Former Georgia WR Tyler Williams commits to Minnesota as transfer
Former Georgia wideout Tyler Williams has committed to Minnesota out of the NCAA Transfer Portal, he announced on Instagram on Tuesday. He will have multiple years of eligibility remaining.
Williams, entering his redshirt freshman season this fall, was a top recruit in the 2023 signing class. He was the No. 68 overall player in the class, according to On3’s own rankings.
As a true freshman, Williams appeared in just two games for the Bulldogs.
Williams played high school football at Lakeland (Fla.) High School, where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 91 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
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A young Georgia QB is dealing with an injury this spring
Ryan Puglisi didn’t have the full effect from the first spring period of his college career due to injury. That seemed even more significant over the weekend with him arriving to Georgia’s spring game on a crutch.
However, Kirby Smart explained on Saturday that it wasn’t too serious of a matter. He shared that Puglisi is dealing with a stress fracture that’s of a degree that the best thing for them to do it rest him as it heals.
“Yeah, it’s a small stress fracture so it’s not a break or a significant injury,” Smart said. “It’s a shutdown injury and let it rest. So we listened to what the doctor said and did that.”
Puglisi was reported to be dealing with a non-serious knee injury back earlier this month amidst spring practice. Smart’s clarification was that they’re actually the same injury that they’ve been handling over the past two weeks. That led him to end up missing the Bulldogs’ spring game this weekend.
Puglisi arrives in Athens as a four-star prospect from high school up in Avon, Connecticut. He was the No. 108 overall recruit in the 2024 cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also rated as the No. 10 QB in the class and No. 2 player in the state.
Puglisi now comes down south as part of the No. 1 class in On3’s 2024 Industry Football Team Recruiting Rankings. Of it’s 28 commits, he’s one of it’s 18 four-stars and is the lone quarterback.
Missing part of your first-ever spring session in college isn’t ideal for a touted freshman that’s trying to get his feet wet. Still, while it took some opportunities from Puglisi, it gave a ton of extra ones to a redshirt sophomore who is also trying to dip in the pool at the position.
“It did affect us in terms of reps,” said Smart. “It probably gave Gunner (Stockton) more growth than ever because he took twos, threes. I mean Gunner just took a ton of reps.”