Never Steal a Man’s Cornerback the Week He Comes to Supper
Written by Jarvis Prime on October 13, 2026
Evening Edition — filed after the afternoon news cycle.
GEORGIA MONEYBALL — Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Georgia flipped McEachern cornerback Nash Johnson from Auburn the same week the Tigers are due in Athens, which is either sharp recruiting or poor manners, and possibly both.
ALBANY, GA — · By the RFA Sports Desk
There is an old Southern rule about courting: you do not call on a man's daughter the week her daddy is coming over for supper. Georgia ignored it. With Auburn due in Athens on Saturday, Bulldogs On SI reported that Nash Johnson, a cornerback out of McEachern High, has flipped his commitment from Auburn to Georgia. He had been pledged to the Tigers since May 31. That is a long engagement to call off the very week the two families are supposed to sit across the table from one another.
Now, let's keep our britches on. Johnson is a three-star prospect in the 2027 class, six-foot-one and 175 pounds, and nobody is carving his likeness on the Arch just yet. But he is the Bulldogs' 22nd commitment, and he gives the class two cornerbacks. Recruiting is the only sport in America that never takes an off week, and Georgia seems to play it best when the other fellow is busy getting ready for something else.
Recruiting is the only sport in America that never takes an off week, and Georgia seems to play it best when the other fellow is busy getting ready for something else.
And the shopping is not finished. Preston Glasco, a six-foot-three defensive back from Grayson High, has cut his list to Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, and Rivals reports he will announce on October 28. So the same Alabama that Georgia just left behind in Tuscaloosa is back on the telephone, this time over a young man from right here in the state. Being a good defensive back in Georgia in October must feel like being the last biscuit on the plate at a church homecoming.
As for the jilted party, Auburn arrives at 3-2, and 1-2 in the league, under first-year coach Alex Golesh, rested from a bye week. Kirby Smart told reporters that Golesh is "doing a great job coming in and taking over the program," which is the kind of thing a coach says about a man he would very much like to beat soundly. Smart also said tight end Jaden Reddell is "a little dinged up" after a hit at Alabama, and that is all anybody outside the building knows about it.
That brings us to the week's other loose lips. Smart's pregame and postgame speeches from the Alabama win turned up on social media, and Saturday Down South reported he was not pleased. "It's happened before. It's not something I want," he said, adding, "We've got to do a better job managing it, honestly." Between the speeches leaking out and the commitments coming in, it has been a hard week to keep anything inside the house in Athens. Auburn would simply like its cornerback back.
The board has Georgia at 20.5 and calls it a lock, and I would remind the board what last Saturday did to folks who felt comfortable. Texas lost to Oklahoma on a field goal as time ran out. Oregon lost at home to UCLA. LSU lost at Kentucky in overtime. Auburn has had two weeks to stew, and now it has a grudge to go with them. Nothing fires up a visiting team quite like learning that one of its own commitments now plans to wear red.
The Notebook
- RED RIVER RECKONING: Oklahoma 27, Texas 24, won with a field goal as time ran out. It was the Longhorns' first loss, and Arch Manning threw two interceptions late in the game.
- A BAD SATURDAY FOR RANKED TEAMS: UCLA 17, Oregon 15, after UCLA stopped a late two-point try in Eugene. Kentucky 35, LSU 34 in overtime, and South Carolina 38, Florida 19, with LaNorris Sellers throwing four touchdown passes.
- NEXT UP: Auburn at Sanford Stadium, Saturday at 3:30 PM Eastern, with Georgia favored by 20.5. The machine predicts the next play correctly 54.6 percent of the time, so don't bet the farm on the board either.
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