BREAKING: 6-foot-4 Star will transfer to UGA, father says

The Georgia Bulldogs have gone into the transfer portal to add to their highly talented quarterback room.

The transfer portal has provided a fascinating wrinkle to the college football offseason for the past few seasons. An influx of players finding new teams has helped many bolster their roster and fill holes, all while simultaneously stressing other fan bases out.

The Georgia Bulldogs have become quite familiar with the transfer portal and have made this year no exception as they have now nabbed another commitment. This time from quarterback Jayden Maiava.

Maiava is a 6-foot-4 quarterback from Las Vegas, Nevada, and appeared in five games this season for the UNLV Rebels. In those five games, he threw for 3,085 yards, 17 touchdowns, and had a completion percentage just shy of 64%.

Maiava’s addition to the Bulldogs’ roster likely stems from head coach Kirby Smart’s desire to have four scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. Smart even mentioned during a press conference in December that it was his goal to add another quarterback.

“Our hard number is four. We want to be at four, and we’re not at four. So again, we’ll look at our options and see what we can do there. We would like to be at four, but that’s our goal.”

-Kirby Smart during his National Signing Day press conference (12/20/23)

Before national signing day, the Bulldogs were set to have four scholarship quarterbacks on their roster. However, 5-star committment Dylan Raiola announced that he would be flipping to Nebraska just days before, leaving Georgia and Kirby Smart with just three scholarship quarterbacks for the 2024 season.

Now with the addition of Maiava, the Bulldogs are extremely likely to have their four scholarship quarterbacks as they into the 2024 season with the desire to return to national prominence and be crowned kings of college football once again.

Georgia Scholarship Quarterbacks on Roster

• Carson Beck (Class of 2020)
• Jayden Maiava (Class of 2022)
• Gunner Stocken (Class of 2022)
• Ryan Puglisi (Class of 2024)

Georgia Transfer Portal Entries:

• Kicker, Jared Zirkel announced he will transfer to Texas A&M.
• WR, Jackson Meeks announced transfer to Syracuse
• QB, Brock Vandagriff will transfer to Kentucky.
• EDGE, CJ Madden announced he will transfer to Purdue.
• WR Jackson Meeks has announced that he will enter the transfer portal with one year of eligibility left
• Jonathan Jefferson has announced he will transfer to SMU.
• EDGE, Darris Smith – Made transfer intentions known before the portal officially opened. Will transfer to the Missouri Tigers.
• DB, Nyland Green announced that he will be transferring to Purdue.
• WR, Mekhi Mews announced that he plans to enter the transfer portal
• LB, EJ Lightsey, announced transfer to Georgia Tech.
• OL, Austin Blaske announced transfer to UNC.
• WR, Yazeed Haynes announced transfer to Syracuse
• LB, Jamon Dumas Johnson announced transfer to Kentucky.
• DB, AJ Harris has entered the transfer portal
• LB, Xavian Sorey entered the transfer portal and has committed to Arkansas
• OL, Joshua Miller announced his transfer to Syracuse.
• OL, Aliou Bah has announced his transfer to Maryland.
• WR, CJ Smith announced plans to enter the transfer portal
• RB, Sevaughn Clark announced plans to enter the transfer portal.
• WR, De’Nylon Morrissette will transfer to Purdue.

 

Georgia NFL Draft Declarations:

• DB, Javon Bullard
• DB, Kamari Lassiter
• DB, Tykee Smith
• WR, Marcus Rosemy Jacksaint
• WR, Ladd McConkey
• DL, Zion Logue
• RB, Kendall Milton
• RB, Daijun Edwards
• OL, Amarius Mims
• TE, Brock Bowers
• C, Sedrick Van Pran