Nation's No. 1 athlete is going to be a Bulldog

Huge get for Kirby Smart and his staff.

Mecole Hardman is ranked as the nation's top athlete and he's taking his talents to Georgia. He was going to make his announcement with some cakes and got everyone excited and hungry.

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Turns out that none of those cakes would be the school he chose and he ran through a banner with all of them to symbolize their chances of landing him.

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Kirby Smart has to be pretty happy with that decision. Hardman is a 5'10", 169-pound monster out of Elberton, Ga.