Justin Greene picked early Tuesday morning to let the world know that he was going to be a ‘Dawg. The 4-star DL prospect from Mountain View High School announced his college commitment to Georgia on his social media.

“I am confident that the legendary coaching staff at the University of Georgia will provide the necessary guidance and support to reach my full potential. I am fully committed to the grind.”

The Mountain View rising senior becomes the first DL prospect in the class for the ‘Dawgs. He’s now the 17th commitment in the class.

The 6-foot-4, 265 mountain Greene just took his official visit to UGA over the weekend, The ‘Dawgs beat out Auburn, LSU and South Carolina here for Greene’s commitment.

His personal story is quite remarkable. Greene was an All-Region player after his first two seasons of high school but decided that wasn’t good enough. He stacked on some 45 points of weight over the past two years to change from a lower Power 5 player into the type of talent that was prioritized by the back-to-back national champions in Athens.

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