MACON, Ga. -- With 20 public commitments already in the fold, Georgia’s 2013 football recruiting class is larger than the 19-player group the Bulldogs signed in February.

Coach Mark Richt said his staff often gathered a considerable number of early commitments in past years prior to getting off to a slow start with the 2012 class. While picking up as many as 20 players this early in the process is an unusually high number, Richt expects to continue building the bulk of his signing classes early in the recruiting process.

“We were getting in the habit of that, I think, prior to last year’s class,” Richt said Tuesday at the annual Pigskin Preview at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. “I think if we do our homework and the faster that we can make evaluations and decisions on who to offer and go after these guys, I would think we can get some early commitments unless something changes culturally where no one’s doing it. But I think we’ll get our share early, I hope, if we’re doing a good job.”

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