Rashad Roundtree to Georgia: Bulldogs Land 4-Star Safety Prospect

One of the biggest names in the 2015 recruiting class made his official decision today as safety Rashad Roundtree committed to Georgia, according to Alex Gleitman of 247 Sports:

Woody Wommack of Rivals provided video of the decision:

Roundtree wore some interesting clothes to announce his choice, according to Wommack:

Roundtree is listed as a 4-star prospect and ranks as the No. 6 safety recruit in the entire country, per 247Sports' composite ratings. He's also considered the 94th-best prospect overall nationally. The 6'1", 195-pound star from Evans, Georgia, and Lakeside High School had no shortage of intriguing offers to take under consideration.

Many of the top programs in college football pursued him and Roundtree appeared to enjoy the process. He even teased his followers on Twitter by suggesting that his mind was made up well before he announced his decision:

At the very least, colleges knew if they were still in the running on Aug. 2 as Roundtree released his list of six possibilities via a tweet:

Roundtree made a life-altering decision today, but all signs suggest that a lot of thought and consideration went into it. When asked about the selection process by Ari Wasserman of Cleveland.com in March, Roundtree made it clear that he would take a calculated approach:

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I don't want to make a hasty decision. I am going to wait to take my officials before I narrow them all down. Doing that will be really hard. You just really need to look at the details on visits, really. They are all going to treat you nice, they are all going to have good facilities and stuff. So I take a look at the coaching staffs, the players and how well everyone reacts to me.

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Now that the media circus surrounding Roundtree's decision will come to an end, he can focus on finishing his high school football career and improving as much as possible leading up to his freshman season in the collegiate ranks.

Roundtree is immensely talented, but there is plenty of work left to do before he can realistically play regularly and contribute at a high level in major college football. With that said, expectations will be through the roof considering his advanced billing.

There is no doubt that Roundtree has all the abilities that talent evaluators look for in a safety. He is fast and physical while also possessing excellent ball skills, which could make life miserable for opposing quarterbacks.

Roundtree has enough raw talent that he could conceivably see some game action in 2015, but allowing him to sit and learn may be the best course of action. He shouldn't be thrown into the fire until he is ready, but it will be impossible to tell how prepared he is until he actually joins the team.

He has been a leader and a dominant force at Lakeside, so his capability of making the switch to college quickly and seamlessly shouldn't be totally dismissed.

Roundtree should find himself in a very favorable situation. As long as he maintains the same attitude and effort level moving forward, he has all the makings of a collegiate superstar in the very near future.

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