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Could Georgia WR Transfer Adonai Mitchell Be Longhorns Bound?

One of the most explosive talents on the two-time national champion Georgia Bulldogs is in the transfer portal. Could the Longhorns be a landing spot?

Matt Galatzan

The Georgia Bulldogs have arguably the most talented roster in college football, as evidenced by their back-to-back national championship wins. 

Now, a key member of that roster is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal, in sophomore wide receiver AD Mitchell.

And per Longhorns Country sources, the Texas Longhorns, along with the USC Trojans are among the potential destinations for the former four-star and College Football Playoff standout. 

Mitchell played in all 15 games for the Bulldogs in 2021, starting 12, and catching a touchdown in both the playoff semi-final and championship games, helping to guide the Bulldogs to their first title since 1980.

And though he was sidelined by an ankle injury for the majority of the 2022 season, Mitchell returned in time for the 2022 playoffs, once again catching touchdowns in both games, while helping Georgia go back-to-back. 

Mitchell ends his Bulldogs career with 38 catches for 560 yards (14.7 per catch) and seven scores. 

So what would Mitchell brings to the Longhorns' wide receiver room?

To put it simply - an explosive No. 1 talent. 

Standing 6-foot-4 with blazing speed, Mitchell is a legitimate home run threat. But he is also a precise route-runner, able to lineup inside and outside, and attack both in the vertical passing game and in the short to the mid-range game.

That said, should Mitchell ultimately pick Texas, Xavier Worthy will still be the alpha dog for the Longhorns' receiver corps. 

And alongside Jordan Whittington, who is returning for his final season, and Wyoming transfer Isaiah Neyor, who missed the season with an injury, Texas was already set up for success at the position heading into 2023.

Not to mention the incoming additions of Johntay Cook and Ryan Niblett - both SI99 prospects - and the emergence star tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders, and reserve wideouts Casey Cain and Savion Red. 

But Mitchell would bring a different sort of talent to the 40 Acres - One that could potentially put the Texas offense over the top.

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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