Brandon Walker on UGA

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[tweet]https://twitter.com/BWalker_SEC/status/1023683655145861120[/tweet].

Ok - what do y'all think of this? I think it is way off base and starts to sound like whining. This isn't an Ole Miss out of the blue Top 5 class situation. Brandon went on in the replies to make it sound like UGA all the sudden discovered RB's and the recruiting game.

Here is my bone of contention with this line of thinking.

First - UGA was one of the inventors of the recruiting game in and the big business of CFB in the 80s (they were one of the drivers in the lawsuit that opened up more TV exposure). I know from personal experience that UGA has always played the recruiting game - from them placing my grandfather at a JUCO in 1940; recruiting my uncle (a HS all-American LB) in the 60s; and recruiting my teammate in the early 90s (a HS All-American QB). They may not have the volume of Natty to go with it that they should, but it doesn't mean they haven't been a regular machine in recruiting.

Second - if there is any school in the SEC that is going to attract a stable of RBs - regardless of the depth chart - it is UGA. They are the RB U of the South - going all the way back to Sinkwich and Trippi. Look at this list - just post-Herschel of UGA RB's who have made the NFL - Lars Tate, Cleveland Gary (started at UGA and trans to Miami) Tim Worley, Rodney Hampton, Keith Henderson, Mack Strong, Frank Harvey, Garrison Hearst, Terrell Davis, Larry Bowie, Robert Edwards, Patrick Pass, Olandis Gary, Verron Haynes, Musa Smith, Kregg Lumpkin, Danny Ware, Knowshon Moreno, Keith Marshall, Todd Gurley, Nick Chubb, and Sony Michel.

That's 22 RB over 34 years. Basically, if you start or share a significant number of carries at UGA, you are almost guaranteed to go on to the NFL. I don't know of any other school that can make a claim that strong. If I were a RB - UGA would be in my top 5 automatically.