What Jackson Meeks' Commitment Means For Georgia's 2021 Recruiting Class
Georgia has come on strong as of late in the 2021 recruiting class. Marlin Dean re-committed to Georgia on September 4th, and Tuesday Jackson Meeks committed to Georgia following an extraordinary start to his senior campaign with Central High school in Phenix City, Alabama.
We here at Dawgs Daily have been under the impression that Georgia would limit their wide receiver commits in the 2021 class to just two considering the limited number of spots they have in this class with the number of transfers they added to the roster that count towards 2021, and the major haul Kirby Smart and his staff pulled in at the wide receiver spot in 2020.
Georgia now has its two wide receiver commits in Adonai Mitchell and Jackson Meeks. So, that means Jayden Thomas and Deion Colzie are most likely off the board for Georgia.
We have it on good authority that the number is sticking at two though nothing is written in stone in recruiting. Meeks told Dawgs Daily on SI.com in a recent interview that the Georgia staff told him directly that they were only taking two receivers in this class. Colzie and Thomas are phenomenal football players, but Georgia has made it clear they want Mitchell and Meeks in 2021.
So, what is Georgia getting in Jackson Meeks?
Well, they are getting a football player that has finally fully recovered from a nasty knee injury during his sophomore season and has finally bounced back into a dynamic threat on the outside. He's gained a considerable amount of size and strength and is undervalued quite a bit by recruiting services, including SI All American.
He's what we call an ascending player in the recruiting industry. A player that's only going to continue to get better as the years go on. He's a big-bodied target that has excellent ball skills, but the most impressive thing about his tape is the physicality with the ball in his hands after the catch. This is something we've seen Todd Monken and their staff place a priority on in their pitch to wide receivers moving forward.
Monken is the type of coordinator that will be able to scheme his guys open, which places the emphasis on them after the catch to make big plays. Meeks essentially becomes a running back in the open field once the ball is in his hands.
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