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Nick Abrams: Georgia picks up critical 4-star linebacker over Oregon, Alabama and Michigan
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Nick Abrams: Georgia picks up critical 4-star linebacker over Oregon, Alabama and Michigan
Georgia added a second linebacker prospect to its recruiting class on Wednesday, when four-star prospect Nick Abrams announced his commitment to the program.
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Great news and welcome aboard Nick. Go Dawgs!!!
Next up Copper and Sone!
1-2 on that one
16 years old, that is impressive. Development is a definite selling point with someone this young. Welcome to UGA!
Next man up, nice pickup…go Dawgs!
Welcome to UGA. Where you will be prepared for the NFL!
Someone who can look past the dollar signs and see the big picture. Refreshing.
Welcome to the Dawg family, Nick! Lets win some championships!
GO DAWGS!
Let's see. Not about the money. Not afraid to compete. Wants to be coached and developed by the best. Recognizes the UGA linebacker pipeline to the NFL. What's not to like? Sounds like a smart kid for only 16.
WELCOME TO DAWG NATION!
Young man sounds eager to learn, be coached hard, be around great people, and be developed into a NFL player. There's not a better place than LBU to accomplish those goals. This young man has a bright future ahead of him..GoDAWGS!
@zonadawg61 As a capitalist, I see nothing wrong with legally maximizing one's earning potential. As advocates of college athletes getting paid have reminded us for decades - and I acknowledge that I was adamantly against college athletes getting paid - college coaches and administrators do the same. Also for every 100 people who are saying "it is not about the money" well that is because 99 of them have never faced anyone waving $2 million in their face. Particularly since that $2 million is excellent insurance against either a catastrophic injury in a full contact sport or for whatever reason never living up to your ranking when coming out of high school.
Let the oil barons (Texas), the northeastern finance moguls (Miami) and the Hollyweird types (USC) throw all their cash where they choose. It will only get their programs an extra 3-5 kids a year. Nowhere near enough to build these 105 scholarship player rosters. If a guy leading the flagship university in the state of Georgia can't:
Sounds like a smart kid with good parents raised right.
UGA…it ain’t for everybody!
I like that he recognizes the development aspect and that college is training for a career, which UGA has proven to be quite good at under Smart. I’m just waiting for the story where he flips to texas or usc and a huge, undisclosed paycheck.
Except in rare circumstances, “Committed” in college football means nothing these days. Maybe this kid is that rare circumstance.
The difference in Junior year production between Atkinson and Abrams is massive, with the former making 166 tackles to Abrams 77. In two seasons Abrams has 144 tackles. I was not overly impressed with Abrams closing speed and he needs a lot of work on his tackling technique. 225 lb. RBs will stiff arm him to death if he doesn’t learn to go lower.
to quote the Stones you don't always get what you but you want but if you try reak hard you just might get what you need