Lineman Kwame Geathers from Carvers Bay (S.C.) High School signed with Georgia on Friday.
The 6-foot-6, 320-pound Geathers chose the Bulldogs over Tennessee and Central Florida. He visited UT on Feb. 11.
“I just felt very comfortable with them,” Geathers told Dawgpost.com after his announcement. “It felt like it was like me going back to somewhere I’ve already been before.”
Geathers is listed by Rivals.com as one of the top 25 players in his home state and the No. 68 offensive tackle in this year’s class.
The decision comes 16 days after National Signing Day. He becomes the 19th member of Georgia’s 2009 signing class.
“We’re very excited about Kwame becoming a Georgia Bulldog,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said in a statement. “He’s a fantastic player and a very, very good young man. We can’t wait to get him in Athens and in position to help us win and continue to strive for championships.”
Kwame’s uncle is Jumpy Geathers, who played 13 years as a pass rusher in the NFL. His brother, Robert Jr., played for Georgia from 2001-2003. Kwame’s brother Clifton is a junior defensive end at South Carolina.
UT is still recruiting three prospects for the 2009 class: tight end Orson Charles from Plant High in Tampa, Fla., and running backs Bryce Brown from Wichita (Kan.) East High and David Oku from Carl Albert High in Midwest City, Okla.
Charles is scheduled to visit Southern Cal this weekend and then plans to choose among UT, Florida, Georgia and USC. Brown, rated the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2009 class by Rivals, has also shown interest in LSU, Oregon, USC and Miami.
Oku was once committed to UT but is considering the Vols, Auburn and Syracuse, and Oku told the News Sentinel via text message earlier this week that he might consider Ole Miss.
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Comments » 236
GreenDevilVol writes:
Dang !!
SilasDogooder writes:
Oh well. Can't win 'em all.
absolutevolfan (Inactive) writes:
that sucks
Triton1 writes:
well phooey!
ColeTrickle writes:
F'in UGA
bsc819 writes:
We never wanted him anyway.... just kidding
ColeTrickle writes:
so Georgia continues to get blue chip talent and will continue to be a disappointment to the SEC and esp its fans, cant figure out the attration
jobrando#216494 writes:
He has academic issues...Dawgs would be better for him
GerryOP writes:
Move on coaches. Start working with what you have and let's start getting ready to play some football!
197 -- Fear The Kiffin...
Gbovol writes:
Why is it necessary to talk such negativity about another school and the athelete when he doesn't choose UT. Did you ever stop and think that when you do that it just shows how ignorant and how little class you have as an individual.
KENVOL writes:
i wonder if we land any of these guys. It's not looking good.
Volunatic writes:
Probably playing Rolls Royce polo with his Rolex on his yacht.
ColeTrickle writes:
oh well,,, he was out of shape and slow anyways,,,,
volstasis writes:
I guess we'll get to see what he's got after a few years in prep school. By that time he will wish he signed with the vols. Championship bound, I think not, with the dawgs. Not the bulldogs anyway. Now, lets see where the other three end up.
ColeTrickle writes:
probably illiterate too,,,,
letshave1more writes:
He had a 12 on his ACT..... He will go to a prep school or JUCO......
bsc819 writes:
Im not sure if you noticed but this is a Vols website. If you dont hate Florida, Georgia, and Alabama dont get on here, you are probably an interloper anyways. Go pray with Richt or something you bum.
ColeTrickle writes:
there ya go
VolFanNC writes:
He could have been good at DT where we are pretty thin. Not sure about OL as he didn't want to play on that side.
But it looks like he was waiting for GA to offer the whole time.
golfballs03 writes:
Well the kid is obviously not that smart if he picks Georgia over Tennessee. But seriously, if he really wanted to play, and play defense, why would he go to Georgia and ride the pine as an OL rather than have the opportunity to start on D for the Vols
MidTennVol writes:
Dear John Adams and KNS:
All this breathless coverage of teenagers choosing where they will attend college is fine. But not enough, at least for this fan.
I want to know more about Lane Kiffin, the coach. I have yet to read anything remotely resembling a professional profile of him and I hold you to blame for this.
His hiring is the biggest news in many, many years for the Big Orange nation and you have failed, in my opinion.
What do his former players say about him? His former bosses, like Pete Carroll? His former colleagues?
Have you made any concerted effort to talk with Pete Carroll, Norm Chow, Steve Sarkisian, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Carson Palmer, Dwayne Jarrett, Mike Williams, Kareem Kelly, Jamarcus Russell, Darren McFadden or anyone who worked with him at Fresno State, Jacksonville Jaguars, Colorado State, or at the Raiders?
All of these people and organizations know Lane Kiffin much better than anyone at Tennessee -- especially among us fans out here.
Any effort at all to talk with any of these people or organizations, either on or off the record, to find out what kind of coach he is?
Heck, have you even picked up the phone to talk with a former Vol player, Gibril Wilson, who played for Kiffin??
Am I trying to tell you how to do your job? You betcha. Because I'm the customer, the consumer, and I'm unhappy with my meal. If this was a restaurant, I'd send the meal back.
PLEASE give us some grown-up coverage out here. We're dying...
TheVolMan writes:
Because of small-minded folks like bsc819.
golfballs03 writes:
We don't need to dwell on the past. We need to look to the future.
jobrando#216494 writes:
Oku will be a VOL ..Book It
WINVOLS writes:
We can't sign everyone, but it would have been great to have signed more OL & DL players. I agree with Gbovol, we don't need to turn any players off by our negative postings
golfballs03 writes:
I don't know. Going on my gut feeling I think it breaks down like this:
Brown - Oregon
Charles - Georgia
Oku - Auburn
I think we are in the top 2 with both Brown and Charles. But I think our best chance is with Brown. As for Oku, I have no clue...
bluetick writes:
What the hell??
volongulf writes:
I think Denmark is looking to the future and asking a reasonable question(s). Might be interesting, something to think about. At least for some of us.
SCarolinaVols writes:
good article on
volunteerfootballviewpoint.synthasite.com
rckymtngator writes:
Boy Wonder Coach and his million dollar recruiting team lose another prospect. I hope you guys enjoy challenging Kentucky and Vanderbilt for 4th place in the SEC East. The good thing is that Boy Wonder will be gone in three years and as soon as you get off NCAA probation, you can hire a real coach.
volstasis writes:
Is there any good news out there for Tennessee fans? I mean NSD was some pretty good stuff, especially with Nuke, Jackson, Teague and Myles, but since then has been all negative or just bull****. Hopefully we'll get one of the other three big names we're after. Don't want to say any names out loud, the SEC might slap me with a secondary vio.
vol4gzus writes:
Say what you will ,but backoff slamming those that are humble enough to know we need daily guidance from our creator/judge. Oh btw christians aren't perfect ,just forgiven(!)
On topic his brother/cousin is at Georgia now or recently was a Dawg......
huntined#565710 writes:
Did s.c. recruit him?? being from that state seems like ole ballcoach would been after him big time.Or he knows more that we do..We missed out on him but I wish him well and say THANKS FOR LOOKING AT TENN VOLS.
VOLinDAWGland writes:
Excellent post Denmark Vol!!! So what about it Kaplan and crew?
volstasis writes:
What makes you so sure? Not prodding at you, just curious.
bluetick writes:
I'm with you on this one. Maybe as time goes on a bit we have a bit more information.
bluetick writes:
Isn't that what he's doing? I didn't see Fulmers name there or any of the other previous coaches.
bsc819 writes:
I never knew that small minded meant die hard bleed orange vols fan that follows vols football 24/7/365. If so than I guess that I am small minded and if you look at the post you will see that I never said anything bad about the kid at all. So read the prior post before you run your mouth.
asleep#212036 writes:
Academic ranking has nothing to do with it. Bottom line, if he has academic issues, and a 12 on his ACT means he absolutely will not qualify to play in Division I, then we really don't need him right now. There are plenty of kids out there that are both skilled and can handle the academics and I hope Kiffin and company will try and turn us that direction. As far as Georgia, the overall academic standards of a school are as relevant to the football team as Adams is to sports news. He will ride the bench there anyway for a while so a side trip to junior college won't hurt his feelings or theirs either.
golfballs03 writes:
He wants to know what other people think about him. I don't really care what other people think about him. All I care about is what he does with our football team, of which recruiting is fundamental. So if Denmark doesn't care about recruiting then he can be happy watching the NHL.
jhayes0926#638474 writes:
We didn't really want him.
We pulled the offer.
He didn't fit our system.
We couldn't afford him.
He couldn't have qualified anyway.
We don't have a real need at that position.
Oh, wait - I'm not a UF fan.
Nevermind.
volstasis writes:
Well, the football talk was fun while it lasted. Peace, I'm for a while.
MrKnoxville writes:
Pete Carroll did do a phone interview with the chumps on 99.3 FM...he praised CLK & the staff (which he must of already known he was trying toassemble).
But yeah....it was treated like a 1 & DONE thing man...I assume because Pete hyped him up on his coaching abilites, attention to the little things, and his drive/passion/desire to win.
Basically it was all very positive hence it is long gone dude.
gohawks1 writes:
Dangit. Coulda used him....
ColeTrickle writes:
i think we are getting marlon brown to renig and sign with UT too, at least that is what Gatorturdzz told me, LOL
tripper writes:
We'll definitely see Geathers next year. At the JV game against Hargrave.
mtnsvol44 writes:
A post on AJC:
By Daddy Kiffin
February 20, 2009 4:02 PM | Link to this
He didn’t choose the Vols because he could’nt stand up to the new “non-thug” standard at UT. No earrings, no noserings, pants must be at waist, players must sit on 2 front rows in class and GO to class,etc,etc. Also, he probably was afraid of our work ethic and was not inclined to be NFL ready when he leaves us. Enough said??? I would personally like to see all the unclassy, cheesy, low classed tattoos go also.
BamaVol80 writes:
Which means he will be a Vol 2 years after Urbie goes to South Bend...
chrisw2967 writes:
Book It
Vol43 writes:
Maybe you'd like to shut your stupid mouth.
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