‘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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259 comments Add your comment
RedandBlackDAWG
July 18th, 2011
8:58 am
Whiskey Breath,
Since you seem to be such an expert on coaching. How would you have motivated a kid that doesn’t want to put forth the effort to study and has had more chances than he deserves to do so? He was givien more tutors than a dog has fleas.
How would you motivate a young man, that is really still rehabbing his surgically repaired knee in his mind and is not willing to take the chance to get it better? UGA did the best they could do by him, as far as fixing his knee problems go and allowing him to rehab it.
You seem to always criticize but I don’t see a single way that you could improve this or that ever mentioned. You would probably make a good politician though since you seem to point out problems and yet offer no solutions.
outkasted
July 18th, 2011
9:33 am
Wow did Richt and Co. just get commits from South Carolina and Florida???? say it ain’t so Joe…. within 50 days from the opening Kickoff in the DOME!!!
AltamahaDawg
July 18th, 2011
10:25 am
Grantpark, I’ll give you credit, that is seriously wanting to defend that offhanded remark.
SO the 2004 that lost to MissState back in the day, Lost the bowl game, lost to UGA and coached by Zook, (which I believe your consideration of him as a terrible coach was vital to your point in the first place) was not a worse team than this last UF bunch that beat UGA, and won the bowl game, coached By Meyer. Based on not making the top 50 in yards. Did so in points, but not yards. Also was top 10 in defense last year, but sure, worst team in 20 yrs.
And all that to say that UGA 6-7 coulnd’t even beat them, which I guess you are saying our worst team should have been about to do.
Circular logic at its best there.
Ace
July 18th, 2011
10:27 am
Same story, 7 losses. 3 more years of pain.
Hoopster
July 18th, 2011
10:46 am
Chip, you left out the group hug line. What a joke.
Wreckmaniac
July 18th, 2011
2:49 pm
Why the recruiting comparison to USC ? Yes, they are #1 and UGA is # 2 but it falls apart after that.
USC is #1 in placing players into the first round of the NFL draft and UGA isn’t even in the top 10.
Hello.
kickslidered
July 18th, 2011
3:07 pm
GT just offered Will Adams OT out of Sandy Creek High School. Adams has handled the best d-ends in the state: Jarontay Jones Stephenson, Kenderius Whitehead Monroe,, Tevin McCoy Carrollton, Stephon Tuitt Monroe, Sheldon Rankins, Eastside, Xzavier Dickson Griffin, Ray Drew Thomas County Central. Goes up against Quintez Williams day-in-day-out.
lawdawg85
July 19th, 2011
9:17 am
It amazes me that we can offer to a 5′11″ “athlete” but have not even talked with the best/fastest corner in the state because he is too short at 5′10″. By the way, Alabama and Auburn are not concerned about his height.
tide1957
July 19th, 2011
10:12 am
It’s good to see GA doing really well recruiting. I’m a Coach Ricth fan, he’s a good person first, but he’s also a SEC caliber coach, and the SEC needs good coaches to stay on top.