That Javon Wims would be at Georgia in the midst of what has been a breakout year wasn’t a sure thing.
When Georgia fired Mark Richt at the conclusion of the 2015 regular season, Wims was a highly-rated junior college prospect. He had verbally committed to Richt and the Bulldogs less than a month before.
“I remember going to a recruiting battle against South Carolina,” head coach Kirby Smart said. “(Wims) was not a guy that was 100 percent committed. We had to battle to get him.”
Wims took official visits to Miami, South Carolina and Georgia — in that order — after Richt was fired.