{"id":750652,"date":"2026-02-14T03:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750652\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:09:15","slug":"the-5-stars-mic-drop-take-on-his-georgia-football-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750652\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5-star\u2019s mic-drop take on his Georgia football commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sentell\u2019s Intel rep on Georgia football recruiting<\/a> has the latest with 5-star commit Kemon Spell. He ranks as the nation\u2019s No. 1 RB and the No. 7 overall prospect for 2027 on the 247Sports Composite. The Rivals Industry Ranking has him as the No. 1 RB and No. 3 overall.<\/p>\n

MCKEESPORT, Pa. — The nation\u2019s No. 1 RB prospect is currently committed to the Georgia Bulldogs. <\/p>\n

Just how committed? Can anyone be committed in this day and age? <\/p>\n

Spell is keenly aware of what some fans think of this February commitment. Check back in October and then in December. Then they\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen the comments,\u201d Spell said. \u201cI know what some are thinking. But I don\u2019t react to them. That\u2019s just not my place.\u201d <\/p>\n

Spell said he waited until he was sure about which school felt like home before he started talking money with schools. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have three checklist boxes that I go by with every school I go to,\u201d Spell said. \u201cI want to be coached hard. I want to be treated like family and the money is last for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he visited UGA two weekends ago, he wasn\u2019t planning on committing, even though Georgia was the runaway leader in his recruitment. He was either going to commit in July or December of this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got there,\u201d he said. \u201cI got to see it all there, to see it was a great program. We sat down and went over the guys they got drafted, what they did through the season, the pro-style offense plays that the NFL runs.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI sat down and actually saw what Georgia is. It felt like home. I was being loved on every time I went there. And then after that, we had the money conversation. I told Georgia specifically I didn\u2019t want any money conversations until I felt like I was home. And we just had that conversation before I left after that weekend when I committed.\u201d <\/p>\n

He got off the plane from his \u201cJunior Day\u201d trip and the lightning bolt just hit him. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Dad, it\u2019s time. I feel like it is time. It is time to go to Georgia. I feel like it is the right place for me.\u2019 It\u2019s a great situation for the running back room, so we get off the plane and a couple of days after, we get on the phone with coach Kirby [Smart] and we make it official.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been cheesing hard on the Dawgs ever since his unofficial visit last season for the Charlotte game. How long has he been thinking about Georgia as the right spot for him in college? <\/p>\n

\u201cFor a good three years now,\u201d he said. \u201cA good three years.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the Bulldogs were winning those back-to-back titles, he was watching on TV. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey were winning,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what the program was like. I didn\u2019t get down there. Once you get down there and see what it is like, I actually see why they do what they do on TV and why the program is ran like that and why they win.\u201d <\/p>\n

What was the biggest factor in the commitment? It wasn\u2019t just running backs coach Josh Crawford. Or head coach Kirby Smart. Or the nole that Nate Frazier played showing him all things UGA on that \u201cJunior Day\u201d visit. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the whole staff,\u201d he said. \u201cOverall. I want to go there and be loved by everyone. I\u2019m not going to be in the same room as Coach Crawford all the time. I\u2019ll be on special teams and be in a lot of different workout groups with different coaches. It\u2019s not just one thing about Georgia. It\u2019s the whole staff at Georgia that made me feel like Georgia was the right place.\u201d <\/p>\n

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5-star RB Kemon Spell is the nation’s No. 1 RB prospect in the 2027 class. He has made an early verbal commitment to play for the Georgia Bulldogs. (Jeff Sentell\/ DawgNation) (Jeff Sentell\/Dawgnation)<\/p>\n

Did you know the weekly DawgNation.com \u201cBefore the Hedges\u201d program is available as an Apple podcast? Click to check it out and download it.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Kemon Spell: The 5-star is \u201chome\u201d in Athens<\/p>\n

Spell had many mic drop quotes during a wide-ranging interview. This one ranks up there highly. It came after a question about what he wanted DawgNation to know about this commitment.<\/p>\n

Should they take it seriously? <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to Georgia for the money,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m going to Georgia to be a Dawg and win a national championship.\u201d <\/p>\n

Those paragraphs of intel were worth a trip to Allegheny County in the Keystone State this week. Past the Three Rivers that are currently filled with floes of ice in Downtown Pittsburgh. Past the Roberto Clemente Bridge. <\/p>\n

Spell, who we learned this week has 10 other siblings, dreams of playing for the Dallas Cowboys one day. That\u2019s because that was his father\u2019s team growing up. <\/p>\n

Emmitt Smith occupied a lot of real estate in fans\u2019 minds a generation ago. <\/p>\n

Spell\u2019s current commitment is living not quite rent-free in the minds of DawgNation right now. <\/p>\n

What else did DawgNation learn this week on an extended visit with Spell and his McKeesport Tigers? Here are the highlights: <\/p>\n

Spell says he\u2019s \u201ccommitted committed\u201d to the Bulldogs. What does that look like? Well, he\u2019s only got one official visit scheduled for this spring and summer. That\u2019s to the Georgia Bulldogs. He will be at other official visits during that time, but they will all be at UGA. Spell plans to come down to Athens on other key OV weekends to help build the class. \u201cI am committed committed,\u201d he said. \u201cI have canceled all my other visits to get down to Athens every week in June. Basically. So for all the fans out there, yes, I am \u2018committed committed,\u2019 and I love Georgia.\u201d He said that he\u2019d probably be committed to Georgia right now even if James Franklin never got fired from Penn State. That was the in-state school he was committed to last season. The running style parallels will be a work in progress. But to put it in the language that Georgia fans will readily understand, it is a mix of Nick Chubb\u2019s bruising style with the suddenness of D\u2019Andre Swift. Maybe throw in a top gear that Keith Marshall would appreciate, too. We asked him what he sees as he trains to be the best version of himself every day. \u201cI feel like I have Jahmyr Gibbs speed,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve got a Saquon [Barkley] body type and I feel like I run like D\u2019Andre Swift.\u201d Spell has his eye on wearing Nate Frazier\u2019s No. 3 next season. Frazier, as most might gather, is expected to head to the NFL after his junior season this fall. The 5-foot-10, 212-pound rising senior has a lower half that belongs on an action figure. He generates a lot of power and speed from his upper body. That helped power him to 12.9 yards per carry for a WPIAL Class 4A state runner-up team a year ago. Most of the nation has no idea how well Spell can run routes and catch the ball out of the backfield. There have been glimpses of that so far during the early 7-on-7 season, but that might very well be one of the strongest tools in his toolbox. Spell, as one might expect, has a very impressive \u201cwhy\u201d for playing football. We will cover that in a future DawgNation story. Everyone who knows Spell calls him by his \u201cMizzy Head\u201d nickname. That dates back to the nickname he picked up for his hairstyle when he was much younger. He\u2019s had summer jobs training younger kids and working out with them every day. That\u2019s why his lower half is so well-developed for a high school prospect at this time. That\u2019s why he now works out every day and why he\u2019s been clocked electronically at 4.36 seconds in the 40. Like most townships in the Pittsburgh Metro area, he comes from a community that was once thriving. Before all the steel mills and factories closed down. The school population is basically a fourth of what it used to be. The main streets of McKeesport have many empty storefronts. <\/p>\n

Have you subscribed to the DawgNation YouTube channel yet? If so, you will see special 1-on-1 content with key 2026 signees like Ekene Ogboko, Justice Fitzpatrick, Tyriq Green, Tyreek Jemison and Kaiden Prothro.<\/a><\/p>\n

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5-star RB Kemon Spell is the nation’s No. 1 RB prospect in the 2027 class. He has made an early verbal commitment to play for the Georgia Bulldogs. (Jeff Sentell\/ DawgNation) (Jeff Sentell\/Dawgnation)<\/p>\n

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5-star RB Kemon Spell is the nation’s No. 1 RB prospect in the 2027 class. He has made an early verbal commitment to play for the Georgia Bulldogs. (Jeff Sentell\/ DawgNation) (Jeff Sentell\/Dawgnation)<\/p>\n

Have you seen this week\u2019s \u201cBefore the Hedges\u201d weekly recruiting special on YouTube yet? Check it out below<\/p>\n

SENTELL\u2019S INTEL<\/p>\n

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