By Hale McGranahan.

The on-field rivalry between Clemson and Georgia will come to an indefinite close on Saturday night, but the two schools will continue to wage war on the recruiting trail.

Separated by just 80 miles, the Tigers and Dawgs have competed against one another for a number of prospects over the last several years, many of whom will play important roles during Saturday’s game in Athens.

TheClemsonInsider took a look at each team’s two-deep depth chart to look back at which players were coveted by the other side.

CLEMSON DEFENSE

Listed as the backup to Georgia native Grady Jarrett, who hardly got a sniff from the Dawgs, Carlos Watkins picked up a Georgia offer when he was a four-star defensive tackle at Chase High School in Forest City, North Carolina. Watkins visited Athens, but that was about the extent of it. The picture became pretty clear as things got more serious with his recruitment — it was going to be Florida or Clemson. Watkins committed to Clemson after a home game during his senior season.

Like Watkins, starting middle linebacker Stephone Anthony was offered by Georgia, but the Dawgs weren’t much of a factor for Anthony, a five-star prospect out of North Carolina’s Anson County High School. He picked Clemson over Florida and Virginia Tech during a live TV broadcast on signing day in 2011.

Georgia was among the early offers for Tony Steward, who was thought to be a lock for Florida State through the majority of his prep career. The Dawgs received some consideration and were once mentioned as a top-five candidate for his signature. As time passed, interest faded. Steward’s final decision came down to Clemson, Florida State, Alabama and UCLA. Also on ESPNU’s 2011 signing day broadcast, Steward inked with Clemson just hours before Anthony’s announcement closed a fruitful day for the Tigers.

For a time during the spring of his junior year, Ben Boulware was one of the hottest recruits in the country. Clemson was transitioning from Kevin Steele to Brent Venables, so the Tigers were relatively late with their offer, but Georgia wasn’t that far ahead — the Dawgs came through about a week prior. Now Steward’s understudy at the WILL linebacker position, Boulware’s college decision came down to Clemson or Georgia.

Starting cornerback Mackensie Alexander was offered by Georgia and he kicked around idea of taking official, but that visit never happened. Fellow 2013 Florida four-star Jayron Kearse also had an offer from the staff in Athens. He was committed to Miami and Auburn before signing with Clemson.

CLEMSON OFFENSE

Tyrone Crowder, the No. 2 right guard for Clemson, looked at Georgia during his recruitment. By the time he was ready to make a decision, the Dawgs’ offensive line class was full. So, in the end, Crowder chose between Clemson and UNC. But Georgia was once heavily involved with Crowder, who was a four-star prospect coming out of Richmond County High School in North Carolina.

Georgia hosted Charone Peake for several visits back when he was a four-star wide receiver at Dorman High School. In June of 2010, just a few days after he was in town for the Dabo Swinney Football Camp, Peake returned to Clemson to let the staff know that he was ready to commit. Coming off last season’s knee injury, Peake will start at wide receiver on Saturday.

Georgia offered Mike Williams after he put together a strong showing at camp in Athens, but this was a Clemson and South Carolina battle the entire way. The Dawgs were listed as a top-five option, but never received very much consideration.

There wasn’t much doubt for Germone Hopper when it came to deciding where to play college ball. A four-star prospect in 2012, he had offers from just about every major program in this part of the country, including Georgia. Though Chad Morris, Jeff Scott and Danny Pearman didn’t need to put too much time and effort into recruiting Hopper, the trio of Clemson assistant coaches helped make Hopper’s decision an easy one — the lifelong Tiger fan committed in April of his junior year.

Almost a year to the day that Hopper committed to Clemson Kyrin Priester committed to Georgia. Not long after Priester moved from Florida to Snellville, Georgia he was committed to play college ball in Athens. Two months later, he decommitted. By October, he was committed to N.C. State. In January of 2013, Priester switched his commitment to Clemson.

Artavis Scott was going to visit Georgia last June. But, after his multi-day camp stop in Clemson, Scott already made up his mind, so the trip was cancelled. In July, Scott committed to Clemson on national TV during The Opening.

Like his fellow freshmen wide receivers, Demarre Kitt was offered by Georgia. In fact, Kitt was committed to Georgia for six months before opting out of his pledge. Nearly five months after decommitting from Georgia, Kitt joined the 2014 Clemson class.

By the time Georgia offered Deshaun Watson, he was already committed to sign with Clemson’s 2013 class. The Dawgs weren’t the only ones that were late to the party. Watson was offered by Clemson in the summer before his sophomore season. He committed in February of his sophomore year. Georgia was never a contender, despite the offer.

GEORGIA DEFENSE

Starting defensive end Sterling Bailey and Ray Drew, one of his backups, both had offers from Clemson. Bailey (East Hall – Gainesville, Ga.) expressed some interest in Clemson, but nothing really came of it. Drew (Thomas County Central – Thomasville, Ga.) took an official visit in January of his senior year (2011), but wound up picking Georgia over Clemson and Auburn.

John Atkins (Thomson, Ga.), the starting nose tackle, picked up an offer from the Tigers and mentioned Clemson as a place of interest. That was the extent of the interest.

Aside from defensive tackle James DeLoach (Jenkins County – Millen, Ga.) , who visited Clemson in the summer of 2011, Clemson wasn’t much of a factor for any of the guys on the two-deep for Georgia’s defense, including outside linebackers Lorenzo Carter (Norcross, Ga.)  and Jordan Jenkins (Harris County – Hamilton, Ga.), starting strong safety Corey Moore (Griffin, Ga.) and backup cornerback Rico Johnson (Swainsboro, Ga.).

GEORGIA OFFENSE

Clemson was like just about everyone else in the country, they wanted John Theus, but didn’t receive much consideration. Aside from Georgia, Theus looked at Florida, Texas and Notre Dame. In July before his senior year at Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Theus committed to Georgia.

Brandon Kublanow had considerably more interest in Clemson than Theus. Now the Dawgs’ starting left guard, Kublanow (Walton – Marietta, Ga.) visited Clemson for a Junior Day event and seriously considered the school as an option.

Backup right tackle Watts Dantzler (Dalton, Ga.) was offered by Clemson, visited Tigertown and listed the Tigers as a finalist, but his father played ball at Georgia in the 70s. There was little doubt where he would play college ball.

Though Dantzler may have followed in his father’s footsteps, starting tight end Jay Rome didn’t — his father, Stan, played football and basketball at Clemson. The younger Rome, who was a four-star recruit out of Valdosta, Georgia, opted to stay in state.

Jeb Blazevich rode right by the Clemson exit on I-85 when he made the move from Charlotte to Athens earlier this year. The Tigers hosted him on campus many times over the final year or so his recruitment, but Clemson finished second for the four-star recruit from Charlotte Christian.

Clemson hosted Hutson Mason for a visit in November of his senior year at Lassiter High School in Marietta, but an offer was never extended. The Tigers’ staff evaluated Mason when it became apparent that there was a late need for quarterbacks in the 2010 class.

There was serious interest in former four-star quarterback Brice Ramsey, Mason’s backup. Ramsey was offered by Clemson and camped there in June of 2011. Just over a month later, he committed to Georgia.

Perhaps the biggest two misses for Clemson that are now at Georgia are Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall. Marshall committed in December of their senior season. A month later, Gurley joined him. Clemson finished No. 2 for the two running backs, both of whom are from the state of North Carolina.

Clemson was a player for Chris Conley when he was coming out of North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia. The Clemson coaches hosted Conley for the Virginia game in 2009 and again a few months later for junior day. About a mother after the March visit to Clemson, Conley committed to Georgia.