Sports are full of “what if’s” and “what could have been”. No sport, league, team, city, school, or level of play is exempt. Through the last two years, the biggest “what could have been” in Georgia football has been Deangelo Gibbs.
The former four-star safety from Grayson High School was one of the crown jewels of Kirby Smart’s first class entirely of his own recruits. Only five players ranked ahead of Gibbs (no. 4 safety, no. 49 player) in Georgia’s star-studded 2017 class which ranked no. 3 after National Signing Day. All five of those guys are now cornerstones of Georgia’s 2019 football team.