Georgia basketball lands Clemson transfer, son of UGA football great
RJ Godfrey has found his way to Athens.
The son of former Georgia football standout Randall Godfrey, RJ has decided to play basketball for the Bulldogs. After two seasons at Clemson, Godfrey announced that he is transferring to UGA to play for Mike White.
Godfrey shared the big news on social media Wednesday.
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The Clemson roster lists Godfrey as measuring 6-8, 228 pounds. A forward, Godfrey was a regular bench contributor for the Tigers.
In his freshman season (2022-23), Godfrey made 33 appearances with 1 start. He played 310 minutes on the season, averaging 3.2 points on 59.7% shooting from the field, adding 2.1 rebounds per game.
Godfrey saw his playing time increase as a sophomore. He appeared in 36 games for the Tigers, logging 556 minutes. Godfrey averaged 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds, shooting 59.4% from the field.
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Why Godfrey’s path to Georgia included a stop at Clemson
A Georgia legacy, Godfrey is a Peach State product who played for North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee. As a Class of 2022 prospect, Godfrey was rated the No. 7 player in the state of Georgia and No. 157 recruit overall nationally on the 247Sports Composite.
Godfrey’s recruitment included offers from Georgia, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Ole Miss and Mizzou. He had to make his college decision at a time when UGA was moving on from former head coach Tom Crean.
Chip Towers of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes that Antonio Reynolds-Dean was a key figure in getting Godfrey to Clemson as a Tigers assistant. Reynolds-Dean has since joined Mike White’s staff, giving Godfrey a familiar face at UGA.
RJ’s decision to carry on the Georgia family legacy makes Randall excited. Randall told the AJC that he never tried to push RJ toward UGA, but knows his son has long been a Bulldog at heart.
“In the back of his mind, I know this is something (RJ) always wanted to do,” Randall Godfrey told Towers. “All three of my boys grew up going to UGA camps, spring football games and all kinds of other things. So, they’ve been on campus quite a bit and they’re very familiar with everything.”
Randall made an instant impact at Georgia on the gridiron as SEC Freshman of the Year in 1992. After multiple All-SEC selections, he went on to have a 12-season career in the NFL.
RJ will look to be an impact transfer for a Georgia team that seeks to build on its postseason showing of 3 NIT wins and a trip to the semifinals.
Add in the 5* he stole from Florida’s backyard, the 6’10 4* beast he stole from Ky, the 2 6’5” Guards he borrowed from St. Mary’s and the 6’9” conference player of the year from App…former G8r HBC Mike “I don’t plan to remain mediocre” White is absolutely killing it in the classic city, just killing it.
Now if he’ll only get with Kirby to figure out the art of the second half adjustment…
Nate Oates and the Alabama Crimson Tide are the Gold standard for basketball in the SEC. Everybody else is trying to keep up.
Gold standard for never winning a national championship? I hope we never keep up with that
1 Final Four appearance qualifies for Gold? How about win a Natty or two before beating your chest.
If the nit is the goal he found a great home with medioce mike!
If losing in the first round on the big dance was his goal I would have thought Florida would have signed him…
UF has an elite basketball program!
Hmm well
You have to have national title to be Elite .. so uf does have that.. by the way .. when is the last time Georgia Made the dance ?
Great coach for you guys as he is the perfect fit !
is this the same ‘mediocre mike’ who has the 3rd highest winning % in uf basketball history? 2nd highest if you back-out one coach who only coached 6 games?
Remind me his record againt the current uf coach who had to get the stinch of mediocre out when Mike took it to Athens. Again thanks for paying uf that million bucks to bring those njt games back to Athens ! Funny part if not for some many other teams opting out Mike would jr have made the nit!
If Colorado had opted out perhaps Florida would have made it to the 2nd round…
and again remind me how far Mike white got in the ncaa tourney ? On that is right.. he dod not get in it! Glad you think making the nit and advancing is better than going to the dance . Mike white is def setting the goals well for you guys and happy to see you are embracing the not invited tourney !
you really missed the point. if mike white is in fact ‘mediocre’ and/or simply not good, as that’s what you’re alluding, the fact that he’s the 2nd best coach in uf’s history speaks volumes as to just how below avg that program has been throughout history. he’s actually one of the few positives….
Oh humper my friend .. I know you know nothing about Georgia making the dance so I can see why you are taking that dig. That nit final will be the goal in Athens for Mike!
Here is the dilemma, my friend, being the worst of the best like humdrum Todd or being the best of the worst like Mediocre Mike? At least best of the worst has an impressive looking trophy affiliated with it. What does the big dance 64th place trophy look like? I’ve never seen one…
So you are saying the nit trophy is the goal not making the dance ?
And that 0 and 5 record Mike has against Todd is pretty sweet!
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