5-star athlete Deyon Bouie, No. 2 to player in Georgia, makes commitment
By Keith Farner
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Deyon Bouie is a major SEC target in the class of 2022, and the 5-star athlete from Bainbridge, Georgia, has made his college commitment.
The 5-foot-11, 185-pound athlete is ranked the No. 2 athlete in America in his class, and the No. 2 player in the state of Georgia, according to the 247Sports Composite.
He told DawgNation why he chose his mother’s birthday to announce his choice of Georgia to play for the Bulldogs.
“My freshman year I told her that before my 11th-grade season was over that I was going to commit somewhere on her birthday,” Bouie said. “I told her that my freshman year again after we won the state title. I said ‘Mom, Georgia just dropped the offer’ and that’s my dream school since I was a kid and I can’t turn it down.”
Why did he choose Georgia? For starters, there are a couple of former Bainbridge Bearcats on the Georgia coaching staff, including coach Kirby Smart and defensive graduate assistant Nick Williams.
“It is just really family,” Bouie said. “Family really. Like Nick Williams, I talk to him every day like every at all hours of that day. Just building that family. We’ve got a bond. I don’t want it to break so we are going to keep it going.”
Bouie told both Williams and defensive backs coach Charlton Warren some time ago.
“Their reaction had me excited,” Bouie said. “I didn’t know how they were going to react to it. It was a good reaction. They were hype. They were ready for me to blow it up and tell the reporters and stuff.”
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A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
