5-star lineman, nation's No. 2 offensive tackle, Amarius Mims announces his college commitment
After receiving interest from nearly every major Power 5 program in the country, Amarius Mims is ready to officially announce where he’s headed to college.
During a live commitment from Bleckley County, Mims announced he will play his college football at Georgia.
The 6-foot-7, 315-pound native of Cochran, Ga., holds scholarship offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Texas A&M, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Penn State, among others, but his recruitment has been down to Georgia and Tennessee in recent weeks.
Mims is rated as the No. 6 overall prospect in the nation and the No. 2 offensive tackle for the 2021 recruiting cycle according to 247Sports Composite Rankings.
Mims visited Knoxville and Athens several times during his recruitment, including trips to each in consecutive weeks leading up to his decision. He was on hand to witness Tennessee’s offensive line impose its will on Missouri and he was on hand to watch Georgia do the same to the Volunteers last weekend, just days before making his college announcement on his birthday.
Now the Bleckley County standout and 2021 Under Armour All-American has made his decision. His pledge to the Bulldogs elevates the program to the No. 7 ranking nationally in the 2021 recruiting cycle.
To get an idea of what Mims potentially brings to the next level, check out his most up-to-date highlight video, which is from his sophomore season at Bleckley County:
Go Dawgs!!
Mama called! Welcome home young man!
I was pretty confident this was gonna happen, but still excited. Same height as Isaiah Wilson. Luke gettin’ it done!
Mims is a lot more athletic than Wilson.
Great news! Looks like UGA’s improved O-line will continue to flourish.
B B B B B B B BOOOOM!!!!
I wonder when we are going to see some O-Line transfers; we’ve got guys on the roster who will never start at UGA but would start Day-1 for many other Power-5 programs.
TDOW, I doubt that, most of the starters are Juniors-Seniors.
We’re going to have quite a bit of turnover next year.
Guys like Owen Condon and Truss don’t have much of a future at UGA. Condon was a starter at Ark but then lost out to McClendon; McClendon being much better.
Then we have guys like Jones and Ratledge already on the roster with guys like Mims and Morris committed.
We are deep at OT with Slayer being Jr, McClendon a soph then a lot of underclassmen behind them.
You are correct about interior O-linemen.
Thoughts on who’s playing OG next year?
Maybe (L-R) McClendon, Webb, Van Pran, Hill, Jones?
Assuming Hill goes pro who is center next season – Ericson, Webb or Van Pran?
We literally will be rebuilding the O-line interior next season.
Ericson.
Now that I rethink, I question whether Hill or Sayler leave this year TBH.
Honestly I just don’t see Hill leaving…I can’t see him being drafted high enough to consider it..but I been wrong so many times about guys leaving early…he’ll probably leave and be drafted in the first or second round…
I don’t think his NFL future is at center (pretty evident now), and he doesn’t have a whole lot of tape at guard.
…and this is why Auburn is struggling this year. The inability to land a blue chip OL is killing Gus. Congrats to the dawgs…like you needed it.
Morris and Mims duo on the line will help.
Go Dawgs!
ENORMOUS.
Obviously still a long way to go until signing day, but him and Broderick could make a heckuva tackle duo.
Smael remains at the top of the board.
We really need to flip Barrett Carter from Clemson.
Did you watch N Gwinnett vs McEachern opening weekend? Carter is a beast. McEachern had a really good ILB ad well.
I’m concerned that Chambliss is effectively a stronger, slower Nate Mcbride, and Dumas-Johnson is like a Walter Grant in terms of ceiling.
Sorey, Mondon, Arnold, and Green would make this class acceptable. Add in TID and Edwards and I’ll be satisfied. Throw in Smith and Foreman and I’ll be on cloud 9.
I’m thinking Chambliss will add some weight and become a DE, he’s almost there now. If Chambliss can add a few pounds without losing his quickness then he could be a beast at DE.
McBride has been a disappointment, especially with him being the fastest LB on the team. From what little I’ve been able to see of McBride he is not a good tackler, not really a headhunter. Last G-day in 2019 McBride got to Herrian in the backfield then just let Herrian run through a terrible attempt at a tackle.
If you get a chance to watch Carter on TV (i.e. the play-offs) then compare Carter’s game to Roquan’s. I think Carter is a bigger, faster HS version of Roquan.
When North Gwinnett played McEachern there was a ton of D1 talent on the field – Carter was head and shoulders the best player on the field. Carter was the difference maker in the game.
Smith is going to Bama.
Foreman is hard to figure out. He either stays local at USC or maybe UGA, if not then a re-commit to Clemson. Who knows these days?
At the beginning of this cycle the hope was that we could get an all-star duo at ILB with Carter and Mondon but that quickly dissippated and I don’t see Carter leaving Dabo.
Great job Coach Luke! Welcome young Mr. Mims! Go Dawgs!
All Kirby does is close, close, close no matter what and everybody in the SEC throws their hands up!
And they stay there!
And they stay there!
And they stay there!
Like he closed in the NC game a few years back?
Right? Kinda like uga closed that talk on UT’s 8 game winning streak.
Seems like the last time UT beat UGA was as far back as our last NC.
4 years and 40 years is a little bit of a difference. Good luck to the players this week, other than Pickens. Got a good chance to beat Bama this year.
Not a good luck for a TN guy to talk smack on UGA after that beatdown of the self proclaimed #1 OL in football! I usually cheer for the Vols when they aren’t playing the Dawgs but sometimes idiots show up.
I read where it looked like Mims might choose UT. I was like why? Did he not see the game Saturday. When a kid puts winning championships at the top of his list, how could you not choose Georgia or Bama? Georgia is so close. Great job by Luke and the staff. Not easy when a kid loses the coach he had previously committed to.
Mims and JC Latham have feet you don’t see on people that size.
Yeah…I’m an idiot for sticking up for my team against the number 1 troll (among other things) on this site. Ok.
This is a huge gain for the Dawgs!