The Mater Dei (Calif.) running back quickly formed a bond with the Bulldogs.
Regardless of what you heard, Nate Frazier was never going away.
He could not have been persuaded otherwise. He’ll tell you himself. But just ask his mother, Yomeisha Moore. The first thing she said to this particular reporter last year, unprompted, when she learned he covered Georgia was, “Oh my word. Nate is madly in love with Georgia. Nobody could change his view about them, no matter what they said,” she explained.
“She’s like, I know my son,” Frazier said, smiling when retold that interaction at the All-American Bowl earlier this month. “When my mom liked it. When my pops liked it. And when I went to one of them Georgia games, bruh. When I went to one of them Georgia games, I was like, nah, I ain’t going nowhere. I was like, yeah, I’m a Dawg. This is where it’s at.”
Frazier made one trip to Georgia in April 2023 and knew. He knew so much that he told Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee what to expect.
It was his first time in Athens, but he knew it was the appropriate spot for him.
“After I left the visit, I told Coach McGee, don’t be surprised if I commit in a month or two,” Frazier told ESPN. “My first meeting with Georgia was the nicest first visit ever. Everything. The coaching staff, RBU, the number of running backs drafted, and Coach McGee’s role in growth. “I just had that feeling.”
Frazier stated that by the time he returned to Athens, he had already informed McGee of his plans to become a Bulldog.
He wouldn’t make it public for a few more months, but he definitely intended to commit to and sign with Georgia – no controversy. Frazier was so persuaded that he became engrossed in the moment when his fellow running back signee, Chauncey Bowens, flipped from Florida. During official trips in June, Bowens spoke at a family-friendly event. Frazier attended as an unofficial visitor. When Bowens announced to the gathering that he was heading to Georgia, Frazier took the microphone and became engrossed in the situation.
He’s laughing about it now.
“When Chauncey flipped and did his commitment, I was already silently committed. I was. I kinda almost ruined my commitment. I was on the mic — I can finally say this now — and said, ‘I’m home,’ and then tried to play it off as ‘He’s home,'” Frazier said. “I was telling everybody I said, ‘No, he’s home,’ but everyone was right when they said Nate Frazier had committed to Georgia at that time. I tried to clear it up, but I think that’s what gave it away and why everyone kinda knew I was going to Georgia.”
Frazier says today that none of it mattered since Georgia was the obvious pick.
He previously discussed the relationship to the rest of the three-headed Class of 2024 monster. Frazier describes how Dell McGee’s impact — and track record with Nick Chubb, Sony Michell, D’Andre Swift, James Cook, Zamir White, and others — sold him on Georgia from the start.
Recruiting is recruiting, and Georgia had stiff competition from other teams. Oregon has long been seen as Georgia’s most serious flip danger. The Ducks finished second in that recruitment.
Georgia simply checked too many boxes.
“All these running backs you hear about the last decade, he’s developed those guys to be the person they are today. I want to be developed by Coach McGee,” Frazier said. “It was just, I wanted to play in the SEC. I wanted to play against the best competition every single day at practice. I want to be developed the best and be a better player.”
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