Tuesday, September 13, 2005

The future looks bright

I'm telling ya ... this is just the type of thing you want to see coming from your future quarterback.

Matthew Stafford, the nation's top high school quarterback, has already committed to play at Georgia next year. And he's pitching in to help the Bulldogs reign in some more top recruits.

It's also how he plans to get Georgia one of the top-rated recruiting classes in the country. See, Stafford, like Georgia, is not satisfied with 18 commitments. He wants more.

"[David] Ausberry and [Tim] Hawthorne, I'd love to have them," said Stafford, who committed to UGA way back in May. "They look good. I know I'd throw it to them."

This is a player who knows what he wants. Which fits in perfectly with Georgia because it has behaved like a program that knows exactly what it has wanted and needed this recruiting season. While the wide receiver duo of Ausberry (Lenmoore, Calif.) and Hawthorne (Homewood, Ala.) remain free agents, the Bulldogs have locked up 18 commitments and one of the top classes to date, according to the Web site pundits who follow this sort of thing with a nearly religious zeal.


Ausberry is the top wide receiver from California, while Hawthorne is a blue-chipper from Florida. Both are big (6-foot-4, 215-plus pounds) and fast. The sheer fact they are even considering Georgia over teams like Miami or Southern Cal is huge in my book.

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