World News – US – Amarius Mims OL’s last major engagement for Kirby Smart & UGA

Sam Pittman's transition to Matt Luke has been seamless when it comes to recruiting in Georgia

CAMEROON MAGAZINE - GM14/10/20203 Mins read79 Views

Kirby Smart first-year offensive line coach Matt Luke kept the recruiting level up to the point of attack with five-star offensive tackle Amarius Mims, the latest to join the squad The Cochran (Ga) The Bleckley County blue-chipper announced his intention to play for the Bulldogs Wednesday afternoon on CBS Sports HQ

Mims chose to play between The Hedges rather than Alabama and Tennessee He made numerous visits to Knoxville during this recruit’s stretched run, but in the end Georgia won, adding the No 2 tackles offensives in the 247Sports Composite at what is now the No. 7 class in the country

« He’s as gifted physically at an offensive tackle that you’re going to encounter any cycle because of his length, body movements and general common sense, » said Barton Simmons, director of scouting at 247Sports. « He’s just a guy who is a rare prospect »

The 6-foot-7, 315-pound Mims join No 5 offensive guard Dylan Fairchild and No 9 offensive tackles Micah Morris as the Bulldogs argue for perhaps the best offensive line draw of this 2021 cycle by combining the work done at the Class of 2020 post, where Luke replaced Pittman late in the process and they were still able to keep Tate Ratledge from returning late (beating Tennessee again) and working to bring five-star Broderick Jones back to the fold, the Bulldogs continue to recruit the position at the national championship level

“I think what Matt Luke did, it couldn’t be a better scenario during his time there,” said Rusty Mansell, an insider at Dawgs247 Georgia also toppled four-star Austin Blaske of NC State’s Top247 at the end of the 2020 cycle and brought in another massive body from New Jersey to Devin Willock for whom Luke beat Penn State in December

« They saved Tate Ratledge in four days and won a Broderick Jones battle (with Auburn) that lasted to the end, » Mansell continued He kept Micah Morris which was a silent engagement when he arrived and he walks in and gets Dylan Fairchild (again on Auburn) and gets Mims, so I’m not sure if there was a better replacement for Sam Pittman than Matt Luke

Jones and Ratledge were the No of 247Sports Composite 2 and not 3 offensive tackles in this 2020 class You won’t find a more vaunted trio playing together in college than these two with Mims coming in to push them fast It’s tough to understand that those three don’t factor in next fall, with Ben Cleveland exhausting his eligibility at the end of the season and junior Jamaree Salyer, a former five-star himself, putting himself in the position of » explore an early entry into the NFL Draft

Before long all of Luke’s guys will be lined up on the attacking front and we haven’t seen a drop in recruiting or in the field yet.

“We were really lucky and thrilled to have him,” Smart said of Luke in the past “The minute we found out about Sam (leaving for Arkansas head coach ) he was the first guy that came to my mind that wanted to visit « He came and put the bandage on the bleeding and did a great job, turned the others over really quickly and keep recruiting others »

The last three seasons under Smart the Bulldogs have won – 13 games and qualified for the national title game, won 11 including a trip to the Sugar Bowl and last fall they won 12, including a return to the Sugar Bowl They have played three straight SEC title games in that span The Way Smart and the Company Recruit, finishing in the top three of the 247Sports rankings in each of the past four cycles , including first place on two occasions, they now reverse the roster which has seen 20 players drafted in the past three years

They have their franchise quarterback in the fold of Brock Vandagriff and now Mims being the no.6 prospects in total, is one of Smart’s biggest wins to date

« With the right coaching, the right pattern and the right program, I think he can instantly be a first-year first-team All-American if he applies, » said Ryan McKenzie, coach of Bleckley County Mims Offensive Line Mims has 55 pancake blocks this fall, up from around 25 at that time there is a campaign

“I’ve seen him take limits, from unlocking his hips to finishing blocks,” said McKenzie “He’s a fierce competitor He likes to win and he likes to pick on He attacks everyday like if it was a working day He’s a blue-collar guy To be as tall as him and as prestigious as him, he doesn’t let that feed what he wants to do He wants to win and he wants to be coached and he wants to improve every day «