Will all 19 of UGA’s football signees meet NCAA entrance requirements?
There’s some good news about UGA’s 2012 football recruiting class.
Mark Richt told the AJC that all 19 members are on track to qualify academically and be able to report for football practice this summer.
“Yes, everybody is in the race … everybody is still alive, so that’s a good thing,” Richt said.
Last February, UGA assembled a class of 19 signees, with three enrolling early in college – QB Faton Bauta, RB Keith Marshall and junior college OL Mark Beard.
The remaining 16 are scheduled to report later this summer. For each recruit to be admitted to UGA, they have to meet college entrance requirements, with a qualifying GPA and SAT/ACT score, among other things.
This year, it is more critical than normal that UGA has all of its signees qualify because the Bulldogs signed a small-than-normal class with 19, and they’ve had around 10 players affected by transfers, dismissals and partial suspensions since the end of last season.
Last summer, UGA had 24 of 26 signees from its 2011 class make it to campus. What happened to the other two? LB Kent Turene enrolled in a prep school and was scheduled to sign again with UGA in February. However, Turene was not able to make it through the NCAA Clearinghouse and decided to enroll elsewhere as a partial qualifier.
Meanwhile, DT Chris Mayes enrolled at Gulf Coast (Miss.) junior college and has committed to UGA for 2013.
After Mayes reported to junior college last summer, Richt admitted that he knew that was the likely scenario all along.
When was asked if there was 2012 signee in the same situation as Mayes, with UGA’s coaches knowing well in advance that a specific recruit won’t qualify, Richt said “No … We’re expecting everybody to report.”
WHILE WAITING FOR CINCO DE MAYO …
- Nick Saban FINALLY addresses Justin Taylor controversy, his Michael Jackson ball marker
- College football’s biggest names (Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Jimbo Fisher) give their opinions on the impending four-team playoffs
- Will all 19 of UGA’s football signees meet NCAA entrance requirements?
- 14-year-old middle schooler (yes, that’s correct) gets two high D1 scholarship offers
- Georgia Tech coach has restrictions AGAINST transfer to UGA but …
- Do you agree with UGA’s Mark Fox on this …?
WHEN DOES FOOTBALL SEASON START?
- Who is the state’s best prospect at QB? (And Georgia is LOADED this year)
- More Tony Parker fallout … and UGA’s “Plan B”
- Georgia Tech legacy has change of heart, lists UGA as co-leader with archenemy
- Have you ever seen “The Blind Side” movie?
- AAU basketball coach delivers two Georgia prospects to UCLA
- Surprise: OL transfer Max Garcia goes with Florida over early frontrunner UGA
- Coach blames HIS WIFE for NCAA violation
- New SEC school does something B-I-G to get attention of Georgia recruits
- Robert Nkemdiche: Did Ole Miss sign his brother to get consensus No. 1 prospect?
- Recruiting REWIND: RB Kenyan Drake reflects on Nick Saban, signing with Alabama over UGA & Tech
- This kid might commit to UGA … at any minute
AJC’S INSTANT RECRUITING CLASSICS
- Jordan Jenkins: UGA-bound DE was “big fish that got away” from Nick Saban, Alabama
- Mark Richt and Paul Johnson: Sales pitches to the state’s loaded 2013 class of football recruits
- “The story that won’t go away” … Alabama’s grayshirt scandal
– By Michael Carvell, AJC Recruiting Blog
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120 comments Add your comment
dawgfan
May 1st, 2012
10:54 am
“If 2 did not qualify last year then it seems that this is a story.”
Let the backpedalling begin. Sure its a story, but you said it was a “concern.” It is not a concern Techie. You simply made that up. That’s what you do for the most part. You make things up.
Thanks.
Delbert D.
May 1st, 2012
10:54 am
That’s a strange title for this article. Are you looking for over-under numbers from posters?
dawgfan
May 1st, 2012
10:56 am
MoDawg, you are surprised? Tech fans are free to trash UGA 24/7/365 but if we return the favor they go running straight to their mommies and cry about what big fat meanies we are. They are a total joke.
Thanks.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
May 1st, 2012
10:56 am
@JB…you dream about beating Alabama in 2012 sport. Alabama’s defense will at the same level this year as last! Unlike UGA Bama is locked and loaded and well coached. There will 10-12 players off this 2012 team that will be drafted in the NFL. Then again do what UGA folks do better than most everyone…Talk.
DDDF'S
May 1st, 2012
10:56 am
Mo, you will never see dawgfan engage in anything but trash talk. I took a little good natured shot and you took offense, sorry. But in the end, I’m here to discuss football, all kinds. Just read everything I’ve written since. Dawgfan is one of a kind, never brings anything to the table except hate.
RTR22
May 1st, 2012
10:59 am
Reuben Foster will be a tackling machine and all american wearing the crimson…….He looks like one year and the NFL but luckily this is not college bb. RT
Rationale
May 1st, 2012
11:00 am
Personally, I would like to know how many of GA Tech’s student/athletes (S/A) do not qualify? That subject is not discussed, ever. Also, what percentage of S/A’s do not qualify for all colleges? This is just an opportunity for someone who has nothing else to write about, to put something out on a blog, to get some attention. Michael, you can do better than this.
Dawg Haus
May 1st, 2012
11:04 am
Good news!
DDDF'S
May 1st, 2012
11:07 am
yes dawgfan, all tech fans are terrible and you are just defending your allegiance. If that helps you sleep at night, then good for you. But there are dozens upon dozens of pages of these blogs, mostly the tech ones, that show what you truly are. A loser, hate filled little troll. Enjoy your pathetic existence. Don’t bother responding with your usual brilliance, I’m gone.
MebeingMe
May 1st, 2012
11:21 am
MC…….you’re such a Richard Head!
GTBob
May 1st, 2012
11:24 am
Personally, I would like to know how many of GA Tech’s student/athletes (S/A) do not qualify?
Very few, and we have higher requirements then the NCAA.
mcdavidawg
May 1st, 2012
11:33 am
The lazy head coach has not signed a full slate for at least the last three years. He would have to come out of his office. Not going to happen. We need a full time head coach.
Crap
May 1st, 2012
11:36 am
GTBob: Same answer for the Dawgs.
UGA Lee
May 1st, 2012
11:37 am
19 will enter …. but on par with Richt’s past, only 10 will make it their entire 4 yeard through school without being arrested for drugs or alcohol due to a lack of discipline from the coaching staff …… It’s like the movie Groundhog Day ….. every year a new recruiting class comes in, every year a couple more UGA players get arrested ….
dawgster
May 1st, 2012
11:54 am
Enter your comments here
The Factor
May 1st, 2012
11:58 am
@GT Bob
And so do we. Many a big time athlete go out of state because they simply can’t get in UGA or GT. The problem is, even though so many fans complain about losing out on a kid sometimes, the school cannot come out and say, “sorry, he went to ____ because he could not qualify.” – though that would help. At UGA, Jam Kemp changed everything 25 years ago in how we recruit. We are different than most in the SEC.
Thomas Brown
May 1st, 2012
12:40 pm
We sure need them all to beat some of these top teams. Perhaps we have 6 more walk-ons to give a Full Scholarship to for 2012 along with the 3 we already did ? Sure would be nice to have 85 on Scholarship, even if 9 were not given a Scholarship 2012.
CJ
May 1st, 2012
1:21 pm
I’m sorry but MC…your work is as DawginLex states..A PILE OF CRAP! All of it! I’ve never read one piece of quality information from anything you do. NOTHING! You don’t write about any other schools…just come up with crap about UGA??
Why don’t you write up something on GA State…GT…GA Southern?? GA State just had their 1st player drafted…why don’t you write about how that may help their recruiting efforts?? GT has 1 verbal pledge to their 2013 class…write about that so all of these GT TROLL’S can have something to talk about instead of spouting off about stuff they have absolutely NO CLUE about??
You’re a joke and I’m scratching my head as to why you have a job…..and people wonder why the AJC’s such a rag….DINOMITE PIECE! HA! WHAT GARBAGE!
For all you Tech fans…..SUCK IT & GET A LIFE!!!
@Wet Willie
May 1st, 2012
1:34 pm
Talk is cheap. Get to Atlanta and let’s settle this on the field.
Rath
May 1st, 2012
1:58 pm
Does anyone know how many times in the last….oh….15 years that UGA’s entire signing class has qualified?
When you find that answer, you’ll understand why this is news-worthy.
Stank Wren
May 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
“Will all 19 of UGA’s football signees meet NCAA entrance requirements?”
“Mark Richt told the AJC that all 19 members are on track to qualify academically and be able to report for football practice this summer.”
M C – Looks like you answered your own headline in the first sentence of the article. I think that you could have chosen a much less misleading headling for this type of article. I guess you follow in the footsteps of all the other A J C reporters and have a tendency to sensationalize headlines so page views go up. Thanks for the info but you could have chosen a much better way to deliver it.
Writer's Block
May 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
“Will all residents of Atlanta get robbed or carjacked today?”
And then the 1st sentence of the article stated: “Atlnta police told the A J C that no one was robbed or carjacked today”
What if all the other writers of this paper chose to write headlines and articles this way??? What a joke
Rath
May 1st, 2012
2:17 pm
I have to agree with Stank Wren. Just state the facts. The better headline would have been…..
“Entire UGA Signing Class Could Actually Qualify in 2012. Mayans Predict World Will End.”
Answer: DINOMITE
May 1st, 2012
2:20 pm
Question: If brains were these, CJ would not have enough to blow his nose.
Whiskey Breath
May 1st, 2012
2:23 pm
Hey dogs, do you want to find out how good CMR is molding young mean and character?
Check out what Caleb Kind did to a man up in Mn. Not sure his victim is even going to make it.
Yea, oh CMR sure does produce good Christian men.
CC
May 1st, 2012
2:42 pm
Great news. GO DAWGS!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 1st, 2012
3:14 pm
I’m glad to see some other folks mention the reality of these 2 classes. Not only is this a rich class (2013 in talent) but particualrly in OL and WR.
Had we signed more OL this year just to be doing so, there are some it would cost us next year. Numbers aren’t the problem on the Oline. We have signed as many as everybody else in the previuos few years. Experience is the problem, and taking some,JUST to be taking some this year would not have helped that. There are guys out there in the 2013 class that will still probably play before they would.
UGA Lee
May 1st, 2012
3:16 pm
I’ll have whatever CJ is having!
GT Bob, Jr.
May 1st, 2012
3:27 pm
Good points today, Dad! GO JACKETS!
AltamahaDawg
May 1st, 2012
3:31 pm
Hey I wish we had filled it up too, but there is not anything wrong with giving some walk on’s a scholarship. Especially if its basically a place holder for next year when the class is much better.
The problem with just “counting” is that it overlooks that the 19 we did sign were in needs positions. Absolutely killed it on the defensive front line. How many 4 star DL do you rememebr us signing one year? And the kickers we needed. And at RB. One so good that appearantly he singlehandedly offsets 11 years of the miserable failure of Coach Richt.
And of the 3 OL we did sign, 2 will play right away. 6 last year. But yes, we could have RS more 1 star Oline from this class for the sake of getting to 85.
Dawg Bite
May 1st, 2012
3:34 pm
“Can’t we all just get along”.
ADMan
May 1st, 2012
3:47 pm
Hey Big Crimson…Have you learned how to pee without sitting down yet?…I heard through the grapevine you’re still having trouble…guess most Bama fans do!LOLLOLLOL
Writer's Block
May 1st, 2012
4:09 pm
@ Whiskeybreath
Hey Jackets, do you want to find out how good Tech is molding young men and character?
Check out what Javarrious Critterton did to a man here in Atlanta. His victim didn’t even have a chance to make it.
Those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Game Changer
May 1st, 2012
4:19 pm
C Towers and B Kings have fallen to the GA control freaks by blocking dozens of posters from their articles. LOSERS protecting LOSERS
TRUE FAN
May 1st, 2012
4:22 pm
GTBOB,
What was the score of last year’s UGA vs Tech game? Your team hasn’t beat the Dawgs since 08 and yet you still run your mouth. Get a clue you azzclown, UGA owns Tech.
Game Changer
May 1st, 2012
4:25 pm
Orson Charles, dui, drugs, bricks for hands, slow
very overrated player
TE will be much improved for the 2012 year with OC gone.
BLT
May 1st, 2012
4:25 pm
What a headline!
chuck
May 1st, 2012
4:26 pm
Somebody send out an SOS saying we desperately need OL. We need to sign at least 6 in this upcoming class.
BLT
May 1st, 2012
4:27 pm
Much easier to say all of them qualify, but he won’t get hits without that headline.
Bulldawgman49
May 1st, 2012
5:17 pm
I think this might be one his only classes that actually qualfied . There has been aleast one guy or two that don’t make it . I hope all are accounted for GO DAWGS!!!!
Gary
May 1st, 2012
5:20 pm
Anyone who writes on here we are better off without Orson Charles is an idiot. He was an up the middle monster. Most guys would break in half taking the hits he had to endure.
GTBob
May 1st, 2012
5:45 pm
“What was the score of last year’s UGA vs Tech game? Your team hasn’t beat the Dawgs since 08 and yet you still run your mouth. Get a clue you azzclown, UGA owns Tech.”
As long as we play a close game and have some good stats against UGA I’m satisfied. I don’t have much in the way of expectations when that game is played.
5150 U.O.A.D.
May 1st, 2012
5:50 pm
“As long as we play a close game and have some good stats against UGA I’m satisfied. I don’t have much in the way of expectations when that game is played.”
And that my friends is a loser’s attitude and why UGA owns Tech. I for one am NOT satisfied with a close game against ugag. Close games and stats are for losers. I want to win!!
StackedDeck
May 1st, 2012
7:01 pm
re; Strate Truf…get a life. GO DAWGS!! Hooorah!
UGA / ‘74
GLAD TO HEAR
May 1st, 2012
7:12 pm
So glad to hear that the PUNK THUG Caleb King has been outright RELEASED by the Vikings following his arrest on Assault Charges – just another example of the quality products that CMR continues to produce as a poor excuse for a head coach….go find you a place on Mission Street with the rest of the bums, Caleb……
Lakedawg
May 1st, 2012
8:12 pm
@BC75–Will allof Bammers 27 qualify and make through life without a conviction???????
Whiskey amd Wet Willy britches, have another one fellas.
Try to get your Bammer team to the Dome this year and we will see whom has best team. No Dome no shot at any titles this year!!!!!!!
Delbert D.
May 1st, 2012
8:39 pm
Georgia Tech had at least one offered guy who did not qualify, and he signed with Central Florida. I can’t recall his name.
Chan
May 1st, 2012
11:15 pm
Not that Richt will do anything with them anyway. More shattered dreams for Dawg fans.
Chan
May 1st, 2012
11:22 pm
LakeDawg if GA makes it to the Dome this year it will be the first real opponent they play all year. I really doubt they make it though. Who wants to see a blowout anyway?
SEC Football Daily: May 2nd | Saturday Down South
May 2nd, 2012
5:44 am
[...] Georgia is expecting everybody who signed in the 2012 recruiting class to report. Last year, Kent Turene did not qualify; therefore, he had to go to prep school and has decided to enroll elsewhere as a partial qualifier. However, Mark Richt expects all 19 signees to enroll this summer when the time comes. It is crucial everyone is in because it was a smaller-than-normal class. [AJC] [...]