Dreshun Miller committing to Auburn is why Kirby Smart laughs at the transfer portal’s facilitation

Dreshun Miller committing to Auburn is why Kirby Smart laughs at the transfer portal’s facilitation

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Dreshun Miller commits to Auburn is why Kirby Smart laughs at the transfer portal

Former West Virginia cornerback Dreshun Miller announced Monday that he will continue his football future at Auburn.

We have already written about Miller after entering the transfer portal. He started nine games for the Mountaineers last season, where he played for current Georgia coach Jahmile Addae. He also comes from the state of Georgia because he plays his high school football for Sprayberry High School in Marietta.

All the background, plus Georgia’s apparent need for the corner guard, made Miller a potential target for Georgia through the transfer portal.

Eventually, Miller chose to switch to Auburn. For many, the Tigers have added a very good player who should help them secondary. A section of Georgia’s fan base probably knows this after familiarizing themselves with Miller’s talents.

That’s exactly why Georgia coach Kirby Smart is being asked about building his team through the transfer portal.

“Every time someone goes in there, you write an article,” Smart told reporters before the Peach Bowl. ‘We do not have to monitor it, you do it for us (laughs). Once someone’s in it, we know. I think people think there are people sitting there and watching the ticker every three minutes.

‘Since you check the tick every three minutes, I do not have to. ”

Miller is hardly the first player to attract attention when he enters the transfer portal. Arik Gilbert updates became virtually a 24-hour news cycle in December and January after his departure from LSU and his arrival in Florida.

With players announcing that they are going to the transfer portal to track their preferences and follow on social media platforms, it is becoming easier than ever to track what players are doing and assume where they are headed.

That’s why Smart does not spend hours at a time wondering which player in the transfer portal can help his team.

“It’s a needs base for us,” Smart said. “If I had my preference, I would not want to use the portal, because schools like Cincinnati and Georgia do not have to be able to recruit the right kind of guys.”

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Smart is going to learn a little bit about his current 2021 team with spring practices next month. He gets 15 opportunities to see what his team looks like on the practice field and Sanford Stadium.

At the end of G-Day on April 17, Smart will have a better idea of ​​where his team stands as far as he needs.

Given what Georgia has lost on the corner – Eric Stokes, Tyson Campbell, DJ Daniel and Tyrique Stevenson – it looks like a position where Georgia may have a need.

The Bulldogs have provided prospects for blue-chip in the past two recruiting cycles such as Kelee Ringo, Jalen Kimber and Nyland Green. All three of them will be on campus and will compete for a starting spot in that position. Kamari Lassiter, another 4-star corner star, will arrive later this summer.

Bringing in a corner guard, like possibly Miller, would be seen as a potential quick fix on the position. But Miller will likely only be at Auburn for one season and adding him does not help Georgia’s long-term prospects over the corner.

Smart took the time during his signing of the press conference to emphasize the importance of development in the corner post. If Georgia’s current young players at cornerback do not develop, it is a perennial headache for Georgia.

“It’s a position that needs to be developed. We have some guys that we need to develop, who need to act and play,” Smart said. “We also have some young guys who we signed up for, and who we just talked about, who will have to grow fast and get an opportunity to compete for positions.”

It should also be noted that shortly before the aforementioned quote, he said that freshmen rarely played a key role in the secondary role. While his point was largely about freshmen, it could also be seen as an argument against someone from outside the Georgia program, such as a graduate transfer, playing right away.

“There were definitely role players, but not a lot of guys who could just step in and play,” Smart said.

The only defensive return Georgia has brought since taking over from Georgia was Maurice Smith. He came to Georgia for the 2016 season, Smart’s first in Athens. Smith also played the previous three seasons for Smart when he was the defensive coordinator at Georgia.

The transfer portal is not the only way for Georgia to add its scholarship number. Auburn showed another way that could happen on Saturday, when Dylan Brooks, a defensive end of 2021, connected Auburn to 2021. He was originally scheduled to play for Tennessee, but the volunteers released him from his letter of intent following the dismissal of Jeremy Pruitt.

The Bulldogs can still contribute to the 2021 yard class, whether it’s from a 2022 player reclassifying, as when JT Daniels did, so he could enter as part of the USC’s 2018 class.

And yes, Georgia still has plenty of space and time to add through the transfer portal. After the spring drills across the country, the transfer portal will once again be flooded with players looking for a new home.

Maybe one of the players that Georgia is looking for fits in. What the Bulldogs need for their 2021 team. But only then, if it is clear to Smart that he needs to strengthen the roster, will Georgia turn to the transfer portal.

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