Kelee Ringo earns spot among top cornerbacks in College Football
Georgia cornerback Kelee Ringo was named the No. 3 impact cornerback in all of College Football on Thursday. Ringo, a rising redshirt sophomore, returns to Georgia after making the play of the season for the Bulldogs, sealing the deal on a National Championship win over Alabama with a 79 yard pick six.
A former five-star out from Tacoma, Wash., Kelee Ringo played his high school football at Saguaro in Arizona. He was the No. 1 cornerback in the Class of 2020 before being forced to sit out all of his first season on campus due to a torn labrum. He returned to action the following season by playing in all 15 games for Georgia, starting the last 12, and earning a spot on the coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team. Ringo finished with 34 total stops, eight pass breakups (second-best on the team) and two interceptions.
Entering 2022, expectations are high for Ringo. There’s a reason he was a five-star and the top-ranked player at his position after all. That kind of talent has many believing that he could be off to the NFL after this coming season. Mel Kiper has Ringo No. 21 on his first big board – No. 3 among cornerbacks behind Alabama’s Eli Ricks and South Carolina’s Cam Smith – for the 2023 NFL Draft and most mock drafts have him coming off the board in the first round. Smith was the top-ranked cornerback in the On3 Impact 300 while Antonio Johnson of Texas A&M was No. 2, just ahead of Ringo.
Ringo was recently named to the preseason Second-Team All-America by Phil Steele and First-Team All-SEC according to Athlon Sports.
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