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Georgia legacy Houston Kessler picks Bulldogs, becomes fourth commit for men’s basketball team 2012 class

April 26, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Men's basketball, Recruiting, Sports

HOUSTON KESSLER

After Mr. Georgia Basketball Tony Parker announced his intentions to sign with UCLA over Georgia on Monday, Bulldogs head coach Mark Fox wasted little time in putting the final touches on his 2012 signing class. On Wednesday, Fox announced the signing of Houston Kessler, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound power forward out of Landmark Christian School in [...]

Dog Days Video Blog: April 24

April 24, 2012 by RYAN BLACK and DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Blogs, Dog Days, Men's basketball, Multimedia, Sports, Video

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Editor’s note: In this edition of the Dog Days Video Blog, Sports Editor Ryan Black sits down with recruiting beat writer Daniel Rodriguez to discuss the Georgia men’s basketball team’s 2012 recruiting class and beyond. Rodriguez also gives his thoughts on which player from the 2012 class will make the biggest contribution for the Bulldogs [...]

Distance not a factor for Mr. Georgia Basketball Tony Parker, picks UCLA over Georgia

April 23, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Men's basketball, Recruiting, Sports

TONY PARKER

Monday did not go the way Georgia basketball fans had hoped. Mr. Georgia Basketball, Tony Parker of Miller Grove High School in Lithonia, made his highly-anticipated decision public when he announced his intentions to sign with the UCLA Bruins on Monday afternoon. Parker chose UCLA over Georgia and his other finalists, which included Duke, Ohio [...]

2013 cornerback prospect Reggie Wilkerson commits to Bulldogs after coaches show ‘a lot of love’

April 19, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Football, Recruiting, Sports

Reggie Wilkerson

The decision to commit to a school is often a daunting task for many of the nation’s top college football recruits. There are many factors for high school juniors and seniors to weigh before deciding on where they will spend the next three to five years of their playing careers.  And knowing the right time [...]

Bulldogs’ ‘intensity’ appeals to 2013 lineman

April 16, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Football, Sports

Dominique Threatt

All the hard work that the Georgia football team has put in during spring practice hasn’t gone unnoticed by Dominique Threatt. Threatt, a 6-foot-3, 315-pound Class of 2013 offensive lineman prospect out of Tri-Cities High School in East Point, has made plenty of trips up to Athens over the years, but it was his most [...]

Men’s Basketball Recruiting Primer

April 12, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Men's basketball, Recruiting, Sports

KENNY GAINES

Wednesday was National Signing Day in college basketball, and while Georgia head coach Mark Fox was able to sign three highly sought after in-state prospects for this year’s class back in November during the early signing period, he still has work left to do. So far, Fox has been unable to land a commitment from [...]

Class of 2013 wide receiver commit Priester said Bulldogs ‘told me that they need me’

April 9, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Football, Recruiting, Sports

Kyrin Priester

Kyrin “Ky” Priester has spent the past year doing his best adjusting to all the recent changes in his life. He first had to rehab a season-ending injury that he sustained while playing during his junior season, and then he had to catch up at a new school after moving from Florida to Georgia in [...]

2013 wide receiver prospect Walker hesitant to follow teammate to Florida State, ‘definitely’ interested in Georgia

March 23, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Football, Recruiting, Sports

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In recent history, the Southeastern Conference has thrived when it comes to college football recruiting. The conference is flush with successful programs, boasts some of the nation’s most notable coaches and features many of the largest stadiums in all of college football. But perhaps the biggest allure of playing college football in the SEC is [...]

2013 cornerback prospect Curry likes ‘pretty much everything’ about Georgia

March 13, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Football, Recruiting, Sports

DARIUS CURRY

Georgia may have missed out on landing the state’s top wide receiver prospect in CJ Curry this past summer, but that letdown hasn’t deterred head coach Mark Richt and defensive coordinator Todd Grantham from zeroing in on Curry’s younger brother Darius this spring. “At first, I kinda thought that [Georgia] wouldn’t really be interested in [...]

Two-sport prospect Dobbs intrigued by Georgia football team, Diamond Dogs

March 8, 2012 by DANIEL RODRIGUEZ  
Filed under Baseball, Football, Recruiting, Sports

Joshua Dobbs

Most of the nation’s top recruiting service websites have pegged Joshua Dobbs of Alpharetta High School as one of the state’s top dual-threat quarterbacks in the 2013 recruiting class. But Dobbs doesn’t necessarily agree with the billing that has been bestowed upon him. “A lot of places have said that I’m a dual-threat quarterback, but [...]

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