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Jacob Park is still sorting out his future at the University of Georgia.
Chip Towers of the AJC reported Wednesday that the Bulldogs’ coaching staff — including Mark Richt and defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt — has reached out to the former four-star quarterback who quit the team earlier this week, but he hasn’t returned their calls.
“Jacob hasn’t 100 percent made up his mind yet,” Ray Stackley, Park’s former prep coach in Goose Creek, S.C., told the AJC on Wednesday. “I know from conversations with the mom and the dad — and they’ve had conversations with coach (Mark) Richt — they tell me (the Bulldogs) definitely don’t want to lose him. They’re trying to talk him into staying. They want to keep him around.”
Park posted this message on his Facebook page on Wednesday night, confirming published reports of his decision to quit the team:
“I just want to say thank (you) dawg nation and everyone else who made my stay in Athens special. Never will forget the people and friends. Time to move on and turn the page to the next chapter. Go Dawgs.”
Park’s decision to leave stems from falling to No. 3 on the depth chart after spring practice in the race for the starting job alongside Brice Ramsey and Faton Bauta. Park is likely fourth on the roster now that Virginia transfer Greyson Lambert is enrolling at Georgia.
