Shane Beamer Talks Recruiting Virginia For Georgia

In an interview with David Teel, new Georgia assistant Shane Beamer discussed the Dawgs recruiting Virginia, among other topics.

Georgia has little recruiting history in Virginia – offensive tackle Alex Essex from Richmond is the only player from the commonwealth on the current roster – but Beamer hopes Smart's new staff can make some inroads.

"We talked about it during the interview," Beamer said, "and a couple times over the phone, that Georgia probably needs to have more of a presence in Virginia. It's a national brand with great tradition, and you see guys from Virginia leaving the state to go to Tennessee, or go to Alabama. To me there's no reason not to come to Georgia also."

There's a bit of irony in that quote. Beamer had some early success recruiting the state of Virginia while at Tech, but struggled landing Virginia's (Richmond area) top talent at positions of need throughout most of his tenure as a Hokies' assistant.

If Shane can help Georgia establish a Virginia pipeline, then perhaps he wasn't as culpable for perceived recruiting misses while at Tech.

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