Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart wrapped up the week with an extremely important recruiting stop
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart wrapped up the penultimate week of January with an important recruiting stop. Smart was in Nashville on Thursday night for an in-home visit with 2026 five-star quarterback Jared Curtis, one of the most coveted recruits in the nation. Curtis, 6-foot-4/225 lbs from Nashville, TN, is rated in 247Sports' composite […]
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart wrapped up the penultimate week of January with an important recruiting stop.
Smart was in Nashville on Thursday night for an in-home visit with 2026 five-star quarterback Jared Curtis, one of the most coveted recruits in the nation.
Curtis, 6-foot-4/225 lbs from Nashville, TN, is rated in 247Sports' composite rankings as the No. 1 quarterback in the nation and the No. 4 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class.
Scouting report via 247Sports: A big-armed quarterback prospect with some moxie. Owns a favorable build having measured roughly 6-foot-3, 215 pounds as a 9th grader. Started football career off playing running back before getting a look under center. Instantly found success at his new position, earning Mr. Football runner-up honors in Tennessee after a freshman campaign in which he won 10 games and totaled just over 2,750 yards of offense. Not afraid to dial up the deep ball and tends to connect on plenty of vertical shots. Also excels at hitting timing-based breaking routes over the middle. Shouldn’t be classified as a true dual-treat talent, but can move the chains with his legs and work off-script when the pocket collapses. Camp footage shows both pace and touch. Must keep developing and learn how to read the complex defenses he will face at the next level, but looks like one of the top signal callers early on in the 2026 cycle. Likely to find success in a variety of different offensive systems given his well-rounded skill set.
Curtis committed to Georgia last March, but he decommitted from the Bulldogs in October.
Georgia, however, is still one of the favorites in the battle for Curtis, but other programs, such as Oregon, are also very much in the mix.
Interestingly, Georgia offered another 2026 quarterback this week. Houston commit Keisean Henderson, a four-star quarterback from Texas, received an offer from the Bulldogs on Wednesday.
We'll see where this battle goes in the next couple of months, but it's clear that Georgia is putting their best foot forward in an effort to bring Curtis to Athens while also solidifying a backup plan in case they don't let the talented quarterback.
