Recruiting hype is smoking hot currently in the world of college football. Five-star safety Jireh Edwards seems to add another layer to a top-tier SEC franchise locker room. The Upper Marlboro product has been turning heads as one of the most coveted blue chip safeties in his class (2026) but has yet to make a choice. He keeps swinging between options for over the months after a standout junior year at St. Frances Academy – high school. He racked up a total of 92 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, six pass breakups, and three forced fumbles, establishing his status as a top-three safety in the nation. Quite unsurprisingly, the numbers and prompt earned him a heck of 37 offers on his table. Now, the question it begs: which school is the standout high school kid finally down to?
It seems the prodigy finally found his answers after a lot of back and forth. It’s Kirby Smart and Bulldogs for Edwards at this point in time. Georgia wasn’t a major part of his recruiting process until they started to make a real push since January this year. They had him on campus for their second Junior Day event. The 6 ft 2 ‘Shark’ had a flabbergasting first impression of the Dawgs.
“You see Georgia on TV,” he said. “You see how they win. All the wins. But by just being there, I see what it takes. What you have got to do to be great. The player development. The first thing that came out of my mind when I got to Georgia was ‘wow.’ That’s the first thing that came to my mind. I was just like ‘wow’ and ‘this is different’ here now.
He was equally mesmerized by the trophies they had under their belt. He deems Coach Smart a living legend and said a single real-life meeting with him was enough for him to worship him as a coach. That was a surreal highlight moment for the Maryland safety’s recruitment saga. And finally, that first impression did its job. We are just four months down, and today, on April 13th, Edwards spilled the tea, posing with a Kirby Smart poster in his hand with GOAT emojis in the caption.
@KirbySmartUGA pic.twitter.com/sLUqQ4zqTE
— Jireh Edwards ✟ (@jaygolive1k) April 13, 2025
That pretty much sums it up. The Maryland product is going to grace the safety room at Athens.
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