xGeorgia Recruiting: Jordan Jenkins Spurns Tide, Flips Commitment to Georgia

The college football world waited with baited breath for the much-ballyhooed announcement of where Jordan Jenkins, the five-star defensive end out of Hamilton, GA would play his college ball. Tonight, that wait is finally over and Jenkins is heading to Athens to play for Todd Grantham and the Georgia Bulldogs.

It was Grantham's hard push in the last two weeks that forced Jenkins into his change of heart as he grew particularly fond of Grantham and began to envision himself playing for him in Athens for the next three to four years. 

"Georgia's a great program and I really like what coach Grantham's done with Jarvis Jones and what he did with Justin Houston"

Even more than that, Jenkins saw an opportunity to play early in Athens and he liked that aspect.

This commitment has to be viewed as a real coup for the Bulldogs and, hopefully, is a positive momentum builder heading into the final weeks of the Bulldog's recruiting season—Todd Gurley is set to make his decision on Friday and Georgia appears to be in good position for him as well.

Curiously, though, many will likely wonder what Jenkins meant when he stated his family didn't "feel safe with him going to Alabama" and he didn't want to go to a place where his mom is "worried about me all the time", or he didn't feel comfortable that he could "talk to the coaches".

Those are some interesting statements to make about the school that he admitted had his heart for the better part of two years.

One of the things you start to wonder immediately when you hear things like that are, will the Tide see a shake-up in their staff in the near-future? Will Smart be gone in a year? Saban? What's going on in Tuscaloosa to suddenly raise so many red flags?

Questions will definitely be rising over the next few days as to what exactly Jenkins meant by those statements and, I'll admit, they could mean nothing, but the conversations will take place nevertheless. 

As for Georgia, Jenkins will be a welcome addition to a defensive line that was one of the best in the SEC in 2011, but clearly lacked the depth you'd like for the 3-4 and one of Jenkins most coveted assets, his pass-rushing skills, will have Georgia fans salivating at how well he'll play alongside Jarvis Jones in 2012.

It's a phenomenal flip for the Dawgs and, hopefully, a harbinger of even better things to come for this recruiting class.