Ed Orgeron and Kirby Smart are known as two of the top recruiters in America leading two of the top programs in all of college football.

Talent will litter both sidelines when No. 2 LSU (12-0, 8-0 SEC) and No. 4 Georgia (11-1, 7-1 SEC) square off on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Geaux247 looks at the projected starters for both teams and where they were ranked in recruiting to get a gauge on who had the most talent coming out of high school and how they matchup.

Editor’s Note: Rankings provided by the industry-generated 247Sports Composite

Quarterback

(LSU) Joe Burrow 6-4, 216, Sr.

2015 4-star – No. 8 Dual Threat; No. 280 overall in America; No. 11 Ohio

(Georgia) Jake Fromm 6-2, 220, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 3 Pro Style; No. 44 overall in America; No. 4 Georgia

Running Back

(LSU) Clyde Edwards-Helaire 5-8, 209, Jr.

2017 3-star – No. 5 All-Purpose; No. 378 overall in America; No. 15 Louisiana

(Georgia) D'Andre Swift 5-9, 215, Jr.

2017 5-star – No. 4 RB; No. 33 overall in America; No. 1 Pennsylvania

Wide Receivers

LSU

Justin Jefferson 6-3, 192, Jr.

2017 3-star – No. 308 WR; No. 2164 overall in America; No. 76 Louisiana

Ja’Marr Chase 6-1, 200, So.

2018 4-star – No. 15 WR; No. 84 overall in America; No. 4 Louisiana

Terrace Marshall 6-4, 195, So.

2018 5-star – No. 3 WR; No. 13 overall in America; No. 1 Louisiana

Georgia

Tyler Simmons 6-0, 201, Sr.

2016 3-star – No. 65 WR; No. 383 overall in America; No. 34 Georgia

Dominick Blaylock 6-1, 195, Fr.

2019 4-star – No. 5 WR; No. 36 overall in America; No. 8 Georgia

Matt Landers 6-5, 200, So.

2017 3-star – No. 98 WR; No. 680 overall in America; No. 89 Florida

Tight End

(LSU) Thaddeus Moss 6-3, 249, Jr.

2016 3-star – No. 17 TE; No. 401 overall in America; No. 15 North Carolina

(Georgia) Charlie Woerner 6-5, 245, Sr.

2016 4-star – No. 25 WR; No. 138 overall in America; No. 16 Georgia

Offensive Line

LSU

LT – Saahdiq Charles 6-4, 295, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 18 OG; No. 262 overall in America; No. 7 Mississippi

LG – Adrian Magee 6-4, 343, Sr.

2015 3-star – No. 45 OT; No. 427 overall in America; No. 21 Louisiana

C – Lloyd Cushenberry 6-4, 315, Jr.

2016 3-star – No. 82 OG; No. 1522 overall in America; No. 71 Louisiana

RG – Damien Lewis 6-3, 332, Sr.

2018 3-star – No. 2 OG (Juco); No. 61 overall in Juco; No. 14 Mississippi (Juco)

RT – Austin Deculus 6-7, 322, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 10 OT; No. 48 overall in America; No. 7 Texas

Georgia

LT – Andrew Thomas 6-5, 320, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 9 OT; No. 45 overall in America; No. 5 Georgia

LG – Solomon Kindley 6-4, 335, Jr.

2016 3-star – No. 89 OT; No. 1051 overall in America; No. 146 Florida

C – Trey Hill 6-4, 330, So.

2018 4-star – No. 3 OG; No. 62 overall in America; No. 9 Georgia

RG – Ben Cleveland 6-6, 335, Jr.

2016 4-star – No. 10 OT; No. 90 overall in America; No. 12 Georgia

RT – Isaiah Wilson 6-7, 340, So.

2017 5-star – No. 5 OT; No. 16 overall in America; No. 1 New York

Defensive Line

LSU

DE – Rashard Lawrence 6-2, 308, Sr.

2016 5-star – No. 5 DT; No. 23 overall in America; No. 2 Louisiana

NT – Tyler Shelvin 6-3, 346, So.

2017 4-star – No. 4 DT; No. 54 overall in America; No. 1 Louisiana

DE – Glen Logan (6-4, 298, Jr.)

2016 4-star – No. 18 DT; No. 156 overall in America; No. 10 Louisiana

Georgia

DT – Tyler Clark 6-4, 300, Sr.

2016 4-star – No. 27 DT; No. 264 overall in America; No. 25 Georgia

DT – David Marshall 6-3, 274, Sr.

2016 3-star – No. 19 Strong-side DE; No. 433 overall in America; No. 39 Georgia

NT – Michael Barnett 6-4, 304, Gr.

2015 4-star – No. 14 Strong-side DE; No. 235 overall in America; No. 3 South Carolina

Linebacker

LSU

ILB – Jacob Phillips 6-4, 233, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 1 ILB; No. 61 overall in America; No. 4 Tennessee

ILB – Patrick Queen (6-1, 227, Jr.)

2017 4-star – No. 17 athlete; No. 298 overall in America; No. 12 Louisiana

OLB – K'Lavon Chaisson 6-4, 250, So.

2017 4-star – No. 4 weak-side DE; No. 37 overall in America; No. 5 Texas

Georgia

WILL – Monty Rice 6-1, 235, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 18 ILB; No. 334 overall in America; No. 16 Alabama

MIKE – Tae Crowder 6-3, 235, Sr.

2015 3-star – No. 221 WR; No. 1868 overall in America; No. 175 Georgia

SAM – Walter Grant 6-4, 245, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 11 OLB; No. 202 overall in America; No. 21 Georgia

JACK – Azeez Ojulari 6-3, 240, Fr.

2018 4-star – No. 10 Weak-side DE; No. 144 overall in America; No. 18 Georgia

Secondary

LSU

CB – Kristian Fulton 6-0, 200, Jr.

2016 5-star – No. 3 CB; No. 22 overall in America; No. 1 Louisiana

CB – Derek Stingley 6-1, 190, Fr.

2019 5-star – No. 1 CB; No. 3 overall in America; No. 1 Louisiana

S – Grant Delpit 6-3, 203, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 9 S; No. 66 overall in America; No. 11 Texas

S – Jacoby Stevens 6-1, 228, Jr.

2017 5-star – No. 1 S; No. 18 overall in America; No. 2 Tennessee

S – Kary Vincent 5-10, 185, Jr.

2017 4-star – No. 13 CB; No. 95 overall in America; No. 14 Texas

Georgia

CB – Eric Stokes 6-1, 185, So.

2017 3-star – No 63 CB; No. 668 overall in America; No. 65 Georgia

CB – DJ Daniel 6-1, 185, Jr.

2014 4-star – No. 2 CB (Juco); No. 6 overall in Juco; No. 1 Georgia (Juco)

S – Richard LeCounte 5-11, 190, Jr.

2017 5-star – No. 2 Safety; No. 25 overall in America; No. 3 Georgia

S – J.R. Reed 6-1, 194, Gr.

2014 3-star – No. 157 CB; No. 1856 overall in America; No. 267 Texas

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