Report has Wilder going to Georgia

Posted Aug 17, 2010 by Katherine Smith

Updated Aug 17, 2010 at 08:32 PM

Does James Wilder, Jr. have Georgia on his mind? Fanhouse.com thinks so.

Fanhouse senior NCAA writer Brett McMurphy sites sources confirming Wilder will commit to Georgia when he makes his announcement at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Wilder, who narrowed down a list of more than 60 Division I offers to Florida, Florida State and Georgia, told the Tampa Tribune he has received a lot of help during the recruiting process from former Plant and current Georgia tight end Orson Charles. Just like Charles did during his recruiting process, Wilder did a pros and cons list for each of his finalists.

Wilder, a two-way starter for the Panthers who led the county with 19 sacks last season, wants to exclusively play running back in college. Though most colleges recruited him as either a defensive end or linebacker, Wilder settled on his final three because of opportunities to play running back.