Ellis Robinson gets shoutout at Madison Square Garden during Knicks Game
The nation’s third-best recruit in the 2024 recruiting class, Ellis Robinson IV, according to On3’s industry rankings, was in the Big Apple on Saturday, enjoying the sights and sounds of the New York Knicks matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. While in attendance at the game, in the Knicks home arena, Madison Square Garden, the five-star plus cornerback recruit received a shoutout from the Knicks organization.
In the video below, you can catch New York spotlighting Robinson, putting him up on the Jumbotron screen, when showcasing all the celebrities in attendance at Saturday night’s game.
Robinson was the crown jewel of another impressive recruiting class by Georgia head coach Kirby Smart and his staff. The New Haven, CT native, who attended school at Florida’s IMG Academy, is recognized as the top cornerback in the class and the second-best player from the state of Florida, along with being the No. 3 overall recruit.
Kirby Smart downplays the negative impact of Carson Beck returning to Georgia has on quarterback recruiting
Carson Beck is running it back at Georgia for the 2024 season in the hopes of leading his Bulldogs back to the College Football Playoff. Falling just short in his first year as the starting quarterback, he believes he has unfinished business in Athens.
While some believe this move could be holding the Bulldogs back in the recruiting game, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart explained why this isn’t the case — especially after early national signing day.
“I don’t think Carson’s decision had any impact on our quarterback recruiting situation,” Smart said. “I think it was a lot of independent variables there. We’ve felt pretty good that Carson was coming back the entire time. He’s communicated with us. He did his research.
“He certainly had options, but he communicated that he wanted to grow and continue to get better. So he made that choice. …. That’s something we have to think long and hard about. Our hard number [for scholarship QBs] 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.”
Getting to four quarterbacks was easier said than done once former five-star recruit Brock Vandagriff transferred to Kentucky. They haven’t added to the position as of this report but, of course, the Bulldogs added a quarterback to its 2024 roster in four-star recruit Ryan Puglisi. He signed his national letter of intent of Wednesday as a part of early national signing day.
“Ryan came down here, I bet 5 or 6 times. He checked the box every time for the right kind of kid, the right kind of competitor,” Smart said of his new QB. “He’s embraced the part about learning. He sees himself as a guy that needs to come in and develop under a system. He’s seen Carson’s success, so I think he understands that. He wants to grow and get better.”
Beck’s announcement to return coincided with him announcing that he would be starting for Georgia under center for the Orange Bowl against Florida State.