Shaun McGee: LB commits to UGA over Alabama
UGA-bound LB Shaun McGee
After earning a football scholarship at this past weekend’s “Dawg Night” prospect camp, Shaun McGee decided to accept it on Monday.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker from Brookwood High School committed to UGA over Alabama among his 32 offers. He’s ranked as a 3-star by Rivals, and pledged to UGA after visiting the campus again on Monday.
“I just feel like it’s close to home here, but not only that – I felt like they’re family at Georgia … I got the family vibe,” McGee told the AJC.
“I love what they’re trying to do at Georgia. I’m just ready to get started. Not only that, but I can also get a world-class education here as well. It’s just a win-win situation, playing for an elite team at an elite school with good academics. I just feel like I can’t go wrong with Georgia.”
What helped UGA vs. Alabama? “Well, it’s just how I felt around the people at Georgia. I have a good relationship with all of the coaches, and most of the players I’ve met. I just felt more of a family vibe here.”
And what if UGA hadn’t offered only a few days ago? “Then obviously I would’ve had to make another decision. But I had my eye on Georgia for a while. I was waiting for them to pull the trigger. I had been up here a couple of times, and this visit kind of put the nail in the coffin.”
Brookwood coach Mark Crews on McGee committing to UGA: “I think Georgia is getting an outstanding player, a guy that’s developed into a really strong athlete. But there also getting an outstanding kid. One of things that we pride ourselves on at Brookwood is that we try to teach them more than just playing the game of football. We teach them character … Shaun is just an outstanding kid and an outstanding athlete.”
And picking UGA was not a difficult choice when they looked at all the important factors, according to Crews. “You can go to 15 different colleges, and they are all competitive, as far as the facilities. They all have the ‘wow’ factor because that’s how they recruit. You go to LSU or Alabama, and there are certain things that are attractive, things that have the ‘wow’ factor. But when you get down and look at Georgia, it’s 45 minutes from home and you’re playing in the SEC – the best league in the country. If you have the opportunity in front of 100,000 people every Saturday and you’re from the state of Georgia and you’re going to live in the state of Georgia, what’s the downside? There’s not a whole lot you can do to improve on that when life choices are concerned. Not just football, but the whole package.”
UGA now has 22 commitments for 2013.
UGA commits for 2013
- QB Brice Ramsey, 6-3, 190, Camden County HS
- S Tray Matthews, 6-2, 205, Newnan HS
- DB Shaq Wiggins, 5-10, 160, Sandy Creek HS
- DB Steven Nelson, 6-0, 185, College of Sequoias JC (Northside-WR HS)
- DT Chris Mayes, 6-4, 295, Mississippi Gulf Coast JC (Spalding HS)
- DT DeAndre “Moose” Johnson, 6-3, 311, Northgate HS
- WR Tramel Terry, 6-0, 185, Goose Creek, S.C.
- LB Johnny O’Neal, 6-1, 230, West Laurens HS
- OL Aulden Bynum, 6-5, 250, Valwood HS
- LB Ryne Rankin, 6-1, 231, Orlando, Fla.
- LB Reggie Carter, 6-1, 220, South Gwinnett HS
- ATH JJ Green, 5-9, 178, Camden County HS
- DB Reggie Wilkerson, 6-0, Citron, Fla.
- OL Josh Cardiello, 6-4, 280, Buford HS
- OL Brandon Kublanow, 6-3, 290, Walton HS
- WR Uriah LeMay, 6-1, 200, Matthews, N.C.
- WR Reggie Davis, 6-1, 155, Tallahassee, Fla.
- OLB Naim Mustafaa, 6-4, 235, Alpharetta HS
- WR-DB Rico Johnson, 5-11, 171, Swainsboro HS
- S Quincy Mauger, 6-0, 197, Kell HS
- ILB Tim Kimbrough, 6-1, 225, Indianapolis, Ind.
- LB Shaun McGee, 6-2, 230, Brookwood HS
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Buzz Off
July 16th, 2012
4:55 pm
Congrats Mr. McGee; can’t wait to see you layin’ the wood on some SEC backs!
ryan
July 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
Great pick up with McGee looks like Paris Bostik is next then Kamara and Langley it looks like we will get 30 or more for this class go dawgs .
ryan
July 16th, 2012
4:58 pm
Here come the trolls and whiners 3-2-1 !
GoBigDog
July 16th, 2012
4:58 pm
Wooo Hoooo!!! Congratulations and welcome, Shaun McGee!!!
Ps: Hey ryan, I hope that you’re right. Heard that BL is leaning more toward being a gamecock…
G-Dawg
July 16th, 2012
4:59 pm
Here comes the Tide…with the trivial recruiting drama!!! Wait for it!!
Lasso
July 16th, 2012
5:00 pm
Can’t be. Saban always gets his man.
mgdawg
July 16th, 2012
5:01 pm
Is there any idea on how many or who is on track to enroll early?
Go DAWGS
July 16th, 2012
5:01 pm
Great to see. Nice choice.
UGA 1994
GeoffDawg
July 16th, 2012
5:02 pm
Congrats to McGee! I’m sure he’ll be a DGD! However, I know we’re running a 3-4 but aren’t we getting pretty top heavy with LBs in this class? I’d really like to see some more linemen send in their verbals.
ryan
July 16th, 2012
5:04 pm
Hopefully having Langley’s teammate Mauger will help if not look for Fluker and Bostik i am surprised Bama missed out McGee and Jalen Ramsey .
Another Bama Fan
July 16th, 2012
5:04 pm
Aww man… Bama lost another 3 star. We didn’t really want him anyway. He sucks (unless he flips to Bama, in which case he’ll be as good as 5 star Foster).
Serioulsy, good luck to the kid and good luck to UGA in the East. I hope we get to make up that game we had secheduled this year with the SEC Championship game.
go uga
July 16th, 2012
5:05 pm
We need Bostick, Adams, Langley, Kamara, and Robinson
Chi Town
July 16th, 2012
5:06 pm
Guess he would rather spend his Holiday’s in Shreveport and Memphis rather than holding a crystal ball.
Oh, well.
Crimson Crush
July 16th, 2012
5:06 pm
hrmmm … while I see several Dawgs have already started diddling their cranks in anticipation … this is only a good pickup for the Dawgs .
Bad Dawg
July 16th, 2012
5:08 pm
Go Dawgs. Congrats to Tech and UGA on their recruiting success. Now time to put in work on and off the field!
Gus Walter Dawg JR.
July 16th, 2012
5:08 pm
Jarvis Jones 2.0
Grantham's The Man!
July 16th, 2012
5:09 pm
Congratulations, Shawn. Glad you decided to be a Dawg!
poopdawg
July 16th, 2012
5:09 pm
Congratulations Shawn. Go Dawgs!
Skitty Fritty
July 16th, 2012
5:09 pm
Who won the National Title last year? Isn’t the best 2 out of 3?
Lasso
July 16th, 2012
5:10 pm
Paris Bostick is committing to UGA tomorrow. Dawgs are done at safety. 8 to 10 will enroll early. After Bostick tomorrow, expect about 10 more commitments. Kelsey Griffin or Alvin Kamara could be next.
go uga
July 16th, 2012
5:11 pm
Bostick, then who’s next? Go Dawgs
ryan
July 16th, 2012
5:11 pm
UGA building up LB’s and secondary for this class we need some more depth like what Grantham is doing here .
ryan
July 16th, 2012
5:13 pm
Agree with that @Lasso looks about right Go Dawgs .
Crimson Crush
July 16th, 2012
5:14 pm
Of course you do ryan … you have no choice . When the UGA staff bungles roster management to the point that UGA STILL has to sign 32 players in one class … just to try and catch up … you have no choice but to “like” it
Dawg07
July 16th, 2012
5:15 pm
Great choice. Can’t beat for football and education.
John
July 16th, 2012
5:17 pm
Please sign some offensive linemen
kingjames5
July 16th, 2012
5:17 pm
Glad we got another commit on defense because I heard Quintavious ‘Cootie’ Harrow fail out of UGA
Glory between the Hedges
July 16th, 2012
5:17 pm
Todd Grantham gets what he wants on Defense. The man is a great recruiter that has only scratched the service with what his Defense can do at Georgia.
7576DAWG
July 16th, 2012
5:18 pm
Alabama is already 2 to 3 deep without giving up talent so why would he go to Bama. Saban was asked a few years ago why did he recruit a certain player when he already had plenty at that position and he stated: That was one less good player he would have to play against. I’m glad a few recruit’s are realizing that and when Georgia losses half their defense after this year they should take that as an indication of early playing time for them if they come to Georgia.
ryan
July 16th, 2012
5:18 pm
Kelsey Griffin would not be bad pick up and Kamara @Crimson Rush Bama has taken a few hits lately .
john
July 16th, 2012
5:20 pm
Has anyone heard the rumors on Big John Jenkins? I saw where somone posted something about academic issues might keep him off the field. Hope it isn’t true.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 16th, 2012
5:21 pm
We need some stud lineman. NFL sez UGA is soft.
Lasso
July 16th, 2012
5:22 pm
Crush is exactly right. If Richt would just oversign and then run enough off to get down to 85, we’d never have a class this large. Instead it would just be 27 to 29 like Bama’s every year.
Crimson Crush
July 16th, 2012
5:22 pm
@WDE96
It was a simple observation but one that requires prior reading ability to understand . You already had several post … by Dawgs … which I referenced . If you couldn’t see those post and keep up with my reference … that is a personal problem you need to get worked out .
Perhaps you could join one of those fine football “tutor” classes your chosen moniker is so famous for ( wait … that won’t work … many of your football players are illiterate when they “graduate” too
)
ryan
July 16th, 2012
5:22 pm
I have not heard anything like from any blogs the thing i have heard is John Jenkins is up for some awards this year .
ryan
July 16th, 2012
5:24 pm
Hey @Crimson i am pulling for the Tide hope you guys beat Auburn hate the Tigers more .
kmarshall 4
July 16th, 2012
5:25 pm
i have seen marcus robinson the last 3 years at pc he is extremely athletic not a speedster but great hands and can really get up on the jump balls
kmarshall 4
July 16th, 2012
5:26 pm
lol demarcus robinson i mean
Frankly Fran
July 16th, 2012
5:26 pm
Kid will need to bulk up more to play in the SEC. Guess this is why Saban held back a bit.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 16th, 2012
5:27 pm
rumors////rumors——-trolls/trolls—The commitments were getting are from kids that NOW
UNDERSTAND THAT —-UGA—-is setting the STANDARD for the SEC
NO MORE—-THUGGS—AKA—REDNECKS // BLACKNECKS
just hard working, good citizens first, dedicated ball playa’s second
NOT WANTED–!!!!!!!———-Using Girl Friend as a punching bag, using dope, and of course
The columbus georgia syndrome———-also known as simple being a JACK A$$
WELCOME DAWG, HIT’ME HARD—AKA—ALLBURN, BAMMA, GAMECOCKS
headley lamar
July 16th, 2012
5:27 pm
Any arrests today? How much room is left in the Dawg Pound (aka Clark Co Jail) ?
john
July 16th, 2012
5:27 pm
@ryan, thanks. I hope thats all it is! Uga players need to stay out of the news for the wrong reasons.
IC
July 16th, 2012
5:29 pm
Good luck, Dawg. Watch yo back, tho’.
Another way to look at it .........
July 16th, 2012
5:30 pm
GT’s CPJ is the world’s finest, shrewdest, toughness, most game day ready, most able to make game wining ajustments and known for UP COACHING 3 star kids. Right? Right??
So …………What HAS HE DONE?? WHAT BOWL has he won? What ACC title has he won?? And ……………………and ………….. what has the hirng of SUPER BOWL/NFL experienced Al Groh done for Tech? THAT IS the benchmark decision of CPJ and that is GIANT FLOP !!!
Skint
July 16th, 2012
5:30 pm
Another good pick up for the D. As I have said previously, Grantham needs to have input on recruiting and signing OL. We should not be in this situation year after year. We have 3 OL committed so far, and only 1 will/ should see the field. Why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot with our OL recruiting/evaluating?
Tider from Tuscaloosa
July 16th, 2012
5:32 pm
“I just felt more of a family vibe here” — Translation — “I didn’t have a firm offer from Alabama because they recruit at a MUCH higher level than the University of Georgia who, quite plainly, hasn’t won anything of significance in around 32 years.”
Romper Room
July 16th, 2012
5:34 pm
Lol @ the UGA trolls needing Alabama comments to feel good about themselves…
bitter spoiled recruit
July 16th, 2012
5:35 pm
MY Sources have confirmed that the GOVENOR has worked out a deal to give the CREEK INDIAN
NATION all of —COLUMBUS GEORGIA, HE stated that it was a done deal when the creek nation
hurd that CROWELL would never return to the columbus area, they also gave his high school
coach a one way gray hound ticket to –TUSK—UR–LOOSERVILLE——-HAHAHAHAHAH
Bad Dawg
July 16th, 2012
5:35 pm
Depth at RB, OL,DL, and CB would be greatly appreciated.
gt4ever
July 16th, 2012
5:38 pm
World Class Education……. Hmmmmmm…….