Kirby Smart emphasizes that Georgia sells 'relationships over transactions'
"We sell relationships over transactions," said Smart. "We think the relationship still wins out because the relationship allows you to push people and demand excellence, and we're going to continue to do that at Georgia."
This quote comes the day of five-star Tyler Atkinson commitment to the Texas Longhorns. In that recruiting battle where Georgia felt good about until the last couple of hours into that recruitment. Five-star Georgia defensive line commitment James Johnson also flipped to Texas.
Georgia is a team that is still a force to be reckon with in the recruiting world as they have the second ranked recruiting class in the 2026 cycle with two five-stars and multiple four-star commitments. Georgia has the chance to add more recruits to take a shot at No. 1 ranked recruiting class. Even though Georgia has the money to spend for recruiting they just will not put all their eggs in one basket for a recruit.
Georgia and Texas have a budding recruiting rivalry with the Longhorns getting the better of Georgia recently. Texas has some of deepest pockets in terms of name, image and likeness money in all of college football and will continue to battle with Georgia for elite talent.
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