Kirby Smart shares his thoughts on RB signee Andrew Paul
DawgsHQ was on the scene for the commitment and signing of running back Andrew Paul in Dallas, Texas, and soon thereafter, Kirby Smart was quick to put on some praise for the newest backfield member in his Signing Day press conference.
“Andrew Paul is a guy we found out about and discovered,” Smart said. “Dell [McGee] did a tremendous job covering the country, looking for the best backs we could possibly bring into the University of Georgia.”
As happens with many schools many times throughout the process, the Lone Star State came into focus.
“Anytime you go across the state of Texas, there’s a ton of really good football players – there’s really good high school football in Texas,” Smart said of Paul’s Dallas roots.
From there, the ball began to roll quickly.
“Dell reached out to me and sent me his Hudl link. I got to watch him and I really liked him. Dell knew the kid and the family,” Smart said. “He comes from a military background family which fits a criteria for us in terms of discipline and being made of the right things. Once we checked out all that, it became was he good enough?”
Andrew Paul checks the boxes
It didn’t take long to answer that question.
“He’s a 210 pound back, and he’s got a great demeanor about him. He loves working out in the weight room, just tremendous background checks where he’s played, and the people he’s played for have a lot of amount of respect for him,” Smart said. “Getting to see him play, spending time around him on the actual visit, it validated that.”
Ultimately, the Dawgs knew they’d found their man for all the right reasons.
“And we loved him. We think he’s a really good football player with great academics. He won a state championship in high school. If you look at these guys who joined us today, almost every one of them won a state championship in high school which is another indicator of success and winning coming from good teams which is great value for us.”
Paul becomes Georgia second running back signee of the 2022 cycle, joining four-star back Branson Robinson.
He finished his senior season with 271 carries for 2,616 yards and 41 touchdowns and 14 receptions for 208 yards and three touchdowns for Dallas’s Parish Episcopal School.
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