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More than six months after Jared Curtis backed off his commitment to Georgia football, the five-star quarterback gave a new pledge to the Bulldogs on Monday evening in a much-anticipated recruiting announcement.
Curtis revealed his choice of the Bulldogs over Oregon in a ceremony at Nashville Christian School, where the rising senior will be entering his fourth season as a starter.
The 6-foot-4, 228-pound Curtis is ranked the No. 2 overall player and No. 1 quarterback in the 2026 class by the 247Sports Composite.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart has signed three five-star quarterbacks out of high school.
Curtis would be the first five-star quarterback Georgia has signed since Prince Avenue Christian’s Brock Vandagriff in 2021. He transferred to Kentucky after the 2023 season and started for one season there.
Georgia hasn’t signed a quarterback as highly ranked as Curtis since Justin Fields in 2018. Fields was named the nation’s No. 2 prospect behind Trevor Lawrence. Fields spent one season as a backup before transferring to Ohio State.
Smart signed Jacob Eason out of Washington state in 2016. He had originally committed to Mark Richt.
Georgia won national championships in 2021 and 2022 with Stetson Bennett who came to the school as a walk-on, went to junior college and then transferred back.
Jake Fromm was a top 50 prospect and a four-star quarterback who helped lead Georgia to the national title game in 2017. Carson Beck, a four-star prospect ranked No. 254 overall, quarterbacked Georgia to the SEC championship game in 2023 and 2024. The Bulldogs won last season.
The Bulldogs currently have four quarterbacks on the roster who came via signing classes. All could return in 2026, but that seems unlikely in this age of player movement.
Gunner Stockton would be a redshirt senior, Ryan Puglisi a redshirt sophomore and Ryan Montgomery and Hezekiah Millender should be redshirt freshmen.
Curtis, the Gatorade Player of the year for Tennessee as a junior, passed for 2,830 yards and 40 touchdowns with three interceptions last season while completing 70.2% of his passes. He led his team in rushing yards with 637 with 18 touchdowns for a team that won a state championship.
“I think all competitors want to compete,” Nashville Christian coach Jeff Brothers said. “The drive and the desire is certainly there wherever he goes to go in and compete for a position and have an opportunity to have a role and an impact. Is there a lot to college football to learn? Yes. Part of graduating in December and being able to get there in January helps to offset that learning curve, but there is a learning curve.”
Brothers said with Curtis it “could be the long game, too. If you’re looking for the skill set, and that’s what everybody would say the physical tools are certainly there, it’s just the ability to come in and be able at that position to lead the team. It’s not like playing running back and you just run hard. You’ve got to be able to lead and take in a lot of information and be able to process it quickly and then make the right decision and the right throws….These programs have good players and they have a room full of guys that can do the job and are going to compete with each other.”
Curtis signing with Georgia would be a big win for offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. He coached NFL No. 1 pick Matthew Stafford in Bobo's first go-round with the Bulldogs.
It seems unlikely that Curtis would back off a Georgia commitment a second time, but the first day recruits can sign in the early period is Dec. 4.
That’s still seven months away.
Georgia lost five-star quarterback commitment Dylan Raiola from Buford in December of 2023 when he flipped to Nebraska.
Brothers said Curtis was “ready to come to a decision to put that part of it behind, but yes, there’s a long time before signing day. The world we live in, the dynamics of college football ever changing, there’s noting guaranteed until you put your name on a sheet of paper and even these days, heck, when you put your name on paper, you can still be gone by Christmas. So it’s a fickle mistress college football and this is just part of that.”
Curtis wanted to make the decision now, Curtis said, so he could put it behind him and concentrate on his senior season.
This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Jared Curtis commits once again to Georgia football. Here's the impact
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Curtis revealed his choice of the Bulldogs over Oregon in a ceremony at Nashville Christian School, where the rising senior will be entering his fourth season as a starter.
The 6-foot-4, 228-pound Curtis is ranked the No. 2 overall player and No. 1 quarterback in the 2026 class by the 247Sports Composite.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart has signed three five-star quarterbacks out of high school.
Curtis would be the first five-star quarterback Georgia has signed since Prince Avenue Christian’s Brock Vandagriff in 2021. He transferred to Kentucky after the 2023 season and started for one season there.
Georgia hasn’t signed a quarterback as highly ranked as Curtis since Justin Fields in 2018. Fields was named the nation’s No. 2 prospect behind Trevor Lawrence. Fields spent one season as a backup before transferring to Ohio State.
Smart signed Jacob Eason out of Washington state in 2016. He had originally committed to Mark Richt.
Georgia won national championships in 2021 and 2022 with Stetson Bennett who came to the school as a walk-on, went to junior college and then transferred back.
Jake Fromm was a top 50 prospect and a four-star quarterback who helped lead Georgia to the national title game in 2017. Carson Beck, a four-star prospect ranked No. 254 overall, quarterbacked Georgia to the SEC championship game in 2023 and 2024. The Bulldogs won last season.
How will Jared Curtis fit in with the Georgia quarterback room?
The Bulldogs currently have four quarterbacks on the roster who came via signing classes. All could return in 2026, but that seems unlikely in this age of player movement.
Gunner Stockton would be a redshirt senior, Ryan Puglisi a redshirt sophomore and Ryan Montgomery and Hezekiah Millender should be redshirt freshmen.
Curtis, the Gatorade Player of the year for Tennessee as a junior, passed for 2,830 yards and 40 touchdowns with three interceptions last season while completing 70.2% of his passes. He led his team in rushing yards with 637 with 18 touchdowns for a team that won a state championship.
“I think all competitors want to compete,” Nashville Christian coach Jeff Brothers said. “The drive and the desire is certainly there wherever he goes to go in and compete for a position and have an opportunity to have a role and an impact. Is there a lot to college football to learn? Yes. Part of graduating in December and being able to get there in January helps to offset that learning curve, but there is a learning curve.”
Brothers said with Curtis it “could be the long game, too. If you’re looking for the skill set, and that’s what everybody would say the physical tools are certainly there, it’s just the ability to come in and be able at that position to lead the team. It’s not like playing running back and you just run hard. You’ve got to be able to lead and take in a lot of information and be able to process it quickly and then make the right decision and the right throws….These programs have good players and they have a room full of guys that can do the job and are going to compete with each other.”
Will Jared Curtis’ commitment this time stick?
Curtis signing with Georgia would be a big win for offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. He coached NFL No. 1 pick Matthew Stafford in Bobo's first go-round with the Bulldogs.
It seems unlikely that Curtis would back off a Georgia commitment a second time, but the first day recruits can sign in the early period is Dec. 4.
That’s still seven months away.
Georgia lost five-star quarterback commitment Dylan Raiola from Buford in December of 2023 when he flipped to Nebraska.
Brothers said Curtis was “ready to come to a decision to put that part of it behind, but yes, there’s a long time before signing day. The world we live in, the dynamics of college football ever changing, there’s noting guaranteed until you put your name on a sheet of paper and even these days, heck, when you put your name on paper, you can still be gone by Christmas. So it’s a fickle mistress college football and this is just part of that.”
Curtis wanted to make the decision now, Curtis said, so he could put it behind him and concentrate on his senior season.
This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Jared Curtis commits once again to Georgia football. Here's the impact
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