What turned into a late afternoon surprise for Kirby Smart and staff getting Nadab Joseph will be even bigger for this class.

Joseph, a Top247 defensive back, confirmed to Dawgs247 on Friday morning he is good to go academically and will enroll at UGA in January. He should be clear to move in at UGA on January 4th or 5th to start classes the next week.

UGA worked hard to get a pair of mid-year defensive backs' and got both of them out of South Florida with Joseph and Divaad Wilson.

Currently UGA has the No.1 ranked signing class for 2018 going into the last six weeks before the second National Signing Day. You can see those rankings by clicking here.

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