Highly Touted Playmaker Sends Message on Georgia Football
Highly Touted Playmaker Sends Message on Georgia Football originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Georgia Bulldogs officially made the final three schools on one four-star wide receiver's list before the weekend. That wideout continued to rave about the Bulldogs over the weekend.
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Four-star receiver Brandon Bennett began an official visit to Georgia on May 30. Just before the visit, he announced the Bulldogs, Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles were his final three programs.
The receiver also spoke highly of Georgia while talking to On3.
'Georgia makes me feel like a priority for sure, me and coach (James) Coley text really often, he's come down to my school a couple of times,' Bennett told On3's Jeremy Johnson. 'I feel like that's building a relationship, just getting more chemistry and stuff. That's important to me.'
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart© Joshua L. Jones / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Bennett sent a message of sorts to the Bulldogs during his conversation with Johnson as well.
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'They're still recruiting me very hard, pushing me to come there,' Bennett said. 'There is one committed in the position where they see me.
"At the receiver position, you can't just have one, you have to have multiple guys. I feel like the commits that they have, they're going to need a few more to complete the 2026 class.'
Standing at 6-feet tall and 170 pounds, Bennett is the No. 34 receiver and No. 33 Florida prospect in the 2026 recruiting class according to the 247 Sports composite rankings. Bennett is also the No. 217 overall recruit in the class.
As Bennett mentioned, Georgia has a smaller than average 2026 class entering June. The Bulldogs have received 11 verbal commitments in the class, but those verbals have come from highly rated prospects.
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Of those commitments, three of them are from receivers -- four-star wideouts Vance Spafford and three-star recruits Brady Marchese and Ryan Mosley.
Related: Georgia Football Makes Major Announcement in Recent Days
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
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