Thomas Blackshear, a wide receiver from Calvary Day, has committed to Georgia, giving Georgia another commit in the 2025 class.
Colleges throughout the nation will be ready to welcome the best athletes in the country for formal visits as spring warms up and transitions into summer. This is the time of year when 2025 class spaces start to fill up and commitments start to fly off the board. Georgia added their ninth commitment on Sunday, bringing their total to eight.
Savannah, Georgia’s Calvary Day WR The Georgia Bulldogs are Thomas Blackshear’s chosen college football team. Georgia won Thomas Blackshear over Tennessee and other contenders.
Although he isn’t the first offensive target, Blackshear is the first wide receiver to commit to the class. Right now, the top-ranked combination in the 2025 class is Georgia’s two committed tight ends. Georgia also has an opportunity to choose a few of the class’s top receiver prospects. Georgian residents CJ Wiley and Travis Smith are both listed among the top 100.
Thomas Blackshear preferred to wait until later in the summer to make his commitment. Perhaps just prior to his final season. But as the days of late April and early May passed, he couldn’t help but think of his mother, Johnequl Blackshear. For Mother’s Day, I wanted to complete it,” he remarked. “For my mum.
In state 2025 playmaker Thomas Blackshear commits to Georgia football
He claimed to have visited Athens four or five times. He was there in the 2023 season opener between UT-Martin. The four-star wide receiver claimed to have visited Knoxville twice to look at the Vols.
The biggest victory for Georgia in 2023 stands out among others. I attended the Tennessee vs. Georgia game at Tennessee, said Thomas Blackshear. It was absurd. Vols believed they were ahead. It was absurd. Although Tennessee made an offer before to the Dawgs, Coley assisted in sealing the deal when the Vols may have believed they had Blackshear as well.
According to Thomas Blackshear, the Athens crew was pleased to hear the news. Now that this was over, he was happy. It can be taxing to hear from so many coaches how much they want him to come visit. Thomas Blackshear remarked, “I needed a lot of these coaches off my back.” In the end, what did it matter. He mentioned the coaching staff. James Coley, the coach, is amazing. Georgia is a nearby state.
What was necessary for his dream school to have. He declared, They need to have a strong coaching staff. Let me see, they also need NIL money, nice facilities, and other things like that. Blackshear becomes the ninth commitment in the Georgia class of 2025 as a result of that choice. Right now, he’s the lead receiver.
After the 2024 season, the Bulldogs could lose up to that many players from their roster. As of right now, the 6-foot-1.5, 196-pound Blackshear is ranked sixth among commits to the 2025 class. There are now six Georgian homegrown commits in this class for the Dawgs College Football
Georgia secures commitment of four star WR Thomas Blackshear
Despite missing five games in his junior year due to injury, he still managed to record 27 receptions for 551 yards and five touchdowns. His totals came to 20.4 yards per grab on average, and he also had two defensive interceptions.
For the 2022 season, Blackshear was a student at Benedictine in Savannah. In addition to 10 more touchdowns, he had 41 catches for 641 yards (15.6 ypc). He was a key member of the winning GHSA Class 4A state team.
With this decision, UGA commits nine times more by 2025. Thus, according to the 247Sports Composite team rankings, that is excellent for the nation’s No. 12 class. According to On3’s team rankings, which prioritise quality above quantity of commits, the Bulldogs are ranked ninth in the country.
Here, Coley succeeded admirably in preserving Georgia’s ties to Blackshear during Bryan McClendon’s tenure. Blackshear was ranked highly by McClendon.
Blackshear remarked, “Coach Coley is still a cool guy.” “It’s fun to be around him,” He has a slight “BMac” resemblance to myself. With Coach McClendon, it only became stronger. Why not let an NFL coach who is currently coaching know who you are already. You have an even greater opportunity there.
