Kirby Smart, Georgia fans react after 4-star Khamari Brooks commits to UGA football
The Georgia Bulldogs added a commitment from four-star edge rusher recruit Khamari Brooks, who picked the Bulldogs over the Alabama Crimson Tide. Following Brooks' commitment, Georgia has the No. 4 recruiting class in the country and the second-best class in the SEC behind the Texas A&M Aggies.
Brooks is a talented pass rusher and tight end that plays football for North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia. North Oconee is located about 20 minutes away from Sanford Stadium, which is home to the Georgia Bulldogs.
Brooks and North Oconee won a 4A state championship during the 2024 high school football season. Brooks had a standout performance in North Oconee's state title win, but he wasn't done then. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound pass rusher scored 10 points and added nine rebounds in North Oconee's 4A state title victory in basketball.
Social media reacts after Khamari Brooks' commitment to Georgia
Kirby Smart's message never gets old!
Georgia recruiting staff member David Cooper
They thought we were done …..just don't know #CommittedToTheG #GoDawgs 🐶 ELITE wanna play with ELITE‼️ More on way🫡 pic.twitter.com/mCaV0S3s8n
Stats from Brooks' state title performance
A post shared by UGA Wire (@ugawire)
UGA co-defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann
Guess that's why they call them that!!! Summer of 26 getting Hot!!! 🥵 🔥 #GoDawgs #CommitToTheG pic.twitter.com/xovPbZrxWy
College football expert weighs in
"Physical abilities are phenomenal, but the brain is beyond ELITE!!" said Brent Rollins of UGASports.com. "Khamari's mind is his superpower and he's on the Mount Rushmore of competitively intelligent kids I've ever coached or been around."
Georgia gets the better of Alabama
BREAKING: Georgia has stuffed Bama in a locker and gained the commitment of the ELITE 4⭐️ Edge Khamari Brooks!DAWGS JUST KEEP GETTING RICHER!Go Dawgs!!! pic.twitter.com/XwmIL1H3Df
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
21 minutes ago
- Yahoo
College football recruiting rankings have a new No. 1
The Georgia Bulldogs have the best recruiting class in the SEC for several weeks and now, after a recent recruiting rankings update, the Dawgs have the best recruiting class in the country. Georgia recently surpassed the USC Trojans. USC had held the nation's top recruiting class for several months. The Big Ten has three of the nation's top 10 recruiting classes while the SEC has five top 10 recruiting classes including four of the top six. Of course, it is still early in the process for the class of 2026. The early signing period does not begin until December and recruiting powerhouses need to prove themselves on the field this fall in order to secure top recruiting classes. Despite having the top ranked recruiting class, Georgia is no lock to finish the cycle with the best recruiting class. Georgia has more commitments than any other team with a top 10 recruiting class outside of USC. Additionally, Georgia's average commitment is ranked lower than the average LSU, Alabama or Oregon commitment. The LSU Tigers have just 16 commitments, but have the highest ranked average commitment (93.67) of any top 10 recruiting team on 247Sports. Class of 2026 college football recruiting rankings Georgia Bulldogs (30 commitments) USC Trojans (31 commitments) Texas A&M Aggies (23 commitments) Alabama Crimson Tide (21 commitments) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (26 commitments) Texas Longhorns (26 commitments) Ohio State Buckeyes (21 commitments) LSU Tigers (16 commitments) Michigan Wolverines (21 commitments) Miami Hurricanes (22 commitments) All recruiting rankings are per 247Sports and are as of July 27. This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Georgia football now has the nation's No. 1 recruiting class
New York Times
an hour ago
- New York Times
How the Falcons are trying to tap into Bijan Robinson's ‘home run' potential
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — When the Atlanta Falcons used the No. 8 pick of the 2023 NFL Draft on Bijan Robinson, it was the first time in five years and just the sixth time in the previous decade that a team picked a running back in the top 10. The reason, the Falcons said, was simple: 'Bijan's more than a running back,' then-head coach Arthur Smith said. 'He's an impact football player. He's a home run hitter.' Advertisement Robinson is entering his third year in the league, and Atlanta believes this is the season he starts hitting those home runs. The University of Texas alumnus was third in the NFL in rushing last season with 1,456 yards, fifth in rushing touchdowns (14) and seventh among running backs in yards per carry (4.8). In his two years in the league, only Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley and Kyren Williams have more rushing yards. Robinson's 3,350 yards from scrimmage in the last two seasons (his rushing total plus 918 receiving yards on 119 catches) are third behind only Barkley and Henry. He was the league's offensive rookie of the year in 2023 and a Pro Bowler in 2024. He has been almost everything the Falcons hoped for when they made him their highest drafted running back since they picked Joe Profit seventh in 1971. The only line of Robinson's resume that is lacking is the home runs the team predicted. What he has so far been is the league's most dynamic doubles hitter. Robinson's longest career run was a 38-yarder against Jacksonville in October of his rookie season. He's had three runs longer than 30 yards. Fourth-year Falcons backup running back Tyler Allgeier has four career runs of more than 30 yards, including three of more than 40 yards in his rookie season. 'That's the next step, obviously,' Robinson said. 'We all want it. I've been working on it a lot this offseason, and when the season comes, it's time to go show it.' Entering seasons, Robinson has always set almost impossibly high goals for himself. One year in high school, he wrote down that he wanted to gain 3,500 rushing yards that season. He has called this year's rushing goal 'outlandish.' He declined to share specifics, but he has never been shy about measuring himself against the league's best at his position. Advertisement Last offseason, he said he wanted to emulate the impact of San Francisco's Christian McCaffrey. This year, he's chasing the type of season Philadelphia's Saquon Barkley had in 2024 when Barkley had 10 runs of 30 or more yards and six of 50 or more yards on the way to a Super Bowl championship. 'We are all waiting for that Saquon-type season when it comes to explosives,' Robinson said. Not only waiting for it but working for it. Much of the offseason emphasis for the Falcons' offensive coaching staff was focused on getting more breakaway runs from Robinson. 'That is a jump that we want to take,' offensive coordinator Zac Robinson said. 'That's definitely something we are emphasizing as an offense.' Robinson led the NFL in missed tackles forced with 117 last season, according to Next Gen Stats, and both Zac Robinson and running backs coach Michael Pitre have emphasized his gift for making defenders miss in tight spaces. Now, those coaches want him to create more of those situations when he gets to the third level of the defense by getting closer to defenders before committing to a path. 'You're showing him clips and saying, 'Maybe we could close the space on this free safety and not make the move from 8 to 10 yards away,'' Zac Robinson said. 'How can we press that guy's toes to make him feel uncomfortable? Nobody is better in the NFL at making short-area quickness moves on defenders. I think it's just showing him the clips, emphasizing it.' The Falcons' coaching staff could also help Robinson with more interior run calls instead of the wide zone that was so prevalent last season. While wide zone runs highlight Robinson's natural cutback ability, they also can help out defenders down the field because having Robinson near the sideline takes away some of his options for avoiding defenders. Bijan Robinson with good blocking ahead for six 💪 📺: #ATLvsMIN on FOX📱: — NFL (@NFL) December 8, 2024 The athletes that Bijan Robinson is facing once he breaks into the secondary are better than the ones he's facing closer to the line of scrimmage, and he needs to always be aware of that, Pitre said. 'I think it's about truly understanding what gives the defense an issue and what puts them in conflict and having to realize that guys at this level are able to redirect if you make your move too early,' Pitre said. 'The conflict happens when you step on their toes, close the distance.' Advertisement Robinson was tied for 22nd in the NFL last season with five runs of 20 or more yards. In the last two years, he is tied for eighth with 12 such runs. 'Our challenge as coaches is how do you recreate the things that show up in games,' Pitre said. 'It's drill work, it's film study. If you watch all his carries, he's done it. How do we do it more consistently? That's what we're trying to get done. I'm not overly worried about it. I think that is his next step. That's his next evolution as a player.' Robinson is coming off the highest workload of his career — 304 carries and 61 catches — but he doesn't expect any physical repercussions because of it, even though the 300-carry threshold has been tough on running backs. That total has been topped 15 times in the last 10 years. Six of those came last year. In the nine seasons it happened before that, only one (Derrick Henry in 2019 and 2020) had more rushing yards the following season. In the other eight seasons, the backs had an average dropoff of 695 yards the next season. While Morris said the Falcons have to be aware of Robinson's workload 'to protect that type of elite athlete,' quarterback Michael Penix Jr. entered training camp urging more touches for his star running back. 'He has to touch the ball a lot each and every single game,' Penix said. 'Once he gets that ball, you don't know what's going to happen, but you know it's going to be good. We've got to get him the rock; it's as simple as that. He's going to help us win ballgames.' Robinson said last week he felt better than he ever has after nearly a month of workouts with Christian McCaffrey in Studio City, Calif., this offseason. 'It was really cool,' Robinson said. 'I got to see how he worked. He got to see how I worked and we got to put it together. It was really cool, two guys coming together to just make each other better. He taught me a bunch of nuanced moves.' Advertisement The most valuable part of the experience for Robinson was seeing McCaffrey's recovery regime, Robinson said. The program consisted of pool workouts, a red light therapy bed and a newly designed hyperbaric chamber called a Stratosphere. It was like 'we were 18,000 feet in the air, but we were in a machine,' Robinson said. 'It was like the coolest thing ever. 'I am going to continue doing that because I felt super, super great this summer, and it was all because of how we came back and recovered our bodies,' Robinson said. Zac Robinson and Pitre both express optimism that Bijan Robinson's home run total will jump this year. Bijan Robinson believes it, too. 'I work on it every single day,' he said. 'I've been gifted to do stuff like this. Me and (Pitre) joke all the time, we're done with 30-yard runs. Now it's time for 50 yards, 60 yards.'
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Yahoo
Griner leads Atlanta against Golden State after 22-point game
Golden State Valkyries (11-13, 6-8 Western Conference) at Atlanta Dream (15-10, 9-6 Eastern Conference) College Park, Georgia; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream faces the Golden State Valkyries after Brittney Griner scored 22 points in the Atlanta Dream's 90-86 win against the Minnesota Lynx. The Dream have gone 8-3 in home games. Atlanta leads the Eastern Conference with 28.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Griner averaging 4.9. The Valkyries are 3-9 in road games. Golden State ranks seventh in the Western Conference shooting 30.7% from 3-point range. Atlanta makes 43.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than Golden State has allowed to its opponents (40.7%). Golden State averages 78.8 points per game, 0.2 fewer than the 79.0 Atlanta gives up. The teams square off for the second time this season. The Dream won the last meeting 90-81 on July 7. Allisha Gray scored 24 points to help lead the Dream to the victory. TOP PERFORMERS: Brionna Jones is averaging 12.6 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Dream. Gray is averaging 17.3 points over the last 10 games. Veronica Burton is averaging 10.7 points and 5.2 assists for the Valkyries. Tiffany Hayes is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Dream: 5-5, averaging 84.3 points, 36.7 rebounds, 21.7 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.7 points per game. Valkyries: 4-6, averaging 78.6 points, 35.4 rebounds, 18.7 assists, 5.3 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 40.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.8 points. INJURIES: Dream: Rhyne Howard: out (knee). Valkyries: Kayla Thornton: out for season (knee). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
