07 Jan
Marl Richt: “Dream Team” or “Dream-On Team”?
Posted in College Football Recruiting 2011 on 07.01.11 by Merlyn
Coming off an 8-5 2009 season, Georgia football coach Mark Richt made the insinuation that the Class of 2011 recruits in the state of Geoergia might all come to UGA and be a “Dream Team”. Despite, Georgia going 6-7 in 2010, many of Georgia’s elite bought into the slogan.
Below are recruits from Georgia with a Rivals.com rating of 4-stars or higher (updated 2/7/11):
| POS | Name | School | Ht | Wt | Choice |
| DE | Ray Drew | Thomasville, Thomas County Central | 6’5″ | 243 | Georgia |
| RB | Isaiah Crowell | Columbus, Carver | 5’11″ | 210 | Georgia |
| DE | Stephon Tuitt | Monroe, | 6’5″ | 260 | Notre Dame |
| ATH | Damian Swann | Atlanta, Grady | 6’0″ | 175 | Georgia |
| TE | Jay Rome | Valdosta, Valdosta | 6’5″ | 255 | Georgia |
| DE | Xzavier Dickson | Griffin, Griffin | 6’3″ | 238 | Alabama |
| DT | LaMichael Fanning | Hamilton, Harris County | 6’6″ | 285 | Alabama |
| LB | Shannon Brown | Adel, Cook | 6’2″ | 225 | Alabama |
| ATH | Quan Bray | Lagrange, Troup | 5’11″ | 178 | Auburn |
| DT | Gabe Wright | Columbus, Carver | 6’3″ | 273 | Auburn |
| DB | Avery Walls | McDonough, Eagle’s Landing Christian | 5’11″ | 184 | California |
| WR | Justin Scott-Wesley | Camilla, Mitchell County | 6’1″ | 210 | Georgia |
| DB | Corey Moore | Griffin | 6’1″ | 195 | Georgia |
| DE | Sterling Bailey | Gainesville, East Hall | 6’5″ | 260 | Georgia |
| ATH | Nick Marshall | Rochelle, Wilcox County | 6’2″ | 185 | Georgia |
| DT | Chris Mayes | Griffin, Spalding | 6’5″ | 295 | Georgia |
| LB | Amarlo Herrera | College Park, North Clayton | 6’1″ | 224 | Georgia |
| LB | Jabari Hunt-Days | Powder Springs, Hillgrove | 6’2″ | 226 | Georgia Tech |
| LB | James Vaughters | Tucker | 6’2″ | 233 | Stanford |
| LB | A.J. Johnson | Gainesville | 6’3″ | 226 | Tennessee |
| DB | Justin Coleman | Brunswick | 5’11″ | 175 | Tennessee |
| DB | Malcolm Mitchell | Valdosta | 6’1″ | 187 | Georgia |
The Bulldogs ends up with eleven of the Top 22 players in the state of Georgia. Only time will tell if the “Dream” pans out.