UGA top target blasts cryptic side of CFB recruiting
On fall Saturdays, all the attention is focused on high-pressure football games. What goes mostly unreported is the struggle being waged on the recruitment trail.
Programs strive to present their colors in the best possible light to recruits, but they also sow seeds of doubt about other teams in the running.
Five-star Georgia target Isaiah Gibson recently provided an unusual glimpse into college football’s “negative recruiting” scenario.
The Warner Robins High School (Ga.) prospect decommitted from USC on June 18 and has been projected to sign with the Bulldogs by all three major recruiting agencies.
Gibson (6-foot-4, 245 pounds) is ranked as the No. 6 player in the state and the No. 17 prospect nationally by 247Sports.
Gibson has made official visits to Ohio State, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, and Georgia (May 31).
It seems like there has been one consistent topic during each of his visits.
Teams appear to be taking a different approach to recruiting against the train that is rolling into Athens.
