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Published Sep 23, 2020
Sam Mbake: 'It just seems like the place for me'
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Paul Maharry  •  UGASports
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If Sam Mbake were to emerge from the tunnel on Saturday against the Arkansas Razorbacks, the average fan might mistake him for a Georgia Bulldog wide receiver. Mbake, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound wideout from Snellville, Georgia, looks like a junior in college. Yet he's just a junior, a Class of 2022 prospect, out of Brookwood High School.

While Mbake obviously can’t suit up for the Bulldogs on Saturday, that doesn’t mean the four-star prospect hasn’t studied several other Georgia greats to hone his skills.

“I grew up watching Todd Gurley and A.J. Green and Riley Ridley a lot,” Mbake said. “So, when they went to Georgia, I was watching them all throughout. I watched them all through high school. And when they went to Georgia, I was watching them at Georgia. So it just seems like the place for me, really.”

So, if it feels like the place for Mbake, why hasn’t he decided to commit?

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