Take Two returns with a daily offering tackling an issue in the college football landscape. Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Adam Gorney lays out the situation and then receives takes from Rivals.com national recruiting director Mike Farrell and an expert from the Rivals.com network of team sites or a regional analyst.
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THE STORYLINE
Broderick Jones has been committed to Georgia since April 2018 and he says it is still his top school, but the high four-star offensive tackle is still going to make things interesting.
That’s because the Lithonia, Ga., standout said recently he’s planning to take a round of official visits with Auburn, Miami and South Carolina as destinations along with seeing the Bulldogs again.
There are a lot of reasons to think Georgia is still very much the frontrunner for Jones and will end up with him in the class: He’s a local prospect, he’s been to Athens numerous times and feels comfortable there. He’s also been committed for so long along and Georgia has done an excellent job recruiting offensive linemen.
But Auburn especially is not backing off and Jones is intrigued even more with the Tigers after visiting this summer. Miami and South Carolina could offer immediate playing time.
Does Jones stick with Georgia or could a school convince the elite offensive tackle to flip his commitment leading up to the early signing period?
FIRST TAKE: Chad Simmons, Southeast analyst
“I definitely think he’s pretty solid to Georgia. I do think he’s going to take his trips. He hasn’t been a lot of places and he committed to Georgia very early in the process. He hasn’t gotten out a whole lot. He did a take a trip early in the summer to Auburn, if there is a threat to Georgia, it would be them right now.
“I don’t think anybody is a true threat, but Auburn is that school he has visited and he remains in communication with them. South Carolina has tried to get in there, Florida, Florida State, Miami, numerous schools have tried, but Auburn would be one to watch. He will take an official there but Georgia is in a good place to hang on to his commitment.”
SECOND TAKE: Mike Farrell, Rivals.com
“I don’t think Georgia should be concerned. He sticks with them. Auburn does have the best shot and they recruit Georgia very well and they can probably negatively recruit a little bit because there are so many good, young offensive linemen at Georgia.
“But this kid has been a Georgia commit for a long time, it’s his home-state school, he’s been there a ton and I can’t see him choosing anybody else. That’s just another offensive lineman that’s elite. They keep building it up. When you have a guy like Jamaree Salyer not cracking the starting lineup, you have a ridiculous offensive line, so the good part is they can sell early playing time because some of these guys will be three-and-out.”
