‘Dawg Night’ nets Georgia 5-star OT John Theus, 4 other commitments
Dawg Night ended up being a big night for the Georgia Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs’ annual elite prospect camp netted five commitments on Friday, including a pledge from five-star-rated offensive tackle John Theus of Jacksonville for the Class of 2012.
Theus (6-6, 292) was a huge pickup for the Bulldogs. He’s rated top among the top three tackles in the nation by both Scout and Rivals. His brother Nathan Theus is a freshman long snapper who will be starting his UGA career this fall. Theus chose the Bulldogs over Florida and Texas. He becomes the 11th committed member of the Class of 2012.
The AJC confirmed three other commitments for Class of 2013 prospects: Quarterback Brice Ramsey of Camden County (6-3, 197); running back Derrick Henry (6-3, 225) of Yulee, Fla.; and athlete Tramel Terry (5-11, 173) of Goose Creek, S.C.
Rusty Mansell, who covers recruiting for 247Sports.com and Dawgs247.com, reported that Stanley Williams, a 2014 running back from Appalachee High in Bethelem, also committed to the Bulldogs.
Ramsey’s commitment is particularly important since Georgia is not going to sign a quarterback in the Class of 2012. Ramsey is generally considered the state’s top signalcaller in his class.
“I certainly felt like Brice was leaning that way for a long time,” Camden County coach Jeff Herron said. “He has been to Georgia camp several times. He really has a lot of respect for Coach Richt and Coach Bobo has a built a great relationship with them. I felt he was leaning toward Georgia, even though he was getting pressed when he went to Florida this summer, along with Florida State and Clemson. I felt like has always talked about Georgia differently.
“He called me tonight and said, ‘Look, Coach, I want to go ahead make it official.’ I said, ‘I certainly don’t have a problem with that Brice. Congratulations.’”
AJC recruiting reporter Michael Carvell will have more later on all these recruiting developments.
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BG
July 16th, 2011
12:07 pm
Yea Baby!! Huge night for the DAWGS!!!!
AltamahaDawg
July 16th, 2011
12:20 pm
We know all your saying. 157 times in a row. We got it. We’ve seen his picture.
TheXman
July 16th, 2011
12:22 pm
richt and bob are not going anywhere..and the recruits know this. thats why uga continues to land big recruits. very positive for coach richt for sure. and when uga wins 10-12 games this year they will land even more.
TheXman
July 16th, 2011
12:22 pm
should read bobo, not bob
suwaneedawg
July 16th, 2011
12:32 pm
DAMN, this is sweet news for a weekend! I like where we are headed. I know it comes down to wins but, CMR has put together the coaching and the players to make things happen.
GO DAWGS!
Snoop Dawg
July 16th, 2011
12:33 pm
Xman, you heard it first from Snoop. Richt and Bobo will be off the payroll by the end of the season. We get recruits because of the University of Georgia and its football tradition. Look at it this way: we are getting good recruits IN SPITE of Preacha Man and Deacon Bozo.
GrantParkGator
July 16th, 2011
12:54 pm
Henry’s still coming to FNL next week….he’ll open things back up after the visit. CMR won’t hold onto Derrick. Too many people instate pushing him to UF and FSU.
dawgster
July 16th, 2011
12:57 pm
@1953dawg..very disappointing to read negative comments from supposedly a dawg fan based on your blog name…None of us know what is going to happen this season or with these verbal committments..but have a little faith and support the team with some positive comments…can you find no positives with our program..
@TampaGator…you always have insightful comments, but you seem to always get in perturbed when the dawg fans show any excitement towards our program…Instead, would you have us live in the past…Many of you gator fans continue to counter with the fact that you have…I will say it,…owned us for many years…We get it, and I agree probably many dawg fans deserve the treatment as they probably say negative things about your beloved gators…I doubt any of us know how Coach Muschamp will do nor how the dawgs will do this year…perhaps we should see what happens as far as injuries and other issues before the season…Florida will always have a good program, regardless of the coach, and will continue to get top talent as will the dawgs…I agree with you that the venue really doesn’t make the difference in who wins or not…Bottomline is the dawgs still lead the series, but fla has gained alot of ground over the years in closing that gap…Will that change this year or the next…Who knows…I respectfullly hope that you can understand why dawg fans get excited every year with the upcoming season…I wouldn’t expect any less out of the gator fans regarding their program…Bragging about your program, whether you are dawgs, or gators is expected…Try not to get too worked up over any expectations we have…Most of us know all that gets resolved on the field and for now the gators have had the upper hand…Hopefully that will change…Have a good day…go dawgs
@snoop dawg
July 16th, 2011
1:11 pm
Will you please poser as a fan of another team when Richt gets his extension?
Your posts are boring and redundant.
Charlie Hayes
July 16th, 2011
1:38 pm
This is great news! Theus will be a big need next year for the Dawgs at tackle. Smart, Athletic and always Healthy. Good pickup CMR!
Now go get Vandal Alexander, Joe Harris, Avery Young and Alex Jauregui to round out the OL’s needed to rebuild a SUPER OL!
Charlie Hayes
July 16th, 2011
1:46 pm
@ 1953Dawg,
If DJ Humphries commits to UF then Avery Young will become a Dawg! If DJ Humphries commits to UT or USC then UF will most likely get Young. You only sign two (2) tackle studs at a time as they dont want to play behind someone in the same recruiting class. If I were a Top-10 OT then I would do the same and go to a school where I have playing time….The key for UGA will be Vandal Alexander. He has the size to be an OT. If he is the other OT to Theus then we are in really good shape and just need to close out Joe Harris and pull one additonal decent OG. I am not sure why UGA isnt offering Alex Jauregui out of Peachtree Ridge yet. He would be a good OG/OT backup for this class that can redshirt.
Also 1953Dawg, why do you have to be so negative brother? Are you a GT closet fan?
GrantParkGator
July 16th, 2011
1:49 pm
Charlies Hayes…YOung is going to commit to UF at FNL its a reason he didn’t attend Dawgnite..his father is set on him playing at UF and killed the visit. DJ is going to commit on Aug 8th. Dunker is going to play G at UF. Looks like uGa is going to have to go after Alexander and the kid from Maryland harder.
bigroot
July 16th, 2011
1:52 pm
great news on da OL for 2012 but bad news for UGA check out da top 30 players in ga this year half of them has already signed with our surrounding states and da other top players r not even thinking about UGA
Tampa Gator
July 16th, 2011
1:54 pm
Dawgster……
Just telling one over-excited Dawg fan that you guys getting Theus does not make Gator fans quake in our alley skin boots….or change very much. I find it constantly amazing how one signee (like Benedict from a few years ago) will make you national champs. Great coaching and excellent talent does that. Georgia has not lacked one and has lacked in the other. Whereas, Florida (until last year when a great coach stopped coaching) has done well in both categories for the last 10 years or so. And I think it will….no matter what Dawg fans currently think…..continue in that same patten with Muschamp….who has put together a great coaching staff….and recruits like hell….all over the country. So hang in there…..the battle will continue each year in the SEC and in JAX. Enjoy your summer of dreams. Gator fans live in the reality of fall….and last year was not a nice reality pill for us….but I think it is going to get better this year….unless Brantley repeats last year’s performance and Weis can’t perform his QB magic with him.
AltamahaDawg
July 16th, 2011
1:54 pm
There is no chance that the post to follow will not be boring and redundant than the words “you heard it here first”. Second only to: “and remember”
“You heard it here first, something, something, that I am copying from everybody else.” “And remember, uh…don’t really have a point to go here, I just think ‘and remember’ might fool you into thinking that I did”
7576DAWG
July 16th, 2011
1:59 pm
My money is still on McGarity in clearing things up at Georgia as soon as possible. If our losses last year had not been to every ranked opponent we played or if we had beaten even one ranked opponent I think McGarity would have already given CMR a three year extension. I think that McGarity is waiting to see how we play against Boise State and South Carolina. If we look good or beat one or both I think McGarity knows how important stability of the head coach is , and will give CMR an extension by the 3rd game. But, if we look bad, disorganizes and leaderless, from the coaches and players stand point I think McGarity will change coaches very early in the fall so it will affect recruiting as little as possible. The faster you change coaches or give an extension the better it is so recruits that go to a school because of who the head coach is can decide,
AltamahaDawg
July 16th, 2011
2:02 pm
“I find it constantly amazing how one signee (like Benedict from a few years ago) will make you national champs.”
TG, why are you constantly amazed by something that nobody ever says?
I am constantly amazed when people completely misuse exagerations. It’s one thing if it was to reinforce a point, But when no point existed without it, when the exageration created the point, was it really worth saying?
bubba4dawgs
July 16th, 2011
2:13 pm
Oh, Paddy……you shouldn’t call me son unless you know I’m younger than you. My question is why would you be looking at the DAWG’s blog when you’re a “roll tide” whatever that is. Oh, I know, you just want to see what is being said on a real good team’s blog. You roll over with your tide (?) and I’ll stick to my DAWGS!! LSU is gonna getcha!
alabamaDawg
July 16th, 2011
2:16 pm
@ tidy roll….go to a strip club like your other head coaches
rock steady freddy
July 16th, 2011
2:16 pm
AND RICHT CONTINUES TO ROCK STEADY, JUST LIKE OL’ FREDDY! AaROOF!
alabamadawg
July 16th, 2011
2:17 pm
@ tidy rolls…go to a strip club like all the other bama head coaches
7576DAWG
July 16th, 2011
2:24 pm
I think there are plenty of offensive linemen to go around for every major team. What happens to those linemen once they get on campus determines how that part of the team does. Sure a 5-star OL is good but many 3 and 4 star are just as good. Many played at private schools or in a small league and because of the lack of exposure never got the star rating they deserve. CMR and Bobo need to start proving they know something about being offensive leader other the QB position or McGarity will do something about it.
AltamahaDawg
July 16th, 2011
2:27 pm
I can’t see Mcgarity doing anything on the contract till after the season. No need to have any such distactions. Everybody knows Richt is going to be here, unless it’s a bad year. I don’t think recruits need to see the contract to know that. And if it is a bad year, having an interim coach for half a season (which he would never do) doesnt exactly tell the kids who they are signing up to play for either. That would be the absolute worse way to handle recruiting IMO.
tim
July 16th, 2011
2:38 pm
well confrats Dawgs CMR is having a great early season haul. Now for the what if, lets assume that CMR doesn’t have the season hoped for and he is forced out ( I hope this doesn’t happen) then what ? Does your early commits jump ship? Henry for example is a self admitted long time gator fan and he is a 2013 commit thats a long time. This kid is a close to the Herschel Walker as I have ever seen, hopefully Coach Muschamp can change his mind over the next year and half. Don’t want another Herschel running through,by and over us. As for CMR he is one of the good guys with one exception his little dance party all the guy does is have good recruiting classes and win except in jax. So go ahead reveal in your unsigned haul its what college football is all about.
murray county mystic
July 16th, 2011
3:06 pm
go back to comments made in 2007…very, very similar…same old, same old Georgia…the most delusional fan base in America…
UGA's haul last night
July 16th, 2011
3:18 pm
Has confused some rival fans. How can Richt recruit like that, since he is on his way out?
Delusional fans- every one has them, but many comments on here are made by those envious of UGA. For example, 1980 almost NEVER is mentioned by a Dog fan, but by rivals.
We are living in the present, and things look good for this season, and especially rosy for 2012 and 2013.
The turnaround starts in 7 weeks.
CDAWG
July 16th, 2011
3:23 pm
Tide Roll, who are you, really?
FLA DAWG
July 16th, 2011
3:58 pm
Sometimes good things come out of bad. I think Samuel with Crowell is a better backfield than King with Crowell.
Benedict leaving UGA is a fleeting thought now that Theus is coming.
If the O line can block and the D finally catches on to Grantham’s 3-4 and they learn to tackel alot better we could actually have quite a season…………and the next year would be even greater.
My concern has always been much more with our coaching than the level of talent on the field. I mean we should have won that bowl game by 30 points or more.
Southtown Dawg
July 16th, 2011
4:19 pm
With all these superstar recruits that Richt is signing, the Dawgs will be dominating the SEC east for years. Richt’s going to own UF and muschamp starting in 2011—mark it down. Fla’s run is over—Dawgs on top!
GrantParkGator
July 16th, 2011
4:24 pm
CMR lost games to Ron Zook so I guess the run started then! lmao
dawgster
July 16th, 2011
5:25 pm
@TampaGator…the dawg fans summer dreams are no less different than yours…I remember last year many of your posts regarding how “GREAT Brantley would be and that he would show us all…Well for whatever reason, it didn’t work out, did it…Still think the kid can succeed and perhaps he will with different coaching, but no way to predict for certain right now if you base it on last year….that also includes the dawgs and gators…no way to say what will happen, surely you know that…I try to not dwell too much on previous seasons as each year is different and things change as they have for both of our teams…I believe we will see a big difference in many programs, Au, for one and there will be others….Unlike many on here, I try not to pump my chest too much or say my team will do this or won’t do that….Its easy to throw out statestics and talk about past performances, but that doesn’t have anything to do with the upcoming season for the most part…I hope the gators and others do take the dawgs for granted, I really do, I can promise you the dawgs won’t take the gators for granted…If you choose to right off the dawgs based on past performance, then have at it….As far as recruiting, I don’t put a whole lot of stock into it, although I enjoy the anticipation….until actually they sign…but I will say this, and this would include dawg fans along with gator fans and others…Pump your chest too much in the off season only opens you up to having to eat your words at season’s end…I believe both fan bases have realized that…but don’t put a damper on either program’s fan base from being excited about the prospects for the upcoming season….Does it really matter whether we see good things or not with our program for the future….Again, I hope the gators do write us off….go dawgs….
Monroe's first Redcoat
July 16th, 2011
5:35 pm
Williams from Apalachee runs like a scalded dog! He’s small but has a good frame to grow on. I saw the kid a couple of times last year. He has a great sense of seeing the field and he can flat-out FLY!!! If he stays healthy, he will be a great asset.
Stinger2
July 16th, 2011
5:36 pm
As a GT fan, I have sincerely enjoyed reading these blogs
because i got a lot of laughs from the euphoria expressed
because of Dawg Night. I think its great that UGA fans can get so excited about recruiting. I was surprised about you getting a 2014 commitment. I did not realize that schools accept verbals so far out. Good luck to CMR and his staff…hope they can hold on to these players.
BG
July 16th, 2011
5:47 pm
Welcome Big John!
Big Bad Bob
July 16th, 2011
8:14 pm
To Tide Roll, none of the players you mentioned Florida had rather have than Theus are going to Alabamee, nor is Theus. What are you doing on this site anyway? Maybe Alabamee will have its own site in 10-15 years.
Hit A Single
July 16th, 2011
8:33 pm
I am as big a Dawg fan as anybody, but let’s make sure these guys produce before we build them up. I remember King coming in and all the praise he got. Heck he couldn’t carry Garrison Hearst, Musa Smith, Rodney Hampton, Willie Mclendon and of course Herschel Walker’s jock strap. I am ready for production on and off the field.
AltamahaDawg
July 16th, 2011
9:19 pm
Soo, tech would have never recruited Caleb King. Is that what you are saying?
Rhall55
July 16th, 2011
10:46 pm
Have a chance for the #1 recruitng class in the nation for 2013; but remember you must “Win, Baby, Win”!!!; Winning will keep the recruiting flowing, you lose, you lose Coaches and recruits!! “You Snooze, You Lose”!!! We’ll see on this most defining season ever for CMR!! Need more OL, DB, and LB for 2012!!!
Gen Neyland
July 16th, 2011
11:20 pm
To hook a top recruit is always great news. It shows that fishing in the right spots at the right time pays dividends, but you still gotta get ‘em in the live-well before claiming the prize…Good luck to all recruits on their schools of choice.
Prison Mike
July 17th, 2011
12:05 am
“Gator fans live in the reality of fall…”
Florida state blew out FU and your best returning player is Brantley… hahahaha
It’s more like the cold realization of winter…
dawginbama
July 17th, 2011
12:40 am
@tideyroll….Do you actually know all these young men by heart! You spiel off their names as if you idolize the young guys, freaky, very freaky…keep this guy from high school gym class please!
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dawginbama
July 17th, 2011
12:55 am
From a BLACK man….dude way to stat…tidyroll to oblivion…you go dude! tidyroll has a mjan crush on these kids….verrryyyy freaky
dawginbama
July 17th, 2011
12:57 am
@ tampa gator….Muschamp cannot even win at Texas last year! He got out while the getting was good…Texas owns the state in recruiting and what a lousy year Muschamp had, only good thing about the boy is he played at UGA BABY!
FL dawg
July 17th, 2011
7:30 am
NC is the only thing thay matters, and to be able to be in the mix feels great. Great job CMR, roll Dawgs roll!
FL dawg
July 17th, 2011
7:48 am
Bring it on! Murray’s first SI cover photo after THE dome classic.
JB
July 17th, 2011
7:57 am
Didn’t Tech have their big night. The only thing I can find is trouble with the NCAA stories?
How2fish
July 17th, 2011
9:36 am
Tide Troll, if I remember correctly Bama finished 4th in the West last year, all this great advice on what UGA should do your giving us…I think you would fix your own house first.
Skinny Mike
July 17th, 2011
10:15 am
I think Ron Weisley is a homor. If you haven’t seen the new Harry potter lemme recap it fer ya.
Voldemort wants Harry dead. So he kills Severus to get the master wand from him. Harry needs to destroy the Hallacraux”s (snake<CROWN)
SO HARRY BATTLES BALTIMOREDT TO DEATH
BALTIMKOREDT KILLS HARRY BUT HARRY MEETS DUMBLEDORK IN A DREAM THEN RETURNS TO DESTROY THE HALLACROX”S THUS KILLING LORDY BALTIMOREDT
SO SAVE YER MONEY NOW
PRETTY LAME THAT HARRY GETS KILLED BUT REALLY ISN”T DEAD
I THINK LORDY BALTIMOREDT”S WAND WAS WOUND TOO TIGHT ?
Skinny Mike
July 17th, 2011
10:21 am
OH YEAH HARRY IS WEAK>