5-star working again Derrek Cooper is scheduled to announce his dedication on July 20. On at the present time Cooper will resolve between Georgia, Texas, Florida State, Ohio State and Miami (FL).
Georgia followers have been hopeful this is able to be a dedication UGA would win, particularly after a Georgia insider predicted UGA would come out on top. Cooper nonetheless not seems to be trending to Georgia as On3 insiders Eric Nahlin and Justin Wells have logged official predictions for Texas to win Cooper’s recruitment.
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Georgia predicted to lose key recruit to Texas once more
Sadly this development of Texas beating Georgia for key recruits is turning into far too frequent. On Tuesday the Longhorns had been capable of earn a dedication from five-star linebacker Tyler Atkinson, who’s the No. 1 participant from the state of Georgia. On prime of that, five-star defensive lineman Derrek Cooper flipped his dedication from Georgia to Texas on Tuesday as nicely.
Now it seems that Georgia goes to lose their third dedication to Texas this week as Cooper is trending to decide to the Longhorns on July 20.
Not solely is Georgia shedding all of those recruitments to Texas, however their quarterback commit just passed Jared Curtis in the recruiting rankings as well. Curtis dropped from No. 3 to No. 4 within the 247Sports rankings on Wednesday, and it was Texas commit Dia Bell who jumped as much as that No. 3 spot.
The excellent news for Georgia is that even in spite of everything of those losses to Texas, the Bulldogs nonetheless reign supreme over the Longhorns. Georgia beat Texas not as soon as, however twice final season en path to their SEC Championship. So so long as UGA continues to beat Texas on the sphere, the Longhorns gained’t have any floor to face on it doesn’t matter what occurs on the recruiting path.