Georgia head coach Kirby Smart visited Buford (Ga.) High five-star safety and Florida State commit KJ Bolden on Thursday.

Bolden has been a verbal commitment to the Seminoles since August, but that hasn’t prevented Auburn and the Bulldogs from pushing.

“Kirby has always been a good guy in my eye,” Bolden’s father Kai said. “He was trying to see what stopping him from going to Georgia and staying home. That was really our conversation

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Bolden has been a verbal commitment to the Seminoles since August, but that hasn’t prevented Auburn and the Bulldogs from pushing.

“Kirby has always been a good guy in my eye,” Bolden’s father Kai said. “He was trying to see what stopping him from going to Georgia and staying home. That was really our conversation.