Curtis Compton/AJC
Georgia coach Kirby Smart went 8-5 in his first season.

Georgia’s 2019 recruiting class comes alive over the weekend

Connor Riley
Connor Riley

Welcome to your one-stop shop for Georgia football news and takes every Monday through Friday. Today, we look into how Georgia’s 2019 recruiting class came alive during the weekend. Also, Greyson Lambert is trying to become the next Tim Tebow and taking a last look at what the media said about the Bulldogs at SEC Media Days.

The 2019 recruiting class gets 2 big boosts

Georgia and coach Kirby Smart had quite the weekend on the recruiting trail, specifically with the 2019 class. As mentioned on Friday, a number of 5-star prospects and high targets were in Athens over the weekend. On Saturday, the Bulldogs reeled in a commitment from 2019 linebacker JD Bertrand. On Sunday, 5-star wide receiver Dominick Blaylock announced his pledge to the Bulldogs.

The pair have actually been friends for some time, as Rusty Mansell of 247Sports unearthed a great photo of the pair when they were kids. Blaylock actually wanted to commit with Bertrand on Saturday, but he was with his high school team in Alabama on Saturday and had to wait an extra day.

The Bulldogs now have the No. 2 recruiting class in the 2019 cycle just behind Florida. But if Blaylock is able to convince a few more of his friends to come with him to Athens, specifically 4-star tight end Ryland Goede and 5-star defensive end Christopher Hinton, the Bulldogs have a very real shot at bringing home Georgia’s top class for 2019.

One last thing on Dominick Blaylock

I caught up with Blaylock’s stepfather on Sunday and talked about a variety of topics with him. You can read that story in full here. With Blaylock now in tow, the Bulldogs have the No. 1 and No. 2 wide receivers in the 2019 class in Blaylock and Jadon Haselwood. Both are 5-star recruits. Georgia hasn’t signed a 5-star wide receiver since Marlon Brown back in 2009 (Terry Godwin was an athlete when he signed with the Bulldogs in 2015.).

And yes, Blaylock is the biological son of former NBA All-Star Mookie Blaylock. And for those who don’t know, Mookie Blaylock was the name of the band Pearl Jam before it changed its name. When Dominick scores touchdowns for the Bulldogs, it would be pretty sweet to hear Sanford Stadium blasting one of Pearl Jam’s hits such as Even Flow or Black.

Greyson Lambert doing his best Tim Tebow impression

You also might have missed it, but Georgia’s former quarterback, Lambert, now is a minor league baseball player. It was announced over the weekend that he had agreed to a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers.

Hopefully, Lambert does better than Tebow, who was hitting .220 before being promoted because he sells tickets and draws attention. It’s worth mentioning that Lambert hasn’t played baseball since he was back in high school, but if Tebow can do it, then why can’t Lambert? In his time as a starter, Lambert went 10-3 over two seasons before losing the starting job to Jacob Eason.

Back to media days

It seems like forever ago, but we never got the chance to talk about what the media thought of Georgia. The Bulldogs were picked to finish first in the SEC East, narrowly edging out Florida. Of course, Alabama was the overwhelming pick to win the SEC West and the conference as a whole.

As for the players, Nick Chubb, Isaac Nauta, Trent Thompson and Roquan Smith all made the first team, and there’s little argument that any of them shouldn’t be on there. Isaiah Wynn and Dominick Sanders made the second team, while Lorenzo Carter and Sony Michel were selected to the third team.

ICYMI

Dawgs on Twitter

Needless to say, the Georgia coaching staff was pretty pumped up about the additions of Blaylock and Bertrand.

Good Dog

Look at this little fur ball of joy.

NEXT UGA 5-star WR commit Dominick Blaylock won’t be defined by famous last name
Get Breaking News Fast!
Download the new DawgNation app.
Get it on the AppStore
Get it on Google Play

Listen to daily DawgNation podcast

Recent

view all

Popular

view all