Recruiting Thoughts

Nice work by the football coaches in landing commitments from Malcolm Mitchell and Jay Rome. Typically, I don't put a lot of stock into player rankings as much as I do who else offers a kid. And fending off Bama, Florida and the rest of the planet for these two is a big deal.

That said the rankings on these two are really impressive.

Malcolm Mitchell:
• ESPN.com - National Rank 45th / Position Rank 7th (as WR)
  
• Scout.com - National Rank 90th / Position Rank 7th (as a CB)
  
• Rivals.com - National Rank 30th / Position Rank 1st (as a CB)
Jay Rome:
• ESPN.com - National Rank 18th / Position Rank 1st (TE)
  
• Scout.com - National Rank 68th / Position Rank 4th (TE)
  
• Rivals.com - National Rank 56th / Position Rank 4th (TE)

Things were looking bleak about 45 days ago on the recruiting trail. It was beginning to look like Bama would be signing our Dream Team. But Coach Richt and crew made up enormous ground with several top prospects, and we continue to hear positive rumblings from the direction of Isaiah Crowell (RB), Ray Drew (DE/OLB) and John Jenkins (Juco DT).

When you look at the most glaring holes in Georgia's talent base guys this class looks like it's heading towards addressing many of them.

When signing day rolls around, I'm hoping to do a slow developing series of articles called "Profiles in Hope" that sort of outline the foundation for my optimism for next season.

Don't get me wrong. I'm still fairly pessimistic, but this recruiting class is giving me hope. To that end, I like Blutarsky's take on things.

PWD