Five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola, the No. 1 overall player in the 2024 college football recruiting class, committed to Georgia on Monday. The Phoenix, Arizona, product picked the Bulldogs over heavy interest from Nebraska, where both his father and uncle played for the Cornhuskers, among other top teams in the country.
Raiola is rated the No. 1 overall player and No. 1 quarterback in both the Top247 and 247Sports Composite Ratings for the 2024 cycle. He immediately joins Justin Fields as the top two recruits in program history, narrowly edging out linebacker and 2023 first-round NFL Draft pick Nolan Smith. Raiola is the third No. 1 overall recruit to commit to Georgia, joining Smith and defensive tackle Trenton Thompson.
“The ability to drive the ball with velocity regardless of the weather conditions are things that impress because of his mechanics and ability to transfer his weight in the lower body and not just rely on his arm to make throws,” 247Sports national recruiting expert Chris Singletary said of Raiola. “He has a fluid throwing motion that does not possess any flaws or hitches.”
Raiola was previously committed to Ohio State but decommitted in December 2022 before reopening his recruitment, and Georgia quickly became a factor after the Bulldogs won back-to-back national championships in January. Raiola will go on an official visit to Athens, Georgia, on June 2.
“I’m attracted to the culture and the standard at Georgia and the more time that went by the stronger I felt about it,” Raiola told 247Sports. “There was a lot of silence and a lot of quiet and I just learned a lot throughout this whole process of who I can lean on and depend on, and another thing I loved, Georgia is not built on one person or one position group. It’s a complete program I get to be part of.”
In two seasons as a starter Pinnacle High School in Arizona and Burleson High School in Texas, Raiola has completed 65% of his passes for 5,776 yards, 54 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He won Texas District 5-5A Offensive MVP as a sophomore.
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Georgia has recruited at an astronomical level over the past five years, but landing a quarterback of Raiola’s caliber is a game-changer for the program. The Bulldogs briefly had Fields on campus, but he ultimately transferred to Ohio State and led the Buckeyes to a pair of Big Ten titles.
Now, the timing is ideal for Raiola…
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