2026 Jackson Cantwell 5* OT from Nixa, MO

[Alex_Dynamix]

UGA develops at a high level too.

Or they just stack 5 star talent

 

[CANESCANES]

Do they develop or recruit at a high level. It’s more impressive Mario getting Anez Cooper or Markel Bell NFL buzz than Francis into the first round.

If you recruit at a high level, it’s a lot less development that has to go in to it

It’s like recruiting Jeremiah Smith and saying you developed him. Same goes for top end OL recruits

 

[Alex_Dynamix]

If you recruit at a high level, it’s a lot less development that has to go in to it

It’s like recruiting Jeremiah Smith and saying you developed him. Same goes for top end OL recruits

Facts once you start stacking 5 star talent that "development" angle becomes reeaalll easy to sell

 

[Damiencane86]

just sent three guys in the draft higher than one of our top linemen.

And he somehow couldn't do that at Miami, Texas, or Va Tech during his career. Seems to me its more of Kirby landing the top national talent moreso what Searles is or can do with them.

 

[PRcane787]

This is so cringe. He gone

 

[Damiencane86]

One of them 100 percent is starting day 1 here cantwell is a freak strength Missouri talent is just fine it’s not Kansas lol. Pepe strength is good enough for 17/18 year old he’d be perfectly fine after a spring on campus they are both 3 and done quality prospects

I think Cantwell will be good eventually but being freakish strong vs high schoolers compared to SEC DL is a different story. And if you watch his film he isn't super comfortable being on an island. Will he improve ? Surely, but he isn't a perfect prospect. And Pepe is not the physical freak Cantwell is. You can never assume every OL guy will grow the same.

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

Oh yea, once the alumni start begging publicly, forget about it.

Don't get your hopes up here fellas, too many signs.

 

[frank1886]

We are going out sad

 

[JADood]

No longer a drought

Yeahl I’ve seen chicks give the same response to desperate dudes.

 

[AUcane]

If you have an elite offensive line factory, your true freshmen don't need to start Week 1 in their freshman year. Mauigoa did because we were ready to retire John Campbell's jersey when he got here, that's the landscape of the OL the past decade here.

Regardless of Week 1 in 2026 though, who gives a ****? These are elite, blue-chip recruits at a position where the top end ranked talent usually pans out way more than it busts. Just sign the ******* kid and get him here, the rest is totally irrelevant.

You mean Georgia? Surely you're not referring to Miami. Georgia has ~ 10 first round OL draft picks in the last 8-9 years. Mario has....1?

 

[JHallCanes]

I think Cantwell will be good eventually but being freakish strong vs high schoolers compared to SEC DL is a different story. And if you watch his film he isn't super comfortable being on an island. Will he improve ? Surely, but he isn't a perfect prospect. And Pepe is not the physical freak Cantwell is. You can never assume every OL guy will grow the same.

 

[Reyrey]

I think there’s a reason these guys are tweeting versus it being a desperation attempt. See @Peter Ariz comments on today’s live show

 

[JADood]

Or they just stack 5 star talent

But when Mario does it, it’s “development”

 

[aelmiami]

I think there’s a reason these guys are tweeting versus it being a desperation attempt. See @Peter Ariz comments on today’s live show

I’m highly skeptical. I’m just waiting for the Twitter mouth breathers to start #CantwelltotheU

 

[hoops156]

You know I agree but I don’t take Peter to be a bull****ter since his return to cis. Sounded like he was getting info directly from the horses mouth of someone on staff… but that could also be a spin job from the staff you’re right

i think its spin job from the staff. they seemed to be behind the intel in terms of the UGA stuff at least in what they told d money. this isnt the first time the staff has gotten bad or late intel on this stuff.

****, it just happened with Haulcey

 

[hoops156]

Or they just stack 5 star talent

and they get them to the pros. thats the point. they develop their OL.

 

[Alex_Dynamix]

But when Mario does it, it’s “development”

Mario stacks 5 stars like UGA? Isnt the new narrative here that he isn't an elite recruiter ?

 

[Problem2]

I think there’s a reason these guys are tweeting versus it being a desperation attempt. See @Peter Ariz comments on today’s live show

What’d he say

 

[Reyrey]

What’d he say

Basically, UGA negatively recruiting us (obviously). But it has the Cantwells asking questions and shouldn’t really be a factor.

 

[JHallCanes]

You know I agree but I don’t take Peter to be a bull****ter since his return to cis. Sounded like he was getting info directly from the horses mouth of someone on staff… but that could also be a spin job from the staff you’re right

This is an important distinction

I think it’s pretty obvious guys like D$ have direct access and what they tell us I 100% believe

But still doesn’t mean what they’re told isn’t garbage excuses from the staff sometimes