A day that began on a distressing note for the Georgia football program has suddenly gotten a lot brighter.
At his Kennesaw, Ga., high school Friday morning, Justin Fields announced toward the end of a homecoming pep rally that he has verbally committed to attend Georgia and play his college football for the Bulldogs. The 6-3, 221-pound 2018 recruit also had Auburn, Florida State and LSU in his Final Four.
Fields is the No. 1 player in the country on 247Sports.com’s composite board for the Class of 2018. His sister, Jaiden, has already committed to play softball at UGA as well.#Congrats to #Hoyas c/o 18 QB @justnfields on your #commitment to UGA pic.twitter.com/cx1TJ43s8w
— Hoya Football (@hhshoyafootball) October 6, 2017
Fields’ commitment continues an impressive recruiting run on quarterbacks for UGA the last couple of years.
Jacob Eason, a 2016 signee, was the No. 5 player in the country and the No. 2 pro-style quarterback who started his true freshman season as well as the opener before going down with an injury. A four-star 2017 signee, Jake Fromm was the No. 3 pro-style quarterback in this year’s class and was thrown into the starting fire immediately after Eason’s injury.