Few schools have had the success of Georgia in recent years at producing elite tight ends. The Bulldogs may have picked up another in that lineage Thursday when five-star prospect Jaxon Dollar committed to Georgia live on the CBS Sports YouTube channel and CBS Sports HQ.
Dollar picked Georgia over Clemson, Miami, Notre Dame and Texas. He visited each of those schools on unofficial visits over the spring, but the Bulldogs were able to separate.
“Everybody at Georgia made it feel like home,” Dollar told 247Sports’ Tom Loy.
Dollar ranks as the No. 2 tight end and No. 32 overall player in the country, per 247Sports. Dollar is listed at 6-foot-5, 222 pounds and is considered the modern prototype for a tight end who can split out in the slot, line up in the backfield or attach along the line of scrimmage.
“This is one of the best players in the class — hands down,” 247Sports Director of Scouting Andrew Ivins mentioned.
“He’s a modern slot tight end. He’s a matchup hunter. He’s got elite coordination, elite catch radius, all that stuff. He’s listed at 6-foot-5 but might actually be closer to 6-foot-2. But I don’t think it matters with this kid. He is just a guy who can be a featured individual in any passing attack.”
The North Carolina native is the third five-star to commit in Georgia’s 2027 class, joining running back Kamon Spell and cornerback Donte Wright. The Bulldogs’ class ranked 20th nationally ahead of Dollar’s commitment.
Georgia, assuming Dollar remains a top 100 recruit, will have signed a top 100 recruit at tight end every year since 2020.
Dollar isn’t just a playmaker on the football field. He was a hooper growing up in North Carolina.
Were he not an elite football prospect, Dollar would have been a Division I basketball player. He picked up an offer from Illinois-Chicago as a high school sophomore. More would have likely rolled in if not for his obvious future in football.
Dollar’s basketball skills are evident on the football field. He’s a jump ball fiend, catching 20 touchdowns in 12 games as a junior. But he shows plenty of burst after the catch, too, navigating traffic like a guard on the way to 1,190 yards on 54 catches last season.
Whether he’s 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-2 doesn’t really matter much to Ivins.
Dollar is a rare athlete for the tight end position, combining jumbo size with an elite receiver skillset, which makes him a matchup nightmare.
“He’s one of these Swiss Army Knives that’s going to give people fits,” Ivins mentioned. “We see it in the NFL. People want these guys in college as well, and there’s not a ton of them.”
