Ex-Hurricanes WR Young moving to Georgia

• Mark Schlabach, ESPN

  • Senior Citizen WriterDec 23, 2023, 01:18 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of 7 books on college football
  • Graduate of the University of Georgia

Georgia coach Kirby Smart dipped into the transfer website for another pass receiver Saturday, including Miami’s Colbie Young.Young, a junior from Binghamton, New york city, will have one season of eligibility entrusted the Bulldogs. He had 79 receptions for 939 lawns with 10 goals the previous two seasons at Miami. Young also considered Penn State and Wisconsin as transfer destinations.

“Thank you Miami coaches and teammates for whatever,” Young composed on Instagram. “Y’ all made the experience fantastic and I’m extremely grateful. Thank you to my representative, household, pals, etc for supporting me through this choice. With that being stated I have decided to move and am devoting to [the] University of Georgia.”

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Young, 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, is the second pass receiver to reveal his intentions to move to Georgia. Vanderbilt’s London Humphreys, who had 22 receptions for 439 backyards in 2023, also is signing up with the Bulldogs.South Carolina protective lineman Xzavier McLeod announced Friday that he’s transferring to Georgia. The previous four-star recruit was the No. 134th-ranked prospect in the 2023 ESPN 300. It’s the 2nd year in a row the Bulldogs have supported their receiver depth through the transfer portal. In 2015, Georgia added Mississippi State’s Rara Thomas and Missouri’s Dominic Lovett.The Bulldogs are anticipated to lose senior Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint (who has one season of eligibility left) and perhaps junior Ladd McConkey, who hasn’t yet announced whether he’ll return to school or go into the 2024 NFL draft.