{"id":779072,"date":"2026-05-07T06:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779072\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:59:17","slug":"georgia-offers-tennessee-qb-commit-derrick-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779072\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia offers Tennessee QB commit Derrick Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milton<\/a><\/strong> (Ga.) three-star quarterback Derrick Baker<\/a><\/strong> has been committed to Tennessee<\/a><\/strong> for nearly three months. As he gears up for his senior season, Baker remains locked in with the Vols, but other schools are taking notice.<\/p>\n

A notable program entered the picture on Wednesday evening. The Milton football X account announced that Baker has been offered by Georgia<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs are still on the hunt for a QB in the 2027 cycle and they\u2019ve continued to dish out offers heading into official visit season. Baker is the latest and he\u2019s right down the road from Athens.<\/p>\n

Last month, Baker added South Carolina<\/a><\/strong> to his offer sheet. Florida State<\/a><\/strong> was a contender before he committed to Tennessee in February. Flipping him away from the Vols won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy commitment is strong with Tennessee,\u201d Baker told Rivals\u2019 Chad Simmons last month<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cThe coaches have been great since I committed, and it was great to be back up there on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great area, a great place to be around, and a top program. With Coach Heupel\u2019s leadership and the experience on that staff, I really believe Tennessee is on the way to being the best program in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baker is the No. 594 overall prospect and No. 38 QB in the 2027 cycle, according to the\u00a0Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a><\/strong>, a weighted average that utilizes all major recruiting media companies. He\u2019s also the No. 64 player in Georgia.<\/p>\n

UGA QB recruiting has been interesting as of late<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been following Georgia recruiting the last few cycles, then you\u2019ll know that signing a touted quarterback prospect hasn\u2019t gotten any easier.<\/p>\n

Four-star QB Bryson Beaver<\/a><\/strong> was an early Boise State commit but eventually flipped and signed with Oregon. That didn\u2019t last long following the departure of Will Stein<\/a><\/strong>, however. <\/p>\n

Beaver became a short-term signee, entered the Transfer Portal and landed in Athens. He ended the 2026 cycle as the No. 12 QB and No. 192 recruit overall.<\/p>\n

UGA took a pair of QBs in the 2025 cycle in four-star Ryan Montgomery<\/a><\/strong> and three-star Hezekiah Millender<\/a><\/strong>. Montgomery finished as the No. 14 passer in the cycle.<\/p>\n

In the 2024 cycle, you\u2019ll recall Georgia held a commitment from five-star QB Dylan Raiola<\/a><\/strong>. That, of course, didn\u2019t stick as he flipped to Nebraska ahead of National Signing Day. UGA still hung onto four-star QB Ryan Puglisi<\/a><\/strong>, the No. 10 QB in the cycle.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen who the Dawgs will land in the 2027 cycle. Baker is the latest name to publicly land an offer from the SEC juggernaut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milton (Ga.) three-star quarterback Derrick Baker has been committed to Tennessee for nearly three months. As he gears…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":779073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[319015,1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-779072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-derrick-baker-27-milton","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116532004904067565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}