Woerner Gives His Word
Though he is a man of few words, 2016 four-star athlete
Charlie Woerner called
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Georgia on Thursday with the ones every coach hoped to hear: "I'm committed."
"It went good," Woerner said of contacting coaches. "I just called them on the
phone and told them I wanted to go to Georgia. I called about 45 minutes ago. I
called Coach (Jeremy) Pruitt, and then, I called Coach (Mark) Richt. They were
excited. They were kind of surprised that it happened. Actually, they really
were surprised."
Richt made it clear that this was something he'd been hoping for.
"Coach Richt told me it was the best news he'd heard in awhile," Woerner said.
"He was excited to hear it and can't wait for me to become a Dawg so he can be
my coach. I told him I couldn't wait either."
Charlie's uncle, Bulldog great Scott Woerner, wasn't as taken aback by the news.
"I texted him," Woerner said. "He said he already knew when I told him."
While the news came today, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound do-it-all prospect had been
mulling the decision.
"I've been thinking about it for about a week," Woerner said. "Around Dawg
Night, the days around it, I started getting the feel."
Georgia ended up winning out over two top national programs.
Unsurprisingly, the move was based around being able to contribute in the
largest way possible to the efforts of his Rabun County Wildcats.
"I want to really focus on my senior season," Woerner said. "I don't have to
worry about where I'm going after that, so I want to focus on my team doing as
good as we can this year."
Now, the weight of recruiting has been lifted, and the rising senior has no
concerns going forward.
"I'm completely in," Woerner said. "I don't really believe in committing and not
being 100%."
Given that he's spent time in his career at defensive back, wide receiver,
linebacker, running back and tight end, his eventual college position wasn't
even something the coaches bothered approaching today.
"We didn't talk about position," Woerner said. "I'd say it's offense somewhere,
either receiver or tight end. I really don't mind which one. Now a days, they're
kind of the same. They always split the tight end out a lot. I don't really have
a preference."
Woerner's Dawg Night visit looks to have played a role in the decision, and the
work of two of Georgia's most well established commits should be credited, as
well.
"I didn't compete," Woerner said of Dawg Night. "I just watched, but it went
good. Talking to Jacob (Eason) and Ben (Cleveland) and some of the other guys
made it fun. They didn't really have an effect. I kind of knew I wanted to go
there, but I wanted to talk to them anyway. I guess you could say it did have an
effect. We just talked about regular stuff, not really football. They didn't
really recruit me. I guess talking to me is kind of recruiting. It was cool just
talking to everybody. I didn't stay for the whole thing, but I watched some it.
That was the first Dawg Night I've stayed that long. I didn't stay as long last
time because it rained, but it was cool to see how everything went around."
Eason's powerful arm caught the likely pass catcher's eye.
"He had a pretty good arm," Woerner said. "That's obvious. I liked talking to
him. From what I saw, he could throw really well."
Most recruits next step after committing is to identify the next target, but
Woerner hasn't made it that far just yet.
"Not as of yet," Woerner said of recruiting others. "I wouldn't be very good at
it probably."