AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Georgia’s secondary took successful this offseason, dropping security Lewis Cline and cornerback Derion Kendrick to the NFL, plus 4 to the switch portal.
Kirby Good even mentioned it himself after spring observe the protection wants some assist and quick.
Friday the Bulldogs’ protection picked up their latest answer when Grovetown’s Marcus Washington Jr. pulled out the ink and signed the dotted line.
The Grovetown cornerback began the 12 months as considered one of Georgia’s prime dedicated gamers within the class of 2023. That’s, up till Marcus introduced that he would forego his senior season and be part of the Bulldogs a 12 months early.
“We went down there to the camp and after the camp, they had been like ‘hey, oh, we all know you have got a number of credit school clever. They usually had been like, oh, yeah, I’m truly I’ll be performed with courses and I’ll be truly capable of graduate. ‘Oh actually?’ We talked about it for a very good little minute, and we lastly made it occur,” mentioned Marcus.
With Friday’s signing, Marcus formally joins the ranks of Georgia’s protection and a household legacy.
“It’s house for me, it’s house for him. He grew up there as a child, . So it’s very a number of familiarities. Coach good was truly operating backs coach whereas I used to be there taking part in. So it’s type of simply full circle,” mentioned Marcus’s father, Marcus Washington Sr.
The highest-rated prospect is the son of former Bulldogs linebacker Marcus Washington Sr. who performed from 2005 to 2009.
“A type of surreal moments the place it’s like, gotta pinch your self, be certain it’s actual, proper. However I fully left that entire course of as much as him say let don’t really feel compelled to go to the College of Georgia, simply because , your dad went, I would like you to just remember to know, it suits for you. And it is sensible for you. And you’ve got a possibility to blaze your individual path,” mentioned Washington Sr.
And now that the paper has been signed, it’s time to get again to work.
“There’s nonetheless lots that I can enhance over the following 12 months. However I believe that simply man protection, zone protection, and getting low on tackers can actually assist me develop as an ideal participant,” he mentioned.
Along with signing Marcus, the Bulldogs signed 5 of the nation’s prime defensive backs this recruiting cycle: Daylen Everette, Julian Humphrey, Jaheim Singletary, Malaki Starks, and JaCorey Thomas.
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