Brice Ramsey: Alabama’s Nick Saban has eyes on UGA’s prized QB recruit
Nick Saban thinks UGA QB commit Brice Ramsey is "the best QB he's seen so far" for 2013. Saban is considered one of college football's top talent evaluators (AP photo)
Alabama’s Nick Saban has his eyes on UGA’s top football recruit for 2013.
The coach of the BCS champions recently made a personal appearance to let QB Brice Ramsey of Camden County High School know that he’s a priority for the Crimson Tide.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Ramsey has been committed to UGA since last summer, since before the start of his junior year. Alabama, along with UGA, Florida, Florida State, Clemson and Notre Dame, had actually offered Ramsey as a sophomore.
Saban is aware that Ramsey is pledged to UGA but isn’t fazed.
“Coach Saban talked to me a while, and then talked to our principal for a while,” Camden County coach Jeff Herron told the AJC. “Then [Alabama] wanted Brice to call over the weekend so they could make the formal scholarship offer from the University of Alabama. I wasn’t surprised. Brice committed to Georgia and he still is committed there. But in today’s world of recruiting, that doesn’t mean other people are going to stop recruiting you.”
Elite Georgia talent is a top priority for Saban, who finished last week with the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class, according to Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports (Scout had Alabama at No. 2). Alabama’s 2012 class featured eight players from Georgia, and the trend is expected to expand for next year.
“Coach Saban felt like Brice was an extremely good quarterback, he said he was ‘the best one he had seen so far,’” Herron said. “All the college coaches that watch Brice’s junior tape say the same thing: ‘Brice has a big-time arm. Physically, he has got all the tools.’ He’s a good kid and a smart kid. He doesn’t have any negatives that I’m aware of.”
While Ramsey has never wavered on his UGA commitment, he has visited other schools just in case there are any coaching changes before he signs the paperwork in February 2013. He missed one of Alabama’s junior days because of basketball but will likely tour Alabama within the next month or so. UGA coach Mark Richt also stopped by Camden County recently to observe Ramsey’s basketball practice.
UGA's QB of the future: Brice Ramsey (Photo by 247Sports.com)
“[Richt] still feels pretty good about Brice coming to the University of Georgia,” Herron said.
Herron said he also talked to Vanderbilt coach James Franklin the other day – not really about Ramsey but recruiting in general. “Looking at the kid from Tucker [Josh Dawson], Frank said yeah he committed to Vanderbilt last summer but he signed with Georgia. Being committed these days is not going to stop people from recruiting you … I, personally, wish it would and they [college coaches] probably do, too. But that’s not the reality of it.”
Back to Ramsey: He is UGA’s most important recruit for next year because of two reasons: He’s a potential top-tier quarterback, and he may be the Bulldogs’ best recruiter after Mark Richt for 2013 targets. Ramsey is working hard to persuade other top talent to join him in Athens. He is a good friend of RB Derrick Henry of Yulee, Fla., [committed to UGA], and WR Tramal Terry of Goose Creek, S.C., [de-committed from UGA but still considering the Bulldogs] stayed at Ramsey’s house last summer while the two trained together. Camden County has at least three more D1 prospects that are juniors – OL JP Vonashek, WR-DB JJ Green and LB Jarrad Davis.
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Envy
February 8th, 2012
6:28 pm
Is there a state more OBSESSED with Bama and Saban than Georgia? Seriously, you people are making yourselves crazy. . .just STOP already!
Cdpridg
February 8th, 2012
6:28 pm
Saban…wasting time and gas…..he is all DAWG…boys!
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
6:28 pm
RTR22
February 8th, 2012
6:24 pm
Can the AJC go one day w/o writing about ALABAMA/CNS? Just one day lol….. I promise you the Jawja program is RARELY discussed and for good reason… If you had this much focus on your own program, possibly you could ascend to Bama levels, even for just one season.
As far as recruits and their families dissing our program……keep wishing it aint going to happen.
Ga fb the most underachieving program in all the land…
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What a stupid and absolutely moronic post. The AJC has about 10-20 articles to every Bama article. You Bama people like to think everyone thinks about you that much but that’s all in your pathetic minds. We could care less what goes on in that cow dung smelling state and it’s football program. I know one thing. Saban WON’T get Brice Ramsey.
Tampa Gator
February 8th, 2012
6:28 pm
It is February and just days after signing day (some still not signed)……..for heavens sake…….every talented recruit in the south….committed or not committed…..is being recruited by Saban and just about every other SEC program. “Committed” means absolutely nothing right now. Practice in the spring will……and does mean something.
Anyone watch Kentuckly play Florida last night. Florida has a very good basketball team….and they looked like a high school team when matched up against Kentucky. I have never seen so much talent on one basketball team…..and most of them are freshmen. And Kentucky sent freshmen to the NBA last year. Talk about an elite sports program…..Kentucky is. Too bad they also play football.
Chris Rock
February 8th, 2012
6:29 pm
If you ain’t great. . .nobody gonna hate. RTR!
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
6:31 pm
Richt, Grantham, and Bobo need to start going into Alabama and start picking off kids there.
wwwwww
February 8th, 2012
6:33 pm
Dude, Go with Georgia because he will turn you into a number 1 draft pick….Saban runs too much
Otha
February 8th, 2012
6:35 pm
This is good. It will give UGA a “win” over Saban to salve the sting of losing the nation’s number one recruit and the number two player in the state. Good luck to the young man.
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
6:37 pm
Cdpridg
February 8th, 2012
6:28 pm
Saban…wasting time and gas…..he is all DAWG…boys!
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Yep. He will go visit Bama and make them think that he might consider them but Georgia has been on Ramsey for quite a while and Saban has no chance of turning him. Wasting his time. Name a starting #1 drafted QB in the NFL from Bama since the 1960’s. Can’t think of one. Name a #1 QB that Nick Saban has put in the NFL. Can’t think of one. If you are defensive player or a RB you might think of Bama. If you are a QB you think more of UGA and Mark Richt.
Rural Education
February 8th, 2012
6:38 pm
Terry is going to South Carolina, mark it down
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
6:40 pm
kerryb that might work IF kids in Alabama don’t decide the day they are born if they are Bama or Auburn. The BEST in the State stay in the state 90% of the time. That will not change just because the Dawgs go into Alabama.
wwwwww….like Richt did with a Heisman Trophy winning NBA Point Guard Charlie Ward or a 26 year old Heisman Trophy winning baseball picture Chris Wineki? STAFFORD is better without Richt & Bobo
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
6:42 pm
kerryb tell me about All the QB’s Richt & Bobo have running around in the NFL?
Bama Mike
February 8th, 2012
6:45 pm
KerryB, Georgia to us is like comparing Germania to the Roman Empire. A state must know when it is conquered. Is it not time for another blackout game? Our thirst for dominance can never be quenched. We conquered your stadium took your alcohol had our way with your women. Hail to Maximus Saban, Commander of the Army of the South. We sacrifice 100 Bulldogs in your honor.
Cdpridg
February 8th, 2012
6:46 pm
As a young qb you want to play in a pro system…you want to play for a head man that was a qb himself…you want to play for a coach that has helped guide to other young men to heisman trophy and Natl Championships…you want to play for the guy who can help make you the #1 pick in the NFL draft…..Saban should do his homework….save the heartache…
Bama Mike
February 8th, 2012
6:50 pm
Cd, you left out “and play for a coach with a tanning bed.”
realist
February 8th, 2012
6:51 pm
Recruits that thump their chests about going to bama or ga. Why not do something intelligent, and find out what happened to recruits in the past that played their hearts out and asses off accomplish in the real world. Many were given an football education that wasn”t of any value. Note: Moreno arrested for drunk driving just a few days ago. And Alabama snubbed recruits that commited to them, but Bana didn”t commit to them but opted for five stars athletes. Saban thinks he is a star and will use anyone for fodder.
59bulldawg
February 8th, 2012
6:52 pm
Well if he wants to take his skills to the next level after college, Saban’s QBs haven’t done all that well unless you call riding the pine and collecting a nice paycheck successful. They’re good at calling out their teammates though and seem to have a high opinion of themselves. Just ask the Jets! Come to Athens son. If you get hurt Saban will cast you aside like moldy bread. Come to where the coaching staff preaches integrity AND PRACTICES IT! Saban is not a man of honor!
Sautee Dawg
February 8th, 2012
6:55 pm
Blackoutanyone
Ask Saban why he wont go anywhere near that basketball school Mich St.
Those folks haven’t forgotten Saban. Some kids can be misled. Some can’t.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
6:56 pm
Cdpridg………..list All those GREAT NFL QB’s Richt and Bobo got to play in the NFL!
Sweet Home Alabama
February 8th, 2012
6:57 pm
Attention all You Mutts..Alabama selects who we want .
We have decided after much resurch that this is our QB for next year.
I am pretty sure that this young man wants to play for National Championship which is what we do each year.
Lets face it Mutts,your big game is trying to beat Florida and those yellowjackets .Our big game is for the trophy.
mutts nothing personal but you are big time losers.
ROLL TIDE ROLL…………..SWEET……………..
The Bear
February 8th, 2012
6:58 pm
@kerryb very rare you make a sensible comment on here and this time you failed again! But take solace you have many partners in your sinking ship!
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:00 pm
Heisman Trophy winning NBA POINT GUARD……………Charlie Ward
Heisman Trophy winning 26 yr old with a Baseball Players arm……Chris Wenki
Richt didn’t TEACH those guys anything but to CHUNK the ball as far as they could with the FSU WR speed being the Winning factor.
Tradition to the curb!
February 8th, 2012
7:03 pm
Rummor is UGA / Auburn game is in danger of going away due to conference expansion.
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:04 pm
Bama Mike
February 8th, 2012
6:45 pm
KerryB, Georgia to us is like comparing Germania to the Roman Empire. A state must know when it is conquered. Is it not time for another blackout game? Our thirst for dominance can never be quenched. We conquered your stadium took your alcohol had our way with your women. Hail to Maximus Saban, Commander of the Army of the South. We sacrifice 100 Bulldogs in your honor.
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We choose to look at him more like the Hitler of the third reich
Tradition to the curb!
February 8th, 2012
7:04 pm
…………. Tennesssee / Alabama game as well!
The Bear
February 8th, 2012
7:06 pm
@Tampa Gator UK hate to say it looked pretty good. UF has to hit the 3’s or it is going to be a long night. You know the old saying “live by the jumper,die by the jumper”
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:06 pm
I guess Richt conquered Bryant-Denny in 2007 so they’re even
Cdpridg
February 8th, 2012
7:06 pm
51..when is the once a month tech blog again…..i like you and your Dawg envy…
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:07 pm
Hitler & the Thrid Reich didn’t win the War, but neither did the Christians(Richt) against the Lions.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:09 pm
cdpridg answer the question or are you Too wrapped up in your BAMA envy?
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:10 pm
So Bama fans, over the last few years you hit on a couple of running backs, a great WR, and some good defensive players. They are gone now. Just like Florida hit on a great QB and a good defense for a few years. Don’t make the mistake and think you will always be invincible. Ask UF fans. It don’t last forever that is guaranteed.
Cdpridg
February 8th, 2012
7:12 pm
51…are you trying to debate theFACTS I presented to you? Being a tech fan doesnt make you to smart 51…lol
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:14 pm
5150 UOAD, you are the most pathetic poster that comes on here. You are a sorry Tech fan but you like to piggy back onto any other team but your own to try and bash UGA and CMR because you know your pathetic team has no chance ever again against UGA. I guess if you were a porn star you would piggy back on to John Holmes and say, ” you know mine is to small but John sure could do something”. Pathetic.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:19 pm
cdpridg WHAT facts? I told you how and why those kids won Heisman’s and it had little to do with Richt. I told you why Stafford got what he got. Now tell me about all the great QBs Right got in the NFL and how his coaching was the reason.
Elo
February 8th, 2012
7:21 pm
alabama needs to stay away from UGA recruits! They have enough talent as is. Ga needs this QB bad–a lot more than alabama. Nick–stop stealing Ga recruits.
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:22 pm
All of this coming from a guy whose team has put only one great player in the NFL in 30 years.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:22 pm
Richt was a QB & he sat on the bench. FSU won National Titles with Great Defense and good offense.
Robert
February 8th, 2012
7:23 pm
Macon Dawg what world are you living in?
The fine Christian man yanked Justin Taylor’s scholly after he blew his knee out. At least Saban stood by him. Also, why don’t you ask Dell McGee from Carver HS in Columbusswhy he banned the fine Christian man from recruiting his players. IT was because he pulled the offer from a kid who had brought his whole family with him to Athens to commit to him. Some of you UGA fans really do need to come down and live in this world with the rest of us. I mean you really, really, do.
Spell this: H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L that’s what this smear campaign against Saban is.
Sabinator
February 8th, 2012
7:24 pm
Saban says you will win a NC . Check
Saban says you will be drafted high in the first round – Check
Saban says you will compete against the best each day – Check
Saban says they will make you the best and mentally the best – Check
But don’t trust Saban
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:24 pm
Elo
February 8th, 2012
7:21 pm
alabama needs to stay away from UGA recruits! They have enough talent as is. Ga needs this QB bad–a lot more than alabama. Nick–stop stealing Ga recruits.
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Maybe he just needs to stay in Alabama period. Oh I forgot, If you tried to field a team with players just in Bama they would look like Tech
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:26 pm
Robert
February 8th, 2012
7:23 pm
Macon Dawg what world are you living in?
The fine Christian man yanked Justin Taylor’s scholly after he blew his knee out. At least Saban stood by him. Also, why don’t you ask Dell McGee from Carver HS in Columbusswhy he banned the fine Christian man from recruiting his players. IT was because he pulled the offer from a kid who had brought his whole family with him to Athens to commit to him. Some of you UGA fans really do need to come down and live in this world with the rest of us. I mean you really, really, do.
Spell this: H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L that’s what this smear campaign against Saban is.
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What dope have you been smoking tonight? CMR recruited Taylor but he committed to Alabama. UGA never had a commitment from Taylor but Bama did. Saban backed out of it not CMR. That was a totally stupid post
Dawg48
February 8th, 2012
7:26 pm
Greene, Shockly,Stafford from Ga, Wienkie, Danny Kennel I know from fla st.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:27 pm
kerryb not many great players in the NFL but dam a bunch of them HAVE Super Bowl Rings, Played in the Super Bowl, or Coached in the Super Bowl.
Cdpridg
February 8th, 2012
7:27 pm
5150…thanks for standing behind the FACTS I presented to you….2 Heisman winners and #1 overall pick….we have nothing to prove to the tech man…we do enough of that for you guys come late Nov
Dawg48
February 8th, 2012
7:29 pm
How many times has GT beat CMR? HC or OC…….
Dawg48
February 8th, 2012
7:30 pm
CMR did play for Denver.
Robert
February 8th, 2012
7:31 pm
kerryb,
He yanked his scholly after he got hurt. Saban stood by JT. He just wanted to bring him in 6 months later. Funny how you guys never mention that. I also, noticed that you didn’t touch the Dell McGee stuff. Figures.
kerryb
February 8th, 2012
7:31 pm
The kid from Carver was told that UGA had decided not to take a QB in that class that year. When they finally decided they would they went back to him first to offer and he had decided to go elsewhere. UGA then offered Hutson Mason. Taylor was committed to Saban for almost a year and SAban accepted that commitment which is different. UGA is not banned from Carver. Crowell came from Carver. Get your facts right nimrod.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:32 pm
I hope somebody is keeping up with how many times I post. I bet Flagboy I could set new record. He promised me something special if I set a new record.
5150 UOAD
February 8th, 2012
7:33 pm
Greene NEVER PLAYED in the NFL.
DJ Shockley has still played in a NFL Game.
Weinke was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round (106th overall pick) of the 2001 NFL Draft. In 2001, he was the starter when the Panthers finished with a 1-15 record.
Kennell has been the BEST of the list that RICHT coached.
STAFFORD was more by Bobo and Stafford didn’t learn much from Bobo. hell he called many of the plays over what Bobo wanted. So pleas don’t count Stafford.