On Saturday, the Georgia Bulldogs extended their dominance over the Florida Gators, flipping 4-star running back Chauncey Bowens from UF to UGA.
Bowens, from the Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Florida, is the nation’s No. 12 ranked running back in the class of 2024, per 247Sports. He is ranked as the No. 202 overall player in the nation.
Bowens had been committed to Florida since September of 2022. After spending time in Athens this weekend, it was enough to convince the 5-foot-11, 220 pound ball carrier to commit to the defending national champs.
Bowens becomes Georgia’s 18th commit in its No. 1 ranked class of 2024.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the news on Saturday:
The moment 4* RB Chauncey Bowens committed to UGA on his visit to Athens
(via @NyCarr1’s Instagram) pic.twitter.com/ODcaK4ojEY
— Dawgs Central (@DawgsCentral_) June 10, 2023
Go Dawgs !!
— Coach Kirby Smart (@KirbySmartUGA) June 10, 2023
BREAKING: Four-Star RB Chauncey Bowens tells me he has Flipped his Commitment from Florida to Georgia!
The 5’11 215 RB from North Palm Beach, FL had been Committed to the Gators since September.
“Coach McGee & Coach Smart produce the best players in the country. I’m ready to… pic.twitter.com/IV4r2QoZ0W
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) June 10, 2023
Prayers for Gator Nation:😭
Hide ya commits, Kirby Smart and Georgia football flipping everybody.
Chauncey Bowens welcome to RBU! pic.twitter.com/juClm5MIOG
— 🚫 LEE Ring (@HBTFD1) June 10, 2023
Who’s next? 🐶 pic.twitter.com/uB0oLgVZ3q
— Ryan Puglisi³ † (@RyanPuglisi5) June 10, 2023
Salty?
If Florida goes and gets Jerrick Gibson, I’m 100% fine with losing Chauncey Bowens. Gibson is definitely the better running back of the two. It’s not close.
But big picture: you know Billy is going to take another running back. The question is how good is that running back take?
— InAllKindsOfWeather.com (@AllKindsWeather) June 10, 2023
Chauncey Bowens is gone. Flipped to Georgia.
Could have seen this one coming, but I chose to believe him when he said he was 100% committed to Florida. That’s on me. I’ll get that fixed.
— InAllKindsOfWeather.com (@AllKindsWeather) June 10, 2023
Chauncey Bowens head coach is a former Gator. Not a great look.
— Joe (@UFLORIDAJOE) June 10, 2023
The Gators need to look for another running back in the class of 2024 following Georgia’s flip of Chauncey Bowens. https://t.co/oY9og55BY7
— Gators Wire (@GatorsWire) June 11, 2023
Chauncey Bowens is a talent, sucks to see him flip. Curious on where the staff goes from here.
— 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 🐊 (@YoPutMeInCoach) June 11, 2023
Florida fans on spaces talking about they would rather have unheard of Juco Edge Rusher over Chauncey Bowens. 🤣🤣🤣😂
— The Big Kahuna (@SleezeEwok) June 10, 2023
I just watched the highlights of Chauncey Bowens and I know it’s just high school but the way he runs kinda reminds me of Knowshon
— We Are Dawgnation!🐶🔴⚫️ 🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@We_R_Dawgnation) June 10, 2023
Wasn’t Chauncey Bowens just saying how he was 100% a florida gator commit lol but flips to the program who had a QB who was in college almost 7 years with no degree yet people want me to believe Georgia is doing everything by book 😂
— Devon (@DevonTalton) June 10, 2023
