Brandon Miller will return

Got an announcement today from UGA saying Brandon Miller will return for his senior year. There was a rumor going around for the last couple weeks that he was considering an NFL leap. 'What the heck?' you might ask yourself, which would be understandable. He started a whopping five games and registered 23 tackles at strongside linebacker this year.

He could do himself a lot of good by coming back for his senior year and willingly accepting a move to defensive end. I've heard that's something the coaching staff would like to try, but I've never talked to them about that. It's not a stretch to say he's been playing out of position at linebacker. If you'll recall, Rivals rated Miller as the No. 1 weakside defensive end in the nation (ahead of both Charles Johnson and Florida's Derrick Harvey) when he signed in 2004. He's got a good body for a DE, long arms on a 6-4 body. It would be interesting to see what he could do there. You'd think his pro prospects would be better there as well. He's definitely got some weaknesses at OLB.

On the recruiting front, the Jan. 26 weekend just got a bit more interesting for the Bulldogs. Allen Bailey was already scheduled to make his official visit, but now Cameron Heyward has added a Georgia visit for that weekend. It's possible D.J. Stafford might come that weekend as well. Florida OT Orlando Franklin has also added a Georgia visit, joining the group coming in this weekend. Franklin, Eugene Kinlaw and Drew Butler are the uncommitted prospects currently scheduled for this weekend, along with already committed players Bruce Figgins, Justin Houston, Caleb King, John Knox, Israel Troupe and Charles White.

A big issue with King is whether he's going to qualify. I know somebody did a story a few weeks ago about how it probably wasn't going to happen. I asked Dean Legge from Scout what he thought about it and he said it looked to be about 50-50 at this point.

Here are the 37 early entry candidates as of this afternoon:
Jon Abbate, Wake Forest, LB, Jr.
Jamaal Anderson, Arkansas, DE, Jr.
Jon Beason, Miami, LB, Jr.
Alan Branch, Michigan, DT, Jr.
Colt Brennan, Hawaii, QB, Jr.
Michael Bush, Louisville, RB, Jr.
Dan Connor, Penn State, LB, Jr.
C.J. Gaddis, Clemson, CB, Jr.
Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio State, WR, Jr.
Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio State, WR, Jr.
Chris Henry, Arizona, RB, Jr.
Chris Houston, Arkansas, CB, Jr.
Brandon Jackson, Nebraska, RB, Jr.
Dwayne Jarrett, USC, WR, Jr.
Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech, WR, Jr.
Charles Johnson, Georgia, DE, Jr.
Rory Johnson, Mississippi, LB, Jr.
Marshawn Lynch, California, RB, Jr.
Robert Meachem, Tennessee, WR, Jr.
Zach Miller, Arizona State, TE, Jr.
Jarvis Moss, Florida, DE, Jr.
Reggie Nelson, Florida, S, Jr.
Greg Olsen, Miami, TE, Jr.
Adrian Peterson Oklahoma, RB, Jr.
Antonio Pittman, Ohio State, RB, Jr.
Maurice Price, Charleston Southern, WR, Jr.
Darrelle Revis, Pittsburgh, CB, Jr.
Sidney Rice, South Carolina, WR, Soph.
JaMarcus Russell, LSU, QB, Jr.
Ryan Smith, Florida, CB, Jr.
Luke Smith-Anderson, Idaho, TE, Jr.
Lawrence Timmons, Florida St., LB, Jr.
Darius Walker, Notre Dame, RB, Jr.
Danny Ware, Georgia, RB, Jr.
Dwayne Wright, Fresno State, RB, Jr.
Eric Wright, UNLV, DB, Jr.