On Thursday night, Twitter erupted after news broke that 5-star athlete Malaki Starks has committed to play football at the University of Georgia.
Starks, a 5-star athlete in the class of 2022, made his decision live on Fox5 Atlanta at the Jefferson Civic Center. It came down to Georgia, Alabama and Clemson – and the Dawgs came out on top.
Starks hails from Jefferson, Georgia and stands at 6-foot-1 and weighs in at 200 pounds. 247Sports has Starks as the nation’s No. 13 overall player.
Here are the best Twitter reactions to the news:
Safe to say the #UGA faithful in Jefferson came out in full strength and appreciated keeping Malaki Starks home.
Full coverage at https://t.co/CEVYkHhhNl pic.twitter.com/xSKgHyLtj0— Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) March 25, 2021
Malaki Starks, WR, S Jefferson HS 5 Star prospect 13th Best Player in Nation 2 in Nation at his position!
Commits to University of Georgia Over Clemson, Alabama & others! Will be entering Spring of 2022!@MalakiStarks is a Damn Good Dawg! Sic’em! pic.twitter.com/xVYXAydXoE
— Chester Starr (@ChesterStarr) March 25, 2021
Georgia coach Kirby Smart interrupts his post-practice Zoom interview with a "Go Dawgs." An obvious reference to commitment of 5-star ATH Malaki Starks of Jefferson, which was made live during Smart's briefing.
— Chip Towers AJC (@ctowersajc) March 25, 2021
5 ⭐️ Athlete Malaki Starks is a Dawg! pic.twitter.com/qvgP13GGRo
— We Are Dawgnation!🍁 (@dawgnation17) March 25, 2021
COMMIT!
5-⭐️ athlete Malaki Starks has verbally committed to UGA as a member of the 2022 class. He plays quarterback at Jefferson High School (among other positions) but projects as a safety in college.BIG TIME get for the Dawgs. pic.twitter.com/STYJyhQPGR
— 960 The Ref (@960theref) March 25, 2021
malaki starks as a safety sounds great to me! #godawgs
— the silverback (@theblack_caesar) March 25, 2021
Jefferson Dragon Malaki Starks chooses UGA: go Dawgs pic.twitter.com/U5sLdy3Dja
— Guy Dean Benson (@GuyDeanBenson3) March 25, 2021
BREAKING: 5 🌟 ATH Malaki Starks has just Committed to Georgia!
The Top 15 Player in the Class of 2022 chose the Bulldogs over Clemson and Alabama.
With the addition of Starks, Georgia moves up from the #4 Class to #2 (183.70 -> 204.50) passing up Notre Dame and LSU pic.twitter.com/S3XqeQSoQn
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) March 25, 2021
Go Dawgs!
Malaki Starks in the UGA family!#GoDawgs
— BK KELLEY (@BKUGA4Life) March 25, 2021
