5-star prospect Dominick Blaylock sounds as committed to Georgia as it gets

Dominick Blaylock goes far beyond the modern definition of a solid commitment.

When asked if he will take any official visits, his casual reply sounded like the way someone orders up a favorite from the neighborhood barista.

“Possibly going to take an official visit,” Blaylock said. “It will be just one. It will be the one to Georgia.”

The exact date doesn’t matter to him. The nation’s No. 10 overall prospect on the 247Sports composite is thinking about a spring official visit to Athens.

Dominick Blaylock is rated as the nation’s No. 2 receiver for 2019. The 5-star prospect already has committed to Georgia. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)

He simply doesn’t need to look around anymore. At all. He has told those other schools that he’s going to join the Bulldogs and it isn’t really worth an investment of their time to try to change that.

Elite players handle that differently. Even when they are committed. Georgia’s other 5-star prospects in the class, Jadon Haselwood and Nolan Smith, have said they will take their official visits.

But Blaylock was never a big fan of the recruiting process and all the relationship management chores that go with that.

He found what he wanted early. Sat on it. Watched it evolve and grow. When it continued to still wash out as the same top school, he knew he was already fully invested in playing in Athens.

That’s how he said he felt in June, right before he committed in July. If anything has changed, then the attraction only has increased.

He looked at most of the Class of 2019 as being solid commits. The Walton High School standout pointed to his lifelong friends, and fellow commits, JD Bertrand and Ryland Goede.

He also brought up Haselwood. He said he considered the other 5-star wide receiver in the class to be a solid commitment, too.

“It is going to be us at Georgia together,” Blaylock said. “He’s going to stick with Georgia, and it is going to be very fun playing with him over the next couple of years.”

Dominick Blaylock tested very well at the regional

Blaylock earned an invitation to The Opening Finals after the camp on Sunday at Buford High School. It was his first experience at an Opening event. Haselwood camped in the Atlanta regional last year but Blaylock didn’t.

He learned something.

“Whenever you run a 40 in the cold weather and run it again you are going to be slower,” he said.

Blaylock’s 114.9 Sparq rating was the fourth-highest score at the highly competitive Atlanta event.

That included a:

When he was asked to run his 40 a second time in those chilly conditions, it got slower. It drifted into the 4.6 range on his second rep.

That 4.0 shuttle time was very impressive. Blaylock actually clocked a 3.9 time in the 5-10-5 event at the U.S. Army All-American camp earlier in his prep career.

How does Dominick Blaylock feel about Cortez Hankton?

Blaylock’s desire to play for UGA has probably gone up since he committed. The successful 2017 season, plus the way the Bulldogs stacked up the talent with their latest recruiting class, only has added to that.

But there’s one thing that has changed. That’s the makeup of the staff. James Coley is now the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

NFL veteran Cortez Hankton is the new receivers coach. Blaylock hasn’t met him yet, but they have already swapped a few text messages.

Hankton has formed a pretty good impression.

“He’s texted me, and he sounds like a great man and a great coach,” Blaylock said. “I haven’t had the chance to meet him yet, but I hope I get to see him very soon. He sounds like a really great guy to play for.”

Blaylock said he plans to go to Athens to take in a UGA practice on Wednesday.