Welcome to another edition of the Recruiting Recap! Thanks for stopping by. If you are new here, this feature covers yesterday’s offers/commitments, 3 trending topics, and our sleeper of the day.
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Sleeper of the Day
Cooper Born
2025 Fannin Co.
Linebacker
Born was the team’s leading tackler as a junior with 107 with 6 tackles going for a loss on top of 3 forced fumbles. It was a productive year, the kind where an athlete builds into the next, and becomes an All-State caliber senior. The 6’1″ 215 lbs. Born is a weight-lifting maniac with some of the best metrics of any linebacker in his class. Those impactful tackles in space are translatable. He hits with force. Born’s pursuit after the ball carrier is a key factor in his production. You’ll see the Fannin County senior sprint 20-30-40 yards downfield to make a play on the ball carrier. Born has good speed to the football. We like his patience in reading the play, and keeping his pad level perpendicular to the LOS, Born can line up his tackle attempts with good impact and fundamentals. This might be my favorite part of his game, Born strikes consistently at the midsection of the ball carrier, and driving his legs through the attempt is relentless in doing so. As of now, Navy is showing the most recruiting interest, but with a 4.0 GPA, and the skill set to play both LB and LS, Born has the utility, hustle, and toughness to be a major contributor to a D1 program.
Commitments
DaMari Witherspoon
2025 East Paulding
Cincinnati
Witherspoon committed to the Bearcats on Tuesday. The senior has fully recovered from a junior-year leg injury that sidelined him but started to turn heads during the offseason. His recruitment regained velocity during the evaluation period and on June 13th Cincinnati offered. The 6’5″ 220 lbs. pass-catcher fluidly moves through his routes and looks comfortable accelerating out of his breaks. Witherspoon provides a lot of versatility, speed, and size for the Bearcats. A few years from now, his commitment could end up being a steal.
Offers
Solomon Williams
2025 South Gwinnett
Bluffton
Gus Martin
2025 East Forsyth
Point
Ethan Johnson
2025 Decatur
Georgia Southern & Troy
Nick Wade
2025 Hebron Christian
Bluffton
KJ Green
2027 Stephenson
Tulane
Jae Lamar
2026 Colquitt Co.
Georgia Tech
Marcus Andrews
2025 Stephenson
Tulane
Treshawn Robinson
2025 Johnson-Savannah
Bluffton
Jaiden Braker
2025 South Gwinnett
Georgia
Camron Brooks
2026 Thomas Co. Central
Kansas
Camauri Brinson
2025 Brooks Co.
Point
Joseph Mbatchou
2025 Grayson
Alabama & USC
Mason Freeman
2028 Stockbridge
Georgia State
Carl Noisette
2028 Duluth
Indiana
Three ‘n Out
GPB runs a weekly feature where they highlight a handful of players around the state showcasing a highlight play while also going in-depth on each specific athlete on the GPB website. View the great stuff GPB Sports continues to produce with their latest ‘Make That Kid an Offer’ feature.
Take a look at this week’s Make That Kid An Offer nominees 🏈@EzekielYusuf_6 | @jaymiller07_ | @LukeParkerQB | @Bryce5wilson | @DJHudson1441 | @Natedavis01077
Read more about each player: https://t.co/RHyJXdLWOg | #GPBSports pic.twitter.com/5tv38PHLiT
— GPB Sports (@GPBsports) August 28, 2024
The AJC/GHSF Daily had 0-2 Commerce preseason #2 in their D1 rankings, and they can take a sigh of relief knowing that star senior athlete Jaiden Daniels will be making his first start of the season. The added caveat for this season, Daniels will be under center playing the QB position, which could prove to be a game-changer. Commerce will face off against Luella this Friday, who is a tough opponent coming off a big 18-13 win over Carver-Atlanta. Daniels is dynamic with the football, and this position switch harkens back to when we saw Ladd McConkey move over to QB to help North Murray to their best season in school history. For Daniels and the Commerce community, expectations will be high for the All-Stater.
I’ll be making my 1st start of the season on Friday. I’m back and ready for some action!!!
QB1 pic.twitter.com/kMjolOwMSQ
— Jaiden Daniels (@6Babygoat) August 28, 2024
The Bacon Network is out with their new film from the Gainesville vs Moody football game. You get to see a raw and up-close version of the 31-7 thumping that the Red Elephants dropped on the Alabama program.
@MoodyFBall vs @RedElephant_FB Flim
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