BREAKING: Jayden Maiava Flips Commitment to USC

Georgia's most recent commit, Jayden Maiava has announced that he will be committing elsewhere for the 2024 season.

Christian Kirby II | Jan 9, 2024

The Georgia Bulldogs quarterback room grew a little smaller on Tuesday night as Jayden Maiava announced that he would be transferring to USC rather than Georgia. The quarterback announced his committment to the Bulldogs earlier this week but reports from Greg Biggins on Tuesday night indicated that the quarterback will now be heading to California.

Maiava is a 6-foot-4 quarterback from Las Vegas, Nevada, and appeared in 14 games this season for the UNLV Rebels. In those games, he threw for 3,085 yards, 17 touchdowns, and had a completion percentage just shy of 64%.

With the sudden departure of Maiava, the Bulldogs now have just three scholarship quarterbacks on the roster for the 2024 college football season. Head coach Kirby Smart stated during a press conference in December that the team's goal was to have four scholarship quarterbacks on the roster.

“Our hard number is four. We want to be at four, and we’re not at four. So again, we’ll look at our options and see what we can do there. We would like to be at four, but that’s our goal.”

-Kirby Smart during his National Signing Day press conference (12/20/23)

The Bulldogs will likely look elsewhere to fill their desired fourth spot at the quarterback position ahead of the 2024 college football season.

Georgia Scholarship Quarterbacks on Roster

Carson Beck (Class of 2020)
Gunner Stocken (Class of 2022)
Ryan Puglisi (Class of 2024)

Georgia Transfer Portal Entries:

Kicker, Jared Zirkel announced he will transfer to Texas A&M.
WR, Jackson Meeks announced transfer to Syracuse
QB, Brock Vandagriff will transfer to Kentucky.
EDGE, CJ Madden announced he will transfer to Purdue.
WR Jackson Meeks has announced that he will enter the transfer portal with one year of eligibility left
Jonathan Jefferson has announced he will transfer to SMU.
EDGE, Darris Smith - Made transfer intentions known before the portal officially opened. Will transfer to the Missouri Tigers.
DB, Nyland Green announced that he will be transferring to Purdue.
WR, Mekhi Mews announced that he plans to enter the transfer portal
LB, EJ Lightsey, announced transfer to Georgia Tech.
OL, Austin Blaske announced transfer to UNC.
WR, Yazeed Haynes announced transfer to Syracuse
LB, Jamon Dumas Johnson announced transfer to Kentucky.
DB, AJ Harris has entered the transfer portal
LB, Xavian Sorey entered the transfer portal and has committed to Arkansas
OL, Joshua Miller announced his transfer to Syracuse.
OL, Aliou Bah has announced his transfer to Maryland.
WR, CJ Smith announced plans to enter the transfer portal
RB, Sevaughn Clark announced plans to enter the transfer portal.
WR, De'Nylon Morrissette will transfer to Purdue.

Georgia NFL Draft Declarations:

DB, Javon Bullard
DB, Kamari Lassiter
DB, Tykee Smith
WR, Marcus Rosemy Jacksaint
WR, Ladd McConkey
DL, Zion Logue
RB, Kendall Milton
RB, Daijun Edwards
OL, Amarius Mims
TE, Brock Bowers
C, Sedrick Van Pran

Coaching Movements:

DB Coach Fran Brown - Has taken the head coaching job at Syracuse

Georgia's 2024 recruiting class

Ellis Robinson IV, DB
KJ Bolden, S
Dwight Phillips Jr., RB
NiTareon Tuggle, WR
Malachi Toliver, OL
Marcus Harrison, OL
Demello Jones, S
Drew Miller, P
Sacovie White, ATH
Ryan Puglisi, QB
Jaden Reddell, TE
Quintavius Johnson, DL
Justin Greene, DL
Chauncey Bowens, RB
Jordan Thomas, DL
Nnamdi Ogboko, DL
Michael Uini, OL
Daniel Calhoun, OL
Joseph Jonah-Ajonye, DL
Nyier Daniels, OL
Marques Easley, OL
Justin Williams, LB
Kristopher Jones, LB
Luke Raab, LS
Nate Frazier, RB
Ondre Evans, DB
Nasir Johnson, DL

Draft Eligible Bulldogs

TE, Brock Bowers
OL, Amarius Mims
CB, Kamari Lassiter
DB, Tykee Smith
DB, Javon Bullard
WR, RaRa Thomas
WR, Ladd McConkey
WR, Dominic Lovett
WR, Marcus Rosmey-Jacksaint
QB, Carson Beck, will return for 2024 season
OG, Tate Ratledge, will return for 2024 season
OC, Sedrick Van Pran
OT, Xavier Truss, will return for 2024 season
DE, Tramel Walthour
DT, Zion Logue
DT, Warren Brinson
OLB, Chazz Chambliss
LB, Smael Mondon, will return for 2024 season according to reports
LB, Jamon Dumas-Johnson, transferring to Kentucky
DL, Nazir Stackhouse, will return for 2024 season
RB, Kendall Milton
RB, Daijun Edwards
K, Jared Zirkel, transferring to Texas A&M
P, Brett Thorson
S, Dan Jackson

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Published Jan 9, 2024

CHRISTIAN KIRBY II