25th in the country.
Luckily for Georgia, Kirby Smart is one of the best finishers in the world of recruiting and always seems to get things going later in the process.
Part of the reason Georgia is ranked relatively high at No. 25 with just two commits is because of the quality of those two commitments.
Currently, the Bulldogs have a commitment from 5-star quarterback Brock Vandagriff (Bogart, Ga.), the No. 1 ranked quarterback and No. 8 player overall.
Accompanying Vandagriff as the only other commit in this class is 4-star defensive back David Daniel (Woodstock, Ga.). Daniel, who is recruited as a safety, is considered an athlete on 247Sports and ranks as the nation’s 45th player.
Until both Vandagriff and Daniel officially sign with Georgia roughly a year from now, Kirby Smart and staff will continue to recruit them heavily. But there’s still 20+ others guys that Smart will need to land a commitment from for the 2021 class, and we are taking a look at a few players that should be Georgia’s biggest targets.
These are offensive players only – as mentioned, we did defense earlier in the week.
Here are some of Georgia’s top offensive targets for 2021:
5-star OT Amarius Mims
Amarius Mims is 2021’s Broderick Jones, who was Georgia’s 5-star offensive tackle in the 2020 class.
At nearly six-foot-eight and 320 pounds, the junior out of Cochran, GA is already considered to be a Georgia lean. As per 247Sports, 100 percent of recruiting experts predict he will enroll at the University of Georgia.
Mims recently released a top-12 that included Georgia and a plethora of other SEC powerhouses.
He is the ranked as the No. 13 player in the country.
5-star RB Will Shipley
5-star running back Will Shipley is a priority recruit for just about every major program in the country.
Ranking as the nation’s No. 21 overall player and No. 1 all-purpose back, Shipley could join Tim Worley, Todd Gurley, Keith Marshall and Zamir White as the next great Georgia running back out of North Carolina.
Shipley comes from Weddington High School in a town about 5 minutes south of Charlotte where he has a 4.375 grade-point average.
He clocked a 4.46 40 time, rushed for 2,066 rushing yards last season and averaged 11 yards per carry.
Georgia coaches have been in contact with Shipley, with Kirby Smart and Dell McGee both visiting separately.
4-star OT Micah Morris
Another offensive lineman, Micah Morris is a 4-star out of Kingsland, Georgia.
He ranks as the nation’s No. 44 overall player and No. 7 ranked tackle. It looks like right now it’s mainly between Georgia and South Carolina.
Morris, 6-4, 316 pounds, visited Georgia on February 1st.
4-star WR Jaquez Smith
Right now, Georgia is the favorite to land 4-star wide receiver Jaquez Smith out of Westlake High School in Atlanta.
Smith, who ranks as the No. 136 overall player in the 2021 class, is being recruited by a lot of the usual suspects. He visited Georgia for last season’s Notre Dame game
Smith could compliment freshman George Pickens and Dominick Blaylock in future seasons.
4-star RB Evan Pryor
I think Georgia could bring in two running backs for the 2021 class and Evan Pryor would be a player to keep an eye on regardless of what happens with Shipley.
Pryor ranks as the nation’s No. 86 overall player and 6th ranked running back. He, like Shipley, also hails from North Carolina, in a town called Cornelius. Much like Shipley’s hometown of Weddington, Cornelius is a city that is on the outskirts of Charlotte, so it’s an ok bet to assume the two high profile backs have crossed paths multiple times.
The last time Georgia brought in two running backs from North Carolina we saw Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall takeover the SEC and put up wild numbers. Pryor recently visited Georgia, and the Dawgs will do their best to land the speedy ball carrier.
