Five-star tight end Prothro commits to Georgia

Georgia bushed Florida and Texas to its 2nd five-star pledge successful the 2026 people connected Saturday with a committedness from choky extremity Kaiden Prothro, the No. 19 wide imaginable successful the 2026 ESPN 300.

Prothro, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound enlistee from Bowdon, Georgia, is ESPN's No. 2 wide choky extremity and viewed arsenic 1 of the apical walk catchers astatine immoderate presumption successful the existent class. A precedence in-state people for manager Kirby Smart, Prothro took authoritative visits to Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Texas earlier narrowing his recruitment to the Bulldogs, Gators and Longhorns past month.

He announced his committedness to Georgia successful a ceremonial astatine Bowdon High School, wherever Prothro has hauled successful 89 passes for 2,034 yards and 35 touchdowns implicit the past 2 seasons.

Prothro arrives arsenic the Bulldogs' 17th ESPN 300 pledge successful an incoming recruiting people that sits astatine No. 2 successful ESPN's latest people rankings for the cycle, joining backmost Jared Curtis (No. 6 overall) arsenic the program's 2nd five-star perpetrate successful 2026. He present stands arsenic the top-ranked subordinate of a increasing Georgia pass-catcher people that besides includes four-star wide receivers Brady Marchese (No. 62) and Ryan Mosley (No. 120) and three-star Craig Daindridge.

The Bulldogs, who produced six NFL draught picks astatine choky ends from 2019-24, person forged a estimation for processing apical extremity choky extremity endowment nether Smart and adjunct manager Todd Hartley. Georgia signed ESPN's apical 2 choky extremity prospects -- Elyiss Williams and Ethan Barbour -- successful the 2025 class, and Prothro present follows four-stars Brayden Fogle (No. 142 overall) and Lincoln Keyes (No. 238) arsenic the program's 3rd choky extremity pledge successful 2026.

Those arrivals, on with eligibility beyond 2025 for existent Georgia choky ends Lawson Luckie and Jaden Reddell, could marque for a crowded choky extremity country erstwhile Prothro steps connected field adjacent year.

However, Prothro is expected to separate himself astatine the assemblage level arsenic a versatile downfield enactment susceptible of creating mismatches with a unsocial blend of size, velocity and physicality successful the mold of erstwhile two-time All-America Georgia choky extremity Brock Bowers. His begetter Clarence told ESPN that Georgia intends to utilize Prothro crossed roles including flex choky extremity and jumbo receiver and said strategy acceptable was a cardinal driving origin successful his son's decision.

A three-time authorities shot champion, Prothro caught 33 passes for 831 yards and 13 touchdowns arsenic a sophomore successful 2023. He eclipsed 1,200-yards successful his inferior run past fall, closing 2024 with 56 receptions (21.4 yards per catch) and 22 receiving touchdowns en way to a 13-2 decorativeness and a 3rd consecutive authorities championship. Prothro is besides an All-Region shot subordinate and was credited with 20.7 points and 16.5 rebounds per crippled successful his inferior hoops season.