Where Georgia football's 2026 recruit class ranks
The Georgia Bulldogs have been recruiting top prospects in the class of 2026 hard over the past couple of months. June is a critical time in recruiting and is when players take official visits and begin deciding where they will commit.
Georgia's biggest addition in the class of 2026 came on May 5 when five-star quarterback Jared Curtis committed to Georgia. Eight other recruits have committed Georgia with four on offense and four on defense.
247Sports, On3 and Rivals all have varying opinions and rankings for the Georgia Bulldogs' 2026 recruiting class. How do all of the top recruiting sites rank the Bulldogs?
247 Sports: No. 16, 3rd in SEC
This one is the lowest ranking of the bunch. Georgia has one five-star, six four-stars, and two three-stars. They're one of just four teams in the top 16 to have a five-star recruit. Ohio State has two of them (Chris Henry Jr., WR, and Blaine Bradford, S), LSU earned a commitment from Tristen Keys, and Miami recently won the Jackson Cantwell sweepstakes.
247Sports uses a two part process in scoring their recruiting classes based on both a rating and a comparison to the top recruit.
On3 Industry: No. 5, 2nd in SEC
Georgia leapfrogs past several teams in On3's rankings compared to 247Sports. They vault over Texas A&M and that's with Seven Cloud not included in the On3 database. On3 values the average commitment ranking more than the total number of commitments.
There are no changes to the player ratings mentioned above, other than Cloud not ranked.
Rivals: tied No. 11, 3rd in SEC
On Rivals, Georgia has one five-star, seven four-stars, and one three-star. That is because S Kealan Jones is considered a four-star in Rivals. It results in a bump up of Georgia's score, tying the Bulldogs with the Oregon Ducks at No. 11.
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