The 2024 recruiting class has benefitted the Georgia Bulldogs, who spent most of their recruiting through the summer as they were preparing for a historic 2023 football season. 247Sports has released its final player rankings update for this class, and it has almost certainly solidified the Bulldogs as the number one recruiting class in 2024.

Along with this final rankings update, Georgia gained a new five-star rating for their group while the class’s overall picture was painted. Kirby Smart and his staff landed four players who were dubbed the fifth star. The first is the nation’s second-best player and top cornerback, Ellis Robinson IV. With a .9989 composite ranking, Robinson is the Bulldogs’ fourth-highest-rated recruit to sign with the team, following Justin Fields, Nolan Smith, and Trenton Thompson.

Also in the secondary is five-star safety KJ Bolden. He is ranked 15th nationally from Buford High School; the in-state prospect received a .9951 composite ranking. The nation’s best linebacker is the one player between Bolden and Robinson in these rankings. Justin Williams is 2024’s best linebacker, having the five-star rank for a few months. He ranks tenth in the 2024 class while receiving a composite rank of .9960.

His running mate is Glenn Schumann’s newest five-star prospect. The country’s third-best linebacker and 23rd-best player is a man by the name of Chris Cole. He was a four-star prospect when committing to Georgia, but a stellar senior season out in Virginia that saw him lead his team to a deep playoff run helped him be dubbed Georgia’s newest five-star in the 2024 class. With him no longer being a four-star prospect, the Dawgs have 16 players with this rank.

Keeping things on the defensive side of the ball, the first two four-stars are defensive line commits. Nasir Johnson is the first, being the tenth-best defensive lineman for the 2024 class. He also ranks as the 52nd-best player from this class and the seventh-best player in the State of Georgia, receiving a .9384 composite ranking. He is followed by the 11th-best defensive lineman and Justin Williams’ teammate, Joseph Jonah-Ajonye. With a composite ranking of .9845, he is the country’s 56th-rated player.

Jordan Thomas and Justin Greene are two more four-stars from the defensive line group. Thomas is rated as the No. 1 player from New Jersey, the 14th-best defensive lineman, and the 75th-best player nationally, earning himself a composite rank of .9439. Greene, on the other hand, is the 35th-rated defensive lineman and is not rated nationally. But, in the composite rankings, he received a .9375 ranking while being ranked 148th nationally.

Three more defensive players with a four-star, starting with Demello Jones. Listed as a cornerback, Jones is the sixth-best player at this position and 74th nationally while being given a .9699 composite ranking. The next player is Ondre Evans, another cornerback to be added to this class. Listed as the ninth-best player for his position and 106th nationally, 247Sports gave him a .9520 composite rank. Finally, we have another player from Virginia who plays linebacker. Kristopher Jones has a composite rank of .9412, being considered the tenth-best player at his position and 127th nationally.