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FOOTBALL COACHING STAFFKirby Smart ................................................................................................... Head CoachDan Lanning ................................Fain & Billy Slaughter Defensive Coordinator / OLBsTodd Monken ........................................................ Offensive Coordinator / QuarterbacksJahmile Addae ............................................................Assistant Coach / Defensive BacksCortez Hankton ...............................................Pass Game Coordinator / Wide ReceiversTodd Hartley ........................................................................Assistant Coach / Tight EndsMatt Luke ........................................................... Associate Head Coach / Offensive Line Dell McGee ....................................................... Run Game Coordinator / Running BacksWill Muschamp .......................................................................Co-Defensive CoordinatorGlenn Schumann ................................... Co-Defensive Coordinator / Inside LinebackersTray Scott ...................................................................... Assistant Coach / Defensive Line

FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFFMike Cavan..........................................................................Director of Football AdministrationJosh Lee......................................................................................Director of Football OperationsJay Chapman ..........................................................................Director of Football ManagementNeyland Raper .........................................Assistant Director, Football Operations & RecruitingChristina Harris ...............................................................Director of Recruiting AdministrationKatie Turner ...........................................................................Director of Recruiting OperationsDavid Cooper ............................................................................ Director of Recruiting RelationsAngela Kirkpatrick ............................................................ On-Campus Recruiting CoordinatorCameron Lemons ....................................................................Assistant Recruiting CoordinatorLogen Reed ..............................................................................Assistant Recruiting CoordinatorScott Sinclair ....................................................................Director of Strength and ConditioningMaurice Sims ...................................................Associate Director of Strength and ConditioningRodney Prince .........................................................Assistant Strength and Conditioning CoachBen Sowders ............................................................Assistant Strength and Conditioning CoachTersoo Uhaa .............................................................Assistant Strength and Conditioning CoachBryant Gantt...................................................................................Director of Player ProgramsJonas Jennings ...........................................................................Director of Player DevelopmentAustin Chambers ...................................................... Assistant Director of Player DevelopmentJuwan Taylor ............................................................. Assistant Director of Player DevelopmentMatt Godwin................................................................................ Player Personnel CoordinatorScott Cochran ................................................................................... Special Teams CoordinatorQuality Control OFFENSE: Montgomery Van Gorder, Buster Faulkner, John Jancek; DE-FENSE: Davis Merritt, Robert Muschamp;SPECIAL TEAMS: Robby DischerGraduate Assistants OFFENSE: Eddie Gordon, Ryan Williams; DEFENSE: David Metcalf, Carson HallStudent Assistants ............ OFFENSE: Brandon Bennett, Seth Auer; DEFENSE: Blake BilzRashawn Scott, Jacob Russell ..................................................................... Offensive AssistantsStephon Parker................................................................................................... Offensive InternGarrett Murphy ............................................................................................Defensive AssistantAdam Ray ...............................................................................................Special Teams AssistantJavier King...................................................................................................Special Teams InternLewis Freeman, Anna Courson................................................. Football Operations AssistantsRon Courson ........................................... Executive Associate AD / Director of Sports MedicineDrew Willson ...................................................................................... Associate Athletic TrainerChris Blaszka ....................................................................................... Assistant Athletic TrainerBrittany deCamp ................................................................................. Assistant Athletic TrainerRyan Madaleno ................................................................................... Assistant Athletic TrainerBen Schmidt .....................................................................................Sports Science Data AnalystEric Black ..........................................................................Director of Football Creative - VideoTrevor Terry .............................................................Asst. Director of Football Creative - VideoChad Morehead, Chandler Eldridge ......................................Co-Directors of Creative DesignJeremy Klawsky ....................................................................... Director of Football TechnologyKyle Lane ........................................................................................................ Video CoordinatorSolomon Berkovitz, Davis Walker, Champ Willis ................................................Video InternsCollier Madaleno .................................................... Director of Football Performance NutritionMeaghan Turcotte ............................................................................Football Sports NutritionistAnn Hunt ............................................................... Administrative Associate to the Head Coach Hailey Hughes..........................................................................Football Operations Coordinator John Meshad.......................................................................... Director of Equipment OperationsGage Whitten ............................................................Director of Football Equipment & ApparelWil Wells .....................................................................Assistant Director of Football EquipmentRoger Valesquez ............................................................................................... Equipment InternBrent Williams ....................................................................................... Head Performance ChefRoderick Hall ...................................................................................................... Culinary Intern

The University of Georgia LOCATION ......................................................................................................Athens, Ga.FOUNDED ...................................................................................................................1785PRESIDENT .............................................................Jere W. Morehead (Georgia, JD, ‘80)J. REID PARKER DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .....................Josh Brooks (LSU ‘02)FACULTY ATH. REP.. ..... Prof. David Shipley (Oberlin, ‘72;Univ. of Chicago, JD, ‘75)ENROLLMENT ....................................................................................................... 40,118NICKNAME ......................................................................................................... BulldogsCOLORS ...................................................................................................... Red and BlackSTADIUM ........ Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (92,746) (natural grass-Bermuda Tifway 419)CONFERENCE.............................................................................................. SoutheasternMASCOT .................................................................................................................. Uga XBAND ...............................................................................................Georgia Redcoat Band

Senior Administrative Staff Josh Brooks .................................................................J. Reid Parker Director of AthleticsDarrice Griffin ...........................................................Senior Deputy Director of Athletics Will Lawler .................................. Deputy Athletic Director / Legal & Regulatory AffairsMagdi El Shahawy .........Deputy Athletic Director / Academics & Student DevelopmentWill Lawler .............................................................Deputy Athletic Director / ComplianceStephanie Ransom ........................................................ Deputy Athletic Director / FinanceRon Courson ............................. Executive Associate Athletic Director / Sports MedicineFord Williams .........................................................Executive Associate Athletic DirectorDarlene Camacho ...........Senior Associate Athletic Director / Strategic CommunicationsMatt Brachowski ....................... Senior Associate Athletic Director / Internal OperationsClaude Felton .....................Loran Smith Senior Associate A.D./Sports CommunicationsGlada Horvat ...................... Senior Associate Athletic Director /Academics & EligibilityKevin Miller .........................................Senior Associate Athletic Director / DevelopmentTim Cearley .............................................Associate Athletic Director / Ticket OperationsBeth Dziedzic ......................................................Associate Athletic Director / AcademicsAlan Thomas ........................................ Associate Athletic Director / External OperationsAnna Randa ...............................................Associate Athletic Director / Sports MedicineJohn Bateman ............................................................................Assistant A.D./MarketingMike Bilbow ................................................................Assistant A.D. / Digital ProductionEmily Deitz .............................................................................. Assistant A.D./PromotionsSteve Flippen .......................................................................... Assistant A.D./ComplianceCourtney Gay ............................................. Assistant A.D./Diversity, Equity & InclusionScott Hallberg ..........................................................Assistant A.D. / Business OperationsRhonda Kilpatrick ..............................................Assistant A.D./Academics & EligibilityCory Kopaniasz ........................................................................Assistant A.D./AcademicsChristie Purks............................................................. Assistant A.D./Event ManagementMelvin Robinson .........................................................Assistant A.D./Facility OperationsAmy Thomas ................................................................. Assistant A.D./Human ResourcesWendy Whittington ....................................................... Assistant A.D./Ticket Operations

Sports Communications Staff Darlene Camacho ...................................Senior Associate AD for Strategic CommunicationsClaude Felton ................................Loran Smith Sr. Assoc. AD/Sports Communications Dir.Christopher Lakos ...................................................... Assistant AD, Sports CommunicationsMike Mobley ................................................................ Assistant AD, Sports CommunicationsTim Hix ..................................................................................Sr. Associate Sports Comm. Dir.Leland Barrow.......................................................................Sr. Associate Sports Comm. Dir.Steven Colquitt ......................................................................Sr. Associate Sports Comm. Dir.Tray Littlefield .......................................................................Sr. Associate Sports Comm. Dir.Karra Logan ................................................................................Assistant Sports Comm. Dir.Sean Stevenson ............................................................................Assistant Sports Comm. Dir.Jake Stanley .................................................................................Assistant Sports Comm. Dir.John Frierson ..............................................................................Assistant Sports Comm. Dir.Olivia Puttin, Abby Fletcher, Jake Golob ............................. Sports Comm. Grad AssistantsGriffin DeJoy .........................................Sports Comm. Graduate Assistant / Graphic DesignTony Walsh ................................................................. Sports Communications Photographer Mackenzie Miles ........................................................... Sports Communications Photo Intern Student Assistants: ...................................................... Lilly Parmer, Addie Grace Trejo, Alex Nikitin, Kenzie Harms, Sydney Gibbs, Sam Carter, Caroline Parlantieri, Thomas Touchstone, Anna Stewart, Elizabeth Milstead, Savannah Daly

Contents

General Information .................................................................................................. 1Roster / Depth Charts .............................................................................................2-3Michigan At A Glance ................................................................................................ 5Georgia/Michigan Comparison ................................................................................ 6Game Notes ............................................................................................................7-14Georgia Statistics ................................................................................................15-222021 Georgia Game Summaries ........................................................................23-35Head Coach Kirby Smart ...................................................................................36-37Assistant Coaches ................................................................................................38-40Player Bios ...........................................................................................................41-80Bowl History (Appearances, Records, Recaps) ..............................................81-112Uga, The Mascot Legacy ................................................................................ 113-115UGA Traditions ...................................................................................................... 116 UGA President Jere W. Morehead ...................................................................... 117J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks ............................................... 117Feature Files ....................................................................................................118-136

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2021 numerical rosterNo. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Darnell Washington TE So. 6-7 265 1VL Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS) 0 Rian Davis ILB RSo. 6-2 230 1VL Apopka, Fla. (Wekiva HS) 1 George Pickens WR Jr. 6-3 200 2VL Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS) 1 Nyland Green DB Fr. 6-1 185 HS Covington, Ga. (Newton HS) 2 Kendall Milton RB So. 6-1 220 1VL Fresno, Calif. (Buchanan HS) 3 Zamir White TB Jr. 6-0 215 2VL Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland HS) 4 James Cook RB Sr. 5-11 190 3VL Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS) 4 Nolan Smith OLB Jr. 6-3 235 2VL Savannah, Ga. (IMG Academy) 5 Kelee Ringo DB RFr. 6-2 205 SQ Tacoma, Wash. (Saguaro, Ariz., HS) 5 Adonai Mitchell WR Fr. 6-4 190 HS Missouri City, Texas (Cane Ridge HS) 6 Jalen Kimber DB RFr. 6-0 170 1VL Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield Timberview) 6 Kenny McIntosh RB Jr. 6-1 210 2VL Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (University School) 7 Jermaine Burton WR So. 6-0 200 1VL Calabasas, Calif. (Calabasas HS) 7 Quay Walker ILB Sr. 6-4 240 3VL Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County HS) 8 Dominick Blaylock WR RSo. 6-1 205 1VL Marietta, Ga. (Walton HS) 8 MJ Sherman OLB So. 6-2 235 1VL Baltimore, Md. (St. John’s College HS) 9 Ameer Speed DB Sr. 6-3 211 3VL Jacksonville, Fla. (Sandalwood HS) 9 Justin Robinson WR RFr. 6-4 220 SQ McDonough, Ga. (Eagles Landing Christ.)10 Kearis Jackson WR Jr. 6-0 200 2VL Fort Valley, Ga. (Peach County HS)10 Jamon Dumas-Johnson LB Fr. 6-1 235 HS Hyattsville, Md. (St. Francis Academy)11 Arian Smith WR RFr. 6-0 185 1VL Bradley, Fla. (Lakeland HS)11 Derion Kendrick DB Sr. 6-0 195 Tr. Rock Hill, S.C. (Clemson / South Pointe HS) 12 Brock Vandagriff QB Fr. 6-3 205 HS Bogart, Ga. (Prince Ave. Christian School)12 Lovasea Carroll DB Fr. 6-1 195 HS Warrenton, Ga. (IMG Academy)13 Stetson Bennett QB Sr. 5-11 190 2VL Blackshear, Ga. (Jones Coll./Pierce Co. HS)13 Kamari Lassiter DB Fr. 6-0 180 HS Savannah, Ga. (American Christian Acad.)14 David Daniel DB Fr. 6-2 185 HS Woodstock, Ga. (Woodstock HS)14 Jackson Muschamp QB RFr. 6-2 190 SQ Columbia, S.C. (Hammond School)14 Arik Gilbert WR So. 6-5 240 Tr. Marietta, Ga. (LSU / Marietta HS)15 Carson Beck QB RFr. 6-4 215 SQ Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS)15 Trezmen Marshall ILB RSo. 6-1 230 2VL Homerville, Ga. (Clinch County HS)16 Lewis Cine DB Jr. 6-1 200 2VL Cedar Hill, Texas (Trinity Christian HS)17 Nakobe Dean ILB Jr. 6-0 225 2VL Horn Lake, Miss. (Horn Lake HS)17 Jackson Meeks WR Fr. 6-2 205 HS Phenix City, Ala. (Central HS)18 JT Daniels QB Jr. 6-3 210 1VL Irvine, Calif. (USC / Mater Dei HS)18 Xavian Sorey LB Fr. 6-3 214 HS Campbellton, Fla. (IMG Academy)19 Adam Anderson OLB Sr. 6-5 230 3VL Rome, Ga. (Rome HS)19 Brock Bowers TE Fr. 6-4 230 HS Napa, Calif. (Napa HS)20 Smael Mondon LB Fr. 6-3 220 HS Dallas, Ga. (Paulding County HS)20 Sevaughn Clark RB RSo. 6-1 215 SQ Dawsonville, Ga. (Dawson County HS)22 Javon Bullard DB Fr. 5-11 180 HS Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin HS)23 Jaylen Johnson WR Jr. 6-2 192 2VL Duluth, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS)23 Tykee Smith DB Jr. 5-10 198 Tr. Philadelphia, Pa. (WVU / Imhotep Inst.)24 Nathan Priestley QB RSo. 6-4 205 SQ Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola HS)24 Matthew Brown TE Jr. 6-2 210 SQ Guyton, Ga. (South Effingham HS)25 Steven Peterson WR Jr. 6-2 214 Tr. Kennesaw, Ga. (Mercer / Harrison HS)26 Jehlen Cannady DB RFr. 6-0 176 SQ Macon, Ga. (Westside HS)26 Collin Drake QB Fr. 6-1 195 HS Ennis, Texas (Ennis HS)29 Christopher Smith DB Sr. 5-11 190 3VL Atlanta, Ga. (Hapeville Charter HS)30 Daijun Edwards RB So. 5-10 201 1VL Norman Park, Ga. (Colquitt County HS)31 William Poole DB Sr. 6-0 190 3VL Atlanta, Ga. (Hapeville Charter HS)32 Chaz Chambliss LB Fr. 6-2 250 HS Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton HS)32 Cash Jones RB Fr. 6-0 182 HS Brock, Texas (Brock HS)33 Robert Beal Jr. OLB Sr. 6-4 255 3VL Duluth, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS)35 John Staton IV LB Gr. 6-1 225 Tr. Atlanta, Ga. (Samford/Lovett School)36 Latavious Brini DB Sr. 6-2 210 3VL Miami Gardens, Fla. (Mater Academy Charter)36 Garrett Jones RB Jr. 6-0 203 SQ Albany, Ga. (Deerfield-Windsor HS)37 Drew Southern DB Fr. 5-11 180 HS Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS)37 Woody Waters WR RFr. 5-8 160 SQ Newnan, Ga. (Newnan HS) 38 Patrick Taylor DB RFr. 6-0 175 SQ Johns Creek, Ga. (Johns Creek HS)39 Brady Tindall WR Sr. 5-10 192 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Mercer Univ. / Lovett)41 Channing Tindall ILB Sr. 6-2 230 3VL Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley HS)42 Graham Collins ILB RFr. 6-2 215 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Holy Innocents Episcopal School)43 Chase Harof TE Sr. 6-2 250 SQ Roswell, Ga. (Reinhardt/Blessed Trinity)43 Matthew Helow DB Fr. 5-11 175 HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Bishop Kenny HS)

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School)44 Michael Hagerty TE RSo. 6-4 225 SQ Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute)44 Travon Walker DL Jr. 6-5 275 2VL Thomaston, Ga. (Upson-Lee HS)45 Kurt Knisely RB RFr. 6-0 200 SQ Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)45 Bill Norton DL RSo. 6-6 300 1VL Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers)46 Payton Bowles DB RFr. 5-10 170 SQ Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)47 Dan Jackson DB RSo. 6-1 190 SQ Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall HS)47 Payne Walker SN Jr. 6-2 249 2VL Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett HS)48 Wesley Potter DB Jr. 6-3 205 Tr. Canton, Ga. (Presbyterian / Sequoyah HS)49 Gleaton Jones RB Fr. 6-1 200 HS Albany, Ga. (Deerfield-Windsor HS)50 Warren Ericson OL Jr. 6-4 305 2VL Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett HS)51 Tate Ratledge OL RFr. 6-6 320 SQ Rome, Ga. (Darlington School)52 Cameron Kinnie OL RFr. 6-3 300 SQ Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill HS)53 Dylan Fairchild OL Fr. 6-5 300 HS Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS)54 Cade Brock ILB RFr. 6-0 250 SQ Subligna, Ga. (Darlington HS)54 Justin Shaffer OL Sr. 6-4 330 4VL Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS)55 Marlin Dean DL Fr. 6-5 275 HS Bowman, Ga. (IMG Academy)55 Jared Wilson OL Fr. 6-3 330 HS Winston-Salem, N.C. (West Forsyth HS)56 Micah Morris OL Fr. 6-6 330 HS Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County HS)56 William Mote SN RSo. 6-2 230 1VL Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS)57 Luke Collins OLB Fr. 6-2 245 HS Birmingham, Ala. (Birmingham Prep)58 Austin Blaske OL RFr. 6-5 310 SQ Faulkville, Ga. (South Effingham HS)59 Broderick Jones OL RFr. 6-4 315 1VL Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia HS)60 Clay Webb OL RSo. 6-3 290 1VL Oxford, Ala. (Oxford HS)61 Blake Watson OL Jr. 6-6 300 SQ Roswell, Ga. (Milton HS)63 Sedrick Van Pran OL RFr. 6-4 310 1VL New Orleans, La. (Warren Easton HS)65 Amarius Mims OL Fr. 6-7 330 HS Cochran, Ga. (Bleckley County HS)66 Jonathan Washburn SN Fr. 6-3 220 HS Ringgold, Ga. (Heritage HS)67 John Ferguson OL Fr. 6-5 270 HS Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)68 Chris Brown OL RFr. 6-5 300 SQ Savannah, Ga. (Islands HS)69 Jamaree Salyer OL Sr. 6-4 325 3VL Atlanta, Ga. (Pace Academy)70 Warren McClendon OL RSo. 6-4 300 1VL Brunswick, Ga. (Brunswick HS)73 Xavier Truss OL RSo. 6-7 330 1VL West Warwick, R.I. (Bishop Hendricken HS)75 Owen Condon OL Jr. 6-7 310 2VL Oklahoma City, Okla. (Bishop McGuinness HS)76 Miles Johnson OL RFr. 6-5 320 SQ Blue Ridge, Ga. (Fannin Co. HS)77 Devin Willock OL RFr. 6-7 335 SQ New Milford, N.J. (Paramus Catholic HS)78 Chad Lindberg OL RFr. 6-6 325 SQ League City, Texas (Clear Creek HS)78 Nazir Stackhouse DL So. 6-3 320 1VL Stone Mountain, Ga. (Columbia HS)79 Weston Wallace OL RFr. 6-4 320 SQ Eatonton, Ga. (Gatewood School)80 Brett Seither TE RSo. 6-5 228 1VL Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater Cent. Cath.)81 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint WR So. 6-2 195 1VL Pompano Beach, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)82 Logan Johnson WR Fr. 5-6 155 HS Bogart, Ga. (Prince Ave. Christian School)84 Ladd McConkey WR RFr. 6-0 185 SQ Chatsworth, Ga. (North Murray HS)85 Drew Sheehan TE RSo. 6-2 215 Tr. Woodstock, Ga. (Kennesaw St./Woodstock HS)86 John FitzPatrick TE Jr. 6-7 250 2VL Atlanta, Ga. (Marist School)87 Mekhi Mews WR Fr. 5-8 170 HS Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett HS)88 Jalen Carter DL So. 6-3 310 1VL Apopka, Fla. (Apopka HS)88 Ryland Goede TE RSo. 6-6 240 SQ Kennesaw, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain HS)89 Braxton Hicks WR RFr. 6-2 195 SQ Tiger, Ga. (Rabun County HS)89 Malcolm Brown DL Fr. 6-0 270 HS Guyton, Ga. (South Effingham HS)90 Jake Camarda P Sr. 6-2 180 3VL Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS)90 Tramel Walthour DL Jr. 6-3 280 1VL Hinesville, Ga. (Hutchinson CC/Liberty Co. HS)91 Tymon Mitchell DL RSo. 6-3 300 SQ Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy)92 Julian Rochester DL Gr. 6-5 300 4VL Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern HS)93 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins DL Fr. 6-5 300 HS Gaffney, S.C. (Gaffney HS)94 Jonathan Jefferson DL Fr. 6-3 295 HS Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS)95 Noah Chumley P RSo. 6-3 185 SQ Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Christian)95 Devonte Wyatt DL Sr. 6-3 315 3VL Decatur, Ga. (Hutchinson CC/Towers HS)96 Zion Logue DL RSo. 6-5 295 1VL Lebanon, Tenn. (Lebanon HS)96 Jack Podlesny PK Jr. 6-1 180 1VL St. Simons Island, Ga. (Glynn Academy)97 Warren Brinson DL So. 6-4 305 1VL Savannah, Ga. (IMG Academy)97 Matthew Sumlin PK/P RFr. 5-11 170 HS Smyrna, Ga. (Whitefield Academy)98 Tyler Malakius DL RSo. 6-3 280 SQ Byron, Ga. (Westfield HS)98 Noah Jones P Fr. 6-0 165 HS Cairo, Ga. (Cairo HS)99 Jordan Davis DL Sr. 6-6 340 3VL Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS)99 Jared Zirkel PK RFr. 6-3 185 SQ Kerrville, Texas (Tivy HS)

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2021 alphabetical rosterNo. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Kendall Milton RB So. 6-1 220 1VL Fresno, Calif. (Buchanan HS)65 Amarius Mims OL Fr. 6-7 330 HS Cochran, Ga. (Bleckley County HS) 5 Adonai Mitchell WR Fr. 6-4 190 HS Missouri City, Texas (Cane Ridge HS)91 Tymon Mitchell DL RSo. 6-3 300 SQ Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy)20 Smael Mondon LB Fr. 6-3 220 HS Dallas, Ga. (Paulding County HS)56 Micah Morris OL Fr. 6-6 330 HS Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County HS)56 William Mote SN RSo. 6-2 230 1VL Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS)14 Jackson Muschamp QB RFr. 6-2 190 SQ Columbia, S.C. (Hammond School)45 Bill Norton DL RSo. 6-6 300 1VL Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers)25 Steven Peterson WR Jr. 6-2 214 Tr. Kennesaw, Ga. (Mercer/Harrison HS) 1 George Pickens WR Jr. 6-3 200 2VL Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS)96 Jack Podlesny PK Jr. 6-1 180 1VL St. Simons Island, Ga. (Glynn Academy)31 William Poole DB Sr. 6-0 190 3VL Atlanta, Ga. (Hapeville Charter HS)48 Wesley Potter DB Jr. 6-3 205 Tr. Canton, Ga. (Presbyterian / Sequoyah HS)24 Nathan Priestley QB RSo. 6-4 205 SQ Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola HS)51 Tate Ratledge OL RFr. 6-6 320 SQ Rome, Ga. (Darlington School) 5 Kelee Ringo DB RFr. 6-2 205 SQ Tacoma, Wash. (Saguaro, Ariz., HS) 9 Justin Robinson WR RFr. 6-4 220 SQ McDonough, Ga. (Eagles Landing Christ.)92 Julian Rochester DL Gr. 6-5 300 4VL Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern HS)81 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint WR So. 6-2 195 1VL Pompano Beach, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)69 Jamaree Salyer OL Sr. 6-4 325 3VL Atlanta, Ga. (Pace Academy)80 Brett Seither TE RSo. 6-5 228 1VL Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater Cent. Cath.)54 Justin Shaffer OL Sr. 6-4 330 4VL Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS)85 Drew Sheehan TE RSo. 6-2 215 Tr. Woodstock, Ga. (Kennesaw St./Woodstock HS) 8 MJ Sherman OLB So. 6-2 235 1VL Baltimore, Md. (St. John’s College HS)11 Arian Smith WR RFr. 6-0 185 1VL Bradley, Fla. (Lakeland HS)29 Christopher Smith DB Sr. 5-11 190 3VL Atlanta, Ga. (Hapeville Charter HS) 4 Nolan Smith OLB Jr. 6-3 235 2VL Savannah, Ga. (IMG Academy)23 Tykee Smith DB Jr. 5-10 198 Tr. Philadelphia, Pa. (WVU / Imhotep Inst.)18 Xavian Sorey LB Fr. 6-3 214 HS Campbellton, Fla. (IMG Academy)37 Drew Southern DB Fr. 5-11 180 HS Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS) 9 Ameer Speed DB Sr. 6-3 211 3VL Jacksonville, Fla. (Sandalwood HS)78 Nazir Stackhouse DL So. 6-3 320 1VL Stone Mountain, Ga. (Columbia HS)35 John Staton IV LB Gr. 6-1 225 Tr. Atlanta, Ga. (Samford/Lovett School)97 Matthew Sumlin PK/P RFr. 5-11 170 HS Smyrna, Ga. (Whitefield Academy)38 Patrick Taylor DB RFr. 6-0 175 SQ Johns Creek, Ga. (Johns Creek HS)39 Brady Tindall WR Sr. 5-10 192 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Mercer Univ. / Lovett)41 Channing Tindall ILB Sr. 6-2 230 3VL Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley HS)73 Xavier Truss OL RSo. 6-7 330 1VL West Warwick, R.I. (Bishop Hendricken HS)63 Sedrick Van Pran OL RFr. 6-4 310 1VL New Orleans, La. (Warren Easton HS)12 Brock Vandagriff QB Fr. 6-3 205 HS Bogart, Ga. (Prince Ave. Christian School)47 Payne Walker SN Jr. 6-2 249 2VL Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett HS) 7 Quay Walker ILB Sr. 6-4 240 3VL Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County HS)44 Travon Walker DL Jr. 6-5 275 2VL Thomaston, Ga. (Upson-Lee HS)90 Tramel Walthour DL Jr. 6-3 280 1VL Hinesville, Ga. (Hutchinson CC/Liberty Co. HS)66 Jonathan Washburn SN Fr. 6-3 220 HS Ringgold, Ga. (Heritage HS) 0 Darnell Washington TE So. 6-7 265 1VL Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS)37 Woody Waters WR RFr. 5-8 160 SQ Newnan, Ga. (Newnan HS) 61 Blake Watson OL Jr. 6-6 300 SQ Roswell, Ga. (Milton HS)60 Clay Webb OL RSo. 6-3 290 1VL Oxford, Ala. (Oxford HS) 3 Zamir White TB Jr. 6-0 215 2VL Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland HS)77 Devin Willock OL RFr. 6-7 335 SQ New Milford, N.J. (Paramus Catholic HS)55 Jared Wilson OL Fr. 6-3 330 HS Winston-Salem, N.C. (West Forsyth HS)95 Devonte Wyatt DL Sr. 6-3 315 3VL Decatur, Ga. (Hutchinson CC/Towers HS)99 Jared Zirkel PK RFr. 6-3 185 SQ Kerrville, Texas (Tivy HS)

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School)19 Adam Anderson OLB Sr. 6-5 230 3VL Rome, Ga. (Rome HS)33 Robert Beal Jr. OLB Sr. 6-4 255 3VL Duluth, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS)15 Carson Beck QB RFr. 6-4 215 SQ Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS)13 Stetson Bennett QB Sr. 5-11 190 2VL Blackshear, Ga. (Jones Coll./Pierce Co. HS)58 Austin Blaske OL RFr. 6-5 310 SQ Faulkville, Ga. (South Effingham HS) 8 Dominick Blaylock WR RSo. 6-1 205 1VL Marietta, Ga. (Walton HS)19 Brock Bowers TE Fr. 6-4 230 HS Napa, Calif. (Napa HS)46 Payton Bowles DB RFr. 5-10 170 SQ Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)36 Latavious Brini DB Sr. 6-2 210 3VL Miami Gardens, Fla. (Mater Academy Charter)97 Warren Brinson DL So. 6-4 305 1VL Savannah, Ga. (IMG Academy)54 Cade Brock ILB RFr. 6-0 250 SQ Subligna, Ga. (Darlington HS)68 Chris Brown OL RFr. 6-5 300 SQ Savannah, Ga. (Islands HS)89 Malcolm Brown DL Fr. 6-0 270 HS Guyton, Ga. (South Effingham HS)24 Matthew Brown TE Jr. 6-2 210 SQ Guyton, Ga. (South Effingham HS)22 Javon Bullard DB Fr. 5-11 180 HS Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin HS) 7 Jermaine Burton WR So. 6-0 200 1VL Calabasas, Calif. (Calabasas HS)90 Jake Camarda P Sr. 6-2 180 3VL Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS)43 Jehlen Cannady DB RFr. 6-0 176 SQ Macon, Ga. (Westside HS)12 Lovasea Carroll DB Fr. 6-1 195 HS Warrenton, Ga. (IMG Academy)88 Jalen Carter DL So. 6-3 310 1VL Apopka, Fla. (Apopka HS)32 Chaz Chambliss LB Fr. 6-2 250 HS Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton HS)95 Noah Chumley P RSo. 6-3 185 SQ Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Christian)16 Lewis Cine DB Jr. 6-1 200 2VL Cedar Hill, Texas (Trinity Christian HS)20 Sevaughn Clark RB RSo. 6-1 215 SQ Dawsonville, Ga. (Dawson County HS)42 Graham Collins ILB RFr. 6-2 215 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Holy Innocents Episcopal School)57 Luke Collins OLB Fr. 6-2 245 HS Birmingham, Ala. (Birmingham Prep)75 Owen Condon OL Jr. 6-7 310 2VL Oklahoma City, Okla. (Bishop McGuinness HS) 4 James Cook RB Sr. 5-11 190 3VL Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS)14 David Daniel DB Fr. 6-2 185 HS Woodstock, Ga. (Woodstock HS)18 JT Daniels QB Jr. 6-3 210 1VL Irvine, Calif. (USC / Mater Dei HS)99 Jordan Davis DL Sr. 6-6 340 3VL Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS) 0 Rian Davis ILB RSo. 6-2 230 1VL Apopka, Fla. (Wekiva HS)55 Marlin Dean DL Fr. 6-5 275 HS Bowman, Ga. (IMG Academy)17 Nakobe Dean ILB Jr. 6-0 225 2VL Horn Lake, Miss. (Horn Lake HS)26 Collin Drake QB Fr. 6-1 195 HS Ennis, Texas (Ennis HS)10 Jamon Dumas-Johnson LB Fr. 6-1 235 HS Hyattsville, Md. (St. Francis Academy)30 Daijun Edwards RB So. 5-10 201 1VL Norman Park, Ga. (Colquitt County HS)50 Warren Ericson OL Jr. 6-4 305 2VL Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett HS)53 Dylan Fairchild OL Fr. 6-5 300 HS Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS)67 John Ferguson OL Fr. 6-5 270 HS Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)86 John FitzPatrick TE Jr. 6-7 250 2VL Atlanta, Ga. (Marist School)14 Arik Gilbert WR So. 6-5 240 Tr. Marietta, Ga. (LSU / Marietta HS)88 Ryland Goede TE RSo. 6-6 240 SQ Kennesaw, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain HS) 1 Nyland Green DB Fr. 6-1 185 HS Covington, Ga. (Newton HS)44 Michael Hagerty TE RSo. 6-4 225 SQ Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute)43 Chase Harof TE Sr. 6-2 250 SQ Roswell, Ga. (Reinhardt/Blessed Trinity)43 Matthew Helow DB Fr. 5-11 175 HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Bishop Kenny HS)89 Braxton Hicks WR RFr. 6-2 195 SQ Tiger, Ga. (Rabun County HS)93 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins DL Fr. 6-5 300 HS Gaffney, S.C. (Gaffney HS)47 Dan Jackson DB RSo. 6-1 190 SQ Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall HS)10 Kearis Jackson WR Jr. 6-0 200 2VL Fort Valley, Ga. (Peach County HS)94 Jonathan Jefferson DL Fr. 6-3 295 HS Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS)23 Jaylen Johnson WR Jr. 6-2 192 2VL Duluth, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS)82 Logan Johnson WR Fr. 5-6 155 HS Bogart, Ga. (Prince Ave. Christian School)76 Miles Johnson OL RFr. 6-5 320 SQ Blue Ridge, Ga. (Fannin Co. HS)59 Broderick Jones OL RFr. 6-4 315 1VL Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia HS)32 Cash Jones RB Fr. 6-0 182 HS Brock, Texas (Brock HS)36 Garrett Jones RB Jr. 6-0 203 SQ Albany, Ga. (Deerfield-Windsor HS)49 Gleaton Jones RB Fr. 6-1 200 HS Albany, Ga. (Deerfield-Windsor HS)98 Noah Jones P Fr. 6-0 165 HS Cairo, Ga. (Cairo HS)11 Derion Kendrick DB Sr. 6-0 195 Tr. Rock Hill, S.C. (Clemson / South Pointe HS) 6 Jalen Kimber DB RFr. 6-0 170 1VL Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield Timberview)52 Cameron Kinnie OL RFr. 6-3 300 SQ Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill HS)45 Kurt Knisely RB RFr. 6-0 200 SQ Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)13 Kamari Lassiter DB Fr. 6-0 180 HS Savannah, Ga. (American Christian Acad.)78 Chad Lindberg OL RFr. 6-6 325 SQ League City, Texas (Clear Creek HS)96 Zion Logue DL RSo. 6-5 295 1VL Lebanon, Tenn. (Lebanon HS)98 Tyler Malakius DL RSo. 6-3 280 SQ Byron, Ga. (Westfield HS)15 Trezmen Marshall ILB RSo. 6-1 230 2VL Homerville, Ga. (Clinch County HS)70 Warren McClendon OL RSo. 6-4 300 1VL Brunswick, Ga. (Brunswick HS)84 Ladd McConkey WR RFr. 6-0 185 SQ Chatsworth, Ga. (North Murray HS) 6 Kenny McIntosh RB Jr. 6-1 210 2VL Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (University School)17 Jackson Meeks WR Fr. 6-2 205 HS Phenix City, Ala. (Central HS)87 Mekhi Mews WR Fr. 5-8 170 HS Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett HS)

Pronunciations

Austin Blaske .............................. BLAS-keeLatavious Brini ............................ BREE-neeJavon Bullard .............................. juh-VAHNJake Camarda .......................Cuh-MAR-duhLovasea Carroll .................. luh-VAH-see-ayLewis Cine ......................................... SEENRian Davis ............................................ RyanNakobe Dean ............................ nuh-KO-beeDaijun Edwards ..........................DAY-zyahnArik Gilbert ...................................ay-REEKRyland Goede ...................................GO-deeTyrion Ingram-Dawkins ............. TY-ree-ahnKearis Jackson ............................. Key-air-isAdonai Mitchell ..................... uh-DAHN-ay

Smael Mondon ...............rhymes with smile,..................................... rhymes with LondonKelee Ringo ....................................KEE-leeMarcus Rosemy-Jacksaint ....ROSE-uh-meeJamaree Salyer ......juh-MAHR-ee SAL-yurJustin Shaffer................................ SHAY-furXavian Sorey ....................egg-ZAY-vee-ahnNazir Stackhouse ........................ nah-ZEERTramel Walthour .......................... truh-MEL..........................Wall-thour (sounds like ‘our’)Zamir White ............................... zuh-MEERDevonte Wyatt.........................di-VAHN-tayJared Zirkel .................................... ZER-kul


georgiaAustin Blaske .................................... BLAS-keeLatavious Brini .................................. BREE-neeJavon Bullard .................................... juh-VAHNJake Camarda ............................. Cuh-MAR-duhLovasea Carroll ........................ luh-VAH-see-ayLewis Cine ................................................SEENRian Davis .................................................. RyanNakobe Dean ...................................nuh-KO-beeJamon Dumas-Johnson ...................DOO-mahssDaijun Edwards ................................DAY-zyahnArik Gilbert ......................................... ay-REEKRyland Goede .........................................GO-deeTyrion Ingram-Dawkins ................... TY-ree-ahnKearis Jackson ................................... Key-air-isKurt Knisely ........................................ NIZE-leeAdonai Mitchell ............................uh-DAHN-aySmael Mondon ..................... rhymes with smile,........................................... rhymes with LondonJack Podlesny ................................ pod-LEZ-neeKelee Ringo ..........................................KEE-leeMarcus Rosemy-Jacksaint ..........ROSE-uh-meeJamaree Salyer ............ juh-MAHR-ee SAL-yurJustin Shaffer...................................... SHAY-furXavian Sorey .......................... egg-ZAY-vee-ahnNazir Stackhouse .............................. nah-ZEERTramel Walthour ................................ truh-MEL................................ Wall-thour (sounds like ‘our’)Zamir White ..................................... zuh-MEERDevonte Wyatt...............................di-VAHN-tayJared Zirkel ...........................................ZER-kul

pronunciations

michigan Lucas Andrighetto .........................AND-ri-gettoAndrel Anthony ................................. ann-DRELReece Atteberry. ..............................AT-uh-berryKeychaun Bennett ........................... KAY-shawnRayshaun Benny ............................. RAY-shawnChristian Boivin ...............................BWAH-vanKraig Correll ........................................ca-RELLEamonn Dennis ..................................... EE-monTavierre Dunlap ............................ tah-vee-YAREGiovanni El-Hadi ..............................dl-HOD-eeChuck Filiaga ............................fill-ee-ONG-YAGemon Green .........................................ji-MONDominick Guidice .............................. ja-DEESEKeshaun Harris ................................ KEY-shawnHassan Haskins ...................................ha-SAHNNikhai Hill-Green ..................................ni-KYEJoel Honigford .............................. HUN-ig-furdCole Hussung ......................................ha-SUNGIkechukwu (Ike) Iwunnah ............... ee-WUN-naTrente Jones .......................................TREN-tayCaden Kolesar ...............................COLE-a-sahrJa’Den McBurrows ................................JAY-dinKalel Mullings .....................................ka-LELLDavid Ojabo ....................................oh-JAH-bohMike Sainristil ...............................SANE-ri-stillMazi Smith ..........................................mah-ZEEJess Speight ................................................ spaytSam Staruch .....................................STARE-ichAndrew Vastardis .........................va-STAR-dissJulius Welschof ............................ WELSCH-off

georgia Bulldogs (FROM SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)

OffenseWR 5 Adonai Mitchell 6-4 190 Fr. Missouri City, Texas 81 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint 6-2 195 So. Pompano Beach, Fla.LT 69 Jamaree Salyer 6-4 325 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. 59 Broderick Jones 6-4 315 RFr. Lithonia, Ga. 73 Xavier Truss 6-7 330 RSo. West Warwick, R.I.LG 54 Justin Shaffer 6-4 330 Sr. Ellenwood, Ga. 77 Devin Willock 6-6 325 RFr. New Milford, N.J.C 63 Sedrick Van Pran 6-4 310 RFr. New Orleans, La.- OR - 50 Warren Ericson 6-4 305 Jr. Suwanee, Ga.RG 50 Warren Ericson 6-4 305 Jr. Suwanee, Ga. 75 Owen Condon 6-7 310 Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla.RT 70 Warren McClendon 6-4 300 RSo. Brunswick, Ga. 65 Amarius Mims 6-7 330 Fr. Cochran, Ga.TE 19 Brock Bowers 6-4 230 Fr. Napa, Calif.- OR - 86 John FitzPatrick 6-7 250 Jr. Atlanta, Ga.- OR - 0 Darnell Washington 6-7 265 So. Las Vegas, Nev.QB 13 Stetson Bennett 5-11 190 Sr. Blackshear, Ga.- OR - 18 JT Daniels 6-3 210 Jr. Irvine, Calif. 15 Carson Beck 6-4 225 RFr. Jacksonville, Fla.TB 3 Zamir White 6-0 215 Jr. Laurinburg, N.C.- OR - 4 James Cook 5-11 190 Sr. Miami, Fla. 2 Kendall Milton 6-1 220 So. Fresno, Calif.- OR - 6 Kenny McIntosh 6-1 210 Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.WR 84 Ladd McConkey 6-0 185 RFr. Chatsworth, Ga.- OR - 10 Kearis Jackson 6-0 200 Jr. Ft. Valley, Ga.WR 7 Jermaine Burton 6-0 200 So. Calabasas, Calif. 9 Justin Robinson 6-4 220 RFr. McDonough, Ga.

Defense (12 starters listed)DE 44 Travon Walker 6-5 275 Jr. Thomaston, Ga. 90 Tramel Walthour 6-3 280 Jr. Hinesville, Ga.NOSE 99 Jordan Davis 6-6 340 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. 88 Jalen Carter 6-3 310 So. Apopka, Fla.DT 95 Devonte Wyatt 6-3 315 Sr. Decatur, Ga. 78 Nazir Stackhouse 6-3 320 So. Stone Mountain, Ga.- OR - 97 Warren Brinson 6-4 305 So. Savannah, Ga.SAM 33 Robert Beal, Jr. 6-4 255 Sr. Duluth, Ga. 8 MJ Sherman 6-2 235 So. Baltimore, Md.JACK 4 Nolan Smith 6-3 235 Jr. Savannah, Ga. 33 Robert Beal, Jr. 6-4 255 Sr. Duluth, Ga. 32 Chaz Chambliss 6-2 250 Jr. Carrollton, Ga.MONEY 7 Quay Walker 6-4 250 Jr. Cordele, Ga.- OR - 41 Channing Tindall 6-2 230 Sr. Columbia, S.C.MAC 17 Nakobe Dean 6-0 225 Jr. Horn Lake, Miss. 20 Smael Mondon 6-3 220 Fr. Dallas, Ga.LC 9 Ameer Speed 6-3 211 Sr. Jacksonville, Fla.- OR - 5 Kelee Ringo 6-2 205 RFr. Tacoma, Wash. 13 Kamari Lassiter 6-0 190 Fr. Savannah, Ga.SS 29 Christopher Smith 5-11 190 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. 36 Latavious Brini 6-2 210 Sr. Miami Gardens, Fla.FS 16 Lewis Cine 6-1 200 Jr. Cedar Hill, Texas 47 Dan Jackson 6-1 190 RSo. Gainesville, Ga.RC 11 Derion Kendrick 6-0 195 Sr. Rock Hill, S.C. 1 Nyland Green 6-1 185 Fr. Covington, Ga.- OR - 12 Lovasea Carroll 6-1 195 Fr. Warrenton, Ga.STAR 36 Latavious Brini 6-2 210 Sr. Miami Gardens, Fla. 22 Javon Bullard 5-11 180 Fr. Milledgeville, Ga.

Special TeamsP 90 Jake Camarda 6-2 180 Sr. Norcross, Ga. 98 Noah Jones 6-0 165 Fr. Cairo, Ga.PK 96 Jack Podlesny 6-1 180 Jr. St. Simons Island, Ga. 99 Jared Zirkel 6-3 185 RFr. Kerrville, TexasKO 90 Jake Camarda 6-2 180 Sr. Norcross, Ga. 96 Jack Podlesny 6-1 180 Jr. St. Simons Island, Ga.SN 47 Payne Walker (PK) 6-2 249 Jr. Suwanee, Ga. 56 William Mote (P) 6-2 230 RSo. Hoover, Ala.H 90 Jake Camarda 6-2 180 Sr. Norcross, Ga. 15 Carson Beck 6-4 215 RFr. Jacksonville, Fla.KOR 6 Kenny McIntosh 6-1 210 Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 3 Zamir White 6-0 215 Jr. Laurinburg, N.C.PR 10 Kearis Jackson 6-0 200 Sr. Ft. Valley, Ga. 84 Ladd McConkey 6-0 185 RFr. Chatsworth, Ga.

UGA depth chart / pronunciations

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GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ..................................................Ann Arbor, MichiganFOUNDED: .............................................................................1817ENROLLMENT: ..................................................................46,710NICKNAME: .................................................................WolverinesCOLORS: ...............................................................Maize and BlueATHLETICS DIRECTOR: .................................... Warde ManuelHOME STADIUM: ........................................... Michigan StadiumCAPACITY: ........................................................................107.601HEAD COACH: ....................................................... Jim Harbaugh Alma Mater: ....................................................... Michigan ‘86 Career Record: ..................................... 163-69-1 (17 seasons) School Record: ............................................... 61-23 (6th year)FOOTBALL SID:....................................................... David Ablauf Email: ........................................................dablauf@umich.edu UM Website: ..............................................www.mgoblue.com Office: ............................................................... (734) 763-4423 LAST BOWL: ........................................ 2020 VRBO Citrus Bowl .............................................................. Lost to Alabama 35-16CONFERENCE: ................................................................ Big Ten2021 RECORD: .............................................12-1 (8-1 in Big Ten)CURRENT RANKING (CFP/AP/Coaches): .........................2/2/2SERIES RECORD WITH UGA: ....................... Series is tied 1-1 LAST MEETING: ....10/2/65 in Ann Arbor: UGA 15, UM 7

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ..................................................... Jim HarbaughDefensive Coordinator ................................Mike MacdonaldOffensive Coordinator.......................................... Josh GattisDef. Pass Game Coord./DBs ....................... Steve ClinkscaleRunning Backs Coach ........................................... Mike HartCo-Off. Coordinator / OL ............................Sherrone MooreQuarterbacks Coach .............................................Matt WeissSafeties Coach ...................................................Ron BellamySpecial Teams Coordinator / TEs .....................Jay HarbaughLinebackers Coach ..........................................George HelowDefensive Line Coach .......................................... Shaun NuaDir. of Strength & Conditioning ........................ Ben Herbert

Hassan Haskins, RB

TEAM STATISTICS UM Opp.SCORING 490 209Points Per Game 37.7 16.1FIRST DOWNS 291 218RUSHING YARDAGE 2910 1579Average Per Game 223.8 121.5PASSING YARDAGE 2965 2531Average Per Game 228.1 194.7TOTAL OFFENSE 5875 4110Average Per Game 451.9 316.2KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE 21.9 12.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.5 3.9Average Per Punt 46.4 44.0PENALTIES-YARDS 63-546 68-579TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 32:00 28:12

2021 STATISTICAL LEADERSPassing Comp. Att. Pct. Yds. Per/Gm. INT TD LGCade McNamara 199 308 64.6 2470 190.0 4 15 93J.J. McCarthy 27 42 64.3 385 38.5 2 4 69Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Per/Gm TD LGHassan Haskins 261 1288 4.9 99.1 20 62Blake Corum 140 939 6.7 85.4 11 67Receiving No. Yds. Avg. Per/Gm TD LGCornelius Johnson 37 602 16.3 46.3 3 87Erick All 34 374 11.0 31.2 2 47Defense Total Solo Assists TFL-Yds SacksJosh Ross 95 49 46 8.5-20 0.5-4Daxton Hill 65 39 26 4.5-15 0.5-5Aidan Hutchinson 58 33 25 15.5-75 14-73Junior Colson 56 26 30 0.5-4 0.5-4

2021 RESULTSDate Opponent Result Rec. (B10)Sept. 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN W, 47-14 1-0Sept. 11 WASHINGTON W, 31-10 2-0Sept. 18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W, 63-10 3-0Sept. 25 RUTGERS* W, 20-13 4-0 (1-0)Oct. 2 at Wisconsin* W, 38-17 5-0 (2-0)Oct. 9 at Nebraska* W, 32-29 6-0 (3-0)Oct. 23 NORTHWESTERN* W, 33-7 7-0 (4-0)Oct. 30 at #8 Michigan State* L, 33-37 7-1 (4-1)Nov. 6 INDIANA* W, 29-7 8-1 (5-1)Nov. 13 at #23 Penn State* W, 21-17 9-1 (6-1)Nov. 20 at Maryland* W, 59-18 10-1 (7-1)Nov. 27 #2 OHIO STATE* W, 42-27 11-1 (8-1)Dec. 4 #15 Iowa% W, 42-3 12-1*Big Ten game; %Big Ten Championship Game - Indianapolis

Aidan Hutchinson, DE

Jim Harbaugh Head Coach

michigan at a glance


#3 Georgia Bulldogs (12-1) vs. #2 Michigan Wolverines (12-1) Dec. 31, 2021, 7:30 p.m. EST (ESPN)

Hard Rock Stadium - Miami Gardens, Florida SEC NCAA B10 NCAAOFFENSE Georgia Rank Rank Michigan Rank RankAverage Points Per Game 39.2 2nd 7th 37.7 2nd 13thFirst Downs 299 4th 17th 291 2nd 22ndRUSHING YARDS 2529 2910Number of Rushing Plays 480 547Average Yards Per Rush 5.3 5.3Average Rushing Yards Per Game 194.9 6th 30th 223.8 1st 10thPASSING YARDS 3223 2965Number of Passing Plays 350 359Average Yards Per Completion 14.26 1st 12th 12.89 5th 42ndAverage Passing Yards Per Game 247.9 6th 53rd 228.1 7th 67thPasses Had Intercepted 12 1st 12th 7 2nd 27thTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS 5752 5875AVERAGE YARDS PER GAME 442.8 6th 27th 451.9 2nd 18thThird Down Conversions 63x143 (44%) 6th 33rd (45.1%) 3rd 23rdFumbles Lost 4 4th 13th 4 3rd 13th

SEC NCAA B10 NCAADEFENSE Georgia Rank Rank Michigan Rank RankAverage Points Allowed Per Game 9.5 1st 1st 16.1 1st 4thFirst Downs Allowed 184 1st 4th 218 4th 21stRUSHING YARDS ALLOWED 1062 1579Number of Rushing Plays 408 449Average Yards Per Rush 2.6 3.5Average Rushing Yards Per Game 81.7 1st 3rd 121.5 6th 22ndPASSING YARDS ALLOWED 2244 2531Number of Passing Plays 414 424Average Yards Per Completion 9.7 10.7Average Passing Yards Per Game Allowed 172.7 1st 3rd 194.7 4th 22ndPasses Intercepted 12 4th 36th 8 9th 87thOPPONENT TOTAL OFFENSE 3306 4110OPPONENT AVERAGE YARDS PER GAME 254.4 1st 2nd 316.2 3rd 13thOpponent Third Down Conversions 67x204 (33%) 4th 19th (32.3%) 3rd 13thFumbles Recovered 4 8th 104th 8 5th 32nd

SEC NCAA B10 NCAASPECIAL TEAMS Georgia Rank Rank Michigan Rank RankAverage Kickoff Return 19.07 9th 87th 21.92 3rd 51stOpponent Average Kickoff Return 13.00 1st 3rd 12.08 1st 1stAverage Punt Return 9.06 8th 54th 10.52 4th 34thOpponent Average Punt Return 10.60 11th 105th 3.89 6th 21stNet Punting 41.42 4th 24th 44.21 4th 3rd

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total SCORE BY QUARTERS - Georgia 149 (11.5) 176 (13.5) 109 (8.4) 78 (6.0) --- 512 Opponents 22 (1.7) 31 (2.4) 21 (1.6) 50 (3.8) --- 124 Michigan 89 (6.8) 138 (10.6) 140 (10.8) 123 (9.5) --- 490 Oppponents 22 (1.7) 54 (4.2) 55 (4.2) 78 (6.0) --- 209 TIME OF POSSESSION - Georgia 30:26 (7th in SEC, 51st in FBS) Opp. TOP 29:34 Michigan 32:00 (3rd in B10, 18th in FBS) Opp. TOP 28:12

PENALTIES - Georgia 62 (3rd in SEC, 25th in FBS) (Opp. 86 for 676 yards) Michigan 63 (8th in B10, 31st in FBS) (Opp. 68 for 579 yards)

TOs GAINED TOs LOST MARGIN Avg/GameTURNOVER MARGIN – Georgia 16 16 0 0 (9th in SEC, 69th in FBS) Michigan 16 11 +5 +.38 (6th in B10, 40th in FBS)

uga - michigan comparison

georgia


3/3/3 Georgia (12-1)vs.

2/2/2 Michigan (12-1)Dec. 31, 2021 — 7:30 p.m. ET - ESPN

Bulldogs Extend The Nation’s Longest Active Bowl Streak to 25 Games Third-ranked Georgia will face second-ranked Michigan in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the 2021 Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Bulldogs (12-1) will represent the SEC in their second CFP appearance while the Wolverines (12-1) hail from

the Big Ten and will be making their first appearance in a CFP contest. The winner of this contest will then advance to the CFP National Championship in Indianapolis on Jan. 10. The Bulldogs rank second nationally with 57 bowl appearances. They have made a school record 24 consecutive appearances, the nation’s longest active bowl streak. Georgia owns an all-time 33-21-3 record in bowl games. Last season, No. 9 Georgia won the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, beating an undefeated No. 8 Cincinnati squad 24-21.

Orange Bowl History For The Bulldogs This will mark Georgia’s fourth trip to the Orange Bowl and first since 1960. The Bulldogs own a 2-1 record, topping TCU 40-26 in UGA’s first bowl game on Jan. 1, 1942, falling to Texas 41-28 on Jan. 1, 1949, and blanking No. 18 Missouri 14-0 on Jan. 1, 1960.

Georgia-Michigan Series History Georgia and Michigan have squared off only twice and both of the matchups have come in Ann Arbor. The Bulldogs lost the first contest and won the second showdown. In the third game of the 1957 season, the Bulldogs traveled to Michigan and fell to the 10th-ranked Wolverines 26-0. Eight years later, College Football Hall of Famer and then second-year head coach Vince Dooley took his 10th-ranked team to Michigan’s campus and upset the seventh-ranked Wolverines 15-7 in what was also the third game on Georgia’s slate that season.

Salute To The Seniors The 2021 Bulldog seniors will be playing their 14th game of this season in the CFP Semifinal. They enter the matchup with a 43-8 record. The most wins by a Georgia class is 44, and that’s been done three times including by the past two teams: 44-9 (2005), 44-12 (2019) and 44-9 (2020). This group of Bulldogs has won three SEC Eastern Division crowns, including the 2021 division title, and won the 2020 Allstate Sugar Bowl and 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Georgia’s most decorated senior class came in 1983 as it went 43-4-1, winning the 1980 Na-tional Championship and three SEC titles (1980-82). Last year’s senior class concluded its career with a 44-9 record, including a CFP Semifinal victory over No. 2 Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl Game and a trip to the National Championship.

Aiming for Thirteen This season marked the first time since 1980 that the Bulldogs went 12-0 during the regular season. Georgia became only the fourth team in school history to finish a regular season undefeat-ed and untied with double-digit victories (1946, 1980, 1982). Prior to this season, Vince Dooley’s 1980 consensus national champion was the last Georgia squad to go 12-0 after defeating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. The school record for wins in a season is 13, and that’s been done twice (2002 under Mark Richt and 2017 under Kirby Smart). * Mark Richt’s 2002 squad went 13-1, winning the SEC title over Arkansas and the Sugar Bowl over Florida State. It finished ranked No. 3. * Smart’s 2017 team finshed at 13-2, defeated Auburn for the league title and Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl Game/CFP Semifinal, before losing in overtime to Alabama in the CFP National Championship. It had a final ranking of No. 2.

Bulldogs Reap Rewards from Historic Season With some post-season awards yet to be announced, Georgia has already claimed a substan-tial share of the bounty. On Dec. 9, senior tackle Jordan Davis won the Outland Trophy -- which goes annually to the nation’s top interior lineman, offense or defense -- and the Bednarik Award, which goes to the top defensive player. Earlier, junior OLB Nakobe Dean won the Butkus Award, which goes each year to the nation’s top linebacker. Both Davis and Dean were also named to the Walter Camp All-America First Team, and OL Jamaree Salyer earned second-team All-America honors. A total of 10 Bulldogs won All-SEC honors, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches. Head Coach Kirby Smart was named 2021 SEC Coach of the Year, while tight end Brock Bowers was named SEC Freshman of the Year.

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Hard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, Florida

CFP Semifinal GameCapital One Orange Bowl

UGA 2021 Averages UM39.2 Scoring Offense 37.79.5 Scoring Defense 16.10 Turnover Margin +5442.8 Total Offense 451.9194.9 Rushing Offense 223.8247.9 Passing Offense 228.19.06 Punt Returns 10.5219.07 Kickoff Returns 21.92

Sept. 4 vs. #2 Clemson% (ESPN) W, 10-3Sept. 11 UAB (ESPN2) W, 56-7Sept. 18 South Carolina (ESPN) W, 40-13Sept. 25 at Vanderbilt (SECN) W, 62-0Oct. 2 #8 Arkansas (ESPN) W, 37-0Oct. 9 at #18 Auburn (CBS) W, 34-10Oct. 16 #11 Kentucky (CBS) W, 30-13Oct. 30 vs. Florida& (CBS) W, 34-7Nov. 6 Missouri (ESPN) W, 43-6Nov. 13 at Tennessee (CBS) W, 41-17Nov. 20 Charleston Southern (SECN+) W, 56-7Nov. 27 at Georgia Tech (ABC) W, 45-0Dec. 4 vs. #3 Alabama$ (CBS) L, 24-41Dec. 31 vs. #2 Michigan! (ESPN) 7:30 p.m.%Dukes Mayo Classic - Charlotte, N.C.&at Jacksonville, Fla.$SEC Champ. Game - Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)!CFP Semifinali - Capital One Orange Bowl, Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Fla)

on the call

2021 Bulldog schedule

the matchup

TELEVISION: ESPN - Chris Fowler (PxP), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline) LOCAL RADIO: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network (IMG) - Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (analyst), D.J. Shockley (sideline)SiriusXM RADIO/Internet: 84 / 84 / 84(Georgia broadcast). 80 / 80 / 80 (National Broadcast)REPLAYS ON SECN: TBA

sid contacts

GEORGIA - Claude Felton(706) 542-1621; [email protected] - David Ablauf(734) 763-4423; [email protected]

did you know?

Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi State are among four teams in the nation with three wins vs. teams ranked in the final CFP Top 25. The Bulldogs are 4-1 versus ranked teams, including a pair of top-10 wins.


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Four SEC Eastern Division champion-ships, 64 wins, one SEC title, four bowl victories, and an appearance in one national championship game are more than respect-able rewards over a six-year period. That’s what Georgia got when it hired former Bull-dog player and assistant coach Kirby Smart to head the program in December, 2015. The 2021 team will be Smart’s fifth straight team to have finished in the top 10 of the College Football Playoff rankings, and earn a New Years Six bowl game. The ’21 team is the first UGA team to win 12 games in the regular season and first since 1982 to go undefeated in the regular season. The 2020 Bulldogs navigated the Covid-19 pandemic into an 8-2 confer-ence-only record and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl victory over undefeated Cincinna-ti. The 2020 Bulldog senior class tied the record for the most wins by a senior class in school history (44), set by the 2005 and 2019 teams. That was also Smart’s fourth straight team to finish the regular season

Kirby Smart — Head Football Coach

Did You Know? Kirby Smart is among 10 head coaches at schools from Power 5 conferences that are coaching at their alma maters. The complete list: Paul Chryst (Wisconsin) Kirby Smart (Georgia) Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern) David Shaw (Stanford)Scott Frost (Nebraska) Jonathan Smith (Oregon State) Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State) Tom Allen (Indiana) Jim Harbaugh (Michigan) Clark Lea (Vanderbilt)

Eight Victories When Tied Or Trailing LateYear Opponent Start of 4th Qtr. Final2016 %#22 UNC Trailed 24-23 33-242016 @ Missouri Trailed 27-21 28-272016 @ Kentucky Trailed 21-16 27-242016 #8 Auburn Tied 7-7 13-72016 ^TCU Trailed 23-21 31-232017 @ #24 Notre Dame 17-16, trailed 19-17 with 10:21 left 20-192018 $ #2 Oklahoma 31-31, trailed 45-38 with 0:55 left 54-48 2ot2020 ~ #8 Cincinnati Trailed 21-10, trailed 21-19 with :03 left 24-21%Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic; ^Liberty Bowl; $Rose Bowl Game; ~Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Inside the Numbers Under SmartRecord (SEC) ............................................................................................ 64-15 (*41-13)Home/Away/Neutral................................................................................. 41-4/22-4/11-7Versus Ranked Teams (H/A/N) ..................................................................... 9-1/6-4/8-7Versus Top 10 Teams (H/A/N) ....................................................................... 4-0/1-2/7-5Day/Night .........................................................................................................43-12/21-3After Bye Week .......................................................................................................... ^8-1SEC East/West/Non-Conf. ..................................................................... 30-5/*11-8/23-2Conference Record (H/A/*N) .................................................................. 18-3/18-4/*5-6Score First/Opp. Scores First ...........................................................................49-8/14-8Leading/Trailing/Tied at Half ................................................................... 54-4/9-10/1-1 Leading/Tr./Tied after 3rd Qtr ................................................................. 56-5/5-10/3-0In Overtime .................................................................................................................. 1-2Scoring < 20 Pts./20+ Pts. ...................................................................................4-7/60-8Allowing less than 20 Pts. ......................................................................................... 50-1Allowing 20-29/30-39/40+ Pts. ..................................................................... 13-5/0-4/2-5Rushing for less than 100 yards ................................................................................. 3-5Rushing for over 100 yards .................................................................................... 61-10Rushing for 200+ yards ............................................................................................ 42-2Passing for less than 100 yards .................................................................................. 4-0Passing for 300+ yards .............................................................................................. 10-2Totaling less than 300 yards ....................................................................................... 3-5400+ yards of Total Offense ...................................................................................... 44-7Allowing less than 100 yds. rushing......................................................................... 38-1Allowing less than 300 yds. Total Off. ..................................................................... 42-3Allowing 400+ yds. total offense ................................................................................ 3-8Having 100-yard rusher ........................................................................................... 28-3Opp. have 100-yard rusher ........................................................................................ 3-3No Turnovers / No Takeaways .........................................................................22-3/14-7In Aug./Sept./Oct./Nov./Dec./Jan.. .......................................1-0/21-1/14-6/21-3/3-3/3-2*includes 2017 SECCG win; 2018, ‘19, ‘21 SECCG apps., 2018 CFP Natl. Champ. App.; ^Missouri (11/14/20) was PPD

Top Ind. Single-Game Performances Under SmartRushing Yards: 222, Nick Chubb vs. #22 UNC (9/3/16)Rushing TDs: 3, Sony Michel UK (11/18/17); vs. #2 Oklahoma (1/1/18)Longest Rush: 83-TD, D’Andre Swift @ #9 UK (11/3/18)Passing Yards: 401, JT Daniels MSU (11/21/20)Passing TDs: 5, Stetson Bennett UAB (9/11/21)Receiving Yards: 197 (8 rec.), Jermaine Burton MSU (11/21/20)Receiving TDs: 2, by 7 different Bulldogs multiple timesLongest Pass/TD Pass: 89-TD, S. Bennett to B. Bowers UAB (9/11/21)Tackles: 15, Nakobe Dean vs. #8 UF (11/7/20)Sacks: 3, Trenton Thompson vs. TCU (12/30/16); Azeez Ojulari vs. #8 UC (1/1/21); Channing Tindall @ UT (11/13/21)TFL: 3, Azeez Ojulari #7 AU (10/3/20); Thompson Nicholls (9/10/16); 3, Azeez Ojulari vs. #8 UC (1/1/21); Channing Tindall @ UT (11/13/21)

17 Defense/Special Teams Scores Under Kirby Smart, Georgia has registered 24 scores on defense or special teams. The Dogs are 21-1 when they tally a non-offensive score under Smart. In 2021 alone, Georgia has had five: Christopher Smith’s 74-yd INT return (#3 CU); Jamon Dumas-Johnson’s 20-yd INT return (UAB); Safety (SC); Zamir White 0-yd return of blocked punt (#8 ARK); Nakobe Dean’s 50-yd INT return (UF); Safety (UM). The only loss came versus #8 UF in 2020.

ranked in the top ten of the CFP rankings. Smart’s 2019 Bulldogs became the first team in school history to win 11 or more games for a third straight season. The se-nior class posted a four-year record of 44-12, matching the school record of 44 wins for a senior class. Georgia defeated three Top 15 teams in the final CFP ranking — Notre Dame, Florida, and Auburn — and finished as the fourth-ranked team in the final polls. The season was capped by a dominant win over Baylor in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. When UGA looked for a head coach after the 2015 season, the arrows pointed to Kirby Smart, longtime Alabama defensive coordi-nator and former UGA player and assistant. The 2017 Associated Press SEC Coach of the Year has not disappointed. In his first year leading the Bulldogs, Georgia extended its school record to 20 consecutive bowl appearances and had wins over No. 8 Auburn and No. 22 UNC. In 2017, Smart directed UGA to a 13-2 record, an SEC title, a win at The Rose Bowl Game during the CFP semifinal and a spot in the National Championship. He was named the Maxwell Football Club’s George Munger National Coach of the Year. Before 2017, the Bulldogs last SEC title was 2005. The 2018 and 2019 Bulldogs advanced to the SEC title game, secured an invite to the Sugar Bowl and combined for a 23-5 record. He has also made an immediate impact in recruiting, posting the nation’s No. 1 class in 2018, the second-ranked class in 2019 and the third-ranked class in 2017 and 2020.

PersonalFull Name: Kirby Paul SmartBirthdate: December 23, 1975Birthplace: Montgomery, AlabamaFamily: Wife: Mary Beth; Children: twins Weston and Julia (2-8-08), and Andrew (5-25-12)High School: Bainbridge (Ga.) College: BBA Georgia ‘98; MS Florida State ‘03

Coaching Experience1999 Georgia Admin. Asst.2000 Valdosta State Defensive Backs2001 Valdosta State Def. Coord.2002-03 Florida State Grad. Assistant2004 LSU Defensive Backs2005 Georgia Running Backs2006 Miami (NFL) Safeties2007 Alabama Asst. HC/DBs 2008-13, ‘15 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs2014 Alabama Asst. HC/DC/Safeties2016-curr. Georgia Head Coach

Playing ExperienceGeorgia (1995-98): Four-year letterman as de-fensive back. First team All-SEC in ’98; 13 career interceptions; four-time member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.

The Kirby Smart RecordYear W L Pct. SEC Bowl2016 8 5 .615 4-4 Liberty2017 13 2 .867 7-1 CFP Rose/NCG2018 11 3 .786 7-1 Sugar2019 12 2 .857 7-1 Sugar2020 8 2 .800 7-2 Chick-fil-A2021 12 1 .923 8-0 CFP/OrangeTOTAL 64 15 .810 40-9

Quick Facts* 2017 & 2021 SEC Coach of the Year* Was ranked unanimous No. 1 in the AP/Coaches poll for the last eight weeks of the regular season* Led Georgia to an undefeated regular season for the first time since 1982; first 12-0 start since 1980* 8-0 SEC mark in 2021 for the first time in UGA history* Since 2017, Georgia is 27-2 in SEC East contests * Advanced to 2017-19 SECCGs, making Georgia the first from the East to win at least three straight since 1996; the Bulldogs played in the 2021 SECCG.* 2017 Georgia Munger National Coach of the Year finalist, leading UGA to a 13-2 record, a Rose Bowl Game victory and an appearance the CFP National Championship Game* Eight 4th-Quarter comebacks, including wins over #8 AU (‘16), #22 UNC (ATL-‘16), @ #24 Notre Dame (‘17), vs. #2 Oklahoma (2018 Rose Bowl Game) vs. #8 Cincinnati (2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl)* 30 NFL Draft picks since 2017 Draft, including sevent First Round selections

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dawg tracksLooking For More Explosive Plays * The Bulldogs are averaging 39.4 points/game and have outscored their opponents 512-124. The Bulldog defense and special teams have combined to score five TDs this year, two safeties and blocked five more potential points (one FG, two PATs). * Georgia has had seven touchdown passes that have covered at least 38 yards: JT Daniels, 38 yds. vs. USC, WR AD Mitchell; 43 yds. vs USC, WR Jermaine Burton; Stetson Bennett, 73 yds. vs. UAB, Burton; 61 yds. vs UAB, WR Arian Smith; 89 yds. vs. UAB, TE Brock Bowers; 60 yds. vs. #18 AU, WR Ladd McConkey; 77 yds. @ GT, Bowers.Explosive Plays In 2021 (min. 12-yd rush, 16-yd completion)

Game Georgia Opponent Final Scorevs. #3 Clemson 2 (R, P) 1 (P) #5 Georgia 10-3UAB 13 (7R, P) 4 (3R,1P) #2 Georgia 56-7South Carolina 12 (5R, 7P) 6 (R, 5P) #2 Georgia 40-13@ Vanderbilt 11 (6R, 5P) 1 (R) #2 Georgia 62-0#8 Arkansas 6 (4R, 2P) 5 (3R, 2P) #2 Georgia 37-0@ #18 Auburn 7 (3R, 4P) 6 (6P) #2 Georgia 34-10#11 Kentucky 12 (4R, 8P) 3 (3P) #1 Georgia 30-13vs. Florida 6 (3R, 3P) 8 (3R, 5P) #1 Georgia 34-7Missouri 13 (6R, 7P) 5 (2R, 3P) #1 Georgia 43-6@ Tennessee 12 (8R, 4P) 5 (1R, 4P) #1 Georgia 41-17Charleston So. 12 (6R, 6P) 2 (1R, 1P) #1 Georgia 56-7@ Georgia Tech 7 (2R, 5P) 3 (2R, 1P) #1 Georgia 45-0vs. #4 Alabama 11 (3R, 8P) 12 (5R, 7P) #4 Alabama 41-24 Longest Rush by Georgia: 59-yd TD by McIntosh (@ GT)Longest Rush by Opp.: 34-yd by Chambers (CSU)Longest Completion by Georgia: 89-yd TD vs. UAB (Bennett to Bowers)Longest Completion by Opp.: 67-yd TD by #4 UA (Young to Williams)

Bennett 12-3 As A Starter at Georgia * Senior Stetson Bennett, a native of Blackshear, Ga., who was a Burlsworth Trophy finalist, began his career with the Bulldogs as a walk-on in 2017 when he was redshirted. Bennett transferred to Jones College (Miss.) where he started in 2018 and then returned to the Bulldogs on scholarship in 2019. He saw action that season in five games including throwing passes in four of them. In 2020, he started five games. * In his Bulldog career, Bennett is 12-3 as a starter and has completed 61.5 percent of his passes (254-for-413, 3,764 yards, 34 TDs, 14 INTs). Also, he has 67 rushing attempts for 282 yards and four scores. * In 2021, Bennett has played in 12 games (9-1 as a starter) and is 148-for-231 (64.1%) for 2,325 yards with 24 TDs and seven INTs. He has 45 carries for 251 yards. * He ranks fourth nationally in Passing Efficiency (176.8). The school record in that category belongs to Aaron Murray at 174.8 in 2012. * JT Daniels started the season behind center but was sidelined versus UAB due to a lat injury. Bennett stepped in and started that game. Daniels returned against South Carolina and then left the Vanderbilt game after the first quarter with an aggravation of his injury. Bennett played most of the Vanderbilt game and then has served as the starter since the Oct. 2 win over No. 8 Arkansas. * Bennett helped Georgia complete a historic 8-0 SEC regular season and its first undefeated regular season since 1982. * Most recently, Bennett posted career highs in completions (29), yards (340) and attempts (48) and threw for three touchdowns against No. 4 Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. * In the 30-13 win over No. 11 Kentucky, Bennett was on the mark in the second half, completing 9 of 10 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns. He earned a spot on the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 list after finishing with 250 yards passing and three TDs. * Bennett enjoyed a record-setting performance vs. UAB, torching the Blazers for a school record tying five TDs (all in the first half). He finished the day 10-for-12 for 288 yards with his scoring strikes covering 9, 12, 61, 73 and 89 yards. Bennett was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week as well as to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 list following his performance.

Stetson Bennett Passing (UGA Career)2019 Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sack Eff.MSU 13 9 2 1 124 0 184.7ASU 10 9 0 0 109 0 181.6

GT 3 2 0 0 27 0 142.3#2 LSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.02019 TOTAL 27 20 2 126 0 0 172.0

2020 Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sack Eff.@ARK 29 20 2 0 211 1 152.8#7 AU (W) 28 17 1 0 240 1 144.5#14 UT (W) 27 16 2 0 238 1 157.8@#2 UA (L) 40 18 2 3 269 2 103.0@UK (W) 13 9 0 2 131 0 123.1vs. #8 UF (L) 16 5 1 1 78 0 80.3@MU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0vs. #8 UC 1 1 0 0 12 0 200.82020 TOTAL 155 86 8 6 1,179 5 128.7

2021 Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sack Eff.UAB (W) 12 10 *5 0 288 0 422.4SC 3 1 0 1 4 0 -22.1VU 15 11 1 1 151 0 166.6#8 ARK (W) 11 7 0 0 72 0 118.6@#18 AU (W) 21 14 2 0 231 1 190.5#11 UK (W) 20 14 3 0 250 1 224.5vs. UF (W) 19 10 1 2 161 1 120.1UM (W) 19 13 2 0 255 0 215.9@UT (W) 29 17 1 0 213 2 131.7CSU (W) 14 8 2 1 105 0 153.0GT (W) 20 14 4 0 255 1 243.1#4 UA (L) 48 29 3 2 340 3 132.22021 TOTAL 231 148 24 7 2,325 9 176.8CAREER TOTALS 413 254 34 14 3,764 14 158.4*Ties school record; Career highs in italics

Daniels 7-0 As A Starter at Georgia, 13-6 Overall * JT Daniels, an Irvine, Calif., native, served as UGA’s starting QB from game seven of the 2020 campaign through the 2021 opener. * Daniels did not play against UAB due to a lat injury as Stetson Bennett got the start in a 56-7 win. Daniels returned against South Carolina and played only in the first quarter against Vanderbilt during those Bulldog wins. He returned in the third quarter versus Missouri on Nov. 6 and was 7-for-11 for 82 yards and a TD with one INT.

JT Daniels Passing (USC/UGA Career)2018 (@ USC) Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sk Eff.UNLV (W) 35 21 1 0 282 2 137.1@ #10 STAN (L) 34 16 0 2 215 4 88.4@ TEXAS (L) 48 30 0 1 322 3 114.7WSU (W) 26 17 3 0 241 2 181.3@ ARIZ (W) 24 16 0 0 197 2 135.6#19 CU (W) 35 18 3 2 283 1 136.2@ UTAH (L) 16 6 1 2 89 2 79.9@ ORE ST (W) 26 14 1 0 177 2 123.7CAL (L) 34 21 2 1 180 4 119.8@ UCLA (L) 34 20 2 2 337 1 149.7#3 ND (L) 51 37 1 0 349 2 136.52018 TOTAL 363 216 14 10 2,672 25 128.6

2019 (@ USC) Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sk Eff.*FRESNO ST (W) 34 25 1 1 215 1 130.5*knee injury, missed remainder of season

2020 (@ UGA) Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sk Eff.MSU (W) 38 28 4 0 401 3 197.1@ SC (W) 16 10 2 1 139 2 164.2@ MU (W) 27 16 3 0 299 2 152.3Career highs in italics

2021 (@ UGA) Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sk Eff.vs. #3 CU (W) 30 22 0 1 135 1 104.5SC (W) 31 23 3 1 303 1 181.8@VU (W) 10 9 2 0 129 0 266.0UM 11 7 1 1 82 0 138.1CSU 12 7 1 0 73 0 136.9GT 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---2021 TOTAL 94 68 7 3 722 2 144.4CAREER TOTAL 610 389 32 16 4,840 38 142.5


dawg tracksDominating Defense & Offense Delivering Points * Georgia leads the nation in Scoring Defense, giving up just 9.5 points per game. The Bulldogs are averaging 39.4 points per game, which is ranked seventh nationally. * The defense has allowed an FBS low 11 touchdowns while the unit has scored three TDs. The defense did not allow a touchdown until the third game of the season. * Georgia opponents have scored only 124 points in 2021. Clemson’s opponents have the next fewest points in the FBS at 180.

Bowers Chasing History in Freshman Season * Freshman TE Brock Bowers has a team-best 47 catches for 791 yards and 12 touchdowns (11 rec., one rush) and was recently named SEC Freshman of the Year. Bowers’ 11 TD catches has tied the UGA record for receiving TDs in a season held by SE Terrence Edwards in 2002. * Bowers has already set school records for most TD catches for a TE in a season with 11 and for yards for a TE in a season with 791. His next conquest will be single-season catches by a TE. Bowers currently has 47 and Shannon Mitchell (1993) owns the record with 49 (539 yds., 2 TDs.) * Some notables from Bowers first season include: three 100-yard games; four touchdown receptions of 25+ yards; his first touchdown catch of his career was an 89-yarder from Stetson Bennett versus UAB, this was the ninth-longest passing TD in school history; had a 12-yard rushing touchdown on his first career carry at Vanderbilt, was the leading receiver with four catches for 69 yards and two touchdowns and was named the SEC Freshman of the Week; was the team leader with six catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns against No. 11 Kentucky and was named SEC Freshman of the Week yet again as well as Mackey Award Tight End of the Week; had a 77-yard scoring reception from Bennett at Georgia Tech.

Sharing The Load At RB * Seniors Zamir White (135 attempts, 718 yards, 10 TDs) and James Cook (101 att., 619 yds., 7 TDs) split a majority of the carries. * White has led the team in rushing in six games while Cook has done it five times. Fellow senior Kenny McIntosh and sophomore Kendall Milton led the Bulldogs in rushing the other two games. White had 14 carries and went for 105 yards (7.5 per carry) and a TD in the win over Florida. His performance featured a 42-yard touchdown run, which is the longest rush for the Bulldogs this season. Milton has missed the last six games with a knee injury. * Cook finished with a career-high 104 rushing yards and three scores (2 rush, 1 rec.) in the victory over UT. Also, he led the team with 87 yards on 12 carries (7.2 avg.) against No. 8 Arkansas. Against Missouri, his one touchdown came out of the “Wild Dawg” formation. * McIntosh got his first start at Georgia Tech and carried the ball twice for 66 yards, including a season-long 59-yard touchdown scamper. * White, McIntosh and sophomore Daijun Edwards all scored rushing touch-downs at Vanderbilt, along with WR Ladd McConkey and TE Brock Bowers.

A Look At The Offensive Line * Senior Jamaree Salyer (LT), junior Warren Ericson (LG), redshirt freshman Sedrick Van Pran (C), fifth-year senior Justin Shaffer (RG) and redshirt sophomore Warren McClendon (RT) comprised the starting lineup for a seven-game stretch until the Missouri game on Nov. 6. Then, redshirt freshman Broderick Jones filled in for Salyer for four games after a foot injury. Salyer, who was voted to the Walter Camp All-America Second Team, returned to the lineup against No. 4 Alabama. In the season opener versus No. 3 Clemson, redshirt freshman Tate Ratledge started the opener at LG. A foot injury has kept him out since that game. * The unit was honored as Joe Moore Award semifinalists and helped the team post a season-high 274 rushing yards in the win over Tennessee. * The unit has allowed only 11 sacks this year. That leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally. Michigan is third on that list, giving up only 10 so far this season. * Georgia focused on the rushing game versus No. 8 Arkansas and finished with 56 attempts for 273 yards (4.9 yards/rush) and three touchdowns. This was the most rushing attempts in a game during the Kirby Smart era. * At No. 18 Auburn, the Bulldogs’ rushing attack picked up steam in the second half, gaining 165 yards to finish with 201 in the 34-10 win. Jones also filled in at LT in this game after Salyer went down with an ankle injury.

Ton Of Targets * The Bulldogs are creeping closer to getting 100 percent healthy at re-ceiver. George Pickens made his 2021 debut against Georgia Tech following offseason knee surgery and then had a pair of catches for 41 yards in the SEC Championship Game. * The Bulldogs spread the ball around, including 11 different receivers hauling in passes during their last two games (@ GT, vs. #4 UA). * Arian Smith went down with a leg injury following the Missouri win and has missed the last four games. * Dominick Blaylock made his season debut against Charleston Southern in his first action since the 2019 SEC Championship Game. * Before the victory over Missouri, Georgia had relied on junior Kearis Jackson, redshirt freshman Ladd McConkey and true freshman AD Mitchell. * Georgia’s leading receivers have been freshman TE Brock Bowers (47 rec., 791 yds., 11 TDs), McConkey (28-430-5), Mitchell (25-342-2) and Burton (23-412-4). * Jackson accounted for 97 all-purpose yards in the rout over Florida. He had a team-leading three catches for 59 yards and a touchdown while also taking care of return duties with a total of two returns. Jackson’s 36-yard touchdown catch (his first of the year) before halftime put the Bulldogs up 17-0. * During the victory at No. 18 Auburn, McConkey hauled in a career-high five catches for 135 yards and a career-long 60-yard touchdown. He became the third Bulldog this year to have a receiving and rushing touchdown in the same game during the win at Vanderbilt. Both he and Bowers accomplished the feat versus the Commodores while senior RB James Cook did it against South Carolina and at Tennessee. * Cook, who has 21 catches for 157 yards and three touchdowns this year, tallied a team-best 147 all-purpose yards in the win at UT.

One Of Country’s Top Punting Units * Senior punter Jake Camarda earned All-SEC First Team honors this year and was the SEC Special Teams Player of the Year in 2020. He posted an SEC-best 46.6 average that ranked fourth in the country and was named a FWAA Second-Team All-American. Camarda was a preseason All-American at his position in 2021. * This year, Camarda is averaging 47.1 yards/punt, placing 15 inside in the 20 and 15 have been 50+. Camarda’s career average of 45.8 is on pace for a school record. Drew Butler, the 2009 Ray Guy Award winner, owns the Bulldog record with a 45.4 mark. * Camarda is also handling most of the UGA kickoffs this year and for the third straight year is also the Bulldogs’ holder on placement kicks.

Jack-Pod * For his career, junior PK Jack Podlesny is 31-for-38 on field goals and 102-for-103 on PATs. This year, he is 18-for-22 on FGs and 64-for-65 on PATs. Podlesny capped his first year by earning Offensive MVP honors at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. In the 24-21 win over #8 Cincinnati, Podlesny accounted for 10 points, including the game-winning 53-yard FG with three seconds remaining. * Georgia entered the 2021 season with the NCAA record for Consecutive PATs Made. The streak ended with a miss versus No. 11 Kentucky at 363 and involved six kickers (Marshall Morgan, Patrick Beless, William Ham, David Marvin, Rodrigo Blankenship and Podlesny). The streak began in 2014. * Georgia’s snappers this year include returning starters junior Payne Walker and redshirt sophomore William Mote. Walker snaps on field goals and PATs, while Mote handles the snaps for punts.

Dominant ‘D’ * Georgia’s opponents have scored only 124 points. The next fewest allowed by an FBS team is Clemson at 180. * Georgia has held 10 of its opponents to a season low in points with USC (13), UT (17) and UA (41) the only exceptions. * Georgia is the only FBS team to hold opposing offenses out of the end zone in six games this season. * No. 3 Clemson’s three points were the fewest in the Dabo Swinney era and lowest since 2007 against Georgia Tech, a 13-3 loss under Tommy Bowden. * No. 11 Arkansas was shut out for the first time since 2018. * Florida’s seven points were the fewest in the Dan Mullen era and lowest since 2017 versus Georgia, a 42-7 loss under Jim McElwain.

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dawg tracksCreating Havoc Again In 2021 * Defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, a 2019 and 2021 Broyles Award finalist, is now in his fourth year, and the Bulldogs feature the nation’s top Scoring Defense allowing just 9.5 points/game. Georgia is second nationally in Total Defense (254.4 yards/game) and third in Passing Defense (172.7) and in Rushing Defense (81.7). * Georgia leads the country in Red Zone defense. Opponents have ad-vanced to the Red Zone only 25 times this season and nine times have come away with no points. * The defense has allowed 11 TDs in 2021 while it has scored 3 TDs. * In six games this year, Georgia has not allowed an offensive TD and that leads all of FBS. * Six times this year UGA has carried a shutout to the 4th quarter. * Posted shutouts versus No. 8 ARK and at GT and VANDY. * Florida avoided being shut out when it scored with 2:49 left in the con-test in a 34-7 loss to the Bulldogs.

Havoc Summary In 2021 (Turnovers, TFLs, Sacks)Game Georgia Havoc Plays Finalvs. #3 Clemson 1 INT (1 TD), 8 TFLs, 7 Sacks #5 Georgia 10-3UAB 3 INT (1 TD), 6 TFLs, 3 Sacks #2 Georgia 56-7South Carolina 1 INT, 6 TFLs, 3 Sacks #2 Georgia 40-13@ Vanderbilt 2 INTs, 4 TFLs, 1 Sack #2 Georgia 62-0#8 Arkansas 7 TFLs, 4 Sacks #2 Georgia 37-0@ #18 Auburn 1 INT, 6 TFLs, 4 Sacks #2 Georgia 34-10#11 Kentucky 8 TFLs, 3 sacks #1 Georgia 30-13vs. Florida 2 INTs (1 TD), 1 FR, 5 TFLs, 2 Sacks #1 Georgia 34-7Missouri 6 TFLs, 2 Sacks #1 Georgia 43-6@ Tennessee 1 INT, 1 FR, 9 TFLs, 6 Sacks #1 Georgia 41-17CSU 1 INT, 8 TFLs, 4 Sacks #1 Georgia 56-7@ GT 8 TFLs, 3 Sacks #1 Georgia 45-0vs. #4 UA 4 TFLs #2 Alabama 41-24

Playmakers In The Secondary * While some may refer to Georgia as “RBU,” one could make a case for “DBU” with the recent Bulldogs now in the NFL, including four who were drafted last season (Eric Stokes, 1st Round, Green Bay; Tyson Campbell, 2nd Round, Jacksonville; Richard LeCounte, 5th round, Cleveland; Mark Webb, 7th round, L.A. Chargers). * Junior safety Lewis Cine is tied for the team lead with 61 tackles. Cine had a team-high nine tackles and two pass breakups in the road win over No. 18 Auburn. * Christopher Smith scored the only TD in the win over No. 3 Clemson on a 74-yard interception return (the first pick of his career). He earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors after that. Smith returned to action ver-sus No. 4 Alabama after missing the previous two games with an injury. * Senior Latavious Brini and redshirt freshman Kelee Ringo are manning the cornerback spots for the Bulldogs this season. * Walk-on redshirt sophomore Dan Jackson got his first start versus No. 11 Kentucky while Smith was out with a shoulder injury. Jackson has been the team’s leading tackler twice this season. During the 37-0 win over No. 8 Arkansas, he blocked a punt in the first quarter that was recovered by Zamir White in the end zone for a touchdown to put Georgia up 21-0. * Rounding out the defensive backfield is former All-ACC First Team se-lection Derion Kendrick (Clemson). He has started all 13 games with 33 stops and two picks.

Making An Impact Up Front * All-American Jordan Davis joins fifth-year Devonte Wyatt and sophomore Jalen Carter as the veterans in the center of the defensive line. Davis won the Outland Trophy and Bednarik Award and was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy along with joining teammate Nakobe Dean on the 2021 Waler Camp All-America First Team. This season, the three Bulldogs have tallied 19 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, one blocked FG, a blocked PAT and two forced fumbles. Davis scored his first career touchdown on a carry from the 1-yard line against CSU. * The trio is joined by versatile junior Travon Walker who has started all 13 games. Walker has 32 stops, 5.5 TFLs and four sacks. * Wyatt led the charge for the front in the SEC Championship Game with

a tackle for loss and a forced fumble while Davis picked up four solo stops. * Davis, Wyatt and Carter burst onto the national scene in the opener versus No. 3 Clemson. The trio combined for eight tackles, including three tackles for loss and two sacks, and a pass breakup. Davis was named the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week as well as the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after his effort against the Tigers.

Bulldog Backers Flying Around * Junior Nakobe Dean is tied for the team lead in tackles with 61 and re-cently was awarded the 2021 Butkus Award. The 2021 Butkus Award winner became only the third Butkus “double crown” winner after also collecting the 2018 high school honor. In addition, Dean was named the captain of this year’s Allstate AFCA Good Works Team thanks to the fan vote. * Dean is the leader of the 2021 defense. Dean had seven tackles and returned his second career interception 50 yards for a touchdown against Florida. The pick-six capped a flurry of big plays by the Bulldogs who scored 21 points in a span of two minutes and nine seconds to build a 24-0 halftime advantage. Georgia scored three touchdowns off three turnovers and needed just two offensive plays. * Senior ILB Channing Tindall is third on the team in tackles with 58. He earned Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 14 after his game at Tennessee (eight tackles, three sacks, forced fumble). * Senior Quay Walker ranks fourth on the team with 53 stops. He posted a career-high 13 stops against the Gators. * Junior Nolan Smith is one of two linebackers on the outside. He has 41 stops and six tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks to go along with a blocked punt versus Missouri. * Smith finished with four stops, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and his first career interception during the win over Florida and was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week.Fewest TDs Allowed On Defense (FBS 2021)Rank/School Rush TD Pass TD Total1. Georgia 3 8 112. Clemson 7 10 173. Wisconsin 9 9 18

Bulldogs Lead Nation In Scoring Defense Since the arrival of Kirby Smart in 2016, the Bulldogs have featured talented defenses, and the 2021 edition could be the best one yet. From 2016-2018, Mel Tucker served as the defensive coordinator before leaving to take the head coaching job at Colorado (now at Michigan St.). Dan Lanning is in his fourth year at UGA (2018, OLB coach), including his third season as the Fain and Billy Slaughter Defensive Coordinator.Year Pts./Game NCAA Rank Record Shutouts2016 24.0 35th 8-5 02017 16.4 6th 13-2 12018 19.2 15th 11-3 12019 12.6 1st 12-2 32020 20.0 16th 8-2 02021 9.5 1st 12-1 3

A Look At The 2021 Bulldog Defense One reason the Bulldogs were the top-ranked team in the country for much of the 2021 regular season was their defense. Opp. Pts (*Avg.) Total Off. Plays Rushing Passingvs. #3CU 3 (--) 180 60 2 178UAB 7 (31.0) 174 53 127 47USC 13 (33.) 304 63 90 214@ VU 0 (16.7) 77 46 53 24#8ARK 0 (35.8) 162 45 75 87@ #18AU 10 (40.0) 318 72 46 272#11UK 13 (31.0) 243 69 51 192vs. UF 7 (34.4) 355 74 161 194UM 6 (34.8) 273 67 121 152@ UT 17 (38.2) 387 84 55 332CSU 7 (26.4) 126 68 68 58@ GT 0 (26.2) 171 51 98 72vs. #4UA 41 (42.7) 536 70 115 421Total Avg. 124 (9.5) 254.3 63.2 81.7 172.6*Scoring average prior to facing the Bulldogs


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Starting StreaksOFFENSE ‘21‘ 20 ‘19 ‘18 ‘17 Total Cons.Stetson Bennett, QB 10 5 - JC - 15 8Dominick Blaylock, WR - inj. 3 n/a n/a 3 -Brock Bowers, TE 12 n/a n/a n/a n/a 12 6Jermaine Burton, WR 6 7 n/a n/a n/a 13 -Owen Condon, OT - 1 - RS n/a 1 -James Cook, TB 3 - 3 - n/a 6 2JT Daniels, QB 3/inj. 4 1/inj 11 n/a 19 -Warren Ericson, C/OG 12 2 1 RS n/a 15 12John FitzPatrick, TE 7 5 1 RS n/a 13 -Kearis Jackson, WR 1 2 7 4 n/a 14 -Broderick Jones, OT 4 - n/a n/a n/a 4 -Warren McClendon, OT 13 9 RS n/a n/a 22 22Ladd McConkey, WR 7 RS n/a n/a n/a 7 -Kenny McIntosh, RB 1 - - n/a n/a 1 -Kendall Milton, RB - 1 n/a n/a n/a 1 -Adonai Mitchell, WR 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 10 1George Pickens, WR - 8 2 n/a n/a 10 - M. Rosemy-Jacksaint, WR 4 1/inj n/a n/a n/a 5 2Tate Ratledge, RG 1/inj. RS n/a n/a n/a 1 -Jamaree Salyer, OT 9 10 2 - n/a 21 1Justin Shaffer, OG 13 10 2 - - 25 23Xavier Truss, OT - 1 RS n/a n/a 1 - Sedrick Van Pran, C 13 - n/a n/a n/a 13 13Darnell Washington, TE 4 7 n/a n/a n/a 11 1Zamir White, TB 10 10 1 RS n/a 21 -#Daniels @ USC 2018-19

DEFENSE ‘21 ‘20 ‘19 ‘18 ‘17 Total Cons.Adam Anderson, OLB 1 - - - n/a 1 -Robert Beal, OLB 1 - - - RS 1 -Latavious Brini, DB 11 1 - - RS 12 -Jalen Carter, DL 2 2 n/a n/a n/a 4 -Lewis Cine, S 13 10 2 n/a n/a 25 25Jordan Davis, DL 12 7 8 4 n/a 31 6Nakobe Dean, ILB 13 10 - n/a n/a 23 23Derion Kendrick, DB/WR 13 ~8 ~15 - n/a 36 16Dan Jackson, S 4 - RS n/a n/a 4 3William Poole, DB 1 - - 1 - 2 1Kelee Ringo, DB 10 RS n/a n/a n/a 10 10*Julian Rochester, DL - 2/inj - 12 1 21 -Nolan Smith, OLB 12 1 - n/a n/a 13 2Christopher Smith, S 9 5 - - n/a 14 -Tykee Smith, DB -/inj +9 +8 n/a n/a 17 -Ameer Speed, DB 3 - - RS - 3 -Quay Walker, ILB 13 2 - n/a n/a 15 14Travon Walker, DL 13 - - n/a n/a 13 13Devonte Wyatt, DL 12 10 1 - JC 23 11Note: RS=Redshirted; n/a=not at UGA yet; inj=injured; ~@ Clemson with 15 starts in 2019 at WR; *Six starts in 2016; +@ West Virginia

*Todd Monken, 2nd season ................................... Offensive Coord./QuarterbacksDan Lanning, 4th season ............................Defensive Coord./Outside LinebackersMatt Luke, 2nd season ................................Associate Head Coach/Offensive LineWill Muschamp, 1st season ...........................................Co-Defensive CoordinatorCortez Hankton, 4th season ............................. Pass Game Coord./Wide ReceiversDell McGee, 6th season .................................... Run Game Coord./Running Backs*Glenn Schumann, 6th season ............................ Co-Defensive Coord./Inside LBsTray Scott, 5th season ......................................................................Defensive Line*Todd Hartley, 3rd season .......................................................................Tight EndsJahmile Addae, 1st season ....................................................................... SecondaryScott Sinclair, 6th season ...............................Director of Strength & Conditioning*in press box during games

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First-Time Starters Georgia had seven first-time starters in the 2021 season opener against No. 3 Clemson in Charlotte. The Bulldogs had 19 first-time starters in 2020, including seven in the opener. vs. #3 CU: Bowers, McConkey, Ratledge, Van Pran, Kendrick (1st at UGA), Speed, T. Walker; UAB: none; SC: Mitchell; @ VU: Ringo; #8 ARK: none; @ #18 AU: Anderson; #11 UK: Jackson; vs. UF: none; UM: Jones; UT: None; CSU: Beal; @ GT: McIntosh; vs. #4 UA: NoneThe True Freshman Experience During the 2021 season opener, six true freshmen saw action against the Tigers in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium. In 2020, a total of 10 true freshmen played for the Bulldogs.

Bulldog Captains vs. #3 CU: James Cook, JT Daniels & Nakobe DeanUAB: Jamaree Salyer, Zamir White, Christopher Smith SC: Channing Tindall, Jordan Davis, Kearis Jackson@ VU: Jake Camarda, John FitzPatrick, Nolan Smith#8 ARK: Cook, Salyer, Smith@ #18 AU: Quay Walker, Warren Ericson, Devonte Wyatt#11 UK: White, Travon Walker, Deanvs. UF: Adam Anderson, Cook, Salyer, Q. Walker UM: Justin Shaffer, Jackson, T. Walker@ UT: Cook, Q, Walker, DeanCSU: Tindall, Wyatt, White@ GT: Salyer, Shaffer, Lewis Cinevs. #4 UA: Q. Walker, Cook, White, Dean

Game-by-Game Starters In 2021Game WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB TB Multiplevs. #3 %CU (W) Burton Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ratledge McClendon Bowers R.-Jacksaint Daniels Cook McConkey (WR)UAB (W) Burton Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers R.-Jacksaint Bennett White FitzPatrick (TE)SC (W) Burton Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Daniels White FitzPatrick (TE)@ VU (W) Burton Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Daniels White McConkey (WR)#8 ARK (W) Burton Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White McConkey (WR)@ #18 AU (W) McConkey Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White FitzPatrick (TE)#11 UK (W) McConkey Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White FitzPatrick (TE)vs. &UF (W) McConkey Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White FitzPatrick (TE)UM (W) McConkey Jones Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White Washington (TE)@ UT (W) Jackson Jones Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White FitzPatrick (TE)CSU (W) Burton Jones Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett White Washington (TE)@ GT (W) R.-Jacksaint Jones Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers McIntosh (RB) Bennett Cook FitzPatrick (TE)vs. #4 !UA (L) R.-Jacksaint Salyer Shaffer Van Pran Ericson McClendon Bowers Mitchell Bennett Cook Washington (TE)Consecutive 2 1 23 13 12 22 13 1 9 2 1 Career 5 21 25 13 15 22 13 10 15 6 11

Game DE DT JACK MONEY MAC STAR Cb FS SS CB Multiplevs. #3 %CU (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Speed Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)UAB (W) T. Walker Carter N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Speed Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)SC (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Speed Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)@VU (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)#8 ARK (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)@#18 AU (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Anderson Ringo Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)#11 UK (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine Jackson Kendrick Carter (N)vs. &UF (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)UM (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)@UT (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine C. Smith Kendrick Davis (N)CSU (W) T. Walker Wyatt Beal Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine Jackson Kendrick Davis (N)@GT (W) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Brini Ringo Cine Jackson Kendrick Davis (N)vs. #4 !UA (L) T. Walker Wyatt N. Smith Q. Walker Dean Poole Ringo Cine Jackson Kendrick Davis (N)Consecutive 13 11 2 14 23 1 10 25 3 16 6Career 13 12 13 15 23 2 10 25 4 36 31%Duke’s Mayo Classic - Charlotte, N.C. (Bank of America Stadium); &Jacksonville, Fla. (TIAA Bank Field); !SEC Championship Game - Atlanta, Ga. (Mercedes-Benz Stadium); Kendrick started 23 games at Clemson in 2019-20

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RECORD: 12-1 (HOME: 6-0; ROAD: 4-0; NEUTRAL: 2-1) Date Rank Opponent (AP/USA) TV W-L Score/Time Attend. Top Rusher Top Passer Top Receiver Top Tackler 9/4 5/5 vs. 3/2 Clemson% ABC W 10-3 74,187 White 13-74 Daniels 22-30-135 Bowers 6-43 Cine 9 9/11 2/2 UAB ESPN2 W 56-7 92,746 White 7-34 Bennett 10-12-288 Bowers 3-107 C. Tindall 7 9/18 2/2 *South Carolina ESPN W 40-13 92,746 Milton 10-66 Daniels 23-31-303 Bowers 5-53 N. Smith 8 9/25 2/2 *at Vanderbilt SECN W 62-0 32,178 White 9-48 Bennett 11-15-151 Bowers 4-69 Beal 3 10/2 2/2 *8/11 Arkansas ESPN W 37-0 92,746 Cook 12-87 Bennett 7-11-72 McConkey 3-27 Wyatt 6 10/9 2/2 *at 18/19 Auburn CBS W 34-10 87,451 White 18-79 Bennett 14-21-231 McConkey 5-135 Jackson 6 10/16 1/1 *11/11 Kentucky CBS W 30-13 92,746 Cook 6-51 Bennett 14-20-250 Bowers 5-101 Q. Walker 9 10/30 1/1 *vs. Florida (@Jax) CBS W 34-7 76,141 White 14-105 Bennett 10-19-161 Jackson 3-59 Q. Walker 13 11/6 1/1/1 *Missouri ESPN W 43-6 92,746 Cook 9-41 Bennett 13-19-255 Burton 3-76 Jackson 6 11/13 1/1/1 *at Tennessee CBS W 41-17 100,074 Cook 10-104 Bennett 17-29-213 Mitchell 5-65 Dean 11 11/20 1/1/1 Charleston Southern SECN+ W 56-7 92,746 White 4-83 Bennett 8-14-105 Bowers 4-36 Bullard 6 11/27 1/1/1 at Ga. Tech ABC W 45-0 52,806 McIntosh 2-66 Bennett 14-20-255 Bowers 3-100 Dean 6 12/4 1/1/1 vs. 3/4/2 Alabama& CBS L 24-41 78,030 Cook 11-38 Bennett 29-48-340 Bowers 10-139 Cine 7 12/31 3/3/3 vs. 2/2/2 Michigan# ESPN 7:30If two rankings listed - AP/USA Today; If three rankings - listed CFP/AP/USA Today ◊ *-SEC Games ◊ % - Duke’s Mayo Classic (Charlotte, N.C.) ◊ &SEC Champ. Game - Atlanta ◊ #Capital One Orange Bowl - Miami

TEAM STATISTICS GA OPPSCORING ............................................................512 124 Points Per Game ..............................................39.4 9.5 Points Off Turnovers............................................87 41FIRST DOWNS ...................................................299 184 Rushing .............................................................131 70 Passing ..............................................................143 94 Penalty.................................................................25 20RUSHING YARDAGE .......................................2529 1062 Yards gained rushing.......................................2700 1465 Yards lost rushing ..............................................171 40 Rushing Attempts ..............................................480 408 Average Per Rush ..............................................5.3 2.6 Average Per Game .........................................194.5 81.7 TDs Rushing ........................................................28 3PASSING YARDAGE .......................................3223 2244 Comp-Att-Int ......................................... 226-350-12 232-414-12 Average Per Pass...............................................9.2 5.4 Average Per Catch ...........................................14.3 9.7 Average Per Game .........................................247.9 172.6 TDs Passing ........................................................33 8TOTAL OFFENSE .............................................5752 3306 Total Plays .........................................................830 822 Average Per Play................................................6.9 4.0 Average Per Game .........................................442.5 254.3KICK RETURNS: #-Yards .............................14-267 14-195KICK RETURN AVERAGE ................................19.1 13.9PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ............................33-323 9-106PUNT RETURN AVERAGE .................................9.8 11.8INT RETURNS: #-Yards ................................12-190 12-166INT RETURN AVERAGE ...................................15.8 16.6FUMBLES-LOST ...............................................13-4 16-4PENALTIES-Yards ........................................62-508 86-676 Average Per Game ...........................................39.1 52.0PUNTS-Yards ..............................................40-1883 86-3616 Average Per Punt .............................................47.1 42.0 Net punt average ..............................................41.4 36.4KICKOFFS-Yards ........................................95-5713 38-2295 Average Per Kick ..............................................60.1 60.4 Net kick average ...............................................41.5 38.9TIME OF POSSESSION/Game ...................... 30:26 29:343RD-DOWN Conversions .............................63/143 67/204 3rd-Down Pct ....................................................44% 33%4TH-DOWN Conversions .................................7/13 13/28 4th-Down Pct ....................................................54% 46%SACKS BY-Yards ..........................................41-309 11-75MISC YARDS ..........................................................3 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ....................................65 14FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS .............................18-22 9-15ON-SIDE KICKS ..................................................0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES ............................ (53-61) 87% (14-24) 58%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS ................ (38-61) 62% (7-24) 29%PAT-ATTEMPTS ................................... (64-65) 98% (13-14) 93%

Scoring 1St 2nd 3rd 4th ot totalGeorgia 149 176 109 78 – 512Opponents 22 31 21 50 – 124

PoSSeSSion 1St 2nd 3rd 4th totalGeorgia 7:53 7:08 8:03 7:20 30:26Opponents 7:06 7:51 6:56 7:39 29:34

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GZamir White ........................... 13-10 135 726 8 718 5.3 10 42 UF 55.2James Cook............................. 13-3 101 629 10 619 6.1 7 40 CSU 47.6Kenny McIntosh ....................... 12-1 54 335 18 317 5.9 3 59 GT 26.4Stetson Bennett ..................... 12-10 45 311 60 251 5.6 1 30 AU 20.9Kendall Milton ............................ 6-0 49 253 10 243 5.0 1 35 UK 40.5Daijun Edwards ....................... 13-0 45 193 21 172 3.8 3 23 GT 13.2Brock Bowers ........................ 13-12 4 56 0 56 14.0 1 24 UT 4.3Sevaughn Clark ......................... 6-0 14 48 2 46 3.3 0 11 MIZ 7.7Ladd McConkey....................... 13-7 2 39 0 39 19.5 1 24 VU 3.0Kearis Jackson ........................ 13-1 1 37 0 37 37.0 0 37 MIZ 2.8Anthony Summey ...................... 2-0 5 16 0 16 3.2 0 7 UAB 8.0Arian Smith ................................ 4-0 1 15 0 15 15.0 0 15 MIZ 3.8Carson Beck .............................. 4-0 5 28 13 15 3.0 0 15 UAB 3.8Jaylen Johnson........................ 11-0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 CU 0.5Cash Jones................................ 1-0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 CSU 6.0Jordan Davis.......................... 13-12 2 2 0 2 1.0 1 1 CSU 0.2TEAM ....................................... 13-0 11 0 11 -11 -1.0 0 0 -0.8JT Daniels.................................. 6-3 4 0 18 -18 -4.5 0 0 -3.0Total ........................................13 480 2700 171 2529 5.3 28 59 GT 194.5Opponents .............................13 408 1465 403 1062 2.6 3 34 CSU 81.7PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/GStetson Bennett .....................12-10 176.84 148-231-7 64.1 2325 24 89 UAB 193.8JT Daniels ................................. 6-3 155.05 68-94-3 72.3 722 7 43 SC 120.3Carson Beck .............................4-0 119.06 10-23-2 43.5 176 2 32 UAB 44.0TEAM ...................................... 12-0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0B. Vandagriff ............................. 2-0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total ........................................13 166.18 226-350-12 64.6 3223 33 89 UAB 247.9Opponents .............................13 102.15 232-414-12 56.0 2244 8 67 UA 172.6RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GBrock Bowers ........................ 13-12 47 791 16.8 11 89 UAB 60.8Ladd McConkey....................... 13-7 28 430 15.4 5 60 AU 33.1Adonai Mitchell ...................... 13-10 25 342 13.7 2 38 SC 26.3Jermaine Burton ...................... 12-6 23 412 17.9 4 73 UAB 34.3James Cook............................. 13-3 21 157 7.5 3 23 UT 12.1Kenny McIntosh ....................... 12-1 16 187 11.7 2 32 CSU 15.6Kearis Jackson ........................ 13-1 14 178 12.7 1 36 UF 13.7D. Washington ........................... 9-4 9 145 16.1 1 32 UF 16.1M. Rosemy-Jacksaint .............. 11-4 7 94 13.4 0 30 GT 8.5Zamir White ........................... 13-10 7 65 9.3 0 15 UK/GT 5.0John FitzPatrick ....................... 13-7 6 83 13.8 0 28 VU 6.4Arian Smith ................................ 4-0 3 102 34.0 2 61 UAB 25.5George Pickens ......................... 2-0 3 46 15.3 0 37 UA 23.0Jackson Meeks .......................... 9-0 3 44 14.7 0 27 CSU 4.9Brett Seither............................. 10-0 3 42 14.0 1 30 CSU 4.2Jaylen Johnson........................ 12-0 3 29 9.7 0 21 CU 2.4Daijun Edwards ....................... 13-0 2 42 21.0 0 37 MIZ 3.2Justin Robinson ......................... 8-0 2 18 9.0 1 12 UAB 2.2D. Blaylock................................. 3-0 2 11 5.5 0 10 CSU 3.7Kendall Milton ............................ 6-0 2 5 2.5 0 4 SC 0.8Total ........................................13 226 3223 14.3 33 89 UAB 147.9Opponents .............................13 232 2244 9.7 8 67 UA 172.6TOTAL OFFENSE GP-GS Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/P Avg/GStetson Bennett ..................... 12-10 276 251 2325 2576 9.3 214.7Zamir White ........................... 13-10 135 718 0 718 5.3 55.2JT Daniels.................................. 6-3 98 -18 722 704 7.2 117.3James Cook............................. 13-3 101 619 0 619 6.1 47.6Kenny McIntosh ....................... 12-1 54 317 0 317 5.9 26.4Kendall Milton ............................ 6-0 49 243 0 243 3.0 40.5Carson Beck .............................. 4-0 28 15 176 191 6.8 47.8Daijun Edwards ....................... 13-0 45 172 0 172 3.8 13.2Brock Bowers ........................ 13-12 4 56 0 56 14.0 4.3Sevaughn Clark ......................... 6-0 14 46 0 46 3.3 7.7Ladd McConkey....................... 13-7 2 39 0 39 19.5 3.0Kearis Jackson ........................ 13-1 1 37 0 37 37.0 2.8Anthony Summey ...................... 2-0 5 16 0 16 3.2 8.0Arian Smith ................................ 4-0 1 15 0 15 15.0 3.8Jaylen Johnson........................ 12-0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5Cash Jones................................ 1-0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6.0Jordan Davis.......................... 13-12 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.2TEAM ....................................... 13-0 12 -11 0 -11 -0.9 -0.8Total ........................................13 830 2529 3223 5752 6.9 0.0Opponents .............................13 822 1062 2244 3306 4.0 0.0

2021 team & individual statistics


TFL- Sacks- Int-DEFENSE GP-GS Solo Ast Tot Yds Yds Yds PBU QBPLewis Cine .......................... 13-13 33 28 61 1.0-1 . 1-8 8 1Nakobe Dean...................... 13-13 29 32 61 8.5-51 5.0-39 2-50 5 23Channing Tindall................... 13-0 30 28 58 6.0-27 4.5-24 . . 16Quay Walker ....................... 13-13 29 24 53 4.5-28 1.5-22 . 2 18Nolan Smith ........................ 12-12 21 20 41 6.0-18 1.5-8 1--2 . 17Latavious Brini .................... 12-11 23 15 38 2.5-5 . . 8 .Dan Jackson ......................... 13-4 26 9 35 2.0-6 . . . 1Devonte Wyatt .................... 12-12 15 19 34 7.0-29 2.5-15 . 1 22Derion Kendrick .................. 13-13 18 15 33 1.0-3 . 2-22 3 3Adam Anderson ...................... 8-1 18 14 32 5.5-18 5.0-18 . 1 15Travon Walker .................... 13-13 15 17 32 5.5-33 4.0-28 . 2 25Jalen Carter .......................... 13-2 16 15 31 8.5-35 3.0-26 . 1 25Jordan Davis....................... 13-12 14 14 28 3.5-12 2.0-10 . . 10Christopher Smith ................. 10-9 17 10 27 . . 2-94 2 2Kelee Ringo ........................ 13-10 19 8 27 1.0-9 1.0-9 1-0 7 2Jamon Dumas-Johnson........ 12-0 9 13 22 2.5-23 2.0-22 1-20 1 2Robert Beal Jr....................... 13-1 9 7 16 5.5-46 4.5-45 . 2 17Tramel Walthour ................... 13-0 6 7 13 . . . 2 3Ameer Speed........................ 11-3 7 6 13 . . . . .Smael Mondon Jr ................. 13-0 4 8 12 1.0-12 1.0-12 . . 1Javon Bullard ........................ 12-0 8 4 12 . . . . .Chaz Chambliss ................... 13-0 6 5 11 1.5-9 0.5-7 . 1 4Zion Logue............................ 13-0 6 5 11 1.0-9 1.0-9 . . 3Kamari Lassiter..................... 13-0 8 2 10 . . 1-0 2 .William Poole .......................... 9-1 8 1 9 . . . 2 1Warren Brinson..................... 11-0 3 6 9 2.0-10 1.0-6 . . 6Nazir Stackhouse ................. 10-0 5 4 9 2.0-10 1.0-9 . . 3MJ Sherman ......................... 13-0 1 7 8 0.5-3 . . . 3T. Marshall .............................. 4-0 3 4 7 . . . . .Tymon Mitchell ....................... 5-0 2 4 6 . . . . .David Daniel ........................... 8-0 4 2 6 . . . . .Bill Norton ............................... 6-0 . 4 4 1.0-4 . . . 1Lovasea Carroll ...................... 4-0 3 . 3 . . . 1 .Jehlen Cannady...................... 2-0 1 2 3 0.5-0 . . . .Tykee Smith............................ 1-0 3 . 3 . . . . .J. Jefferson ............................. 1-0 1 2 3 . . . . .J. Rochester ........................... 5-0 2 1 3 1.0-1 . . . .John Staton IV ........................ 5-0 1 2 3 . . . . .Nyland Green ......................... 3-0 1 1 2 . . . . .T. Ingram-Dawkins ................. 1-0 1 1 2 1.0-1 . . 1 .William Mote ......................... 13-0 1 1 2 . . . . .Marlin Dean ............................ 1-0 1 1 2 . . . . .Xavian Sorey Jr ...................... 4-0 1 1 2 1.0-4 . 1--2 . .Jaylen Johnson..................... 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . .Rian Davis .............................. 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . .Jalen Kimber........................... 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . .Total .....................................13 430 370 800 83-407 41-309 12-190 52 224

CAUSED FUMBLES (7): N. Smith (2); Wyatt (2); Dean (1); J. Johnson (1); McIntosh (1); C. Tindall (1).FUMBLE RECOVERIES (4): D. Edwards (1); N. Smith (1); Q. Walker (1); T. Walker (1).BLOCKED KICKS (4): J. Carter (PAT vs. UK); Jackson (punt vs. Ark.); N. Smith (punt vs. MIZ); Wyatt (FG vs. UK). |------------- PATs -----------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PtsJack Podlesny ...........................0 18-22 64-65 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 118Brock Bowers ..........................12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72Zamir White .............................11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66James Cook.............................10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60Ladd McConkey.........................6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Kenny McIntosh .........................5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30Jermaine Burton ........................4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Daijun Edwards .........................3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Adonai Mitchell ..........................2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Arian Smith ................................2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Stetson Bennett .........................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jordan Davis..............................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Nakobe Dean.............................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jamon Dumas-Johnson.............1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Kearis Jackson ..........................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Kendall Milton ............................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Justin Robinson .........................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Brett Seither...............................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Christopher Smith ......................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6D. Washington ...........................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6TEAM .........................................0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 4Total ........................................65 18-22 64-65 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 512Opponents ..............................14 9-15 13-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 124

CONSECUTIVE PAT KICKS MADE: Georgia, 28 (Podlesny, 28); Opponents, 4.

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkJack Podlesny ...........................18-22 81.8 0-0 8-8 7-9 3-5 0-0 46 ARK 0TOTAL .......................................18-22 81.8 0-0 8-8 7-9 3-5 0-0 46 ARK 0OPPONENTS ..............................9-15 60.0 0-0 4-5 3-5 2-4 0-1 42 MIZ 1

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Kearis Jackson .......................... 22 189 8.6 0 41 CSULadd McConkey........................... 5 82 16.4 0 34 CSUD. Blaylock................................... 2 10 5.0 0 10 CSUNolan Smith ................................. 1 29 29.0 0 29 MIZDan Jackson ................................ 1 8 8.0 0 0 ARKMekhi Mews................................. 1 4 4.0 0 4 CSUTEAM ........................................... 1 1 1.0 0 0 CUZamir White ................................. 0 0 0.0 1 0 ARKTotal.......... ................................ 33 323 9.8 1 41 CSUOpponents...... ............................ 9 106 11.8 0 27 MIZ

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Nakobe Dean............................... 2 50 25.0 1 50 UFDerion Kendrick ........................... 2 22 11.0 0 13 UTChristopher Smith ........................ 2 94 47.0 1 74 CUJamon Dumas-Johnson............... 1 20 20.0 1 20 UABLewis Cine ................................... 1 8 8.0 0 8 UABKamari Lassiter............................ 1 0 0.0 0 0 VUKelee Ringo ................................. 1 0 0.0 0 0 UABNolan Smith ................................. 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 UFXavian Sorey ............................... 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 CSTotal .......................................... 12 190 15.8 3 74 CUOpponents ................................ 12 166 13.8 2 61 UAB

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Kenny McIntosh ........................... 6 113 18.8 0 28 SCKearis Jackson ............................ 5 105 21.0 0 32 AUZamir White ................................. 2 37 18.5 0 20 UAMekhi Mews................................. 1 12 12.0 0 12 CSU Total .......................................... 12 222 18.5 0 32 AUOpponents ................................ 14 195 13.9 0 23 UK

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Daijun Edwards ........................... 1 12 12.0 0 12 VUNolan Smith ................................. 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 UFQuay Walker ................................ 1 -5 1.0 0 -5 SCTotal ............................................ 3 6 2.0 0 12 VUOpponents .................................. 4 79 19.8 1 65 CSU

ALL PURPOSE GP Rush Rec Ret Tot Avg/GBrock Bowers ....................... 13 56 791 0 847 65.2Zamir White .......................... 13 718 65 37 820 63.1James Cook.......................... 13 619 157 0 776 59.7Kenny McIntosh .................... 12 317 187 113 617 51.4Ladd McConkey.................... 13 39 430 82 551 42.4Kearis Jackson ..................... 13 37 178 294 509 39.2Jermaine Burton ................... 12 0 412 0 412 34.3Adonai Mitchell ..................... 13 0 342 0 342 26.3Stetson Bennett .................... 12 251 0 0 251 20.9Kendall Milton ......................... 6 243 5 0 248 41.3Daijun Edwards .................... 13 172 42 0 214 16.5D. Washington ........................ 9 0 145 0 145 16.1Arian Smith ............................. 4 15 102 0 117 29.2RosemyJacksaint ................. 11 0 94 0 94 8.5Christopher Smith ................. 10 0 0 94 94 9.4John FitzPatrick .................... 13 0 83 0 83 6.4Nakobe Dean........................ 13 0 0 50 50 3.8George Pickens ...................... 2 0 46 0 46 23.0Sevaughn Clark ...................... 6 46 0 0 46 7.7Jackson Meeks ....................... 9 0 44 0 44 4.9Brett Seither.......................... 10 0 42 0 42 4.2Jaylen Johnson..................... 12 6 29 0 35 2.9Nolan Smith .......................... 12 0 0 27 27 2.2Derion Kendrick .................... 13 0 0 22 22 1.7D. Blaylock.............................. 3 0 11 10 21 7.0Jamon Dumas-Johnson........ 12 0 0 20 20 1.7Justin Robinson ...................... 8 0 18 0 18 2.2Mekhi Mews............................ 1 0 0 16 16 16.0Anthony Summey ................... 2 16 0 0 16 8.0Carson Beck ........................... 4 15 0 0 15 3.8Lewis Cine ............................ 13 0 0 8 8 0.6Dan Jackson ......................... 13 0 0 8 8 0.6Cash Jones............................. 1 6 0 0 6 6.0Jordan Davis......................... 13 2 0 0 2 0.2Xavian Sorey Jr ...................... 4 0 0 -2 -2 -0.5TEAM .................................... 13 -11 0 0 -10 -0.8JT Daniels............................... 6 -18 0 0 -18 -3.0Total ..................................... 13 2529 3223 780 6532 502.5Opponents ........................... 13 1062 2244 467 3773 290.2PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ BlkJake Camarda ............40 1883 47.1 68 UA 6 11 15 15 0Total ...........................40 1883 47.1 68 UA 6 11 15 15 0Opponents. ................86 3616 42.0 70 UK 8 28 17 17 2

Kickoffs No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnJake Camarda .........88 5284 60.0 58 1 Jack Podlesny ............4 234 58.5 2 0 Jared Zirkel ................3 195 65.0 3 0Total ...........................95 5713 60.1 63 1 195 41.5 23Opponents .................38 2295 60.4 22 2 267 38.9 26

2021 team & individual statistics

georgia


RUSHING No-Yds/TD CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA Zamir White 135-718/10 13-74/0 7-34/0 8-51/1 9-48/1 16-68/2 18-79/2 12-46/1 14-105/1 9-14/1 12-55/0 4-83/1 6-34/0 7-27/0James Cook 101-619/7 5-19/0 5-18/1 4-51/1 8-35/0 12-87/0 7-35/0 6-51/0 10-46/1 9-41/1 10-104/2 6-57/1 8-37/0 11-38/0Kenny McIntosh 54-317/3 3-5/0 4-20/0 4-9/0 8-36/1 10-57/0 - DNP 3-7/0 5-8/0 7-46/1 4-31/0 2-66/1 4-32/0Stetson Bennett 45-251/1 DNP 1-20/0 1-12/0 5-37/0 3-16/0 6-41/0 3-22/0 6-35/0 2-10/0 8-40/1 - 3-7/0 7-11/0Kendall Milton 49-243/1 6-27/0 8-26/0 10-66/0 DNP 12-48/1 9-43/0 4-33/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPDaijun Edwards 45-172/3 - 7-29/0 1-4/0 10-46/1 3--3/0 6-3/0 - - 3-29/0 3-5/0 6-16/1 6-43/1 -Brock Bowers 4-56/1 - - - 1-12/1 - - - - - 1-24/0 1-19/0 - 1-1/0Sevaughn Clark 14-46/0 DNP DNP DNP 2-4/0 DNP 1-2/0 DNP DNP 2-14/0 - 4-4/0 5-22/0 DNPLadd McConkey 2-39/1 - - - 1-24/1 - - 1-15/0 - - - - - -Kearis Jackson 1-37/0 - - - - - - - - 1-37/0 - - - -Anthony Summey 5-16/0 DNP 4-14/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-2/0 DNP DNPCarson Beck 5-15/0 DNP 2-2/0 DNP 1-2/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-11/0 - DNPArian Smith 1-15/0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-15/0 DNP DNP DNP DNPCash Jones 1-6/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-6/0 DNP DNPJaylen Johnson 1-6/0 1-6/0 - - - - - - - - - - DNP DNPJordan Davis 2-2/1 - - - - - - - - - - 2-2/1 - -TEAM 11--11/0 1--2/0 - 2--2/0 3--3/0 - 2--2/0 1--1/0 - 1-0/0 - - 1--1/0 -JT Daniels 4--18/0 2--8/0 DNP 1--7/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP 1--3/0 - DNP

Receiving No-Yds/TD CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA Brock Bowers 47-791/11 6-43/0 3-107/2 5-53/0 4-69/2 - 2-43/0 5-101/2 1-38/0 2-39/0 2-23/0 4-36/2 3-100/2 10-139/1Ladd McConkey 28-430/5 2-12/0 1-32/0 1-12/0 4-62/1 3-27/0 5-135/1 1-15/0 1-7/0 3-36/1 1-14/0 2-24/0 2-19/1 2-35/1Adonai Mitchell 25-342/2 - 2-42/0 4-77/1 3-38/0 - 2-10/1 3-43/0 - 3-38/0 5-65/0 1-12/0 1-9/0 1-8/0Jermaine Burton 23-412/4 2-11/0 3-92/1 3-70/1 4-46/0 1-5/0 DNP - - 3-76/1 1-21/0 2-30/0 1-25/1 3-36/0James Cook 21-157/3 4-7/0 - 4-20/1 - - 2-10/0 1-19/1 2-12/0 - 3-43/1 1-18/0 - 4-28/0Kenny McIntosh 16-187/2 1-9/0 1-12/1 3-35/0 - 1-27/0 - DNP 1-4/0 2-37/0 1-4/0 2-36/1 2-18/0 2-5/0Kearis Jackson 14-178/1 - - 2-17/0 2-35/0 1-7/0 2-8/0 - 3-59/1 - 2-32/0 - 1-16/0 1-4/0D. Washington 9-145/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-25/0 2-37/0 2-41/0 1-11/0 1-8/0 - 1-18/0 1-5/1RosemyJacksaint 7-94/0 2-12/0 - 1-19/0 - DNP DNP - - 2-18/0 - 1-15/0 1-30/0 -Zamir White 7-65/0 1-13/0 - - - - - 1-15/0 - - 1-3/0 1-2/0 1-15/0 2-17/0J. FitzPatrick 6-83/0 1-0/0 1-6/0 - 1-28/0 - - 1-20/0 - 1-7/0 - - - 1-22/0Arian Smith 3-102/2 1-6/0 1-61/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-35/1 DNP DNP DNP DNPGeorge Pickens 3-46/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-5/0 2-41/0Jackson Meeks 3-44/0 DNP - - 1-11/0 1-6/0 - DNP - - - 1-27/0 DNP DNPBrett Seither 3-42/1 DNP - - - - - DNP - 1-3/0 DNP 2-39/1 - -Jaylen Johnson 3-29/0 1-21/0 1-12/0 - 1--4/0 - - - - - - - DNP DNPDaijun Edwards 2-42/0 - - - - - - - - 1-37/0 - 1-5/0 - -Justin Robinson 2-18/1 - 1-12/1 - 1-6/0 - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNPD. Blaylock 2-11/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-11/0 - -Kendall Milton 2-5/0 1-1/0 - 1-4/0 DNP - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Punt Returns No-Yds CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA Kearis Jackson 20-183 2-13 2-48 1-0 - 3-0 - 4-11 1-7 - 1-5 4-79 2-20Ladd McConkey 5-82 - - - 2-19 - 1-1 - - - - 2-62 -D. Blaylock 2-10 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-10 -Nolan Smith 1-29 - - - - - - - - 1-29 - DNP -Dan Jackson 1-8 - - - - 1-8 - - - - - - -Mekhi Mews 1-4 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-4 DNPTEAM 1-1 1-1 - - - - - - - - - - -

Kick Returns No-Yds CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA Kenny McIntosh 6-113 1-25 - 2-44 1-19 - - DNP - - - 1-0 - 1-25Kearis Jackson 5-105 - - - - - 1-32 1--2 1-31 1-26 1-18 - - -Zamir White 2-37 - - - - - - - - - 1-17 - - 1-20Mekhi Mews 1-12 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-12 DNP DNP

Int. Returns No-Yds CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA C. Smith 2-94 1-74 - - 1-20 - - DNP - - - DNP DNP -Nakobe Dean 2-50 - - - - - 1-0 - 1-50 - - - - -Derion Kendrick 2-22 - - 1-9 - - - - - - 1-13 - - -J Dumas-Johnson 1-20 DNP 1-20 - - - - - - - - - - -Lewis Cine 1-8 - 1-8 - - - - - - - - - - -Kamari Lassiter 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - -Kelee Ringo 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - -Nolan Smith 1--2 - - - - - - - 1--2 - - DNP - -Xavian Sorey Jr 1--2 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP 1--2 - DNP

Fum. Returns No-Yds CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA Daijun Edwards 1-12 - - - 1-12 - - - - - - - - -Nolan Smith 1--1 - - - - - - - 1--1 - - DNP - -Quay Walker 1--5 - - 1--5 - - - - - - - - - -

Passing Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Long Sack Yds Effic

Stetson Bennett

UAB 12 10 0 83.3 288 5 89 0 0 422.4South Carolina 3 1 1 33.3 4 0 4 0 0 -22.1Vanderbilt 15 11 1 73.3 151 1 29 0 0 166.6Arkansas 11 7 0 63.6 72 0 27 0 0 118.6Auburn 21 14 0 66.7 231 2 60 1 10 190.5Kentucky 20 14 0 70.0 250 3 27 1 4 224.5Florida 19 10 2 52.6 161 1 38 1 9 120.1Missouri 19 13 0 68.4 255 2 47 0 0 215.9Tennessee 29 17 0 58.6 213 1 23 2 18 131.7Charleston So. 14 8 1 57.1 105 2 32 0 0 153.0Georgia Tech 20 14 0 70.0 255 4 77 1 2 243.1Alabama 48 29 2 60.4 340 3 37 3 17 132.2TOTALS 231 148 7 64.1 2325 24 89 9 60 176.8

Passing Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Long Sack Yds Effic

JT DanielsClemson 30 22 1 73.3 135 0 21 1 0 104.5South Carolina 31 23 1 74.2 303 3 43 1 7 181.8Vanderbilt 10 9 0 90.0 129 2 28 0 0 264.4Missouri 11 7 1 63.6 82 1 37 0 0 138.1Charleston So. 12 7 0 58.3 73 1 20 0 0 136.9TOTALS 94 68 3 72.3 722 7 43 2 15 155.1Carson BeckUAB 10 4 1 40.0 88 1 32 0 0 126.9Vanderbilt 3 1 0 33.3 11 0 11 0 0 64.1Charleston So. 10 5 1 50.0 77 1 30 0 0 127.7TOTALS 23 10 2 43.5 176 2 32 0 0 119.1Brock VandagriffCharleston Southern 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TOTALS 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

game-by-game individual statistics


Tackles S-A Tot CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UALewis Cine 33-28 61 3-6 1-1 4-2 1-1 - 2-1 4-2 2-6 3-1 3-5 1-0 2-3 7-0Nakobe Dean 29-32 61 3-2 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-3 3-2 4-3 3-4 0-1 5-6 0-1 1-5 4-1C. Tindall 30-28 58 2-1 6-1 4-3 1-1 2-3 2-3 1-3 2-5 1-4 6-2 0-2 2-0 1-0Quay Walker 29-24 53 0-1 0-2 1-0 - 0-4 4-1 3-6 7-6 3-1 6-0 1-0 2-3 2-0Nolan Smith 21-20 41 2-2 - 5-3 2-1 2-0 2-2 1-3 1-3 2-1 2-1 DNP 0-4 2-0Latavious Brini 23-15 38 2-2 2-1 3-1 1-2 1-0 5-0 0-1 1-4 2-1 3-2 1-0 2-1 DNPDan Jackson 26-9 35 1-0 1-1 2-0 - 0-2 5-1 3-4 - 6-0 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0Devonte Wyatt 15-19 34 0-3 DNP 2-0 0-1 3-3 - 1-2 0-4 1-1 3-3 1-0 1-2 3-0Derion Kendrick 18-15 33 1-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 3-4 3-2 2-1 4-2 1-1 0-1 1-0Adam Anderson 18-14 32 3-2 3-0 3-1 - 3-2 1-1 3-3 2-5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPTravon Walker 15-17 32 2-2 2-2 0-2 - - 3-1 0-5 1-2 3-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-1Jalen Carter 16-15 31 1-1 1-0 0-2 2-1 0-1 0-2 3-3 0-4 1-0 2-0 - 4-0 2-1Jordan Davis 14-14 28 2-1 2-1 0-2 - 2-0 1-4 0-3 0-2 1-0 1-1 - 1-0 4-0Kelee Ringo 19-8 27 1-0 1-0 - 0-1 0-2 3-0 5-2 4-1 1-1 - - - 4-1C. Smith 17-10 27 2-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 DNP 3-1 2-1 3-1 DNP DNP 4-1J Dumas-Johnson 9-13 22 DNP - - 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 2-3 - 3-3 1-3 -Robert Beal Jr. 9-7 16 - 0-1 1-2 3-0 - 0-1 - 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0Ameer Speed 7-6 13 1-1 - 2-0 - 2-1 DNP DNP 1-0 1-1 0-1 - 0-2 -Tramel Walthour 6-7 13 0-1 1-0 - 2-1 - 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 -Javon Bullard 8-4 12 - 0-1 - 1-0 1-1 1-0 - - 1-0 DNP 4-2 - -Smael Mondon Jr 4-8 12 - 1-1 - 0-1 - - - 0-1 1-2 - 2-2 0-1 -Chaz Chambliss 6-5 11 - 0-1 - 1-1 - - - - 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 -Zion Logue 6-5 11 - 1-0 - 2-0 - 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 -Kamari Lassiter 8-2 10 - - 1-1 1-0 - 1-0 - - 2-0 - 3-1 - -William Poole 8-1 9 DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-0 - - - - 1-0 2-0 4-1N. Stackhouse 5-4 9 - 1-1 1-1 - 0-1 - DNP 1-0 1-1 DNP 1-0 - DNPWarren Brinson 3-6 9 - 0-1 - 1-1 1-0 - DNP 0-2 - 0-1 1-1 DNP -MJ Sherman 1-7 8 - 0-1 1-0 0-1 - - - 0-1 - 0-1 0-2 0-1 -T. Marshall 3-4 7 DNP 2-2 - - 1-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPDavid Daniel 4-2 6 DNP - DNP - - - DNP - 1-0 DNP 1-1 1-1 DNPTymon Mitchell 2-4 6 DNP 1-1 DNP 0-2 0-1 DNP DNP DNP - DNP 1-0 DNP DNPBill Norton 0-4 4 DNP 0-1 - 0-1 - DNP DNP DNP 0-2 DNP - DNP DNPLovasea Carroll 3-0 3 DNP - DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-0 - DNPTykee Smith 3-0 3 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPJ. Rochester 2-1 3 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - 1-1 1-0Jehlen Cannady 1-2 3 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 0-1 DNPJ. Jefferson 1-2 3 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-2 DNP DNPJohn Staton IV 1-2 3 DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP 1-1 - -Jackson Meeks 2-0 2 DNP - - 2-0 - - DNP - - - - DNP DNPMarlin Dean 1-1 2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 DNP DNPNyland Green 1-1 2 DNP 1-1 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNPT. Ingram-Dawkins 1-1 2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 DNP DNPXavian Sorey Jr 1-1 2 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP 0-1 - DNPJalen Kimber 1-0 1 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPRian Davis 0-1 1 DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

TFLs S-A Tot CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UANakobe Dean 7-3 8.5 2.0-14 - - - 2.0-13 - 1.0-5 - - 2.0-11 - 0.5-6 1.0-2Jalen Carter 7-3 8.5 1.0-8 1.0-2 - 1.0-1 - 0.5-8 2.5-6 0.5-6 - - - 2.0-4 -Devonte Wyatt 6-2 7.0 - DNP 1.0-4 - 1.5-9 - 1.0-4 0.5-0 - - 1.0-6 1.0-3 1.0-3C. Tindall 5-2 6.0 - 1.0-4 - - 1.0-2 - - 0.5-1 - 3.0-16 0.5-4 - -Nolan Smith 4-4 6.0 1.0-8 - 0.5-0 1.0-3 - - 0.5-1 0.5-1 1.0-3 - DNP 0.5-1 1.0-1Robert Beal Jr. 4-3 5.5 - - - 1.0-10 - 0.5-8 - 0.5-0 0.5-1 1.0-5 1.0-12 1.0-10 -Travon Walker 4-3 5.5 1.0-9 - 0.5-1 - - 1.0-6 0.5-1 - 2.0-12 - 0.5-4 - -Quay Walker 3-3 4.5 - - - - - 2.0-16 - 0.5-2 - 1.0-3 - 1.0-7 -Adam Anderson 4-3 5.5 1.0-3 1.0-8 1.0-2 - 1.5-4 - 0.5-0 0.5-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPJordan Davis 2-3 3.5 2.0-6 - 1.0-1 - - - - 0.5-5 - - - - -J. Dumas-Johnson 2-1 2.5 DNP - - - - - - - 1.0-9 - 0.5-1 1.0-13 -Latavious Brini 2-1 2.5 - - - - - 1.0-3 - 0.5-1 1.0-1 - - - DNPWarren Brinson 1-2 2.0 - - - 1.0-4 - - DNP 0.5-0 - 0.5-6 - DNP -N. Stackhouse 2-0 2.0 - 1.0-9 - - - - DNP - - DNP 1.0-1 - DNPDan Jackson 2-0 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0-2 1.0-4 -Chaz Chambliss 1-1 1.5 - - - - - - - - - 1.5-9 - - -Smael Mondon Jr 1-0 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0-12 - -Kelee Ringo 1-0 1.0 - - - - - - 1.0-9 - - - - - -Zion Logue 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-9 - - - - - - -Bill Norton 0-2 1.0 DNP 0.5-4 - - - DNP DNP DNP 0.5-0 DNP - DNP DNPXavian Sorey Jr 1-0 1.0 DNP 1.0-4 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP - - DNPDerion Kendrick 1-0 1.0 - - - - 1.0-3 - - - - - - - -Lewis Cine 1-0 1.0 - - - - - - 1.0-1 - - - - - -T. Ingram-Dawkins 1-0 1.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1.0-1 DNP DNPJ. Rochester 1-0 1.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - - 1.0-1MJ Sherman 0-1 0.5 - 0.5-3 - - - - - - - - - - -Jehlen Cannady 0-1 0.5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0.5-0 - DNP

Sacks S-A Tot CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UANakobe Dean 4-2 5.0 2.0-14 - - - 1.5-12 - - - - 1.0-7 - 0.5-6 -Adam Anderson 4-2 5.0 1.0-3 1.0-8 1.0-2 - 1.0-4 - 0.5-0 0.5-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPRobert Beal Jr. 4-1 4.5 - - - 1.0-10 - 0.5-8 - - - 1.0-5 1.0-12 1.0-10 -C. Tindall 4-1 4.5 - 1.0-4 - - - - - - - 3.0-16 0.5-4 - -Travon Walker 3-2 4.0 1.0-9 - - - - 1.0-6 0.5-1 - 1.0-8 - 0.5-4 - -Jalen Carter 2-2 3.0 1.0-8 - - - - 0.5-8 1.0-4 0.5-6 - - - - -Devonte Wyatt 2-1 2.5 - DNP - - 1.5-9 - - - - - 1.0-6 - -J Dumas-Johnson 2-0 2.0 DNP - - - - - - - 1.0-9 - - 1.0-13 -Jordan Davis 1-2 2.0 1.0-4 - 0.5-1 - - - - 0.5-5 - - - - -Quay Walker 1-1 1.5 - - - - - 1.0-15 - - - - - 0.5-7 -Nolan Smith 1-1 1.5 1.0-8 - 0.5-0 - - - - - - - DNP - -Smael Mondon Jr 1-0 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0-12 - -Zion Logue 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-9 - - - - - - -Kelee Ringo 1-0 1.0 - - - - - - 1.0-9 - - - - - -N. Stackhouse 1-0 1.0 - 1.0-9 - - - - DNP - - DNP - - DNPWarren Brinson 0-2 1.0 - - - - - - DNP 0.5-0 - 0.5-6 - DNP -Chaz Chambliss 0-1 0.5 - - - - - - - - - 0.5-7 - - -

game-by-game individual statistics

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Player GP/GS CU UAB SC VU ARK AU UK UF MIZ UT CSU GT UA19 Adam Anderson 8/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ...33 Robert Beal Jr. 13/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX15 Carson Beck 4/0 ... XXX ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ...13 Stetson Bennett 12/10 ... START XXX XXX START START START START START START START START START58 Austin Blaske 6/0 ... XXX ... XXX XXX ... ... ... XXX ... XXX XXX ...8 D. Blaylock 3/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX XXX19 Brock Bowers 13/12 START START START START START START XXX START START START START START START36 Latavious Brini 12/11 START START START START START XXX START START START START START START ...97 Warren Brinson 11/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX54 Cade Brock 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...24 Matthew Brown 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...22 Javon Bullard 12/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX7 Jermaine Burton 12/6 START START START START START ... XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX90 Jake Camarda 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX26 Jehlen Cannady 2/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ...12 Lovasea Carroll 4/0 ... XXX ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ...88 Jalen Carter 13/2 XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX32 Chaz Chambliss 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX16 Lewis Cine 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START20 Sevaughn Clark 6/0 ... ... ... XXX ... XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ...42 Graham Collins 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...75 Owen Condon 12/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX4 James Cook 13/3 START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START14 David Daniel 9/0 ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ...18 JT Daniels 6/3 START ... START START ... ... ... ... XXX ... XXX XXX ...99 Jordan Davis 13/12 START START START START START START XXX START START START START START START0 Rian Davis 1/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...55 Marlin Dean 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...17 Nakobe Dean 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START10 J. Dumas-Johnson 12/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX30 Daijun Edwards 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX50 Warren Ericson 13/12 XXX START START START START START START START START START START START START53 Dylan Fairchild 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...86 J. FitzPatrick 13/7 XXX START START XXX XXX START START START XXX START XXX START XXX88 Ryland Goede 6/0 ... XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX XXX ...1 Nyland Green 3/0 ... XXX ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...45 Michael Hagerty 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...43 Chase Harof 2/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... XXX ... ...89 Braxton Hicks 3/0 ... XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...93 T. Ingram-Dawkins 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...35 John Staton IV 5/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX47 Dan Jackson 13/4 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX START START START10 Kearis Jackson 13/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX94 J. Jefferson 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...23 Jaylen Johnson 12/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX82 Logan Johnson 1/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...59 Broderick Jones 13/4 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START START XXX32 Cash Jones 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...11 Derion Kendrick 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START6 Jalen Kimber 1/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...13 Kamari Lassiter 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX78 Chad Lindberg 4/0 XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... XXX ... ...96 Zion Logue 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX98 Tyler Malakius 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...15 T. Marshall 4/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...70 W. McClendon 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START84 Ladd McConkey 13/7 START XXX XXX START START START START START START XXX XXX XXX XXX6 Kenny McIntosh 12/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX17 Jackson Meeks 9/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ...87 Mekhi Mews 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...2 Kendall Milton 6/0 XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... ...65 Amarius Mims 8/0 ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ...5 Adonai Mitchell 13/10 XXX XXX START START START START START START START START START XXX START91 Tymon Mitchell 5/0 ... XXX ... XXX XXX ... ... ... XXX ... XXX ... ...20 Smael Mondon Jr 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX56 Micah Morris 2/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ...56 William Mote 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX45 Bill Norton 6/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... XXX ... XXX ... ...1 George Pickens 2/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX96 Jack Podlesny 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX31 William Poole 9/1 ... ... ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START51 Tate Ratledge 1/1 START ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...5 Kelee Ringo 13/10 XXX XXX XXX START START START START START START START START START START9 Justin Robinson 8/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... XXX ...92 J. Rochester 5/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX81 M. Rosemy-Jacksaint 11/4 START START XXX XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START69 Jamaree Salyer 9/9 START START START START START START START START ... ... ... ... START80 Brett Seither 10/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX54 Justin Shaffer 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START8 MJ Sherman 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX11 Arian Smith 4/0 XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ... ... ... ...29 C. Smith 10/9 START START START START START START ... START START START ... ... XXX4 Nolan Smith 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START ... START START23 Tykee Smith 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ...9 Ameer Speed 11/3 START START START XXX XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX78 N. Stackhouse 10/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ...18 Xavian Sorey Jr 4/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... XXX XXX ...28 Anthony Summey 2/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...39 Brady Tindall 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...41 C. Tindall 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX73 Xavier Truss 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX63 S. Van Pran 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START12 B. Vandagriff 2/0 ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...47 Payne Walker 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX7 Quay Walker 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START44 Travon Walker 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START90 Tramel Walthour 13/0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX0 D. Washington 9/4 ... ... ... ... XXX XXX START XXX START XXX START XXX START61 Blake Watson 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...3 Zamir White 13/10 XXX START START START START START START START START START START XXX XXX77 Devin Willock 11/0 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX55 Jared Wilson 1/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ...95 Devonte Wyatt 12/12 START ... START START START START START START START START START START START99 Jared Zirkel 2/0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ...

2021 individual participation


Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns ToT

Offense No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Off

GEORGIA 31 121 0 22 22 135 0 21 22-30-1 135 0 21 1 25 0 25 3 14 0 7 256vs. Clemson 23 2 0 10 19 178 0 44 19-37-1 178 0 44 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 --- 180GEORGIA 38 163 1 20 14 376 6 89 14-22-1 376 6 89 0 0 0 --- 2 48 0 33 539UAB 36 127 0 23 8 47 0 17 8-17-3 47 0 17 0 0 0 --- 1 -2 0 -2 174GEORGIA 31 184 2 23 24 307 3 43 24-35-2 307 3 43 2 44 0 28 1 0 0 0 491South Carolina 34 96 0 16 14 214 1 61 14-29-1 214 1 61 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 --- 310GEORGIA 48 241 5 24 21 291 3 29 21-28-1 291 3 29 1 19 0 19 2 19 0 19 532at Vanderbilt 28 53 0 13 5 24 0 10 5-18-2 24 0 10 5 62 0 18 0 0 0 --- 77GEORGIA 56 273 3 24 7 72 0 27 7-11-0 72 0 27 0 0 0 --- 4 8 1 8 345Arkansas 29 75 0 14 10 87 0 22 10-16-0 87 0 22 2 15 0 16 1 10 0 10 162GEORGIA 49 201 2 30 14 231 2 60 14-21-0 231 2 60 1 32 0 32 1 1 0 1 432at Auburn 29 46 1 9 24 272 0 31 24-43-1 272 0 31 2 30 0 15 1 0 0 0 318GEORGIA 27 166 1 35 14 250 3 27 14-20-0 250 3 27 1 -2 0 -2 4 11 0 12 416Kentucky 27 51 0 9 32 192 2 16 32-42-0 192 2 16 1 23 0 23 0 0 0 --- 243GEORGIA 33 193 2 42 10 161 1 38 10-19-2 161 1 38 1 31 0 31 1 7 0 7 354vs. Florida 39 161 1 19 22 194 0 21 22-35-2 194 0 21 0 0 0 --- 1 7 0 7 355GEORGIA 33 168 2 37 20 337 3 47 20-30-1 337 3 47 1 26 0 26 1 29 0 29 505Missouri 35 121 0 20 20 152 0 31 20-32-0 152 0 31 0 0 0 --- 1 27 0 27 273GEORGIA 41 274 4 39 17 213 1 23 17-29-0 213 1 23 2 35 0 1 5 0 5 487at Tennessee 36 55 0 14 30 332 2 53 30-48-1 332 2 53 1 20 0 20 4 54 0 24 387GEORGIA 32 233 4 40 20 255 4 32 20-37-2 255 2 32 2 12 0 12 9 150 0 41 488Charleston Sou. 31 68 0 34 14 58 0 28 14-37-1 58 0 28 1 9 0 9 1 10 0 10 126GEORGIA 31 208 2 59 14 255 4 77 14-20-0 255 4 77 0 0 0 --- 2 20 0 22 463at Ga. Tech 35 98 0 15 8 73 0 40 8-16-0 73 0 40 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 --- 171GEORGIA 30 109 0 14 29 340 3 37 29-48-2 340 3 37 2 45 0 25 2 6 0 6 449vs. Alabama 26 115 1 15 26 421 3 67 26-44-0 421 3 67 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 --- 536

FR- Int- Blk/ |----------- PATs ---------------|Defense Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sacks-Yds FF Yds Yds QBH PBU Kick Att-Made Ru Rc Saf Pts

GEORGIA 27 28 55 8.0-48 7.0-46 0 0-0 1-74 21 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 10vs. Clemson 35 38 73 4.0-16 1.0-8 1 1-0 1-3 2 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 3GEORGIA 32 26 58 6.0-34 3.0-21 0 0-0 3-28 13 0 0 8-8 0 0 0 56UAB 24 40 64 2.0-7 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-61 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 7GEORGIA 35 22 57 5.0-14 3.0-9 1 1-1 1-9 26 5 0 1-1 0 0 0 13South Carolina 36 24 60 2.0-11 1.0-7 1 1-8 2-35 1 2 0 5-5 0 0 1 40GEORGIA 24 20 44 4.0-18 1.0-10 1 1-12 2-20 6 5 0 8-8 0 0 0 62at Vanderbilt 45 22 67 5.0-13 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-0 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0GEORGIA 23 28 51 7.0-31 4.0-25 1 0-0 0-0 14 3 1 4-4 0 0 0 37Arkansas 38 46 84 4.0-7 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0GEORGIA 40 24 64 6.0-50 4.0-46 0 0-0 1-0 29 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 34at Auburn 43 30 73 3.0-17 1.0-10 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 10GEORGIA 32 46 78 8.0-27 3.0-14 0 0-0 0-0 13 3 2 3-4 0 0 0 30Kentucky 26 20 46 4.0-13 1.0-4 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1-2 0 0 0 13GEORGIA 33 56 89 5.0-17 2.0-12 1 1-1 2-48 21 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 34vs. Florida 32 22 54 1.0-9 1.0-9 1 1-0 2-1 3 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7GEORGIA 41 24 65 6.0-26 2.0-17 0 0-0 0-0 11 4 1 5-5 0 0 1 43Missouri 32 26 58 2.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-15 0 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 6GEORGIA 49 30 79 9.0-66 6.0-57 3 1-0 1-13 27 6 0 5-5 0 0 0 41at Tennessee 37 30 67 3.0-22 2.0-18 0 0-0 0-0 7 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 17GEORGIA 34 28 62 8.0-43 4.0-38 0 0-0 1-2 18 9 0 8-8 0 0 0 56Charleston Sou. 37 32 69 5.0-9 0-0-0 2 1-65 2-12 0 6 0 1-1 0 0 0 7GEORGIA 27 32 59 8.0-48 3.0-36 0 0-0 0-0 10 1 0 6-6 0 0 0 45at Ga. Tech 24 30 54 2.0-3 1.0-2 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0GEORGIA 44 6 50 4.0-7 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 15 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 24vs. Alabama 41 26 67 6.0-25 3.0-17 0 0-0 2-45 5 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 41

game-by-game team statistics

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SEASON KICKING STATISTICS CAREER KICKING STATISTICS

LONGEST RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE: 59 yds by Kenny McIntosh vs. Ga. Tech LONGEST PASS PLAY: 89 yards by Stetson Bennett to Brock Bowers vs. UABLONGEST TD RUN: 59 yds by Kenny McIntosh vs. Georgia Tech LONGEST PUNT RETURN: 41 yards by Kearis Jackson vs. Chraleston SouthernLONGEST TD PASS: 89 yards by Stetson Bennett to Brock Bowers vs. UAB LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN: 26 yards by Kearis Jackson vs. MissouriLONGEST INT. RETURN: 74 yards by Christopher Smith vs. Clemson LONGEST FUMBLE RETURN: 12 yard by Daijun Edwards vs. VanderbiltLONGEST PUNT: 68 yards by Jake Camarda vs. Alabama LONGEST FIELD GOAL: 46 yards by Jack Podlesny vs. ArkansasMOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 18 by Zamir White vs. AuburnMOST YARDS RUSHING: 105 by Zamir White vs. FloridaMOST PASS COMPLETIONS: 29 by Stetson Bennett vs. AlabamaMOST YARDS PASSING: 340 by Stetson Bennett vs. AlabamaMOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES THROWN: 5 by Stetson Bennett vs. UABMOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES CAUGHT: 2 by Brock Bowers vs. UAB, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Charleston Southern, Georgia TechMOST PASSES CAUGHT: 10 by Brock Bowers vs. AlabamaMOST YARDS RECEIVING: 139 yards by Brock Bowers vs. AlabamaMOST POINTS SCORED BY NON-KICKER: 18 by Zamir White vs. ArkansasMOST POINTS SCORED BY KICKING: 13 by Jack Podlesny vs. ArkansasMOST TOTAL TACKLES: 13 by Quay Walker vs. FloridaMOST SOLO TACKLES: 7 by Quay Walker vs. Florida, Lewis Cine vs. AlabamaMOST SACKS: 3 by Channing Tindall vs. TennesseeMOST TACKLES FOR LOSS: 3 by Channing Tindall vs. TennesseeMOST INTERCEPTIONS: 1 by Christopher Smith vs. Clemson, Vanderbilt, Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Lewis Cine, Kelee Ringo vs. UAB, Kamari Lassiter vs. Vanderbilt, Nakobe Dean vs. Auburn, Florida, Nolan Smith vs. Florida, Derion Kendrick vs. Tennessee, Xavian Sorey vs. Charleston Southern MOST FUMBLES RECOVERED: 1 by Quay Walker vs. South Carolina, Daijun Edwards vs. Vanderbilt, Nolan Smith vs. Florida, Travon Walker vs. TennesseeMOST EXTRA POINTS/FIELD GOALS BLOCKED: 1 by Devonte Wyatt, Jalen Carter vs. KentuckyMOST PUNTS: 5 by Jake Camarda vs. Clemson, Tennessee, Chraleston SouthernBEST PUNTING AVERAGE: 52.6 by Jake Camarda vs. Alabama

UGA High UGA Low Opponent High Opponent LowPOINTS SCORED: 62 vs. Vanderbilt 10 vs. Clemson 41 by Alabama 0 by Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Ga. TechFIRST DOWNS: 30 vs. Alabama 15 vs. Clemson 25 by Alabama 4 by Vanderbilt by Rushing 16 vs. Arkansas 6 vs. Clemson 8 by UAB, Florida, Missouri, Alabama1 by Clemson by Passing 17 vs. Missouri 3 vs. Arkansas 15 by Tennessee, Alabama 1 by UAB, Vanderbilt by Penalty 5 vs.Alabama 0 vs. Kentucky, Tennessee 4 by Clemson 0 by Georgia Tech RUSHING YARDS: 274 vs. Tennessee 109 vs. Alabama 161 by Florida 2 by ClemsonPASSING YARDS: 376 vs. UAB 72 vs. Arkansas 421 by Alabama 24 by VanderbiltTOTAL OFFENSE: 539 vs. UAB 256 vs. Clemson 536 by Alabama 77 by VanderbiltTOTAL PLAYS: 78 vs. Alabama 51 vs. Georgia Tech 84 by Tennessee 45 by ArkansasRUSHING ATTEMPTS: 56 vs. Arkansas 27 vs. Kentucky 39 by Florida 23 by ClemsonPASSING ATTEMPTS: 48 vs.Alabama 11 vs. Arkansas 48 by Tennessee 16 by Arkansas, Georgia TechPASSES COMPLETED: 29 vs. Alabama 7 vs. Arkansas 32 by Kentucky 4 by VanderbiltPASSES INTERCEPTED: 2 vs. Florida, CSU, Alabama 0 vs. Ark, AU, Kent, Tenn, GT 3 by UAB 0 by Ark, Ken, Miss, GT, AlabamaFUMBLES: 4 vs. Chraleston Southern 0 vs. Ark, AU, MU, UT, GT, UA 3 by Arkansas. Tennessee 0 by Auburn, G. Tech, AlabamaFUMBLES LOST: 1 vs. Clemson, USC, UF, CSU0 vs. Ark, AU, UK, MU, GT, UA 1 by UAB, USC, Vandy, UF, Tenn. 0 by Ark, AU, UK, MU, CSU, GT, UATURNOVERS: 3 vs. S. Carolina, Florida, CSU0 vs. Arkansas, Kentucky, GT 3 by UAB, Florida 0 by Ark, Kentucky, Missouri, GTQUARTERBACK SACKS: 7 vs. Clemson 0 vs. Alabama 3 by Alabama 0 by UAB, Vand., Ark., UM, CSUTACKLES FOR LOSS: 9 vs. Tennessee 4 vs. Vanderbilt, Alabama 6 by Alabama 0 by VanderbiltYARDS PENALIZED: 94 vs. Clemson 0 vs. Georgia Tech 101 by Arkansas 15 by Kentucky

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Long BlkJack Podlesny2020 13-16 81.3 0-0 2-2 6-7 2-4 3-3 53 12021 18-22 81.8 0-0 8-8 7-9 3-5 0-0 46 0Total 31-38 81.6 0-0 10-10 13-16 5-9 3-3 53 1

No Ret Ret Pct Net PctNET PUNTING No. Yds Avg Ret Yds Avg Ret TB Avg Blk I20 I20 Long 50+Jake Camarda2018 43 1,830 42.6 5 64 12.8 0.11 8 37.3 -- 10 23.2 63 112019 61 2,857 46.8 12 106 8.8 0.19 9 42.1 -- 25 41.0 67 212020 36 1,677 46.6 4 29 7.2 0.08 6 42.4 1 18 65.2 64 172021 40 1,883 47.1 9 106 11.8 0.23 6 44.4 - 15 37.5 68 15Totals 180 8,247 45.8 30 305 10.2 0.15 29 41.6 1 68 41.7 68 64

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB FC OB Ret. Yd Jake Camarda 88 5284 60.0 58 14 1 14 195Jack Podlesny 4 234 58.5 2 1 0 1 2Jared Zirkel 2 130 65.0 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 95 5713 60.1 63 15 1 15 197

FG Sequence (makes in parentheses)Clemson 36, (22)UAB 32South Carolina (36)Vanderbilt (31), (36)Arkansas (46), (30), (37)Auburn (23), 43, (21)Kentucky (26)Florida 46, (21), (42)Missouri (20), (25)Tennessee (40), (26) Georgia Tech (38)Alabama (38)

2021 superlatives / kicking stats


Attempted an onside kick – Rodrigo Blankenship vs. Texas A&M 2019 (failed)Attempted a fake punt – Justin Fields vs. Alabama 2018 (2-yard rush, failed)Attempted a fake FG – Jake Camarda vs. Baylor 2020 (rush, succesful)Scored 10-14 points kicking – Jack Podlesny vs. Cincinnati 2021 (10)Scored 15 or more points kicking – Rodrigo Blankenship vs. Missouri 2017 (18)Kicked a 60-yard FG – Kevin Butler vs. Clemson 1984 (60)Kicked a 50-yard FG – Jack Podlesny vs. Cincinnati 2021 (53)Missed or had a PAT kick blocked – Jack Podlesny vs. Kentucky 2021Threw five interceptions – Quincy Carter vs. South Carolina 2000 (5) Intercepted two passes – Richard LeCounte vs. Arkansas 2020Intercepted three passes – Tra Battle vs. Auburn 2006Recovered two fumbles – Roquan Smith vs. Auburn (SEC CG) 2017Had three or more sacks – Channing Tindall vs. Tennessee 2021 (3)Had four or more TFLs – Jordan Jenkins vs. Vanderbilt 2015 (5.5)Had a 70-yard punt – Drew Butler vs. Oklahoma State 2009 (75)Had a 60-69 yard punt – Jake Camarda vs. Florida 2020 (63)IN A GAME AN OPPOSING TEAM HAD...30 or more first downs – Florida 2020 (39)25-29 first downs – Alabama 2021 (25)10 or fewer first downs – Georgia Tech 2021 (9)400 or more yards rushing – Florida 2014 (418)300-399 yards rushing – Georgia Tech 2014 (399)250-299 yards rushing – LSU 2018 (275)11-50 yards rushing – Auburn 2021 (46)10 or fewer yards rushing – Clemson 2021 (2)Negative yards rushing – Tennessee 2020 (-1)Two 100-yard rushers – Florida 2014 – Taylor (197) & Jones (192)500 or more yards passing – Kentucky 2000 (528)400-499 yards passing – Alabama 2021 (421)350-399 yards passing – Missouri 2016 (376)50 or fewer yards passing – Vanderbilt 2021 (24)Zero yards passing – Cal State Fullerton 1992Four or more TD rushes – Missouri 2018 (4)Four or more TD passes – Florida 2020 (4)Two 100-yard passers – Penn State 2016 – McSorley (142) & Hackenberg (139)Two 100-yard receivers – Alabama 2020 – Smith (167) & Waddle (161)600 or more yards of total offense – Kentucky 2000 (620)500-599 yards of total offense – Alabama 2021 (536)50 or more points – Tennessee 2006 (51)40-49 points – Alabama 2021 (41)Zero points – Georgia Tech 2021 (45-0)More than 10 fumbles – Cal State Fullerton 1992 (13, lost 5)Recorded a safety – Florida 2013 (Lucious Purifoy sack)Five or more sacks – Georgia Tech 2013 (5)Blocked a punt – Missouri 2020 (Jake Camarda, punter)Blocked a FG – Kentucky 2020 (Jack Podlesny, kicker)

IN A GAME AN OPPOSING PLAYER...Rushed 40 or more times – Carnell Williams of Auburn 2001 (41)Rushed 35-39 times – Marcus Lattimore of South Carolina 2010 (37)Rushed 30-34 times – Najee Harris of Alabama 2020 (31)Rushed for 200 or more yards – Rodney Anderson of Oklahoma 2018 (201)Rushed for 150-199 yards – Najee Harris of Alabama 2020 (152)Had a run of 80 yards or more – Justin Vincent of LSU 2003 (87)Had a run of 50-79 yards – Jerome Ford of Cincinnati 2021 (79)Attempted 60 or more passes – Drew Brees of Purdue 1999 (60)Attempted 50-59 passes – Will Rogers of Mississippi State 2020 (52)Attempted 45-49 passes – Ian Book of Notre Dame 2019 (47)Completed 40 or more passes – Will Rogers of Mississippi State 2020 (41)Completed 35-39 passes – Hendon Hooker of Tennessee 2021 (37)Passed for 500 or more yards – Jared Lorenzen of Kentucky 2000 (528)Passed for 400-499 yards – Bryce Young of Alabama 2021 (421)Passed for 350-399 yards – Drew Lock of Missouri 2016 (376)Caught 15 or more passes – Andy Isabella of UMass 2018 (15)Caught 10-14 passes – Cedric Tillman of Tennessee 2021 (10)Caught for 200 or more yards – Cedric Tillman of Tennessee 2021 (200)Caught for 100-199 yards – Jameson Williams of Alabama 2021 (184)Scored four TDs – James Whalen of Kentucky 1999 (4)Rushed for and received a TD – Rex Burkhead of Nebraska 2013Rushed for three or more TDs – Anthony Jennings of UL Lafayette 2016 (3)Returned a punt for a TD – Ace Sanders of South Carolina 2012 (70)Returned a blocked punt for a TD – Minkah Fitzpatrick of Alabama 2015 (1)Recovered a muffed punt for a TD – Nick Washington of Florida 2015Returned a kickoff for a TD – Juanyeh Thomas of Georgia Tech 2018 (100)Returned an interception for a TD – Jordan Battle of Alabama 2021 (42)Recovered a fumble for a TD – Kivon Bennett of Tennessee 2020 (0)Returned a fumble for a TD – Garris Schwarting of Charleston Southern 2021 (65)Attempted a fake punt – James Smith of Cincinnati 2021 (rush attempt, success)Attempted a fake FG – Michael McNeely of Florida 2014 (21 yard rush, succesful)Attempted an onside kick - Brenton King of Georgia Tech 2019 (successful)Attempted a two point conversion- Sam Ehlinger of Texas 2019 (pass success)Scored 10 or more points kicking – Evan McPherson of Florida 2020 (14)Kicked a 50-yard FG – Evan McPherson of Florida 2020 (51)Intercepted two passes – Derek Stingley of LSU 2019 (2)

IN A GAME GEORGIA HAD...30 or more first downs – Alabama 2021 (30)25-29 first downs – Tennessee 2021 (26)11-15 first downs – Clemson 2021 (15)10 or fewer first downs – Florida 2016 (8)500 or more yards rushing – South Carolina 1974 (502)400-499 or more yards rushing – UMass 2018 (426)300-399 yards rushing – Missouri 2020 (316)51-100 yards rushing – LSU 2019 (61)50 or fewer yards rushing – Cincinnati 2021 (45)Two 100-yard rushers – Missouri 2020 – White (126) & Edwards (103)400 or more yards passing – Cincinnati 2021 (404)300-399 yards passing – Alabama 2021 (340)51-100 yards passing – Tennessee 2017 (84)50 or fewer yards passing – Arkansas 2021 (72)Zero yards passing – Auburn 1976Two 100-yard passers – Vanderbilt 2021 - Bennett (151) & Daniels (129)Two 100-yard receivers – Nebraska 2013 – Conley (136) & King (104)100-yard rusher & receiver – Missouri 2020 – White (126) & Pickens (126)600 or more yards total offense – Missouri 2020 (615)500-599 yards total offense – Missouri 2021 (505)150 or fewer yards total offense – Clemson 1990 (131)100 or more plays total offense – Kentucky 1967 (105)70 points – Northeast Louisiana 1994 (70)60-69 points – Vanderbilt 2021 (62)Zero points – Alabama 1995 (31-0)Five or more rushing TDs – Vanderbilt 2021 (5)Five or more passing TDs – UAB 2021 (6)Failed to score a TD – Florida 2015Both Returned a punt & a kickoff for TDs – Kentucky 2014Recorded a safety – Missouri 2021 (Nolan Smith)Five or more sacks – Tennessee 2021 (6)Both Blocked a punt & a field goal – Texas A&M 2009Both Recovered & Returned Fumbles for TDs – Florida 2017Zero punts – UMass 2018Zero penalties – Georgia Tech 2021Zero penalties & zero turnovers – Northeast Louisiana 1997

IN A GAME A GEORGIA PLAYER...Rushed 45 or more times – Herschel Walker vs. Florida 1981 (47)Rushed 30-44 times – Nick Chubb vs. North Carolina 2016 (32)Rushed for over 250 yards – Nick Chubb vs. Louisville 2014 (266)Rushed for 200-249 yards – Nick Chubb vs. North Carolina 2016 (222)Rushed for 150-199 yards – D'Andre Swift vs. Kentucky 2019 (179)Had a run of 80 yards or more – D'Andre Swift vs. Kentucky 2018 (83)Had a run of 50-79 yards – Kenny McIntosh vs. Ga. Tech 2021 (69)Attempted 60 or more passes – Cory Phillips vs. Georgia Tech 2000 (62)Attempted 50-59 passes – Jake Fromm vs. South Carolina 2019 (51)Attempted 40-49 passes – Stetson Bennett vs. Alabama 2021 (48) Completed 30 or more passes – Aaron Murray vs. Auburn 2013 (33)Completed 25-29 passes – Stetson Bennett vs. Alabama 2021 (29)Passed for 400 yards or more –JT Daniels vs. Mississippi State 2020 (401)Passed for 350-399 yards – JT Daniels vs. Cincinnati 2021 (392)Caught 10 or more passes – Brock Bowers vs. Alabama 2021 (10)Caught for 200 or more yards – Tavarres King vs. Michigan State 2012 (205)Caught for 150-199 yards – Jermaine Burton vs. Mississippi State 2020 (197)Caught for 100-149 yards – Brock Bowers vs. Alabama 2021 (139)Had 400 yards total offense – Aaron Murray vs. Auburn 2013 (452)Scored four or more TDs – Sony Michel vs. Oklahoma 2018 (4)Scored three TDs – Brock Bowers vs. Vanderbilt 2021 (3)Rushed for four or more TDs – Washaun Ealey vs. Kentucky 2010 (5)Rushed for three TDs – Sony Michel vs. Oklahoma 2018Passed for five or more TDs – Aaron Murray vs. Nebraska 2013 (5)Passed for four TDs – JT Daniels vs. Mississippi State 2020Caught three TD passes – Mohamed Massaquoi vs. Georgia Tech 2008Caught two TD passes – Brock Bowers vs. Alabama 2021Rushed for and received a TD – James Cook vs. Tennessee 2021Passed for and received a TD – Terry Godwin vs. Penn State 2016Kicked four or more FGs – Rodrigo Blankenship vs. Texas A&M 2019 (4)Blocked a PAT – Jalen Carter vs. Kentucky 2021Blocked a FG – Devonte Wyatt vs. Kentucky 2021Blocked a FG & a PAT in a game – Ray Drew vs. Georgia Tech 2014Blocked a punt – Nolan Smith vs. Missouri 2021 (Safety)Returned a punt for a TD – Isaiah McKenzie vs. UL Lafayette 2016 (82)Returned a blocked FG for a TD – Alec Ogletree vs. Alabama 2012 (55)Returned a blocked punt for a TD – Eric Stokes Jr. vs. Missouri 2018 (8)Returned a kickoff for a TD – Terry Godwin vs. South Carolina 2016 (43)Returned a kickoff and a punt for a TD– Isaiah McKenzie vs. Kentucky 2014 (90,59)Returned an interception for a TD – Nakobe Dean vs. Florida 2021 (50)Recovered a fumble for a TD – Tyson Campbell vs. Georgia Tech 2019 (0)Returned a fumble for a TD – Monty Rice vs. Tennessee 2020 (20)Returned a blocked PAT for two points – Tim Wansley vs. Vanderbilt 2000 (86)Attempted a two-point conv. – JT Daniels vs. Cincinnati 2021 (pass failed)

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1No. 5 Georgia 10, No. 3 Clemson 3

Sept. 4, 2021 • Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, N.C.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Fifth-ranked Georgia opened its 2021 season with a 10-3 victory over the third-ranked Clemson Tigers before of 74,187 fans at Bank of America Stadium and an ABC nationally-televised audience on Saturday eve-ning. Georgia opened the contest with excellent special teams play as punter Jake Camarda pinned the Tigers deep in their own territory twice. The Georgia de-fense forced Clemson to back-to-back three-and-outs to open the game, thanks to sacks by junior linebackers Nakobe Dean and Nolan Smith. The ensuing Georgia drive led to a 35-yard field goal attempt by junior placekicker Jack Podlesny. The kick missed wide left. After holding the Tigers to another three-and-out, Will Spiers’ punt deflect-ed off of sophomore running back Kendall Milton. The Tigers recovered the ball at midfield, giving them the first turnover of the game. Five plays later, Bulldog defensive back Christopher Smith snatched an interception and sprinted 74 yards for what became the only touchdown scored by either team. In the Bulldogs’ opening drive of the third quarter, quarterback JT Daniels was picked off by Clemson linebacker Baylon Spector at the Georgia 33-yard line. This marked Clemson’s best starting field position of the game. However, back-to-back sacks on second and third down forced the Tigers out of field goal range. The next Georgia drive was sparked by an explosive 22-yard run from ju-nior tailback Zamir White. Ten plays and 59-yards later, a 22-yard chip shot by Podlesny gave the Bulldogs a 10-0 lead. The Tigers answered with their own 10-play, 82-yard drive to get on the scoreboard, thanks to a 22-yard field goal by B.T. Potter. After going three-and-out, Georgia’s defense stepped up and held Clemson to fourth-and-5 at the Georgia 45-yard line. The Bulldog blitz forced Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei to throw under distress. After a turnover on downs, the Georgia offense found its legs and ran out the last 4:49 on the clock behind its stable of running backs.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (1-0) 0 7 3 0 = 10Clemson (0-1) 0 0 0 3 = 3

GA - Smith, 74-yard interception return (Podlesny kick), 02:58, 2QGA - Podlesny, 22-yard field goal, 02:38, 3QCU - Potter, 22-yard field goal, 09:08, 4QWeather: 80 degrees, clear, 2 mph S wind

GAME STATISTICS

UGA CLEMFirst Downs 15 14Rushing: Att.-Yards 31-121 23-2Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 22-30-135-1 19-37-178-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 61-256 60-180Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 10-94 7-59 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-217 8-331Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-25 (25.0) 1-18 (18.0) Time of Possession 31:29 28:31 Third Down Conversions 7 of 15 5 of 16 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 7-46 1-8

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - Zamir White 13 74 0 22 CU - Lyn-J Dixon 1 10 0 10Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - JT Daniels 22 30 135 0CU - DJ Uiagalelei 19 37 178 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Brock Bowers 6 43 0 13CU - Joseph Ngata 6 110 0 44Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 5 217 43.4 51CU - Will Spiers 8 331 41.4 51Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Lewis Cine 3 6 9CU - James Skalski 8 6 14

Worth Noting… • With the victory, Georgia improved to 98-27-3 in season openers, including 6-0 under head coach Kirby Smart. The win marked the end of Clemson’s 10-game win streak against SEC opponents in the regular season dating back to 2014. • With the 10-3 win, Georgia improved to 11-6 in top-10 matchups under Kirby Smart. This matches Georgia’s highest ranked win under Smart as the Bull-dogs defeated No. 2 Oklahoma (54-48 in 2OT) in a CFP semifinal at the 2018 Rose Bowl Game. Georgia’s last win over a top-10 team came to end the 2020 season when the Bulldogs posted a 24-21 win over previously undefeated No. 8 Cincinna-ti in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The last time Georgia posted back-to-back wins over top-10 teams came during the 2018 season, beating No. 9 Florida, 36-7, in Jacksonville and then No. 9 Kentucky, 34-17, in Lexington to clinch an SEC East Division title. • The seven sacks were the most since a school-record eight in its last game, the 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over No. 8 Cincinnati. Georgia also had eight sacks in 2008 Sugar Bowl win over Hawaii. Georgia blanked the Tigers in the first half, and the last time Georgia did that in a game was in the 2020 Sugar Bowl against Baylor when the Bulldogs led, 19-0, and went on to win, 26-14. • The Clemson series dates back to 1897, and with the 10-7 victory, the Bull-dogs hold a 43-18-4 advantage including 7-1-1 at neutral sites. The previous neu-tral site games came in Augusta (Ga.) and Anderson (S.C.) back in the early 1900s.This game was the first meeting when both teams were ranked in the top five. The previous best was in 2013 when No. 8 Clemson beat No. 5 Georgia 38-35 in Clemson. In top-25 matchups, Georgia is now 3-2 against the Tigers. • Georgia had seven first-time starterst: true freshman Ladd McConkey (WR), true freshman Brock Bowers (TE), redshirt freshman Tate Ratledge (RG), redshirt freshman Sedrick Van Pran (C), junior Travon Walker (DE), senior Ameer Speed (CB), plus the first at Georgia for senior transfer Derion Kendrick (CB).

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I said all along, no matter if we won or lost, we control our own destiny. We always control our own destiny. We have a lot to improve on, especially offensively...We took a hard look (at the defense) in the offseason. We gave up a lot more that we should have. We dumbed some things down and let the kids play and let the kids rush. We give ourselves credit, but give them some credit too. I’m proud of how they played...The joy in the locker room is so pure. They love it and they love each other. This is a special team and they fought their tail off.”

Christopher Smith’s interception and 74-yard TD return high-lighted a stellar night by the Georgia defense.

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No. 2 Georgia 56, UAB 7Sept. 11, 2021 • Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium •

Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. - The second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs opened their 2021 home season with a resounding 56-7 victory over UAB before a sellout crowd of 92,746 fans at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium and a national audience on ESPN2 Saturday afternoon. Georgia took little time getting on the scoreboard as Stetson Bennett found wideout Jermaine Burton for a 73-yard touchdown pass on the second play from scrimmage. On their next drive, the Bulldogs added to their margin with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Bennett to tailback Kenny McIntosh. UAB neared midfield on their following possession, but its momentum was halted when safe-ty Lewis Cine picked off Ty Johnston at the Georgia 22. Late in the first quarter, Bennett posted his third touchdown when he connected with tight end Brock Bowers on an 89-yard catch-and-run. In the second period, Georgia once again scored on its first play of the drive as Bennett hit wide receiver Arian Smith on a 61-yard deep ball. The Bulldogs’ defense remained stout, continuously forcing the Blazers to punt. After Kearis Jackson’s 33-yard punt return, Georgia extended its lead when Bennett again found Bowers alone in the end zone for a 9-yard touchdown with just over a minute before halftime. The scoring onslaught continued in the third quarter as Cook evaded mul-tiple tacklers for a 14-yard touchdown run. On the next UAB drive, cornerback Kelee Ringo picked off Johnston at the Georgia 40-yard line, leading to a 12-yard TD pass from reserve quarterback Carson Beck to wideout Justin Robinson, extending the lead to 49-0. On Georgia’s next drive, the Bulldogs set up first-and-goal at the 2-yard line, but a fumbled snap and missed field goal finished the drive without points. Linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson scored Georgia’s final touchdown of the day on a 20-yard pick-six with 10:14 left. The Blazers returned the favor with 10:14 left, posting their only score of the day, when safety Keondre Swoopes intercepted Beck at the UAB 39 and dashed untouched into the UGA end zone.

SCORING SUMMARY

UAB (1-1) 0 0 0 7 = 7Georgia (2-0) 21 14 14 7 = 56

GA - Burton, 73-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 14:22, 1QGA - McIntosh, 12-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 10:17, 1QGA - Bowers, 89-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 01:14, 1QGA - A. Smith, 61-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 14:09, 2QGA - Bowers, 9-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 01:13, 2QGA - Cook, 14-yard run (Podlesny kick), 08:42, 3QGA - Robinson, 12-yard pass from Beck (Podlesny kick), 07:11, 3QGA - Dumas-Johnson, 20-yard interception return (Podlesny kick), 10:14, 4QUAB - Swoopes, 61-yard interception return (Quinn kick), 05:02, 4QWeather: 86 degrees, sunny, 5 mph SW wind

GAME STATISTICS

UAB UGAFirst Downs 11 24Rushing: Att.-Yards 36-127 38-163Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 8-17-47-3 14-22-376-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 53-174 60-539Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 11-78 4-47 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 8-339 (42.4) 3-149 (49.7)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 0-0 (0.0) 0-0 (0.0) Time of Possession 30:39 29:21 Third Down Conversions 1 of 11 6 of 11 Fourth Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-21

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongUAB - DeWayne McBride 13 61 0 12 GA - Zamir White 7 34 0 13Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDUAB - Ty Johnston, III 6 14 39 0GA - Stetson Bennett 10 12 288 5Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongUAB - Lucious Stanley 1 17 0 17GA - Brock Bowers 3 107 2 89Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongUAB - Kyle Greenwell 8 339 42.4 48GA - Jake Camarda 3 149 49.7 60Tackles UT AT Tot.UAB - A. Moultrie / N. Wilder 2 5 7GA - Channing Tindall 6 1 7

Worth Noting… • For the second straight week, Georgia’s defense did not allow any points through the first three quarters after shutting out No. 3 Clemson in a 10-3 win in Charlotte. This game was the first time since 2019 that Georgia posted back-to-back first half shutouts, doing it against Missouri and at Auburn. Georgia would beat Missouri in Athens, 27-0, and the Tigers, 21-14, on the Plains. At 35-0, Geor-gia posted its biggest halftime lead since a 42-7 advantage over Murray State in 2019. Through two games, Georgia’s opponents have been held to just 10 points, the lowest since 2003 when they had 10. • At the half, Georgia senior starting QB Stetson Bennett was 7-for-8 for 260 yards with a school-record tying and career-high 5 TD passes among his eight completions for a 35-0 lead. He completed his first five passes for 245 yards. To-day’s TD passes by him covered 73, 12, 88, 61 and 9 yards. He tied the school re-cord for TD passes in a game when he connected with freshman TE Brock Bowers (3-for-107, 2 TDs) for a nine-yarder. He became the sixth Bulldog with five TD passes in a game, and the first to do it since Aaron Murray vs New Mexico State in 2011, also doing it in the first half. • Georgia registered its 20th score on defense or special teams in the Kirby Smart era (since 2016) when freshman Jamon Dumas-Johnson scored from 20 yards on an INT in the fourth quarter. It was the sixth pick-six in the Smart era including second this season. There have been 17 TDs and three safeties. In games with a non-offensive score by Georgia, the Bulldogs are 17-1 under Smart.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I would like to open with thanks to our fans. What a tremendous fan base we have, and they turned out. I thought it was really awesome. Incredible at-mosphere to come back and play in. You don’t realize what you got until it’s gone sometimes, so I certainly missed that...We have a lot of young players who are trying to grow up and we thought it would give a calming effect to have (Bennett) in with his experience and his ability to play in games. You know he played really well. I am proud of the way he handled it well...No one has been better to the University of Georgia than Stetson Bennett.”

Stetson Bennett returned to the starting quarterback role and tied a school record with five touchdown passes.

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No. 2 Georgia 40, South Carolina 13Sept. 18, 2021 • Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium •

Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. - Ssecond-ranked Georgia opened Southeastern Conference play with a dominant 40-13 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks before a sellout crowd of 92,746 fans at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium and an ESPN audience on Saturday night. Returning from injury, quarterback JT Daniels connected on a 21-yard pass to tight end Brock Bowers on the first play from scrimmage before tailback James Cook scampered for a 23-yard touchdown. On the ensuing drive, South Carolina used a 61-yard completion to get on the board with a 37-yard field goal. Georgia responded quickly as Daniels hit wide receiver Jermaine Burton for a 43-yard touchdown. Near the end of the first quarter, the Gamecocks struck again with another field goal, set up by an interception thrown by reserve quarterback Stetson Bennett. In the second quarter, Georgia extended its drive with a pair of third-and-long conversions, leading to a 38-yard touchdown pass from Daniels to wideout Adonai Mitchell, the first of the freshman’s career. As the clock neared half-time, the Bulldogs took control of the game with a critical sequence showcasing all three phases of the game. Jake Camarda’s 42-yard punt was downed at the 1-yard line, leading to nose tackle Jordan Davis sacking Gamecock quarterback Luke Doty in the end zone for a safety. After the resulting free kick, the Bull-dogs quickly moved into field goal position with kicker Jack Podlesny booting a 36-yarder as the first half clock expired. Cornerback Derion Kendrick intercepted Doty on the first drive of the sec-ond half, and Zamir White extended the lead with a 15-yard touchdown run. On the ensuing drive, linebacker Quay Walker recovered a Doty fumble, leading to a 4-yard touchdown pass from Daniels to Cook. In the fourth quarter, the Georgia defense allowed its first touchdown of the season when Doty connected with wide receiver Josh Vann on a 36-yard score. The Gamecocks looked to add another touchdown in the closing minutes, but the Bulldog defense stopped them on fourth-and-goal from the 9-yard line to preserve the 27-point win.

SCORING SUMMARY

South Carolina (2-1, 0-1) 6 0 0 7 = 13Georgia (3-0, 1-0) 14 12 14 0 = 40

GA - Cook, 23-yard run (Podlesny kick), 12:21, 1QSC - White, 37-yard field goal, 08:51, 1QGA - Burton, 43-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 07:00, 1QSC - White, 27-yard field goal, 01:34, 1QGA - Mitchell, 38-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 06:06, 2QGA - Team safety, 00:24, 2QGA - Podlesny, 36-yard field goal, 00:01, 2QGA - White, 5-yard run (Podlesny kick), 13:57, 3QGA - Cook, 4-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 07:37, 3QSC - Vann, 36-yard pass from Doty (White kick), 10:55, 4QWeather: 86 degrees, sunny, 5 mph E wind

GAME STATISTICS

USC UGAFirst Downs 13 26Rushing: Att.-Yards 34-96 31-184Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 14-29-214-1 24-35-307-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 63-310 66-491Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 9-70 7-52 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-209 (41.8) 3-155 (51.7)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-12 (12.0) 2-44 (22.0) Time of Possession 31:57 28:03 Third Down Conversions 8 of 17 9 of 12 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 3-9

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongSC - Zaquandre White 5 31 0 16 GA -Kendall Milton 10 66 0 22Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDSC - Luke Doty 13 26 153 1GA - JT Daniels 23 31 303 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongSC - Josh Vann 3 128 1 61GA - Adonai Mitchell 4 77 1 38Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongSC - Kai Kroeger 5 209 41.8 48GA - Jake Camarda 3 155 51.7 57Tackles UT AT Tot.SC - R.J. Roderick 4 4 8GA - Nolan Smith 5 3 8

Worth Noting… • Before the game, the UGA Athletic Association honored five pioneers — Richard Appleby, Horace King, Larry West, Clarence Pope and Chuck Kinnebrew — who 50 years ago became the Bulldogs’ first Black scholarship football players, enrolling in 1971. There is now a permanent monument in Reed Plaza that com-memorates the trailblazers and their Bulldog careers. • With a safety, the Bulldogs have 21 scores (17 TDs, 4 Safeties) by either the defense or special teams in the Kirby Smart era. The Bulldogs improved to 18-1 under Smart when they have a non-offensive score. In the first half, following a turnover where South Carolina took over at the Georgia 12, the defense held the Gamecocks to three yards and a 26-yard field goal. • With the 40-13 win, Georgia now has a 53-19-2 edge in the series history including 20-10 since South Carolina joined the SEC. The Bulldogs are 5-1 against South Carolina under Kirby Smart. • Georgia’s opponents have scored only 23 points in three games, which matches the total through three in 2019. • With five made PATs, junior placekicker Jack Podlesny extended Georgia’s NCAA-record streak to 344 consecutive makes, dating back to the 2014 season. During the streak, six different Bulldog kickers have successfully converted on their attempts.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I thought the guys played really hard. So many guys played a big role in this game, seemed like the wealth was spread around defensively and offensive-ly. I thought JT played with a high level of confidence, believed in what our guys could do, and got the ball to our playmakers ... Jake (Camarda) made a huge play, and then, the defense made a huge play. Then we were able to save our timeouts, and it was really big to get those pass plays to set up the field goal. I just thought that was a really good sequence to steal five points.”

JT Daniels returned from injury to lead the Georgia passing attack, finishing 23-for-31 for 303 yards and three touchdowns.

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No. 2 Georgia 62, Vanderbilt 0Sept. 25, 2021 • Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs started fast and never abated in a 62-0 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores before 32,178 fans at Vanderbilt Stadium and a national television audience on the SEC Network. The Georgia defense immediately made its presence known by forcing back-to-back Vanderbilt three-and-outs. On offense, the Bulldogs made quick work as tight end Brock Bowers took an end-around for a 12-yard touchdown before catching a 25-yard touchdown pass on the succeeding Georgia drive. Back-to-back Commodore turnovers led to the Bulldogs’ next two scoring drives. First, wideout Jaylen Johnson forced a fumble on a kickoff, leading to Zamir White punching one in from the goal line. On the very next play from scrimmage, cornerback Christopher Smith recorded his second interception of the year. Two plays later, quarterback JT Daniels found wide receiver Ladd Mc-Conkey for a 12-yard touchdown pass, his first career score. After forcing yet another three-and-out, McConkey found the end zone again on a 24-yard end-around run to give the Bulldogs a 35-0 lead just 12 minutes into the game. With the game in safely in hand, the Georgia defense continued to exert its will, with Vanderbilt missing a 49-yard field goal early in the second quar-ter. After tacking on a field goal just before halftime, the Georgia offense, now led by reserve quarterback Stetson Bennett, added to the final margin with two touchdowns in the third quarter. Bowers tallied his third score of the day with a 29-yard touchdown catch, followed by a 4-yard touchdown run from tailback Kenny McIntosh just under two minutes later. Podlesny made his second field goal of the game from 36 yards out late in the period. In the fourth quarter, running back Daijun Edwards helped the Bulldogs run out the clock, leading to a 15-yard touchdown run with 13 minutes remaining in the game. Later in the period, the Commodores crossed midfield, but the drive was cut short by a interception from cornerback Kamari Lassiter. On the ensuing Vanderbilt possession, the Commodores reached the Georgia 23-yard line, but were stopped on fourth down to consummate the shutout.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (4-0, 2-0) 35 3 17 7 = 62Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-1) 0 0 0 0 = 0

GA - Bowers, 12-yard (Podlesny kick), 11:21, 1QGA - Bowers, 25-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 08:02, 1QGA - White, 1-yard run (Podlesny kick), 07:11, 1QGA - McConkey, 12-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 06:42, 1QGA - McConkey, 24-yard run (Podlesny kick), 03:08, 1QGA - Podlesny, 31-yard field goal, 00:15, 2QGA - Bowers, 29-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 10:57, 3QGA - McIntosh, 4-yard run (Podlesny kick), 08:11, 3QGA - Podlesny, 36-yard field goal, 04:17, 3QGA - Edwards, 15-yard run (Podlesny kick), 13:06, 4QWeather: 73 degrees, sunny, 5 mph W wind

GAME STATISTICS

UGA VUFirst Downs 29 4Rushing: Att.-Yards 48-239 28-53Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 21-28-293-1 5-18-24-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 76-532 46-77Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-17 4-29 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-70 (35.0) 9-381 (42.3)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-19 (19.0) 4-62 (15.5) Time of Possession 37:16 22:44 Third Down Conversions 6 of 14 2 of 13 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 0-0

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - Zamir White 9 48 1 11 VU - Mike Wright 8 41 0 13Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - Stetson Bennett 11 15 151 1VU - Mike Wright 3 9 16 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Brock Bowers 4 69 2 29VU - Cam Johnson 1 10 0 10Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 2 70 35.0 37VU - Harrison Smith 9 381 42.3 58Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Robert Beal, Jr. 3 0 3VU - Max Worship 8 1 9

Worth Noting… • Georgia posted its sixth shutout in the Kirby Smart era and the fourth in an SEC game with the 62-0 victory. This marked Georgia’s second biggest margin of victory ever in an SEC game, trailing only a record 75-0 win over Florida in 1942. At halftime, Vanderbilt had 50 yards on 25 plays as the Bulldogs led 38-0. It marked the third time this year that Georgia has blanked a team in the first half. This was Georgia’s first shutout since blanking Missouri 27-0 in 2019. • The 62-point margin of victory was the largest since 2014 when Georgia blanked Troy 66-0. The Bulldogs have won their last three games by at least 27 points, marking the first time they have done that since the 2017 season when they did it six times. • Freshman TE Brock Bowers had four catches for 69 yards with two touch-down receptions, plus one on the ground. Bowers’ first career rushing TD was a 12-yarder on his first career carry while his TD catches covered 25 and 29 yards. He is the second Bulldog to have a rushing and receiving TD in the same game this year, joining James Cook who did it versus South Carolina last week. They were joined by redshirt freshman Ladd McConkey who did it as well in the first half. He notched his first career TD, a 12-yard catch and then his first career rushing TD, a 24-yarder. McConkey ended up with four catches for 62 yards, both career-highs, all coming in the first half.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I was proud at how fast the guys started. I’m really proud of our fan base. I thought the turnout was incredible, as it normally is when we come up here. Our guys came out and started fast. That was the goal all week. We talked about starting fast and playing to our standard ... It was a tough atmosphere to play in early on, from warm-ups throughout. We talked about it being ear-ly, not letting it be an excuse. If you’re going to be elite as a team, you have to be elite all the time, not some of the time. That is how elite teams play. Our guys embraced that and I’m proud of them.”

Brock Bowers led Georgia in receiving for the fourth consecu-tive game, tallying three touchdowns and 81 all-purpose yards.

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No. 2 Georgia 37, No. 8 Arkansas 0Oct. 2, 2021 • Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. - The second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs used its stifling de-fense, a powerful run game, and some special teams fireworks to take down eighth-ranked Arkansas before a sold-out crowd of 92,746 spectators and a na-tional television audience on ESPN. Stetson Bennett led his charges on a 9-play, 75-yard scoring drive to start the game. The Bulldogs reached third down just once on the drive, when Zamir White plunged into the end zone from three yards out. On the first Arkansas possession, the Razorbacks committed back-to-back false starts before defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt sacked quarterback K.J. Jefferson on third-and-24. Geor-gia took over near midfield and used its running game to extend the lead on a 1-yard touchdown from tailback Kendall Milton. The game swung firmly, irreversibly, in Georgia’s favor on the next Arkan-sas possession. After the Hogs’ offense was stuffed again, safety Dan Jackson blocked a punt in the end zone, which was recovered by White for the third UGA touchdown. The Bulldogs’ remaining first-half points came midway through the second quarter as placekicker Jack Podlesny connected from 46 yards out. On the opening drive of the third quarter, the Georgia defense stifled Ar-kansas again, whereupon the Bulldog offense ran a 10-play drive that concluded with a 30-yard Podlesny field goal at the 10:05 mark. Early in the fourth quarter, White picked up his third touchdown of the game when he scored on a 15-yard scamper to cap an 11-play, 93-yard drive. On Georgia’s next drive, tailback Ken-ny McIntosh ran for 15 yards on fourth-and-1 at the Hogs’ 38-yard line. Podlesny capped that drive with a 37-yard field goal that put the Bulldogs up 37-0 with just over three minutes to play. With one final possession, Arkansas looked to avoid the shutout by moving down the field via the legs of running back AJ Green. On second-and-4 with 25 seconds remaining, reserve quarterback Malik Hornsby missed out on a potential touchdown pass to wideout Jaqualyn Crawford. Unable to score, the Razorbacks posted a pair of first-down runs as the clock ran out.

SCORING SUMMARY

Arkansas (4-1, 1-1) 0 0 0 0 = 0Georgia (5-0, 3-0) 21 3 3 10 = 37

GA - White, 3-yard run (Podlesny kick), 10:46, 1QGA - Milton, 1-yard run (Podlesny kick) 04:34, 1QGA - White, 0-yard punt return (Podlesny kick), 02:17, 1QGA - Podlesny, 46-yard field goal, 07:38, 2QGA - Podlesny, 30-yard field goal, 10:05, 3QGA - White, 15-yard run (Podlesny kick), 12:12, 4QGA - Podlesny, 37-yard field goal (Podlesny kick), 03:46, 4QWeather: 76 degrees, sunny, 5 mph E wind

GAME STATISTICS

ARK UGAFirst Downs 9 22Rushing: Att.-Yards 29-75 56-273Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 10-16-87-0 7-11-72-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 45-162 67-345Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 13-101 6-40 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 8-296 (37.0) 2-87 (43.5)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-15 (7.5) 0-0 (0.0) Time of Possession 23:28 36:01 Third Down Conversions 3 of 12 4 of 12 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-25

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongAR - AJ Green 6 28 0 10 GA - James Cook 12 87 0 24Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDAR - K.J. Jefferson 8 13 65 0GA - Stetson Bennett 7 11 72 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongAR - Raheim Sanders 1 22 0 22GA - Ladd McConkey 3 27 0 16Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongAR - Reid Bauer 7 296 42.3 53GA - Jake Camarda 2 87 43.5 47Tackles UT AT Tot.AR - Grant Morgan 7 5 12GA - Devonte Wyatt 3 3 6

Worth Noting… • For only the third time in school history and the first time since 1976, Georgia posted a shut out a top-10 team with a 37-0 victory over No. 8 Arkansas. It was the first time since 1980 that the Bulldogs had back-to-back shutouts of SEC opponents, doing it against Vanderbilt and Kentucky. Georgia posted its seventh shutout in the Kirby Smart era and the fifth in an SEC game. The other shutouts of top 10 teams came when No. 6 Georgia blanked No. 10 Alabama 21-0 here in 1976, and in 1942, the No. 5 Bulldogs shut out No. 2 Georgia Tech 34-0 in Athens. • The Bulldogs are now 12-6 against top 10 foes under Kirby Smart including 4-0 at home. Georgia improved to 4-2 when ESPN College GameDay is in town including winning its last four. The Bulldogs are 5-0 under Smart for the third time (2017-19). • With the 37-0 win, No. 2 Georgia now has a 12-4 edge in the series history over Arkansas. This marked the first shutout in the series history and the largest margin of victory with the series going back to the 1969 Sugar Bowl. • After Georgia’s touchdown drive to open the game, former Georgia All-American golfer Harris English was recognized on the field for his contri-butions in helping the U.S. Ryder Cup team defeat the European squad at Whis-tling Straits, Wis. During halftime, many of Georgia’s Olympians that competed in Tokyo this summer were celebrated, including swimmers Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland, who won gold and silver, respectively, in the 400-meter individu-al medley. Georgia also celebrated its 2021 Circle of Honor inductees: football’s All-American lineman Randy Johnson, legendary women’s basketball coach Andy Landers, NCAA-champion swimmer Robert Margalis and softball All-American Kim Wendland.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “(Our fanbase) answered the bell today. I think all of you guys will admit that they were elite and we noticed it. To come out there in warmups, and coming out of the tunnel to see every seat full at a noon kick is special. It’s special to be at Georgia, and they impacted the game. The first series for Arkansas on offense, our crowd was extremely disruptive. ... The best teams I’ve ever been around can take on the personality of what they need to take on. I’m re-ally proud of the offensive line. I’m proud of the offensive coaching staff. We did an incredible job game-planning against what is a very good defense.”

Walk-on defensive back Dan Jackson’s punt block, which was recovered by Zamir White for a touchdown, helped Georgia break the game open before the first quarter had expired.

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No. 2 Georgia 34, No. 18 Auburn 10Oct. 9, 2021 • Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Ala.

AUBURN, Ala. - The second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs traveled down to the Plains and left with a 34-10 victory over the 18th-ranked Auburn Tigers in front of a sold-out crowd of 87,451 spectators at Jordan-Hare Stadium and a CBS television audience. Auburn came out fast covering 68 yards on 17 plays, culminating in place-kicker Anders Carlson hitting a 24-yard field goal to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead. This marked the first time Georgia has trailed this season, as well as the first points the Georgia defense has given up on the opening drive. After a quick three-and-out by the offense, linebacker Nakobe Dean made the game’s first big play when he intercepted Bo Nix in Auburn territory. Six plays later, placekicker Jack Podlesny hit a 23-yard field goal to tie the game at 3-3. The defense settled down and forced the Tigers to a three-and-out. Georgia responded with a touchdown on a nine-play, 70-yard drive sparked by a 33-yard pass to tight end Brock Bowers, with tailback Zamir White scoring on the ensu-ing play. On the next Georgia drive, Bennett unloaded on a pass and hit a wide-open McConkey for a 45-yard gain. Three plays later, Bennett found wideout Adonai Mitchell for a 3-yard touchdown to give the Bulldogs a 17-3 lead. With just under two minutes left, Auburn drove the ball down the field to the Georgia 7-yard line. After an offsides penalty, the Tigers eschewed a chip-shot kick on 4th-and-goal from the 3. Nix’s pass was then broken up in the end zone by senior defensive back Latavious Brini the Bulldogs’ 17-3 halftime lead. Georgia opened the second half with a 10-play drive but failed to score when Podlesny’s 43-yard kick hit the upright. The Bulldog defense forced Au-burn to turn the ball over on downs for the second time of the night. On the next play from scrimmage, Bennett hit McConkey for a 60-yard pass that put Georgia firmly in control. Despite Auburn responding with a long drive that ended with a 6-yard touchdown run by Tank Bigsby, the Bulldogs tacked on 10 more points on a 21-yard field goal and a 10-yard rushing touchdown by White en route to victory.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (6-0, 4-0) 3 14 7 10 = 34Auburn (4-2, 1-1) 3 0 7 0 = 10

AU - Carlson, 24-yard field goal, 08:19, 1QGA - Podlesny, 23-yard field goal, 02:55, 1QGA - White, 1-yard run (Podlesny kick), 14:39, 2QGA - Mitchell, 3-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 09:10, 2QGA - McConkey, 60-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 06:01, 3QAU - Bigsby, 6-yard run (Carlson kick), 04:01, 3QGA - Podlesny, 21-yard field goal, 14:52, 4QGA - White, 10-yard run (Podlesny kick), 07:11, 4QWeather: 81 degrees, sunny, 6 mph NE wind

GAME STATISTICS

UGA AUBFirst Downs 22 17Rushing: Att.-Yards 49-201 29-46Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 14-21-231-0 24-43-272-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 70-432 72-318Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-18 5-34 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 3-137 (45.7) 6-276 (46.0)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-32 (32.0) 2-30 (15.0) Time of Possession 33:06 26:54 Third Down Conversions 5 of 12 5 of 18 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 1 3 of 5Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-46 1-10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - Zamir White 18 79 2 12 AU - Tank Bigsby 10 28 1 6Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - Stetson Bennett 14 21 231 2AU - Bo Nix 21 38 217 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Ladd McConkey 5 135 1 60AU - Demetris Robertson 4 59 0 29Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 3 137 45.7 51AU - Oscar Chapman 6 276 46.0 52Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Dan Jackson 5 1 6AU - Zion Puckett 5 5 10

Worth Noting… • With the 34-10 win over No. 18 Auburn, Georgia is now 22-11 versus top 25 teams under Kirby Smart, including 3-0 this year. The Bulldogs have out-scored their opponents 239-33 this season, including 133-10 in their last three SEC games. Georgia now has a 62-56-8 edge in the series history, winning 10 out of the past 12 meetings and 17 of the past 21. The 126th meeting makes the series the second most-played active in FBS. The Bulldogs are 6-1 against Auburn under Kirby Smart. • Georgia posted a 34-10 road win over No. 18 Auburn who came in averag-ing 40 points a game. Georgia came in leading the nation in Scoring Defense. The Bulldogs now have given up just 33 points on the year, the lowest six-game total since 1935, when they allowed 24. • Georgia QB Stetson Bennett improved to 7-2 as a starter, including 3-0 this season. He got the nod in place of the injured JT Daniels and finished 14-for-21 for 231 yards and two TDs. He went 9-for-13 for 144 yards and 1 TD in the first half to build a 17-3 edge. In the second half, Bennett fired a 60-yard TD strike to Ladd McConkey for a 24-3 lead in the 3rd. Bennett also rushed for a career-high 41 yards, including a career-high 30-yard scamper. • Georgia had one first-time starter in senior Adam Anderson (OLB). The captains were senior Quay Walker (LB), junior Warren Ericson (C) and senior Devonte Wyatt (DL).

Coach Kirby Smart said… “What a tough environment to play in. I give a lot of credit to Auburn and their fans. They created an electric environment. For a lot of our players, probably over 50 percent or more, they have never played in a road environ-ment. Two of our DNA traits are composure and toughness, and I thought that has never been more evident than it was today. Composure and tough-ness. The men in that locker room never doubt and never questioned each other... Stetson played a hell of a game. He made plays with his feet. If you go back to that game, there are one, two, three, four really big plays in the game that he made with his athleticism.”

Ladd McConkey led Georgia in receiving with five catches for 135 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

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No. 1 Georgia 30, No. 11 Kentucky 13Oct. 16, 2021 • Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. - The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs posted their seventh conseutive win by defeating previously unbeaten, 11th-ranked Kentucky 30-13 before a sold-out crowd of 92,746 at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium and a national television audience on CBS. After a relatively quiet opening quarter, Georgia took the lead on the first play of the second period. Tailback James Cook scored from 19 yards out on a toss from quarterback Stetson Bennett. On their next possession, the Bulldog offense continued to roll as Kendall Milton ran for 32 yards, followed by a 17-yard run from Cook, setting up Zamir White for a 24-yard touchdown run up the middle. Facing a 14-0 deficit, Kentucky assembled a six-minute scoring drive, cov-ering 75 yards in 13 plays. The Wildcats converted three third downs, used a trick play and benefited from a lost fumble that was overturned upon review. Will Levis connected with Justin Rigg from one yard out for the UK touchdown. Early in the third quarter, Georgia extended the lead when Bennett found tight end Brock Bowers for a 27-yard touchdown pass. The Bulldogs continued the scoring on their next drive as place kicker Jack Podlesny hit a 26-yard field goal. Trailing 24-7, Kentucky’s only serious threat in the third quarter came in the waning minutes. The Wildcats took possession at their own 45 and advanced to the Bulldog 15-yard line before stalling. Georgia stopped the threat when Devonte Wyatt deflected Chance Poore’s field-goal attempt from 33 yards as the quarter came to a close. The Bennett-Bowers connection helped put the game out of reach on Geor-gia’s only possession of the fourth quarter. Bowers took a pass 24 yards to the UK 48-yard line. After a pair of James Cook runs to the Cats’ 20, Bennett found Bowers again for the Bulldogs’ final tally. Kentucky maintained possession for nearly all of the remaining 11+ min-utes, using 22 plays to cover 75 yards. The Wildcats successfully converted five third downs and a fourth down in the drive and, after using their last time out, they finally scored on a 1-yard pass from Levis to Wandale Robinson with just :04 left. Jalen Carter then punctuated the drive by blocking the Cats’ PAT kick.

SCORING SUMMARY

Kentucky (6-1, 4-1) 0 7 0 6 = 13Georgia (7-0, 5-0) 0 14 10 6 = 30

GA - Cook, 19-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 14:54, 2QGA - White, 24-yard run (Podlesny kick), 10:35, 2QUK - Rigg, 1-yard pass from Levis (Ruffolo kick), 03:53, 2QGA - Bowers, 27-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 12:13, 3QGA - Podlesny, 26-yard field goal, 07:21, 3QGA - Bowers, 20-yard pass from Bennett, 11:27, 4QUK - Robinson, 1-yard pass from Levis, 00:04, 4QWeather: 75 degrees, sunny, 15 mph W wind

GAME STATISTICS

UK UGAFirst Downs 16 20Rushing: Att.-Yards 27-51 27-166Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 32-42-192-0 14-20-250-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 69-243 47-416Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-15 5-42 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 7-358 4-189Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-23 (23.0) 1-(-2) (-2.0) Time of Possession 37:47 21:51 Third Down Conversions 9 of 19 2 of 7 Fourth Down Conversions 2 of 2 0 of 0Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 3-14

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongUK - Kavosiey Smoke 5 14 0 9 GA - James Cook 6 46 0 25Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDUK - Will Levis 32 42 192 2GA - Stetson Bennett 14 20 250 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongUK - Wan’Dale Robinson 12 39 1 14GA - Brock Bowers 5 101 2 27Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongUK - Colin Goodfellow 7 358 51.1 70GA - Jake Camarda 4 189 47.2 63Tackles UT AT Tot.UK - Josh Paschal 4 2 6GA - Quay Walker 3 6 9

Worth Noting… • Top-ranked Georgia came in leading the nation in scoring defense and now have allowed only 46 points through seven games, the lowest total in that span since 1971 (also 46). Kentucky added its second TD with four seconds left in the contest for a 30-13 final. UK was only the second team to score a TD in the red zone this season. • Freshman TE Brock Bowers led the group with five catches for 101 yards and two TDs. It was his second career 100-yard game. He picked up his fifth re-ceiving TD, a 27-yarder from Bennett for a 21-7 lead with 12:13 left in the 3rd. His sixth score came on a 20-yard pass in the fourth quarter and tied the mark for most TD catches by a TE in school history dating back to at least 1968 (Leonard Pope, 6 in 2004). • Georgia missed a PAT in the fourth quarter to end its school and NCAA re-cord for consecutive PATs made at 363. It dated back to Oct. 4, 2014 and included six kickers. With 221 makes, Virginia Tech is now the nation’s leader. • The Homecoming King and Queen were fourth year students Carter Marks (St. Simons Island, Management and Economics major) and senior Carley Hale (Atlanta, Exercise & Sports Science major).

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I’m proud of our guys today. That was a really physical football team we played. Every single time we play them, it’s just tough...I thought our DNA showed through. Our DNA continues to repeatedly show up - composure, connection, resiliency, and toughness - those qualities come through in this team. At halftime, nobody was panicking, nobody was nervous...I think (Todd Monken) has done an incredible job. When you think about the guy he’s had in, he’s taken tight ends, made them multiple, he’s taken wideouts that weren’t necessarily early season starters and done a really good job.”

Zamir White scampered 24 yards for the Bulldogs’ second score vs. Kentucky.

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No. 1 Georgia 34, Florida 7Oct. 30, 2021 • TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, Fla.

ATHENS, Ga. - The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs used a 21-point burst before halftime to post a decisive 34-7 victory over the Florida Gators before 76,141 spectators at TIAA Bank Field and a CBS television audience. Georgia moved quickly on its opening drive following a 31-yard kickoff return from Kearis Jackson, reaching the Florida 19-yard line but Stetson Ben-nett was flagged for intentional grounding on third-and-1, followed by a missed 46-yard field goal by Jack Podlesny. Like the Bulldogs before, the Gators did not score on a deep drive as Jace Christmann’s 51-yard attempt missed. As the second quarter opened, the Georgia offense came to life starting with a 12-yard completion from Bennett to Jackson, eventually entering the red zone on a 20-yard scamper from Bennett to the 7-yard line. However, another stall forced the Bulldogs to settle for a 21-yard Podlesny field goal. On the ensuing Florida drive, a combined sack by Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis led to a fourth down stop at the Georgia 40. Taking over at the Florida 34, Bennett found Darnell Washington for a 32-yard completion, but on the subsequent play, Bennett’s deep ball was picked off by Rashad Torrence at the 4-yard line. With Florida near its goal line, the Georgia defense stepped up as Nolan Smith stripped Anthony Richardson and set the Bulldogs up at the 11-yard line. In one play, Georgia capitalized as James Cook rushed for a touchdown to make the score 10-0. On the next drive, Smith notched another turnover as he picked off Rich-ardson’s pass off the deflection by Travon Walker. Georgia again took just one play to convert as Bennett hit Jackson for a falling, 36-yard touchdown in the left corner of the end zone. The scoring barrage concluded when Nakobe Dean picked off Richardson and returned it for a 50-yard touchdown. Georgia’s first possession of the third quarter ended in a fumble, but Christ-mann missed from 23 yards out. The Gators again reached Bulldog territory to open the fourth quarter but were again stifled as Nakobe Dean broke up Jones’ fourth-down pass. Bennett was picked off for the second time by Torrence at the Florida 11. The Gators would avoid the shutout with an Emory Jones touchdown before Zamir White scored a late 42-yard touchdown.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (8-0, 6-0) 0 24 3 7 = 34Florida (4-4, 2-4) 0 0 0 7 = 7

GA - Podlesny, 21-yard field goal, 08:38, 2QGA - Cook, 11-yard rush (Podlesny kick), 02:16, 2QGA - Jackson, 36-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 01:35, 2QGA - Dean, 50-yard interception return (Podlesny kick), 00:07, 2QGA - Podlesny, 42-yard field goal, 01:15, 3QFL - Jones, 2-yard rush (Howard kick), 02:49, 4QGA - White, 42-yard rush (Podlesny kick), 01:57, 4QWeather: 67 degrees, cloudy, 16 mph W wind

GAME STATISTICS

UGA UFFirst Downs 18 20Rushing: Att.-Yards 33-193 39-161Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 10-19-161-2 22-35-194-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 52-354 74-355Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-38 8-50 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-97 (48.5) 3-133 (44.3)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-31 (31.0) 0-0 (0.0) Time of Possession 27:40 32:20 Third Down Conversions 4 of 9 4 of 13 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 4Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 1-9

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - Zamir White 14 105 1 42 UF - Dameon Pierce 9 69 0 19Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - Stetson Bennett 10 19 161 1UF - Emory Jones 10 14 112 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Kearis Jackson 3 59 1 36UF - Justin Shorter 4 50 0 18Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 2 97 48.5 51UF - Jeremy Crawshaw 3 133 44.3 55Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Quay Walker 7 6 13UF - T. Dean / R. Torrence 5 3 8

Worth Noting… • Georgia’s defense held Florida to its lowest point total in the Dan Mullen era. Florida entered the game averaging 34.4 points per game. This game was the fifth time this season that the Bulldog defense blanked a team in the first half. Through eight games, Georgia has allowed only five touchdowns and 53 total points (6.6 points per game). The 53 points mark the lowest total through eight games since 1971 (46 points). The Bulldogs are +3 in turnover margin and have scored 73 points off 13 turnovers • With the win, Georgia now has a 54-44-2 edge in the series history includ-ing 4-2 under Kirby Smart. • Georgia senior QB Stetson Bennett (10-for-19, 161 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT) got the start for the fourth straight week and fifth time overall this season. With the win, he improves to 9-2 as a starter including 5-0 this year. • The captains were seniors Adam Anderson (SLB), James Cook (RB), Jama-ree Salyer (LT) and Quay Walker (MLB).

Coach Kirby Smart said… “There was great excitement, great energy. Our fans really impacted the game. They helped us get them for a few offsides. The turnovers were the difference in the game. We had a few, too, but theirs were in their territory, and that was probably the biggest difference in the game ... (Stetson Bennett) does a really good job on some plays, and then you are holding your breath when he holds the ball. He has to make good decisions down the field. We can’t give the ball away ... That momentum right before the half was just huge. It is what our guys do - they are havoc guys that cause problems, frus-trate the quarterback, and try to find different ways to affect them.”

Nakobe Dean’s interception and 50-yard TD return capped a 21-point scoring onslaught by the Bulldogs in the final 2:16 of the second quarter.

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No. 1 Georgia 43, Missouri 6Nov. 6, 2021 • Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. - The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs again rode their stout defense to a 43-6 victory over the Missouri Tigers before a sold-out 92,746 spec-tators at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium and a national television audience on ESPN. Missouri struck first with a 36-yard field goal, marking only the second time this season Georgia had trailed. On the ensuing drive, the Bulldogs faced a fourth-and-6 at the Tigers’ 35-yard line, allowing quarterback Stetson Bennett to find wideout Arian Smith in the corner of the end zone for a go-ahead touch-down. Linebacker Nolan Smith added to the points with a blocked punt on the following drive, with the ball rolling out for a safety before safety Dan Jackson could recover for a touchdown. Soon after, Bennett hit receiver Jermaine Burton for a 46-yard completion to the 1-yard line, leading to tailback Zamir White taking it in to extend the first quarter lead. After stopping the Tigers on fourth down, Georgia’s offense continued to roll with Bennett making a long completion to tailback Kenny McIntosh and tight end Brock Bowers taking a screen pass to the 2-yard line, setting up a 20-yard Jack Podlesny field goal. The second half closed with tailback James Cook taking a direct snap from the 1, once again set up by a near touchdown by Burton. Burton finally got his score on the first drive of the second half, taking it in from 12 yards out on a screen pass. With a comfortable 33-3 lead, quarter-back JT Daniels returned to the huddle for the first time since the Vanderbilt game on Sept. 25, completing a 7-yard touchdown to wideout Ladd McConkey on his first possession. Following a tipped interception from Daniels, Missouri added another field goal from 42 yards midway through the fourth quarter, with Podlesny answering on the following drive with a 25-yard make. With just over two minutes remaining, the Tigers sought to narrow the final margin and looked capable of doing so as Tyler Macon found Tauskie Dove for leaping catches of 31 and 28 yards respectively. However, the Georgia defense remained strong at the line with a goal-line stand that kept Missouri in single digits to close the game.

SCORING SUMMARY

Missouri (4-5, 1-4) 3 0 0 3 = 6Georgia (9-0, 7-0) 7 19 14 3 = 43

MU - Mevis, 36-yard field goal, 05:50, 1QGA - A. Smith, 35-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 00:42, 1QGA - Team safety, 14:12, 2QGA - White, 1-yard run (Podlesny kick), 11:37, 2QGA - Podlesny, 20-yard field goal, 05:05, 2QGA - Cook, 1-yard run (Podlesny kick), 00:18, 2QGA - Burton, 12-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 12:35, 3QGA - McConkey, 7-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 07:26, 3QMU - Mevis, 42-yard field goal, 07:58, 4QGA - Podlesny, 25-yard field goal, 02:33, 4QWeather: 50 degrees, cloudy, 8 mph NE wind

GAME STATISTICS

MIZ UGAFirst Downs 15 25Rushing: Att.-Yards 35-121 33-168Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-32-152-0 20-30-337-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 67-273 63-505Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-25 4-35 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 4-101 (25.2) 1-44 (44.0)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 0-0 (0.0) 1-26 (26.0) Time of Possession 31:53 28:07 Third Down Conversions 6 of 17 4 of 9 Fourth Down Conversions 2 of 4 2 of 2Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-17

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongMU - Tyler Macon 11 42 0 20 GA - James Cook 9 41 1 17Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDMU - Brady Cook 14 19 78 0GA - Stetson Bennett 13 19 255 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongMU - Tauskie Dove 4 84 0 31GA - Jermaine Burton 3 76 1 47Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongMU - Grant McKinniss 3 101 33.7 40GA - Jake Camarda 1 44 44.0 44Tackles UT AT Tot.MU - Chad Bailey 9 1 10GA - Dan Jackson 6 0 6

Worth Noting… • Georgia, the national leader in Scoring Defense (6.6 ppg), held Missouri to just two field goals in a 43-6 win to improve to 9-0 (7-0 SEC). Also, there was a goal-line stand that ended with three seconds left in the game when the Tigers turned it over on downs. UM came in averaging 34.8 points a game. Georgia now has held eight of its nine opponents to their lowest scoring tally of year, with South Carolina as the exception. The 59 points allowed through nine games is the lowest in a season at this point since 1971 (53 points). • Nine different Bulldogs caught a pass with four covering more than 20 yards. Sophomore Arian Smith had a 35-yarder for a TD. The longest of the first half came by sophomore Jermaine Burton for 47 yards. • Georgia blocked its second punt of the year, and this one resulted in a safety as the football went through the end zone. Junior Nolan Smith blocked it. This was the team’s second safety this year as the first one came by the defense versus South Carolina when Smith and Jordan Davis combined on a sack. Under Kirby Smart, the Bulldogs now have 24 defensive or special teams scores since 2016. Georgia improved to 21-1 when they register a non-offensive score in the Smart era • During halftime, Georgia honored former football coach Mark Richt, who spent 15 seasons with the Bulldogs and went 145-51 with a pair of SEC titles and nine bowl wins. The World Series Champion Atlanta Braves were also recognized with outfielder Joc Pederson and mascot Blooper attending the game.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “We started out kind of sloppy today. A little bit of a lack of focus early, especially on defense. Offensively, it took us a while to get going, but once we did, we did some nice things. I was proud of the guys. We’re starting to get some guys back, and then we lost a couple of guys who are banged up. All in all, pleased with the guys’ effort, but we have some things we have to clean up...(Missouri) played the same defense they’ve been playing. The played a little better, they changed out a couple of guys personnel-wise, but they didn’t change their defense by any means.”

Jermaine Burton led Georgia in receiving with three receptions for 76 yards, including a 47-yard catch and a touchdown.

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No. 1 Georgia 41, Tennessee 17Nov. 13, 2021 • Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tenn.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs rode a ca-reer-best day from running back James Cook to a 41-17 victory over Tennessee in front of 100,074 fans at Neyland Stadium and a national television audience on CBS. Tennessee quickly moved down the field on its opening drive, using a pass interference penalty to set up a 9-yard touchdown pass from Hendon Hooker to Velus Jones, Jr. Georgia responded similarly on the ensuing possession, needing just six plays to go 78 yards for the matching score. Cook sprinted 39 yards untouched, first up the middle before cutting down the left sideline, for the touch-down. After UT nudged ahead with a field goal, Georgia proceeded to take control with its dominant defense and resourceful offense. By the time the Bulldogs had scored the last of 34 straight points, just seven minutes remained in the game. In the second quarter, Georgia began to assert itself, beginning with a 40-yard field goal by Jack Podlesny, followed by a interception by Derion Kendrick on the next Tennessee drive. Taking over at the Tennessee 40, Cook brought Georgia into the red zone with a 15-yard rush, followed by a 9-yard scoring run by Bennett. The quarter concluded with an 11-play, 90-yard drive capped off by a 23-yard touchdown pass from Bennett to Cook. On their first drive of the second half, the Volunteers again traveled deep into Bulldog territory, but pressure from Nolan Smith forced an incompletion on fourth down. The Bulldogs regained possession and appeared to stall near mid-field, but a horse collar penalty on Tennessee kept the drive going and allowed Podlesny to extend the lead with a 26-yard kick. Tennessee’s next drive mirrored its previous possessions, as Hooker was sacked by Channing Tindall on fourth-and-13 at the Georgia 39-yard line. Early in the fourth quarter, Cook added his third touchdown of the game with a 5-yard run, set up by a 21-yard completion from Bennett to Jermaine Bur-ton. Once again, Tennessee entered the red zone, but Hooker was sacked by Tin-dall, forcing a fumble recovered by Travon Walker. The Bulldogs finished their scoring with a 5-yard run by Kenny McIntosh, followed by a 12-yard Tennessee touchdown pass from Joe Milton to Cedric Tillman.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (10-0, 8-0) 7 17 3 14 = 41Tennessee (5-5, 3-4) 10 0 0 7 = 17

UT - Jones, 9-yard pass from Hooker (McGrath kick), 11:43, 1QGA - Cook, 39-yard run (Podlesny kick), 09:11, 1QUT - McGrath, 24-yard field goal, 01:39, 1QGA - Podlesny, 40-yard field goal, 09:42, 2QGA - Bennett, 9-yard run (Podlesny kick), 07:24, 2QGA - Cook, 23-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 00:37, 2QGA - Podlesny, 26-yard field goal, 04:41, 3QGA - Cook, 5-yard run (Podlesny kick), 13:14, 4QGA - McIntosh, 5-yard run (Podlesny kick), 07:03, 4QUT - Tillman, 12-yard pass from Milton (McGrath kick), 03:38, 4QWeather: 49 degrees, sunny, 6 mph NW wind

GAME STATISTICS

UGA TENFirst Downs 26 22Rushing: Att.-Yards 41-274 36-55Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 17-29-213-0 30-48-332-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 70-487 84-387Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-55 6-40 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-254 (50.8) 4-180 (45.0)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-35 (17.5) 1-20 (20.0) Time of Possession 32:40 27:20 Third Down Conversions 5 of 12 9 of 20 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 0 3 of 5Sacks By: Number-Yards 6-57 2-18

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - James Cook 10 104 2 39 UT - Jabari Small 12 49 0 10Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - Stetson Bennett 17 29 213 1UT - Hendon Hooker 24 37 244 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Adonai Mitchell 5 65 0 22UT - Cedric Tillman 10 200 1 53Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 5 254 50.8 62UT - Paxton Brooks 4 180 45.0 49Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Nakobe Dean 5 6 11UT - Jeremy Banks 5 10 15

Worth Noting… • With the 41-17 victory, top-ranked Georgia posted a perfect 8-0 mark in the league for the first time in school history. The average margin of victory in these games was 31.9 points. Georgia now has completed league play undefeated eight times, and this is the first 8-0 mark since the SEC split into divisions in 1992. This is the third time that Georgia has gone 6-0 in the SEC East under Kirby Smart. Since 2017, Georgia is 27-2 against the East. Georgia is now 10-0 for the first time since 1982 when it went 11-0. The Bulldogs also started out 10-0 in 1980 and 1946. The 2011 team began the year 0-2 and then won 10 straight games to close out the regular season. • Georgia opponents have scored just 76 points, and that tally through 10 games is the lowest in a season at this point since 1950 when it allowed 58. • Stetson Bennett directed an 11-play, 90-yard drive in 3:05 to make it 24-10 with 37 seconds left in the first half. It was Georgia’s fourth 11-play drive of the year, which ties a season-high. The others came against USC (90), Arkansas (93) and Missouri (75). • Georgia now leads the Tennessee series 26-23-2 including 5-1 under Kirby Smart.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “Hats off to Tennessee. I think they’ve got a really good football team. I think Josh (Heupel) is doing a great job...I can’t say enough about the leaders on this team. After that game against Missouri, to have three guys stand up in the locker room after we won 43-6, they said it wasn’t acceptable the way we approached the game or the way we handled the game. I knew right then that we were going to be okay this week... There are a lot of things we can work on to get better. You know what I love? It’s the men in that locker room beside me. They all know that. Nobody thinks they’ve arrived.”

James Cook tied his career high with 104 rushing yards and two touchdowns, along with a 23-yard scoring reception.

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No. 1 Georgia 56, Charleston Southern 7Nov. 20, 2021 • Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. - The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs improved to 11-0 for the first time since 1982 with a 56-7 victory over Charleston Southern before a sold-out crowd of 92,746 at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium and an SEC Network+ streaming audience. Georgia got the opening kickoff and on its first play from scrimmage, run-ning back Zamir White ran up the left side for a 38-yard gain. The promising drive ended when quarterback Stetson Bennett’s pass was tipped and intercepted. On the next drive at the 2-yard line, defensive tackle Jordan Davis shifted into the backfield and took the handoff from Bennett, only to have his lunge stopped at the one. Georgia went back with the same play on second down and Davis was able to reach across the goal line for the touchdown. A few minutes later, running back Kenny McIntosh found the left edge on a fourth-down reception to the outside and sprinted away from everyone on a 32-yard touchdown run with 5:33 left in the first quarter. On Georgia’s next offensive play, after a quick three-and-out forced by the defense, White ran 40 yards up the left side for a touchdown and a 21-0 lead. Georgia’s defense again got a quick stop and the offense again delivered with a screen from Bennett to tight end Brock Bowers, who eluded two defenders and leaped into the end zone. Cook kept the scoring going early in the second quarter, running the ball in to cap an eight-play drive. JT Daniels entered at quarterback and connected with Bowers on a 7-yard TD reception. Late in the second, sophomore running back Daijun Ewards ran the ball in from the 4 to put the Bulldogs up 49-0. Charleston Southern got on the scoreboard in the third quarter in improb-able fashion. The Bucs were facing third-and-6 from their 35-yard line when linebacker Xavian Sorey intercepted a pass. Sorey then was stripped of the ball at the 35 by Garris Schwarting, who rumbled 65 yards for the return score, making it 49-7. The Bulldogs added one last touchdown on their next drive, with Carson Beck throwing a 9-yard pass to tight end Brett Seither.

SCORING SUMMARY

Charleston So. (4-6) 0 0 7 0 = 7Georgia (11-0) 28 21 7 0 = 56

GA - Davis, 1-yard run (Podlesny kick), 09:01, 1QGA - McIntosh, 32-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 05:33, 1QGA - White, 40-yard run (Podlesny kick), 04:15, 1QGA - Bowers, 4-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 01:29, 1QGA - Cook, 3-yard run (Podlesny kick), 13:39, 2QGA - Bowers, 7-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 06:40, 2QGA - Edwards, 6-yard run (Podlesny kick), 01:37, 2QCS - Schwarting, 65-yard fumble recovery (Babbush kick), 05:40, 3QGA - Seither, 9-yard pass from Beck (Podlesny kick), 03:26, 3QWeather: 52 degrees, sunny, 10 mph NE wind

GAME STATISTICS

CSU UGAFirst Downs 10 22Rushing: Att.-Yards 31-68 32-233Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 14-37-58-1 20-37-255-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 68-126 69-488Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 4-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-53 2-25 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 12-482 5-242Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-9 (9.0) 2-12 (6.0) Time of Possession 31:56 28:04 Third Down Conversions 4 of 20 6 of 13 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 2Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-38

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongCS - TJ Ruff 14 46 0 8 GA - Zamir White 4 83 1 40Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDCS - Jack Chambers 11 30 55 0GA - Stetson Bennett 8 14 105 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongCS - Garris Schwarting 3 30 0 28GA - Brett Seither 2 39 1 30Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongCS - Miller Braddock 12 482 40.2 57GA - Jake Camarda 5 242 48.4 61Tackles UT AT Tot.CS - Garrett Sayegh 5 4 9GA - Javon Bullard 4 2 6

Worth Noting… • Top-ranked Georgia improved to 11-0 for the first time since 1982 when it finished the regular season 11-0. Also, the 1980 consensus national champion Bulldogs finished 11-0 during the regular season and then won the Sugar Bowl to cap a 12-0 run. The 1946 Bulldogs posted an 11-0 mark after going 10-0 in the regular season and then claiming the Sugar Bowl. There have been nine other teams to register at least 11 wins in a season in school history (1942; 1971; 2002; 2003; 2007; 2012; 2017; 2018 and 2019). • Georgia owns the nation’s longest active winning streak in the FBS as it improves to 15 games. This is tied for second longest in school history as the Bull-dogs also won 15 straight contests from 1941-42 and 1979-81. The school record is 17 games set during a three-year stretch from 1945-47. • Georgia tied a school record with 49 points in a half, matching the mark set in 2011 against New Mexico State and in 1994 against Northeast Louisiana, all doing it in the first half. Georgia posted 368 yards of total offense 43 plays. Six different Bulldogs scored a touchdown in the first half. • Senior nose tackle Jordan Davis had first two career carries for two yards including a 1-yard plunge for his first TD and a 7-0 lead. After the game, Davis directed the Redcoat Band in its postgame performance. • The captains were seniors Zamir White (RB), Channing Tindall (ILB) and Devonte Wyatt (DL). The only first-time starter was senior Robert Beal, Jr. (OLB).

Coach Kirby Smart said… “Today is a day to honor (our seniors). One of the coolest atmospheres I’ve ever been a part of in terms of honoring the seniors...We had a really short message and talked about our book and what we’re writing and what the next chapter would hold. And I told them, I wanted them to name the next chapter because I didn’t want it to be a boring or monotonous chapter...There were probably about 10 or 15 walk-ons that had never played a snap. And some of them have probably taken somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 reps on our practice fields and they got to play a snap because of the effort of the guys that played to our standard.”

Jordan Davis scored a first quarter rushing touchdown in his final home game at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium.

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No. 1 Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 0Nov. 27, 2021 • Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Ga.

ATLANTA - The top-ranked University of Georgia football team complet-ed its first unbeaten regular season since 1982 with a 45-0 victory over rival Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon before 52,806 spectators at Bobby Dodd Stadi-um and an ABC national television audience. After forcing a three-and-out on Tech’s first drive, Kearis Jackson set Geor-gia up with a 22-yard punt return to the Tech 36-yard line, but the Bulldogs had to settle for a 38-yard field goal from Jack Podlesny. On the following Georgia drive, the Bulldogs broke into the end zone as Stetson Bennett found Jermaine Burton for a 25-yard touchdown. As the opening period came to a close, Bennett moved the Bulldogs into Tech territory with a 30-yard completion to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, followed by a 15-yard catch and run from Zamir White. Now in the second, Georgia ex-tended the lead as Ladd McConkey took in a screen pass from 11 yards out for a touchdown, assisted by a block from Bowers. The freshman tight end earned a score of his own on the following possession, taking a slant 10 yards downfield and outracing the Jackets’ secondary for a 77-yard score. Georgia Tech maintained possession for much of the second quarter, mov-ing into Georgia territory on a 12-play drive lasting just under eight minutes, but the Bulldog defense forced a punt. Following Georgia’s first three-and-out of the afternoon, Tech looked to finally reach the scoreboard, but consistent pressure from Nolan Smith kept the score at 24-0. The Georgia offense continued to roll into the second half, benefitting from a third down pass interference penalty at the Tech 39-yard line. The nine-play, 75-yard drive concluded with a 9-yard touchdown catch by Bowers in the corner of the end zone. The Yellow Jackets again crossed midfield, but a pair of false starts stalled their drive. Taking over at their own 33-yard line, the Bulldogs wasted no time adding to the lead as McIntosh ran for a 59-yard touchdown. On the ensuing Tech drive, Jamon Dumas-Johnson’s sack led to a turnover on downs early in the fourth quarter. Starting near midfield, Daijun Edwards took it in from three yards out, making the score 45-0.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (12-0) 10 14 14 7 = 45Georgia Tech (3-9) 0 0 0 0 = 0

GA - Podlesny, 38-yard field goal, 10:34, 1QGA - Burton, 25-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 04:38, 1QGA - McConkey, 11-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 13:33, 2QGA - Bowers, 77-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 11:03, 2QGA - Bowers, 9-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 09:55, 3QGA - McIntosh, 59-yard run (Podlesny kick), 03:45, 3QGA - Edwards, 3-yard run (Podlesny kick), 09:23, 4QWeather: 53 degrees, sunny.

GAME STATISTICS

UGA GTFirst Downs 21 9Rushing: Att.-Yards 31-208 35-98Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 14-20-255-0 8-16-73-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 51-463 51-171Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 0-0 5-43 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-32 (32.0) 7-311 (44.4)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 0-0 (0.0) 1-6 (6.0) Time of Possession 26:52 33:08 Third Down Conversions 2 of 5 5 of 14 Fourth Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 2Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-36 1-2

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - Kenny McIntosh 2 66 1 59 GT - Dontae Smith 11 59 0 14Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - Stetson Bennett 14 20 255 4GT - Jordan Yates 8 16 73 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Brock Bowers 3 100 2 77GT - Dylan Leonard 2 43 0 40Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 1 32 32.0 32GT - David Shanahan 7 311 44.4 55Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Nakobe Dean 1 5 6GT - Tre Swilling 3 4 7

Worth Noting… • With a 45-0 victory, top-ranked Georgia improved to 12-0 for the first time since 1980 when the Bulldogs finished with that mark as consensus national cham-pions. This is Georgia’s first undefeated regular season since 1982 (11-0) and just the fourth time in school history completing a perfect regular season with dou-ble-digit victories (1946, 1980, 1982). Georgia extends the nation’s longest active winning streak in the FBS to 16 games. This streak ranks as the second longest in school history. The Bulldog record is 17 games set during a three-year stretch from 1945-47. Georgia’s current winning streak includes nine on the road which is a school record. Also today, Georgia did not have a penalty for the first time since the 2019 win here versus Tech. • Top-ranked Georgia, the national leader in Scoring Defense (7.5 ppg), post-ed its third shutout this year to retain the Governor’s Cup Trophy. It was the first in the Tech series since 1964 (7-0 in Athens) and the first in Atlanta since 1957 (7-0). Tech became the seventh team this year to be shutout in the first half by the Bulldogs. Then, for the sixth time this year, Georgia carried a shutout to the fourth quarter. • Georgia tallied 45 points today on 463 yards of total offense on 51 plays. In the first half, Georgia built a 24-0 lead. For the year, the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 488-83. • The captains were seniors Jamaree Salyer (OL), Justin Shaffer (OL) and Lewis Cine (DB). Georgia won the toss and deferred until the second half. The only first-time starter was junior RB Kenny McIntosh.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I thought our guys started fast. We challenged them to start fast. I was pleased with no penalties. We had some sloppy series offensively and de-fensively, but overall, they came out and executed to a standard. They didn’t play to the scoreboard, they played to our standard and I was proud of what they were able to do...I’m just proud of the work that George has put in to get back. We’ve known guys on the team who have had ACLs, it’s a mental injury as much as it’s a physical injury”

Brock Bowers scored two touchdowns and tallied 100 yards receiving in Georgia’s shutout victory over Georgia Tech.

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No. 3 Alabama 41, No. 1 Georgia 24Dec. 4, 2021 • Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, Ga.

ATLANTA – Top-ranked Georgia suffered its first loss of the season, falling 41-24 to the Alabama Crimson Tide at the 2021 SEC Championship Game before 78,030 spectators at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and a CBS national television audience. Following a pair of defensive stops, Georgia drove to the Alabama 11-yard line with strong runs before settling for a 38-yard field goal from Jack Podlesny. On their next possession, the Bulldogs steadily moved down the field before a 37-yard strike from Stetson Bennett to George Pickens, setting up a 5-yard touchdown throw to Darnell Washington for a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter. Alabama then woke up on offense, beginning with a 67-yard touchdown from Bryce Young to Jameson Williams less than a minute after the Georgia score. The Crimson Tide followed it up with a 13-yard touchdown catch by John Metchie and a 33-yard Will Reichard field goal. On a penalty-filled drive, the Bulldogs tied the score at 17 with a 32-yard catch-and-run by Ladd McCon-key. However, Young scored from 11 yards out just before halftime to retake the lead. The Crimson Tide again struck from the air to start the second half as Young found Williams for a 55-yard touchdown, marking five consecutive Alabama possessions with a score. Georgia reached the Alabama 19 midway through the third quarter, but Bennett was intercepted by DeMarcco Hellams. Georgia again reached the 19-yard line late in the third quarter, but turned the ball over on downs, followed by a 42-yard pick six by Jordan Battle to make the score 38-17 with 12 minutes remaining. In the fourth quarter, Brock Bowers completed a record-setting perfor-mance with an 18-yard touchdown, eventually setting new records for catches and yards receiving by a tight end in the SEC title game. With less than two minutes remaining, Reichard closed the scoring with a 41-yard field goal as Alabama sealed the championship victory.

SCORING SUMMARY

Georgia (12-1) 3 14 0 7 = 24Alabama (12-1) 0 24 7 10 = 41

GA - Podlesny, 38-yard field goal, 06:01, 1QGA - Washington, 5-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 14:56, 2QAL - Williams, 67-yard pass from Young (Reichard kick), 14:12, 2QAL - Metchie, 13-yard pass from Young (Reichard kick), 09:46, 2QAL - Reichard, 33-yard field goal, 03:28, 2QGA - McConkey, 32-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 02:06, 2QAL - Young, 11-yard run (Reichard kick), 00:26, 2QAL - Williams, 55-yard pass from Young (Reichard kick), 13:10, 3QAL - Battle, 42-yard interception return (Reichard kick), 11:59, 4QGA - Bowers, 18-yard pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 09:42, 4QAL - Reichard, 41-yard field goal, 01:59, 4QWeather: Indoor

GAME STATISTICS

UGA ALAFirst Downs 30 25Rushing: Att.-Yards 30-109 26-115Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 29-48-340-2 26-44-421-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 78-449 70-536Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-45 7-85 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 4-210 (52.5) 5-219 (43.8)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-45 (22.5) 0-0 (0.0) Time of Possession 34:13 25:47 Third Down Conversions 3 of 12 7 of 14 Fourth Down Conversions 2 of 4 0 of 0Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-17

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - James Cook 11 38 0 8 AL - Brian Robinson, Jr. 16 55 0 15Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - Stetson Bennett 29 48 340 3AL - Bryce Young 26 44 421 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - Brock Bowers 10 139 1 31AL - Jameson Williams 7 184 2 67Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 4 210 52.5 68AL - James Burnip 5 219 43.8 50Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - Lewis Cine 7 0 7AL - DeMarcco Hellams 6 3 9

Worth Noting… • With the 41-24 loss to third-ranked Alabama, the top-ranked Bulldogs drop to 3-6 in SEC Championship games including 1-3 in the Kirby Smart era and now 0-2 against Alabama, who leads the all-time series, 42-25-4. Georgia saw its FBS-leading 16-game winning streak end including a school record nine-game winning streak in road games. The 16-game streak was the second longest in school history. Georgia’s run as the unanimous top-ranked team will end at eight weeks, also a school record. • Top-ranked Georgia came in as the national leader in Scoring Defense (6.9 ppg) and then saw Alabama tally 24 points in the second quarter and 41 for the game on 536 yards of total offense on 70 plays. Alabama was averaging 42.7 ppg. Coming in, Georgia had allowed only seven points total in the second quarter, and the previous most total points allowed in a game this year was 17 by UT in Knox-ville. Before today, Georgia’s first 12 opponents had scored just 83 points. • Georgia’s leading receiver was freshman Brock Bowers (10-for-139 yards, 1 TD) who tied the school record for TD catches with his 11th this year (split end Terrence Edwards had 11 in 2002) as it covered 18 yards and closed the deficit to 38-24. He notched his fourth career game of 100+ yards receiving and set SEC Championship Game record for catches and yards by a tight end. Bowers is the first Bulldog to have at least 10 catches in a game since George Pickens against Baylor (12 for 175) in the 2020 Sugar Bowl.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I’m disappointed in how we played. Give Alabama a lot of credit. Give their defense and Bryce Young and their offensive skill players a lot of credit. They played really well, very accurate, explosive, and he’s hard to get down on the ground, which caused us a lot of problems defensively...They did a good job of stopping us twice. One of them, we went for it, where we prob-ably could’ve had points. But at that point, I felt like we needed touchdowns and not field goals...These guys are so solid .We’ve got such great leaders in there...I think when you’ve got that, you’ve built the right kind of kids.”

Darnell Washington gave Georgia a 10-0 lead in the second quarter with his first touchdown catch of the season.

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KIRBY SMARTHead Football Coach

• SIXTH SEASON AS GEORGIA COACH • 64-15 RECORD IN SIX SEA-SONS • 2017 SEC CHAMPIONS • SEC EASTERN DIVISION CHAMPS 2017-19-21 • 2017 NATIONAL RUNNER-UP • 2017 GEORGE MUNG-ER AWARD (NAT’L. COACH OF THE YEAR BY MAXWELL CLUB) • TWO-TIME SEC COACH OF THE YEAR • TWO BUTKUS AWARD WIN-NERS • ONE THORPE AWARD WINNER • ONE LOU GROZA AWARD WINNER • NINE 1ST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS • SIX 1ST ROUND NFL DRAFT PICKS • THIRTY NFL DRAFT PICKS OVERALL

our SEC Eastern Division champi-onships, 64 wins, one SEC title, four bowl victories, and an appearance in the 2018 national championship game are more than respectable rewards

over a six-year period. That’s what Georgia got when it hired former Georgia player and Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart to head the pro-gram in December of 2015. His impact, along with a stellar coaching staff, players, and a passionate fan base has put Georgia on the national stage five years running. His 2021 team became UGA’s first since 1982 to record an undefeated SEC regular season record (8-0) and a number one national ranking by all the major polls. It marks the fifth straight team to fin-ish the regular season ranked in the top ten of the College Football Playoff rankings.2020 - Despite the challenges of practicing and playing in a pandemic, the 2020 Bulldogs became Smart’s fourth consecutive team to earn a New Year’s Six bowl game appearance. With a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl victory over undefeated Cincin-nati on Jan. 1, 2021, the 2020 Bulldog seniors tied the record for the most wins by a senior class in

school history (44) set by the 2005 and 2019 teams. This was Smart’s fourth straight team to finish the regular season ranked in the top ten of the CFP rankings, the final AP poll, and the USA Today Coaches Poll (2017. 2019 - Smart’s 2019 Bulldogs became the first team in school history to win 11 or more games for a third straight season. The senior class posted a four-year record of 44-12, matching the school re-cord of 44 wins for a senior class. Along the 2019 schedule, Georgia defeated three Top 15 teams in the final CFP ranking — Notre Dame, Florida, and Auburn — and finished as the fourth-ranked team in the final polls. The Bulldogs capped their season with a dominant victory over Baylor in the Allstate Sugar Bowl game.2018 -- Georgia in 2018 posted an 11-1 regular season record, a second straight SEC Eastern Di-vision title, and a ranking as high as number four in the CFP poll. Georgia landed in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2019—the program’s tenth all-time appearance in the New Orleans classic. For his efforts, Smart was named a semifinalist in the Maxwell Club George Munger National Coach of the Year balloting and a finalist in the Bobby Dodd

Trophy Coach of the Year competition. 2017 -- Smart’s second season in 2017 was a spe-cial one, with an 11-1 regular-season record, an SEC title, a win over Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl Game (CFP semifinal) and advancement into the CFP National Championship Game. In the SEC championship game, the Bulldogs avenged their only regular-season loss with a 28-7 victory over Auburn. It was the first conference title since 2005 for the Red and Black. Both Smart and his players reaped the bounty of their banner 2017 season. He was named George Munger National Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club, SEC Coach of the Year by the Asso-ciated Press and SEC Coaches, and the Regional Coach of the Year by the AFCA. Roquan Smith earned first-team All-America honors and the Dick Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker. Smith, Isaiah Wynn and Sony Michel were all tak-en in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft, which also claimed seniors Nick Chubb, Lorenzo Carter and Javon Wims in subsequent rounds.2016 -- In Smart’s first season leading the Bulldogs, Georgia made its 20th straight bowl appearance and posted four fourth-quarter comebacks, includ-

Smart’s Year-by-Year Coaching Record Overall Conf. Final FinalYear School Position Record Record AP Rank CFP Rank Bowl Season Note2000 Valdosta State Asst. Coach/DBs 10-2 9-0 --- --- --- Reached 1st Rnd. Division II Playoffs2001 Valdosta State Def. Coordinator 12-1 9-0 --- --- --- Reached 2nd Rnd. Division II Playoffs2002 Florida State Grad. Assistant 9-5 7-1 --- --- Sugar Lost to UGA in Sugar Bowl2003 Florida State Grad. Assistant 10-3 7-1 11th --- Orange ACC Champions2004 LSU Asst. Coach/DBs 9-3 6-2 16th --- Capital One Lost to Iowa in Capital One Bowl2005 Georgia Asst. Coach/RBs 10-3 6-2 10th --- Sugar SEC Champions2006 Miami (NFL) Asst. Coach/Safeties 6-10 --- --- --- --- 4th in AFC Eastern Division2007 Alabama Asst. HC/DBs 7-6 4-4 NR --- Independence Def. Colorado in Independence Bowl2008 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 12-2 8-0 6th --- Sugar SEC West Champions2009 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 14-0 8-0 1st --- BCS Champ. Game National Champs, SEC Champs2010 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 10-3 5-3 10th --- Capital One Def. Michigan State in Capital One Bowl2011 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 12-1 7-1 1st --- BCS Champ. Game National Champs, Def. LSU in Champ. Game2012 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 13-1 7-1 1st --- BCS Champ. Game National Champs, SEC Champs2013 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 11-2 7-1 7th --- Sugar Lost to Oklahoma in Allstate Sugar Bowl2014 Alabama Asst. HC/Safeties 12-2 7-1 4th 1st Sugar SEC Champions2015 Alabama Def. Coord./ILBs 14-1 7-1 1st 2nd Cotton, CFP Champ. National Champs, SEC Champs2016 Georgia Head Coach 8-5 4-4 NR --- Liberty Def. TCU in Autozone Liberty Bowl2017 Georgia Head Coach 13-2 7-1 2nd 3rd Rose, CFP Champ. SEC Champs, Reached CFP Nat’l. Champ. Game2018 Georgia Head Coach 11-3 7-1 t7th 5th Sugar SEC East Champions2019 Georgia Head Coach 12-2 7-1 4th 5th Sugar SEC East Champs; Def. Baylor in Allstate Sugar Bowl2020 Georgia Head Coach 8-2 7-2 7th 9th Peach Def. Cincinnati in CFA Peach Bowl2021 Georgia Head Coach 12-1 8-0 3rd Orange, CFP Semis SEC East Champions

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Smart was a first-team All-SEC choice as a senior in 1998, when he led the league with five interceptions. Smart had six intercep-tions in his junior season of 1997.

Smart FileFull Name .........................Kirby Paul SmartBirthdate .......................December 23, 1975Birthplace ................ Montgomery, AlabamaFamily ................................Wife, Mary Beth.....Children, twins Weston and Julia (Feb. 8, 2008), and Andrew (May 25, 2012)High School .................Bainbridge (Ga.) ‘94College .............BBA (Finance), Georgia ‘98.............. M.S. (Phys. Ed.), Florida State ‘03

Coaching History2016-Present ................................... Georgia Head Coach2015 ................................................Alabama Defensive Coordinator / Inside LBs2014 ................................................Alabama Defensive Coordinator / Secondary2008-13 ...........................................Alabama Defensive Coordinator / Inside LBs2007 ................................................Alabama Assistant Head Coach / Def. Backs2006 ....................................Miami Dolphins Asst. Coach / Safeties2005 ................................................. Georgia Asst. Coach / Running Backs2004 ...................................................... LSU Asst. Coach / Defensive Backs2002-03 .................................... Florida State Graduate Assistant2001 ....................................... Valdosta State Defensive Coordinator2000 ....................................... Valdosta State Asst. Coach / Defensive Backs1999 ................................................. Georgia Administrative Assistant

Playing Career1995-98 ....................................... Georgia Four-year letterman as a defensive back. First-team All-SEC in ‘98. Thirteen career interceptions. Four-time member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.1991-93 ...................Bainbridge (Ga.) HS Three-year letterman in football, basketball and baseball. First-team Class AAAA All-State as a senior. Sixteen ca-reer interceptions. Coached in football by his father, Sonny Smart.

ing wins over No. 8 Auburn and No. 22 UNC. He led the Bulldogs to an 8-5 final record, which included a victory over TCU in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.Smart has also made a profound impact in recruiting circles by posting the nation’s third-ranked class in 2017. In addition to his coaching duties, Smart oversees the Kirby Smart Family Foundation, which is focused on being champions in the community by supporting needy children and families facing adversity.As an Assistant Coach When Smart officially came home to Georgia on Dec. 6, 2015, he had unfinished business as defensive coordinator at Alabama, which was still chasing a na-tional title. He juggled both jobs for a month until Jan. 11, 2016, when the Crimson Tide won its fourth national championship in a 7-year span. Twelve hours later, he was at work in Athens, where he re-mains one of ten head coaches at schools from Power 5 conferences that are coaching at their alma maters. Smart had served on the Alabama staff the previ-ous nine years, the past seven as defensive coordina-tor. During his tenure at Alabama, the Crimson Tide won three BCS National Championships, one CFP national title, three SEC crowns, six SEC Western Di-vision titles, and was ranked in the nation’s final top 10 the last eight years in a row. During Smart’s time at Alabama, he coached players at three different positions, in addition to his coordinating duties. He was recognized as the 2012 AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year and the 2009 Broyles Award winner as college football’s top as-sistant. He also was a finalist for the 2015 Broyles Award. Prior to joining the Alabama staff in 2007, Smart spent the 2006 season as safeties coach with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He served six years on the collegiate level as the running backs coach at Georgia (2005), defensive backs coach at LSU (2004), grad-uate assistant at Florida State (2002-03), defensive coordinator/linebackers coach (2001) and defensive backs coach (2000) at Valdosta State, and administra-tive assistant at Georgia (1999). Smart was the running backs coach for Georgia’s 2005 SEC Championship team. His unit averaged 162.2 rushing yards per game, third in the SEC. He coached Thomas Brown, Dan-ny Ware and Kregg Lumpkin — all future NFL players. In 2004 at LSU, he tutored two NFL draft picks: Corey Web-ster (2nd round, New York Gi-ants) and Travis Daniels (4th round, Miami).As a PlayerSmart was a four-year let-terman at defensive back for Georgia, where he was a First-Team All-SEC pick as a senior. He finished his career with 13 interceptions, a mark that still ranks sixth in UGA annals, and paced the Bulldogs with six interceptions in 1997 and five in 1998. He led the SEC in interceptions during his final season.

A four-time member of the SEC Academic Hon-or Roll, Smart received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from Georgia in 1998 and his master’s in Physical Education from Florida State in 2003. The Smart FamilyThe Bainbridge, Ga., native is married to the former Mary Beth Lycett of McDonough, Ga., a 4-year let-terwinner and 2-year starter on the Georgia wom-en’s basketball team from 2000-03. The couple met long after their undergraduate days at Georgia, when Lycett — then working in the UGA Athletic Asso-ciation Business Office — helped arrange Smart’s trip to interview for the Bulldogs’ running backs coaching job in 2005. They are the proud parents of twins Weston and Julia (born Feb. 8, 2008) and son Andrew (born May 25, 2012).

The Smarts (L-R): Weston, Mary Beth, Julia, Andrew and Kirby.

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Todd MonkenOffensive Coordinator

NFL and college veteran coach Todd Monken was named Offensive Coordinator at Georgia on January 17, 2020.

In his second season with the Bulldogs, Monken was part of a staff that led Georgia to a number one national ranking through most of the season. He also mentored Georgia’s two productive quarterbacks in Stetson Bennett and JT Daniels. In 2021, Georgia ranked high in the SEC in several offensive categories: Passing Yards per Attempt (1st, 9.5), Scoring Offense (2nd, 40.7 ppg), Touchdowns Scored (2nd, 62);

and Offense Touchdowns Scored (2nd, 58). In his first season with the Bulldogs, Monken successfully navigated a number of challenges at the quarterback position. Between opt-outs and injuries, the Bulldogs started three different signal-callers for the first time in

Dan LanningFain and Billy Slaughter Defensive Coordinator --

Outside Linebackers

15 years. Despite the challenges, Monken’s offense was part of a 2020 team that earned its fourth straight top-10 finish in the final CFP rankings and fourth consecutive New Year’s Six Bowl game (Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl victory). The 2020 senior class won 44 games—tied for most in school history. Monken, a native of Wheaton, Ill., came to Georgia after serving as offensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns in 2019. He had also held the offensive coordinator position with the Tampa Bay Bucs for three seasons (2016-18) and head coaching position at Southern Miss for three years (2013-15). He also coached the wide receivers his first two seasons in Tampa Bay. In 2019, Monken directed a Browns offense that was led by former Bulldog standout Nick Chubb, who was second in the NFL with 1,494 yards on 298 carries (5.0 yards/carry) and eight touchdowns. In 2018, he helped the Bucs lead the NFL in passing offense and finish third in the league in total offense. The Buccaneers set numerous club records including total yards, passing yards and passing touchdowns. Wide receiver Mike Evans thrived under Monken’s offense as he earned his first two Pro Bowl selections and topped 1,000 receiving yards in all three seasons. Before turning to the NFL, Monken spent most of 25 seasons in the college ranks, including two separate stints at Oklahoma State and included stops at Eastern Michigan, Louisiana Tech and LSU, ending with a 3-year tenure as head coach at Southern Miss (2013-15). He took over the Golden Eagles program after a 0-12 season. By the end of his third season, USM had posted a 9-5 record and had won the Conference USA West Division title. Monken was a three-year letterman at quarterback for Knox College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics in 1989. He earned a master’s degree in education leadership from Grand Valley State in 1991. Monken is a member of the Knox College Athletic Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Terri, have one son, Travis.

Dan Lanning was named the Fain and Billy Slaughter Defen-sive Coordinator in February, 2019, after serving one year as Georgia’s outside linebackers coach. He joined the Bulldog staff after two years as inside linebacker coach and recruiting coordinator at Memphis. During his tenure at UGA, Lanning has been part of teams that became the first in school history to win 11 or more games three straight seasons (2017-19), won three SEC Eastern Division titles (2018-19-21), and earned three straight appearances in a New Year’s Six Bowl game: 2019 Allstate Sugar, 2020 Allstate Sugar, 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach, and now the 2022 College Football Playoff. The 2019 and 2020 senior classes won 44 games—tied for most in school history. In 2019 and again this season, Lanning was one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top assistant coach. He was part of a 2021 defensive staff that has led Georgia to a top posi-tion in the College Football Playoff rankings most of the season and top three national ranking in scoring defense, total defense, rushing defense, passing yards allowed and red zone defense. In three seasons under his coordination and in addition to the current rankings, Georgia’s defense led the nation in rushing defense in both 2019 (74.6 ypg) and 2020 (72.3 ypg), in scoring defense in 2019 (12.6 ppg), and in rushing TDs allowed in 2019 (2, UGA record). The Bulldogs ranked 2nd and 3rd nationally in total defense in the 2020 and 2019 seasons. At UGA, Lanning has coached Azeez Ojulari, who in 2020 led the SEC in sacks, forced fumbles, was 2nd in tackles for loss, and was a second-round pick by the New York Giants in the 2021 NFL Draft. In 2018 he coached All-SEC OLB D’Andre Walker, who led the team in sacks and tackles for loss (11.0) and was a 5th round pick of Tennessee in the 2019 NFL draft. Lanning joined the Memphis staff in 2016 after spending the 2015 season at Alabama as a graduate assistant coach with the outside linebackers. Prior to Alabama, Lanning held positions at Pittsburgh (2011), Arizona State (2012-13) and Sam Houston State (2014). A Richmond, Mo., native, Lanning played linebacker at William Jewell College, located in Liberty, Mo. He earned two Bachelor of Science degrees in physical education and secondary education in 2008. Two years later, Lanning completed coursework for his master’s degree in secondary administration from William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. Lanning and his wife, Sauphia, have three sons: Caden, Kniles and Titan.

Jahmile AddaeAssistant Coach —

Defensive Backs

Jahmile Addae was named defensive backs coach at UGA in January, 2021, after serving two years in the same capacity at West Virginia. In his first season with the Bulldogs, he has been part of a 2021 defensive staff that has led Georgia to a top position in the College Football Playoff rankings most of the year and a top three national ranking in

scoring defense, total defense, rushing defense, passing yards allowed and red zone defense. A native of Valrico, Fla., Jahmile in 2020 led a passing defense at West Virginia that ranked first nationally in Fewest Passing Yards Allowed at 159.6 yards per game. The Mountaineers, who capped their season by beating Army in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, finished fourth in the country in Total Defense (283.5 y/g) and tallied 11 interceptions that they returned 112 yards. A former Mountaineer all-conference safety, Addae returned home to WVU in January 2019, after serving as the defensive backs coach and assisting with several special teams’ phases at Minnesota in 2018. In his first year at WVU, he coached two All-Big 12 Conference selec-tions in Keith Washington II and Josh Norwood and freshman All-American Tykee Smith. Washington II finished with a team-leading three interceptions and a team-tying nine pass breakups for 12 passes defended, ranking No. 23 nationally. Hakeem Bailey tied Washington II for the team lead with nine pass breakups, ranking No. 9 in the Big 12. Smith was second on the team in interceptions with two, including one he returned for a touchdown against Iowa State. Prior to Minnesota, Addae spent five years at Arizona, coaching the de-fensive backs in 2016-17 and serving as an analyst from 2013-15. In 2010-11, Addae was the running backs coach at Cincinnati where he was recognized as one of the top, ten recruiters in the Big East Conference. Prior to his time at Cincinnati, he was a defensive graduate assistant at Michigan, where he worked with the Wolverines’ secondary and scout team offense. Addae, and his wife, Maryann, have three sons, Agyeman, Ayden and Amaree.

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Former NFL wide receiver Cortez Hankton was named Pass Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers Coach in February of 2019 after serving the 2018 season as an assistant coach in charge of the receivers. In his fourth season with the Bulldogs Hank-ton has been part of a staff that led Georgia to a number one national ranking through most of the 2021 season. Georgia ranked high in the SEC in several offensive categories: Passing

Yards per Attempt (1st, 9.5), Scoring Offense (2nd, 40.7 ppg), Touchdowns Scored (2nd, 62); and Offense Touchdowns Scored (2nd, 58). During his tenure at UGA, Hankton has been part of teams that became the first in school history to win 11 or more games three straight seasons (2017-19), won three SEC Eastern Division titles (2018-19-21), and earned three consecu-tive appearances in a New Year’s Six Bowl games, as well as the 2022 College Football Playoff. Hankton has coached SEC All-Freshman wide receiver George Pickens, the MVP of the 2020 Allstate Sugar Bowl, as well as NFL draftees Mecole Hardman, Riley Ridley and Terry Godwin. Hankton joined the Georgia staff after coaching wide receivers for three seasons at Vanderbilt. Prior to his tenure at Vanderbilt, Hankton coached re-ceivers for three seasons at Dartmouth in the Ivy League (2012-14). A native of New Orleans, Hankton set season and career records for receiving yards as a player at Texas Southern. He was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent in April, 2003, by the Jacksonville Jaguars, for whom he caught 34 passes for 310 yards over four seasons. Hankton signed with Minnesota in 2007 and spent the entire 2008 season on injured reserve with Tampa Bay. Hankton and his wife, the former Shon Holder, were married in July, 2014. They are the parents of sons Cortez “Trip” III and Cruz.

Cortez HanktonPass Game Coordinator —

Wide Receivers

Todd HartleyAssistant Coach —

Tight Ends

Todd Hartley, a University of Georgia graduate who has also been a full-time staff member with the Bulldog football program, was named tight ends coach on January 14, 2019. In his third season with the Bulldogs Hartley has been part of a staff that led Georgia to a number one national ranking through most of the season. Georgia ranked high in the SEC in several offensive categories: Passing Yards per Attempt (1st, 9.5), Scoring Offense (2nd, 40.7 ppg), Touchdowns Scored (2nd, 62); and Offense Touchdowns Scored (2nd, 58). He has also tutored freshman Brock Bowers, who in 2021 set UGA single-season records for catches, receiving yards and TDs for a tight end. During Hartley’s tenure at UGA, the Bulldogs in 2019 became the first team in school history to win 11 or more games three straight seasons (2017-19), won their fourth SEC Eastern Division title, and in 2020 earned their fourth consecutive appearance in a New Year’s Six Bowl game. Georgia spent much of the current season ranked atop the weekly polls and is headed to its second-ever appearance in the College Football Playoffs. Since coming to UGA, Hartley has also coached NFL draftees Charlie Woerner (2020) and Tré McKitty (2021). Hartley, a native of Gray, Ga., served as the University of Miami’s Special Teams Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach from 2016-18. Hartley arrived in Miami after serving as Georgia’s Director of Player Personnel in 2015. Before his return to Georgia, He spent four years at Marshall serving in a variety of roles, including tight ends and safeties coach and recruiting coordinator from 2011-14. Hartley originally joined the Georgia program as a student assistant at the end of the 2005 season. He worked with the offense and special teams until the spring of 2008 while he was an undergraduate. He and his wife Jessica have four children: Tucker, Teagan, Tenley and Tatum.

Matt LukeAssociate Head Coach —

Offensive Line

Matt Luke, joined the Georgia staff in December, 2019, after serving two season as head coach at Ole Miss. In his second season at UGA, Luke has been part of a staff that led Georgia to a number one ranking through most of the 2021 season. Georgia ranked high in the SEC in several offensive categories: Scoring Offense (2nd, 40.7 ppg), Sacks Allowed (1st, 0.8/g), TDs Scored (2nd, 62); and Offense TDs Scored (2nd, 58). In 2020, Luke was part of a staff that led Georgia to its fourth consecutive top 10 finish in the final CFP rankings and fourth straight New Year’s Six Bowl game. The 2020 senior class won 44 games—tied for most in school history. In 2020, he coached first-team All-SEC OT Ben Cleveland and Freshman All-SEC OT Warren McClendon. Both Cleveland and center Trey Hill were taken in the 2021 NFL Draft. On the field as an assistant coach, coordinator, and head coach prior to coming to UGA, Luke mentored 42 All-League selections as well as 29 NFL draft picks, including first-round selections Laremy Tunsil of Ole Miss and Laken Tomlinson of Duke. Before coming to Georgia, Luke had built a long history of coaching the offensive line at Ole Miss, Duke, Tennessee, and Murray State in addition to serving as co-offensive coordinator at both Duke and Ole Miss. Luke lettered four seasons (1995-98) as a center at Ole Miss. A starter in 33 career games for the Rebels, he served as team captain in 1998 as the Rebels posted a 7-5 ledger and defeated Texas Tech in the Independence Bowl. Luke is married to the former Ashley Grantham of Oxford, Miss., and the couple has two sons, Harrison (born Feb. 18, 2008) and Cooper (born July 20, 2011).

Dell McGeeRun Game Coordinator —

Running Backs

Dell McGee came to Georgia in 2016 as part of Kirby Smart’s original staff. He was named Run Game Coordinator and Running Backs Coach in 2019 after one season as Assistant Head Coach. He had served the previous two sea-sons as an assistant coach, overseeing running backs. Since coming to UGA, McGee has

played a key role in helping Georgia win 11 or more games four times, win four SEC East titles, and earn four straight New Year’s Six Bowl berths, all in addition to the achievements in the 2021 season. The current squad spent much of the ‘21 season ranked atop the weekly polls and is headed to the program’s second College Football Playoff berth. The 2019 and 2020 senior classes won 44 games—tied for most in school history. In his six seasons at UGA, McGee has coached four 1,000-yard season rushers: Nick Chubb in 2016-17; Sony Michel in 2017; D’Andre Swift in 2018-19; and Elijah Holyfield in 2018. Chubb and Michel finished their careers as the Nos. 2 and 3 rushers in UGA history, amassing over 8,400 combined yards and 87 touchdowns. Additionally, Rivals.com named McGee the 2018 National Recruiter of the Year after the Bulldogs signed the consensus No. 1-rated recruiting class. Just 10 days before he came to UGA in 2016, McGee led Georgia South-ern to victory in its first-ever bowl game (GoDaddy Bowl) as interim head coach. McGee developed Carver-Columbus High School into a perennial pow-erhouse as the Tigers rattled off seven straight seasons with 10 or more wins, including a 15-0 season en route to the Georgia state title. McGee and his wife Linda have a son, Austin.

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Will MuschampCo-Defensive Coordinator

Georgia graduate Will Muschamp joined Kirby Smart’s staff in January, 2021, as a se-nior analyst with the defense. He assumed an on-field role early in the 2021 season working with special teams in addition to the defense. He has been part of a 2021 staff that has led Georgia to a top position in the College Football Playoff rankings most of the season and top-three national ranking in scoring de-fense, total defense, rushing defense, passing yards allowed and red zone defense. The Rome, Ga., native had come full circle since he played safety at UGA from 1991-94. Along the way, Muschamp held coaching positions at all levels of college and professional football, including head coaching positions at the University of Florida and University of South Carolina. He got his start as a graduate assistant at Auburn in 1995-96 before assuming defensive coaching positions at West Georgia (1998)) and Eastern Kentucky (1999). He moved to Divison I in 2001 as a linebacker coach on Nick Saban’s staff at LSU before being promoted to defensive coordinator from 2002-04. The Tigers won the BCS National Championship in 2003 and the LSU defense led the national in scoring defense (11.0 ppg) and total defense (252 ypg). He followed Saban to the Miami Dolphins as assistant head coach in 2005 and in 2006 was named defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at Auburn where he served until 2007. He assumed the same role at Texas from 2008-2010 before being named head coach at Florida in 2011. In 2015, Muschamp moved to Auburn as defensive coordinator and in 2016 was named head coach at South Carolina where he served through the 2020 season. As a player at UGA, Muschamp was elected the defensive team captain as a senior strong safety in 1994. He was named the recipient of the Mike Castronis Award, given annually “to the man who never, never, never gave up the fight.” Muschamp was also named to the 1993 Academic All-SEC team. Muschamp and his wife Carol have two sons, Jackson and Whit.

Glenn SchumannCo-Defensive Coordinator — Inside Linebackers

Glenn Schumann came to UGA as part of Kirby Smart’s original staff in 2016. He was named Co-Defensive Coordina-tor & Inside Linebackers coach at Georgia in February of 2019 after three seasons in charge of the Bulldogs’ inside linebackers. Schumann is part of a 2021 defensive staff that has led Georgia to a top position in the College Football Playoff rankings much of the season and top three national ranking in all major defensive categories. During Schumann’s tenure in Athens, in addition to the 2021 season, Georgia won 11 or more games in three straight seasons for the first time in program history (2017-19). The Bulldogs have also won four SEC Eastern Division titles (2017-19, 2021), earned four consecutive New Year’s Six Bowl berths and played for the 2018 CFP national championship. Georgia’s defense led the nation in rushing defense in both 2019 (74.6 ypg) and 2020 (72.3 ypg), in scoring defense in 2019 (12.6 ppg), and in rushing TDs allowed (2, UGA record) in 2019. The Bulldogs ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in total defense nationally in the 2020 and 2019 seasons. Schumann’s star pupils at Georgia have included a pair of Butkus Award winners: Roquan Smith in 2017 and Nakobe Dean in 2021. Smith, along with Monty Rice (2021) and Tae Crowder, were all taken in the NFL Draft. Schumann spent eight seasons at the University of Alabama, his last two serving as the Director of Player Development and Associate Director of Player Personnel. During his tenure, the Crimson Tide won four national titles. He and his wife Lauren have a son, Bryson Eric Schumann, born in Sep-tember of 2019, and a daughter, Whitley Maryann Schumann, born in May of 2021.

Tray ScottAssistant Coach —

Defensive Line

Tray Scott was named defensive line coach at UGA on February 10, 2017, after serving two years in a similar position at the University of North Carolina. Scott was briefly hired as the defensive line coach at Ole Miss in January, 2017, before accepting the Georgia job. Scott is part of a 2021 defensive staff that has led Georgia to a top position in the College Football Playoff rankings much of the season and top three national ranking in all major defensive categories. In addition to the 2021 season, during Scott’s tenure in Athens, Georgia has won 11 or more games in three straight seasons for the first time in pro-gram history. The Bulldogs have also won four SEC Eastern Division titles (2017-19, 2021), earned four consecutive New Year’s Six Bowl berths and played for the 2018 CFP national championship. Georgia led the nation in rushing defense in both 2019 and 2020, in scoring defense in 2019, and in rushing TDs allowed in 2019. The Bulldogs ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in total defense in 2020 and 2019. At UGA, Scott has coached 2021 All-American and 2018 Freshman All-American DL Jordan Davis, 2020 freshman All-American Jalen Carter, 2018 second team All-SEC DE Jonathan Ledbetter and second-team All-SEC tackle Tyler Clark. In his two campaigns in Chapel Hill, Scott helped UNC reach back-to-back bowl games (2015 Russell Athletic Bowl vs. Baylor, 2016 Sun Bowl vs. Stanford) and the 2015 ACC Championship Game. Prior to moving to UNC, Scott served two years (2013-14) as defensive line coach at UT Martin. He also held positions as defensive line graduate assistant at Ole Miss (2012), assistant coach at Arkansas State (2010-11) and graduate assistant at his alma mater, Arkansas Tech. He is married to the former Sarah Fancher and the couple has a son, Julian Thomas Scott, born on May 22, 2017.

Scott SinclairDirector of

Strength & Conditioning

Scott Sinclair was named Director of Strength and Conditioning on January 6, 2016, after serving three years in the same position at Marshall University. Sinclair has played an integral part in Georgia’s rise to prominence in the past five years. During that time, the Bulldog pro-gram has posted three straight seasons of at least 11 wins, won four SEC East Champion-

ships and will have played in five New Year’s Six bowl games. Sinclair joined the Marshall program in 2013, working with football and track & field teams and was part of a program that had three 10-win football seasons. He came to Marshall after nine years at Central Florida, where he worked with the football, baseball and track & field programs. In 2012, Sinclair was awarded the highest honor in his field when he was certified as a master strength and conditioning coach (MSCC) at the Colle-giate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association’s national conference. Prior to UCF, he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Georgia Tech from 2001-03. While with the Yellow Jackets, he worked as the assistant director of player development for the Yellow Jackets’ football squad. From 1999-2001, he worked as a strength coach in the Wake Forest athletic department. A native of Rockingham, N.C., he earned his bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Guilford College in 1999. Sinclair received a master’s degree in physical education from UCF in 2006. Sinclair and his wife, Farrah, have a son, Creed, and a daughter, Asher.

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georgia


Career Highs* Tackles .......................................................................... 7 vs. Florida, 2021* QB Pressures ...............................6 vs. Auburn, 2020; vs. Cincinnati, 2021* Tackles for Loss ..........................2 vs. Auburn, 2020; vs. Cincinnati, 2021* QB Sacks .....................................2 vs. Auburn, 2020; vs. Cincinnati, 2021

2021

Played in eight games, starting in one, and has 32 total stops...leads team in QB sacks with 5.0 and is second in QB pressures with 15...has had ca-reer-high tackles in each of the past two games: six vs. Kentucky, then seven vs. Florida...had five tackles in season opener vs. Clemson, including a QB sack for a 3-yard loss...also had five tackles in win over Arkansas...five QB pressures, four tackles and a sack in win over South Carolina...named one of four game captains for the Florida game...pre-season watch list for the But-kus Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate linebacker.2020

Played extensively in all 10 games...tied for second on the team in QB pres-sures with 24...also second on team in QB sacks with 6.5...career-best two sacks and six QB pressures in win over Auburn...had two sacks, another solo tackle, and a key fumble recovery in Georgia’s Peach Bowl win over Cin-cinnati...had two tackles and was credited with two QB pressures in season opener at Arkansas...assisted on a sack for 5-yard loss and had three QB pressures in win at Kentucky.2019

Saw action in all 14 games and finished with six tackles and 18 QB pressures (third-best on team)...had two tackles in Sugar Bowl victory over Baylor, one of which was a QB sack for a 4-yard loss...had a second-quarter sack vs. Murray State that resulted in a 14-yard loss and an intentional grounding penalty against the Racers.2018

Played in all 14 games...playing time increased as season progressed...fin-ished with 16 total stops, including 2.5 for lost yardage, as well as an assisted QB sack...has four QB pressures, two vs. Auburn...also had a QB pressure vs. Vanderbilt...season-high five stops vs. Ga. Tech that included a tackle for loss and a batted-down pass...had a key third-down stop for no gain on Kentucky’s first possession of the game.High School

Rome, coached by John Reid…selected to play in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl...247sports.com five-star prospect...ranked as the #1 OLB nationally, #18 overall prospect nationally and the #4 prospect in Geor-gia...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #40 nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked #12 nation-ally, #2 OLB and #4 in the state...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #56 nation-ally, #7 OLB and #8 in Georgia...2017 Class 6A Defensive Player of the Year by both the AJC and AP, as well as All-State First-Team defense by both authorities...state DPOY in 2016 by the AJC and Georgia Coaches As-sociation (North)...USA Today 2017 All-USA Georgia First-Team defense...Rome went 15-0 and won the GHSA 5A State title in 2017...2018 Bobby Dodd National Lineman of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta....63 tackles, 10 sacks, two forced fumbles and an INT as a senior...AJC 2017 Preseason Super 11.Personal

Full name ADAM O’NEAL ANDERSON...major: Housing Management...recipient of the John A. Addison, Jr. Family Football Scholarship.

Rome, GeorgiaRome High School

Adam Anderson

19

OLB Sr. 6-5 230 3VL

Norcross, GeorgiaPeachtree Ridge High School

Robert Beal, Jr.

33

OLB Sr. 6-4 255 3VL

Career Highs* Tackles .............................................................5 vs. Arkansas State, 2019* QB Sacks ............................................ 1 vs. LSU, 2018; Vanderbilt, 2021* QB Pressures ...............................2 in 3 games (recent: Vanderbilt, 2021)

2021

Has seen action in all 13 games thus far and has 16 total stops...has 16 QB pressures on the season... had QB sacks in each of the last three regular-sea-son games (Tenn., CSU & Ga. Tech)...had three solo tackles, including a QB sack for a 10-yard loss, and two QB hurries vs. Vanderbilt...left Tennessee game with an injury but returned to record a QB sack on the first half’s final play...two stops, including an assisted tackle for loss, and a QB hurry vs. Mis-souri...three tackles and two QB pressures vs. South Carolina...his lone stop in win over Auburn was an assisted QB sack, resulting in an 8-yard loss...lone stop in win over Florida was an assisted tackle for loss.2020

Played in seven of 10 contests (vs. Auburn, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Miss. State, South Carolina, Cincinnati)...saw action on kick coverage units.2019

Saw action in six games and had eight total stops and two QB pressures...career-best five stops vs. Arkansas State.2018

Played in 11 of 14 games...finished 15 total tackles...four tackles, including a QB sack for 12-yard loss, and two QB pressures vs. LSU...three stops vs. Middle Tennessee State and Kentucky...had one tackle and forced a fumble in kickoff coverage vs. Auburn...two solo tackles vs. UMass.2017

Redshirted...member of the scout team.high school

Peachtree Ridge, coached by Mark Fleetwood...PrepStar Magazine 5-star prospect, #27 overall player nationally and Top 150 Dream Team...ESPN.com 5-star prospect, #2 defensive end nationally, #3 overall prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com 4-star prospect, #9 weakside DE nationally, #177 over-all prospect nationally...Scout.com 4-star prospect, #15 defensive end nation-ally and #115 overall prospect nationally..personal

Full name: ROBERT ERWIN BEAL, Jr....Major: Learning Design & Tech-nology...recipient of the J. Harold Harrison Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2018 11/0 7 8 15 1.0/12 1.0/12 1 0 0 0 3 2019 6/0 1 7 8 0.0/0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 2 2020 7/0 0 0 0 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 13/1 9 7 16 4.5/45 5.5/46 0 0 2 0 16 Total 37/1 17 22 39 5.5/57 7.0/59 1 0 2 0 21

player biosCareer Defensive Statistics

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2018 14/0 6 10 16 0.5/2 2.5/6 0 0 1 0 4 2019 14/0 5 1 6 2.0/18 2.0/18 0 0 0 0 18 2020 10/0 12 2 14 6.5/51 6.5/51 2 1 1 0 24 2021 8/1 18 14 32 5.0/18 5.5/18 0 0 1 0 15 Total 46/0 41 27 68 14.0/89 11.0/75 2 1 3 0 61


Jacksonville, FloridaMandarin High School

Carson Beck

QB RFr. 6-4 215 SQ

2021

Completed four of 10 passes for 88 yards, with one TD, in first extensive ac-tion of his career vs. UAB...saw 1.5 quarters of action at QB vs. Vanderbilt, completing one pass for 11 yards...completed 22 of 31 passes for 236 yards and a pair of TDs in the annual G-Day spring game.2020

Saw his first collegiate action during fourth quarter of Missouri game...en-rolled at UGA in January of 2020.High School

Mandarin, coached by Bobby Ramsay...invited to the 2019 Elite 11 Finals, the nation’s most prestigious quarterback camp for high school prospects...earned the “Best College Fit” superlative at the event...honored as the 2018 USA Today Florida Offensive Player of the Year...247sports.com composite four-star prospect, #248 prospect nationally and the #9 pro-style quarterback prospect...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #3 QB, #100 prospect nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #234 pros-pect nationally, #16 QB (pocket passer) prospect nationally...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #219 prospect nationally, #9 pro-style QB nationally...as a senior, led the Mustangs to a 7-4 record and completed 136 of 278 passes for 1,843 yards and 20 TDs...also ran for 167 yards and six TDs..earned Florida’s Mr. Football by leading MHS to its first state title in pro-gram history and the second all-time by a Duval County public school...in the title game, Beck went 25-of-36 for 329 yards and five TD passes, one shy of the FHSAA record...the team finished 11-4 (4-0 in District 1-8A) on the way to a championship in Florida’s highest classification...named to the 2018 MaxPreps Junior All-American 2nd Team offense, completing 209 of his 356 attempts for 3,546 passing yards and 39 TDs that year...transferred to Mandarin after two seasons at Providence School...earned high honorable mention as a 1B/RHP for the 2019 and 2018 Perfect Game Preseason Un-derclassmen All-American baseball teams.Personal

Full name: CARSON RAINE BECK...Major: Entertainment & Media Stud-ies...recipient of the Carl E. Sanders Football Scholarship.

Career Passing Statistics Year G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD Eff. LG 2021 2/0 5 13 38.5 99 1 1 112.43 32 UAB

15

Blackshear, GeorgiaJones (Miss.) College / Pierce Co. HS

Stetson Bennett

13

QB Sr. 5-11 190 2VL

Career Highs* Passing Yards .............................................................. 288 vs. UAB, 2021* Completions ...........................................................20 vs. Arkansas, 2020* Attempts .................................................................. 40 vs. Alabama, 2020* TD Passes ........................................................................ 5 vs. UAB, 2021* Long Pass Completion ........................................ 89 yards vs. UAB, 20212021

One of three finalists for the 2021 Burlsworth Trophy, presented to country’s most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on..has started 10 of the 12 games in which he’s played, including the past nine...ranks 4th nation-ally in passing efficiency (176.8), 4th in Yards per Completion (15.71) and 2nd in Yards per Pass Attempt (10.06)...played every offensive snap in six contests (ARK, AUB, KY, FLA, UT, ALA)...in those six games, he was 91-of-148 (61.5%) for 1267 yards and 10 TDs...for the season, he has 2325 total passing yards, tops among all QBs, having completed 148 of 231 attempts, with 24 TDs...also the team’s fourth-leading rusher with 251 yards, including runs of 30 and 20 yards, as well as a key 9-yard TD scramble vs. Tennessee...threw for 231 yards (14x21) and two TDs in the Bulldogs’ win at #18 Au-burn...also rushed for 41 yards, including a 30-yard scamper...completed 10 of 12 passes for 288 yards and a school record-tying five TD throws in win over UAB...also had a rush for 20 yards...had TD passes of 73, 12, 89, 61 and nine yards vs. the Blazers...named a National Performer of Week by the Col-lege Football Performance Awards...also named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week...the Bulldogs’ leading passer vs. Vanderbilt, completing 11 of 15 passes for 151 yards and one TD off the bench...also had five carries for 37 yards vs. the Commodores...saw action in reserve role vs. South Carolina, completing one of three passes for four yards, and rushing once for 12 yards.2020

Georgia’s starting quarterback for five of 10 games and finished the season as the Bulldogs’ top passer (by attempts & completions)...completed 86 of 155 passes (56%) for 1179 yards and eight TDs...earned the first starting assignment of his career in win over Auburn...completed 17 of 28 passes for 240 yards and a TD vs. the Tigers...started again vs. Tennessee and complet-ed 16 of 27 passes for 238 yards and two TDs...also had an 8-yard TD run...named one of eight QBs nationally as Manning Award “Stars of the Week” after Tennessee game...also named to the Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” list after UT game...had career-high 40 pass attempts, 269 yards and two TD tosses vs. Alabama...came off the bench to rally the Georgia offense in win at Arkansas...completed 20 of 29 passes for 211 yards and a pair of TDs vs. the Razorbacks...also ran for a 2-point conversion...his 20 completions matched his entire 2019 season total.2019

Played in five of 14 games, completing 20 of 27 pass attempts, with two TDs...saw his first action as a Bulldog vs. Murray State...completed nine of 13 passes for 124 yards and 2 TDs...also ran for a touchdown...re-enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills...completed 12 of 22 passes for 210 yards and a TD in the annual G-Day game, playing for both sides.2018

Transferred from Georgia to Jones College in Ellisville, Miss...led Jones to a 10-2 overall record, a Mississippi Bowl win and the MACJC conference championship game...in 12 games, he completed 145 passes for 1,840 yards and 16 TDs while adding 148 yards and four TDs on the ground...ranked 12th nationally in passing yards (NJCAA).

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georgia


2021

Saw his first collegiate action as a reserve center in Georgia’s win over UAB...has also seen action at center vs. Vandy, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennes-see and Charleston Southern.2020

Redshirted...member of the Scout Team.High School

South Effingham, coached by Nathan Clark...247Sports.com composite three-star prospect...ranked as the #42 OT prospect...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect...rivals.com three-star prospect...ESPN.com three-star prospect...as a senior, helped lead the Mustangs to a 6-5 record and first

Faulkville, GeorgiaSouth Effingham High School

Austin Blaske

58

OL RFr. 6-5 310 SQ

Career Highs* Receptions ......................................................... 4 vs. Arkansas State, 2019* Receiving Yards ............................................ 112 vs. Arkansas State, 2019* Long Reception ................................................60 yards vs. Arkansas State* Long Punt Return .....................................32 yards vs. Georgia Tech, 20192021

Saw his first action in nearly two years when he caught a pair of passes for 11 yards in win over Charleston Southern...also returned two punts for 10 yards in the game...also played vs. Georgia Tech and Alabama, both as a receiver and on kickoff coverage unit...had a primary tackle on the Ga. Tech game’s opening kickoff.2020

Missed season after suffering knee injury during practice in August of 2020.2019

Saw action in 12 of 14 games, starting vs. Florida, TAMU & Ga. Tech...had 18 catches for 310 yards and five TDs...scored Georgia’s first TD in two key November games: an 8-yarder vs. Florida and a 51-yarder at Auburn...caught four passes vs. Arkansas State for a team-high 112 yards...scored his first collegiate TD on a 60-yard catch and run vs. ASU...that pass/catch was Georgia’s longest pass play of the season...caught three passes for 48 yards vs. Murray St., including a 25-yard TD catch...before leaving LSU game with an injury, he had become Georgia’s primary punt returner, with 14 re-turns for an average of 9.1...co-Offensive Newcomer of the Year, awarded at team’s post-season awards gala.High School

Walton, coached by Daniel Brunner…Selected to play for Team East at the 2019 All-American Bowl…247sports.com five-star prospect...Ranked as the #34 prospect nationally, #6 wide receiver nationally, #7 player in Georgia…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #8 prospect nationally, #1 ranked WR and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #33 prospect nationally, #4 WR nationally, #6 player in Georgia…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #55 prospect nationally, #9 WR nationally, #8 pros-pect in the Georgia…had 52 TDs and over 3,500 yards of total offense in his Walton career...named to the 2018 AJC Preseason Super 11…as a senior, caught 60 passes for 1,052 yards and eight TDs...member of Marietta Daily Journal Dynamite Dozen…caught 52 passes for 900 yards and seven TDs as a junior...Earned offensive MVP honors at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl national combine.Personal

Full name: DOMINICK OSHAY BLAYLOCK...Major: Consumer Journal-ism...son of former NBA All-Star Mookie Blaylock.

Marietta, GeorgiaWalton High School

Dominick Blaylock

8

WR RSo. 6-1 205 1VL

2017

Redshirted...drew praise throughout the season as the scout team quarter-back...one of four winners of Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year, given at the team’s post-season awards gala.High School

Pierce County, coached by Sean Pender...Named to All-State 3A Second Team football in senior year...accumulated 3,700 passing yards and 500 rush-ing yards with 40 TDs...Region Offensive Player of the Year as a senior...All-State Class 3A Second Team offense as a senior...Earned Offensive Player of the Year honors during junior season..Personal

Full name: STETSON FLEMING BENNETT, IV...son of Stetson and Denise Bennett, both UGA graduates…grandfather, Buddy Bennett, played quarter-back at South Carolina...Major: Learning Design and Technology.

Career Passing Statistics Year G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD Eff. LG 2019 5/0 20 27 74.1 260 1 2 172.0 28 AS 2020 8/5 86 155 55.4 1179 6 8 128.7 82 UA 2021 12/10 148 231 64.1 2325 7 24 176.84 89 UAB Total 25-15 254 413 61.5 3764 14 34 158.4 89 UAB

Career Rushing Statistics Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2019 5/0 4 12 3.0 2.4 1 14 AS 2020 8/5 24 54 2.3 6.8 2 12 UF 2021 12/10 45 251 5.6 20.9 1 30 AU Total 25/15 73 317 4.3 12.7 4 30 AU

2021 Game-By-Game Stats G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD LG UAB 1/1 10 12 83.3 288 0 5 89 S. Carolina 1/0 1 3 33.3 4 1 0 4 Vanderbilt 1/0 11 15 73.3 151 1 1 29 Arkansas 1/1 7 11 63.6 72 0 0 27 at Auburn 1/1 14 21 66.7 231 0 2 60 Kentucky 1/1 14 20 70.0 250 0 3 27 vs. Florida 1/1 10 19 52.6 161 2 1 38 Missouri 1/1 13 19 68.4 255 0 2 47 at Tennessee 1/1 17 29 58.6 213 0 1 23 vs. Chas. Sou. 1/1 8 14 57.1 105 1 2 32 vs. Ga. Tech 1/1 14 20 70.0 255 0 4 77 vs. Alabama 1/1 29 48 60.4 340 2 3 37 Totals 12/10 148 231 64.1 2325 7 24 89

round appearance in the Class 5A playoffs...played both OL & DL for South Effingham...paved the way for a Mustangs offense that averaged 356.8 yards of offense per game in 2019...also notched 18 tackles, 11 solos and one tackle for loss on the defensive line...unanimous selection to the 2019 Class 5A All-State first team by the Georgia Sports Writers Assn...AJC 2019 Class 5A All-State first team...Class 5A state wrestling champion in 2019 in the 285-lb weight class.Personal

Full name: THEODORE AUSTIN BLASKE...Major: Risk Management & Insurance...recipient of the Statesboro Bulldog Club Scholarship.

player bios


Napa, CaliforniaNapa High School

Brock Bowers

TE Fr. 6-4 230 HS

*** All-America First Team - USA Today, ESPN.com, The Athletic ****** All-America Second Team - AP, CBS.com, Phil Steele ***

*** True Freshman All-America - ESPN.com, The Athletic ***Career Highs

* Receptions .................................................................10 vs. Alabama, 2021* Receiving Yards ........................................................... 150 vs. UAB, 2021* Long Reception .............................................................. 89 vs. UAB, 20212021

AP and Coaches’ All-SEC First Team...AP’s choice for SEC Newcomer of the Year...SEC Freshman of the Year, as voted by the league’s head coach-es...semifinalists for the John Mackey Award, which goes annually to the nation’s top tight end...also named to the watch list for the 4th annual Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club to the nation’s top freshman...Georgia’s leading receiver through 13 games, with 47 catches for 791 yards (16.8 avg.) and 11 TDs...has started at tight end in 12 of 13 games...has been targeted 69 times, with 47 catches...now owns the UGA records for single-season receiving yards (791) and TDs (11) by a tight end...caught a career-high and SEC championship game re-cord (for a TE) 10 passes vs. Alabama...has four games of 100+ yards receiv-ing: UAB, UK, GT, ALA...twice was named SEC Freshman of the Week: vs. Vanderbilt and Kentucky...caught five passes for 101 yards and two TDs vs. UK...named the John Mackey Award Tight End of the Week for his ef-forts against the Wildcats...caught a team-high six passes (eight targets) for 43 yards against Clemson...caught an 89-yard TD pass vs. UAB, tying for the sixth-longest scoring pass in UGA history...had a 77-yard TD catch and run vs. Georgia Tech, one of his two scores on the day...also had a 12-yard rush-ing TD against Vanderbilt...had two catches for 43 yards in win at #18 Au-burn, including a 33-yarder...caught just one pass vs. Florida, but it went for 38 yards...enrolled in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...caught three passes, including a 25-yarder, in the annual G-Day intrasquad game.high school

Napa, coached by Richie Wessman…selected to the 2021 All-American Bowl…247sports.com composite four-star prospect…ranked as the #3 TE prospect, #10 prospect in California, and #102 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #6 TE prospect, #13 prospect in California, and #107 prospect nationally…rivals.com four-star prospect…ESPN.com four-star prospect…played TE, RB, WR, LB and KR for Grizzlies…finished 2019 season with 1,499 all-pur-pose yards and 18 total TDs, including 39 receptions for 1,098 yards and school-record 14 TDs…2020 MaxPreps Preseason California All-State First Team offense…2020 MaxPreps Preseason All-America First Team of-fense…2019 San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro First Team offense…2019 Napa Valley Register All-Napa County Football Player of the Year…2019 Vine Valley Athletic League Most Valuable PlayerPersonal

Full name: BROCK ALLEN BOWERS...Intended major: Engineering...par-ents Warren and DeAnna Bowers were student-athletes at Utah State; DeAn-

19

Miami Gardens, FloridaMater Academy Charter School

Latavious Brini

36

DB Sr. 6-2 210 3VL

Career Highs* Tackles ..................................... 5 vs. four teams (recent: Tennessee, 2021)* Tackles for Loss ....................................................... 2 vs. Cincinnati, 2021* Interception ..........................................................1 vs. Murray State, 20192021

Has started at DB in 11 of 13 seven games...has 38 total stops -- sixth most on the team -- and is tied for tram lead with eight pass breakups...season-high five tackles three separate times this season: vs. Auburn, Florida and Ten-nessee...five solo tackles (one for 3-yard loss) and a pass breakup in win at Auburn...his PBU thwarted a late second-quarter Tiger drive in the end zone on fourth down...vs. Missouri, he finished with three tackles -- including a third-down TFL -- along with a pass breakup...started in season-opening win vs. Clemson and had four tackles and a pass breakup...had three stops in win over UAB...four tackles and a PBU vs. South Carolina.2020

Played in seven of 10 games...most productive games were the final two of the season...started in Peach Bowl victory over Cincinnati and responded with a career-best five tackles (two for lost yardage) and a pass breakup...previous career high of three tackles came vs. Mizzou, including 1.5 stops for lost yardage.2019

Played in the Murray State game and recorded his first collegiate intercep-tion...also saw action vs. Arkansas State, Missouri, Georgia Tech and Baylor.2018

Saw action in five games...had one tackle vs. Austin Peay.2017

Redshirted...member of the scout team...recipient of the Neel Family Scholarship.High School

Mater Academy Charter, coached by Rocco Casullo…ESPN.com 3-star prospect #42 CB in the nation…247Sports.com 3-star prospect, #42 CB na-tionally, #48 player in the state of Florida…Rivals.com 3-star prospect, #39 CB nationally, #77 player in Florida…in 2016 he recorded 55 tackles, three INTs, one forced fumble, three fumble recoveries, and scored two TDs.Personal

Full name: LATAVIOUS RON BRINI...Major: Human Development & Family Science...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Neel Family Scholarship.


Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2019 12/3 18 310 17.2 25.8 5 60 AS 2021 3/0 2 11 5.5 3.7 0 10 CS Total 15/3 20 321 16.1 21.4 5 60 AS

na was an All-America softball pitcher who is in the Aggies’ Hall of Fame; Warren was a two-time All-Big West center for the USU football program...sister Brianna plays on Sacramento State softball team.

Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2021 13/12 47 791 16.8 60.8 11 89 UAB

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georgia


Savannah, GeorgiaIMG Academy

Warren Brinson

DL So. 6-4 305 1VL

2021

Has seen action as a reserve DL in 11 of 13 games...has nine total stops (1.0 QB sack and 2.0 TFLs) and six QB pressures on the season...two assisted tackles in win over Florida, one resulting in a QB sack for a 1-yard loss...had two tackles, including one for a 4-yard loss, in win at Vanderbilt...credited with one stop in win over UAB...assisted on a QB sack vs. Tennessee that resulted in a 13-yard loss.2020

Saw action in seven of 10 games...had a solo stop in win at Missouri...as-sisted on one tackle in season-opening win at Arkansas...credited with a QB pressure vs. Auburn...had an assisted tackle in win at Kentucky...enrolled at UGA in January of 2020.High School

IMG Academy, coached by Kevin Wright...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #24 DT nationally, the #42 prospect in Florida and the #254 prospect nationally...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #342 nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #232 nationally, #19 DL na-tionally and the #38 prospect from Florida...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #235 nationally and the #31 defensive lineman nationally...helped lead IMG Academy to a 9-1 record as a senior...finished his senior season with 30 total tackles, 15 solo tackles, 6.5 TFLs and three sacks...registered 27 tackles, 16 solo, with seven tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks as a junior...a native of Savannah who played his first two seasons at Savannah Christian.Personal

Full name: WARREN BRINSON...Intended major: Marketing...recipient of the Joseph S. Espy Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2020 7/0 1 2 3 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2021 11/0 3 6 9 1.0/6 2.0/10 0 0 0 0 6 Total 17/0 4 8 12 1.0/6 2.0/10 0 0 0 0 7

97

2021

Member of the Scout Team...saw action in win over Charleston Southern.2020

Member of the Scout Team...named to both the J.Reid Parker Director of Ath-letics Honor Roll and SEC Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019

Participated in spring drills...earned Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year honors at team’s post-season awards gala.

Guyton, GeorgiaSouth Effingham High School

Matthew Brown

24

OLB Jr. 6-2 210 SQ

Milledgeville, GeorgiaBaldwin High School

Javon Bullard

DB Fr. 5-11 180 HS

2021

Has seen action in 12 of 13 games and has 12 total tackles...played extensive-ly in win over Charleston Southern and had a team-high six stops...had two stops in win over Arkansas...credited with a solo tackle vs. Vanderbilt and Missouri, and an assisted tackle vs. UAB...had a tackle in kickoff coverage at the Auburn 18-yard line...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...led the Red squad with seven tackles in G-Day intrasquad game.high school

Baldwin, coached by Jesse Hicks…247Sports.com composite three-star prospect…ranked as the #51 DB prospect, #57 prospect in Georgia and the #643 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region…ranked as the #36 DB prospect, and the #30 prospect in Georgia…Rivals.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #52 DB prospect, #29 prospect in Georgia…ESPN.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #48 cornerback prospect, #63 prospect in Georgia … Dawg Post three-star pros-pect, ranked the #23 prospect overall in Georgia…led the team with tackles with 74, 7 TFL, 10 PBUs and two sacks…also played WR and RB for Bald-win…named a preseason All-State senior, and helped lead the Braves to a 5-2 record and a second-round appearance in the Class 4A playoffs Played the season as Team MVP and Team Captain…graduated as a four-time 1st Team All Region and a four-year starter.personal

Full name JAVON MASCELLUS BULLARD...intended major: Journal-ism...recipient of the William P. Bruckner Scholarship.

Career Defensive Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2021 12/0 8 4 12 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0

22

2018

Walked on the team in 2018 and redshirted.High School

South Effingham High School, coached by Donnie Revell…Earned his high school’s GPA Award all four years…earned Highest Senior GPA Award…Received the South Effingham High School Best All-Around Award…Also played basketball and ran track for SEHS...Participated in the National Honor Society, Beta Club and Rotary International Interact Club.Personal

Full name: JOSEPH MATTHEW BROWN...son of Joseph and Meketa Brown...major: Journalism.

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Career Highs* Receptions ......................................................8 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* Receiving Yards .........................................197 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* TD Receptions................................................2 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* Long Reception .....................................................73 yards vs. UAB, 2021* Long Rush .....................................................43 yards vs. Tennessee, 20202021

Has played in 12 of 13 games to date, starting in six...has 23 catches (28 targets) for 412 yards (17.9 avg.) and four TDs...started season opener vs. Clemson and had two catches for 11 yards...three catches for 76 yards and a TD vs. Missouri, including a 47-yard catch to the 1-yard line...among his three catches vs. UAB was a 73-yarder for a TD, his career long catch...missed the Auburn game because of injury...lone catch vs. Tennessee went for 21 yards and led to a fourth-quarter TD...scored Georgia’s first of six TDs vs. Ga. Tech on a 25-yard catch in the first quarter...third-team pre-season All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches.2020

Saw action in all 10 games, starting in seven...finished the season with 27 catches for 404 yards...set all season receiving highs in win over Mississippi State, with eight catches, 197 yards and two TDs...named SEC Freshman of the Week and 247Sports True Freshman of the Week for his performance...next best game was at Alabama, where he caught four passes for 58 yards and a TD...his 197 receiving yards vs. MSU is the fourth-highest single-game total in UGA history...three catches for 33 yards vs. South Carolina...had two receptions for 25 yards vs. Tennessee...also had a 43-yard rush vs. the Vols...had a 14-yard catch vs. Auburn and a 13-yarder in win at Arkansas.High School

Calabasas HS, coached by Chris Claiborne...2020 Under Armour All-Amer-ica Game...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #8 wide receiver nationally, the #81 overall prospect nationally and the #6 prospect from the state of California...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #6 WR, #41 prospect nationally...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #126 overall, the #15 WR and #15 in the state of Califor-nia...ESPN.com #99 overall prospect…helped lead the Coyotes to a 7-3 re-cord and the #18 rank in the state of California...a rare two-time invite to The Opening Finals...moved to Calabasas HS from IMG Academy after his soph-omore year...helped lead the Coyotes to a 10-3 record as a junior...named to the USA Today 2018 All-USA California First Team offense...snagged 40 catches for 863 yards and 14 TDs, averaging 71.9 yards per game and a team-high 21.6 yards per catch...14 receptions for 332 yards and three TDs for IMG in 2017...transferred to IMG Academy after his freshman season...originally from Atlanta, playing at Hapeville Charter as a 9th grader.Personal

Full name: JERMAINE DEMETRIUS BURTON...intended major: Busi-ness...recipient of the Leon Farmer Athletic Scholarship.

Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 10/7 27 404 15.0 40.4 3 49 MS 2021 12/6 23 412 17.9 34.3 4 73 UAB Total 22/13 50 816 16.3 37.1 7 73 UAB

Calabasas, CaliforniaCalabasas High School

Jermaine Burton

WR So. 6-0 200 1VL

7

Norcross, GeorgiaNorcross High School

Jake Camarda

P/K Sr. 6-2 180 3VL

90Career Highs

* Long Punt ........................................................ 68 yards vs. Alabama, 2021* Most Punts .............................................................11 vs. vs. Auburn, 2019* Single-game average .......................... 57.7 yards vs. South Carolina, 20192021

Coaches All-SEC First Team, AP All-SEC 2nd Team...punted 40 times thus far for an average of 47.1, with a long of 68 yards vs. Alabama...also had a 63-yarder vs. Kentucky, a 62-yarder vs. Tennessee and a 61-yarder vs. Charles-ton Southern...falls just below minimum standard to qualify for NCAA rankings (3.6 punts/game)...fourteen of his 40 punts were either downed or fair caught inside the 20-yard line...has kicked off 80 times thus far, with 58 touchbacks and 15 others resulting in a fair catch...the Bulldogs rank 3rd nationally (1st in SEC) in Kickoff Return Defense (13.0 avg)...also has been holder on all 87 of Georgia’s placement kicks....punted five times for a 43.4-yard average in season-opening win vs. Clemson...four of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line, including one at the Clemson 2...named one of three team captains for the Vanderbilt game...five punts vs. Tennessee for a 50.8 average...pre-season All-America first-team pick by Associated Press and also by Phil Steele, second-team pick by Pro Football Focus and Walter Camp...pre-season first-team All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, and also by attendees at SEC Media Days...pre-season Watch List for the Ray Guy Award.2020

First-team All-America by Pro Football Focus (PFF); second-team pick by Walter Camp, American Football Coaches Assn. (AFCA) and Football Writers Assn. of America, and a third-team selection by AP...SEC Special Teams Player of the Year, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches...first-team All-SEC punter by Coaches and AP...one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award...4th nationally in punting average at 46.6 yards per punt...twice named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week: vs. Arkansas (7 punts/49.9 avg., long of 63) & vs. Kentucky (two punts, both downed inside 10-yard line)...his two punts vs. Tennessee were a 49-yarder (downed at the UT 8) and a 64-yarder, booted from his own goal line...served two additional roles: holder on placement kicks, and he took over kickoff duties in the last seven games...just three of his 41 kickoffs were returned, with 36 touchbacks.2019

Punted 61 times for a 46.84 average...ranked 6th nationally in punting aver-age...SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after he punted 11 times (tied for third most in UGA history) for a 50.7 average in win at Auburn...twen-ty-five of his punts were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line...had punts of 64, 63 and 54 yards in the rain vs. Kentucky...as Georgia’s holder, he had a 6-yard rush for first down on a successful fake FG in third quarter of Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...the Bulldogs scored their third TD on the next play...co-winner of team’s Special Teams Most Improved Player.2018

Coaches Freshman All-SEC Team...won the starting punter’s job in presea-son camp...finished season with a 42.6-yard average on 43 punts ...had three punts over 60 yards...also had 10 punts downed or fair caught inside the 20-yard line...four of those were downed inside the 10, including two at the 1-yard line...also served as the Bulldogs’ holder on placement kicks.High School

Norcross, coached by Keith Maloof...2018 Under Armour All-American Game...ranked as the #2 punter nationally...rated as both a five-star kicker and punter by Kohl’s, as well as the nation’s #1 kicker/punter, #1 punter and #4 kicker...made four field goals outside of 50 yards, with a long of 55, as a

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Warrenton, GeorgiaIMG Academy

Lovasea Carroll

DB Fr. 6-1 195 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action in win over UAB...also played in wins over Vanderbilt, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech...credited with three tack-les and a pass breakup vs. Charleston Southern...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

IMG Academy coached by Bobby Acosta…247Sports.com four-star pros-pect…ranked as the #6 running back nationally, the #18 prospect in Florida, and the #112 overall prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine four-star pros-pect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #10 RB prospect, #21 prospect in Florida, and #127 prospect nationally…rivals.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #5 RB prospect in the country, the #19 prospect in Florida, and the #125 overall prospect…ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #15 RB nationally, and the #27 player in Florida… transferred to IMG Academy in 2019 after spending his freshman and sophomore year at Warren County High School…totaled 2,481 rushing yards on 242 carries in three seasons…recorded 464 yards and 7 TDs on 42 carries to help IMG Academy to a per-fect 8-0 record and the #1 national ranking.personal

Full name LOVASEA DRESHUN CARROLL...intended major: Civil Engi-neering...recipient of the Vincent J. and Barbara Dooley Scholarship.

*** All-America Second Team - American Football Coaches Assn. ***

Career Highs* Tackles .......................................................................6 vs. Kentucky, 2021* QB Sacks ............................................. 1.0 vs. Clemson & Kentucky, 2021* Tackles for Loss ......................................................2.5 vs. Kentucky, 2021

Apopka, FloridaApopka High School

Jalen Carter

88

DL So. 6-3 310 1VL

Carrollton, GeorgiaCarrollton High School

Chaz Chambliss

LB Fr. 6-2 250 HS

2021

Has played in all 13 games to date...played extensively in win at Tennessee, contributing a tackle for a 2-yard loss, as well as an assisted QB sack for a loss of 13 yards...credited with two tackles and a pass breakup vs. Charles-ton Southern...had two tackles each in wins over Vanderbilt, Missouri and Georgia Tech...credited with a tackle in win over UAB...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.

12

32

senior...averaged 46.2 yards per punt with a long of 65, with 13 punts downed inside the 20.Personal

Full name JACK JACOB CAMARDA...major: Sport Management...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Aldredge-Kimberly and William C. Hartman Football Scholarships.

Career Punting Statistics Year Punts Yards Avg. I20 50+ 60+ FC BL LG 2018 43 1830 42.6 10 11 3 16 0 63 AP 2019 61 2857 46.8 25 21 6 12 0 67 AU 2020 36 1677 46.6 18 17 4 15 1 64 UT 2021 40 1883 47.1 15 15 4 11 0 68 AL Total 180 8246 45.8 68 64 17 54 1 68 AL

* QB Pressures .................................................................8 vs. Auburn, 20212021

Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd team...has played in all 13 games, starting in wins over UAB and Kentucky, and has 31 tackles and a team-high 25 QB pres-sures...career-high six tackles in win over #11 Kentucky...had 2.5 TFLs vs. the Cats, also a career best, and he blocked a late-game PAT kick...one of those six tackles was a QB sack for 4-yard loss...named SEC Defensive Line-man of the Week for his efforts vs. UK...career-high eight QB pressures in win at #18 Auburn...two of his four solo tackles vs. Georgia Tech resulted in lost yardage...four stops in win over Florida, including an assisted QB sack for a 6-yard loss...had two tackles in season-opening win vs. #3 Clemson, including a QB sack for an 8-yard loss...also added three QB pressures...also a key blocker on Georgia’s first TD rush in win over Arkansas.2020

Played in all 10 games, starting vs. Florida and South Carolina...finished with 14 total stops, three for lost yardage, and 13 QB pressures...season-high three tackles vs. Tennessee and again at South Carolina...also blocked a Game-cock PAT, the first such block by a UGA player since 2015...had two tackles, one for lost yardage, and two QB hurries in win over Miss. State...credited with one solo tackle for a 1-yard loss and also had a QB pressure in win at Arkansas...one of three UGA defenders to score a TD during the season, but the only one to score on offense...played as a running back in some goal-line offensive plays vs. Auburn and Tennessee...caught a 1-yard TD pass from Stetson Bennett in fourth quarter vs. UT.High School

Apopka, coached by Jeff Rolson...2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com composite five-star prospect, #18 player nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #12 prospect nationally, #3 DT nationally and the #5 prospect in Florida...ranked as the #53 prospect nation-ally, #6 defensive tackle nationally and the #9 prospect in Florida...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #49 prospect nationally, #4 DT nation-ally and the #23 prospect in Florida...played DT, TE and punter for Apopka, which had a 12-1 record, No. 5 state ranking, and reached the FHSAA Class 8A title game in his senior season...ranked as the top prospect in Central Flor-ida on the Orlando Sentinel’s Super60 list...had 64 total tackles, including 12 sacks in his senior campaign...also competed in basketball and weightlifting at Apopka, placing second in the FHSAA Class 2A heavyweight division with a bench press of 395 pounds.Personal

Full name: JALEN CARTER...intended major: Business...recipient of the Susan and Mark Tomlinson Family Football Scholarship.


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Cedar Hill, TexasTrinity Christian High School

Lewis Cine

16

DB Jr. 6-1 200 2VL

*** All-America First Team - Sporting News, Bleacher Report ****** All-America Third Team - AP, CBS.com ***

Career Highs* Tackles ............................................................12 vs. South Carolina, 2020* Tackles for Loss ......................1 vs. three teams (recent: Kentucky, 2021)* Interceptions ............................ 1 vs. Arkansas State, 2019; vs. UAB, 2021* Pass Breakups ....................................... 2 vs. Clemson & Tennessee, 20212021

AP All-SEC 1st Team...Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd Team...Semifinalist for the 2021 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back...tied for team lead in tackles through 13 games with 61 total stops...also tied for team lead with eight pass breakups...has played in 82 percent of possible defensive snaps this season -- tops among all Bulldog defenders -- includ-ing every play of three games: Clemson, Kentucky and Tennessee...second career interception came in win over UAB...started and led team with nine tackles in season-opening win over #3 Clemson...also had two pass breakups vs. the Tigers...six tackles and a PBU in win over South Carolina...six tackles in win over #11 Kentucky, one of which resulted in lost yardage...eight total tackles in win over Florida...eight tackles and two pass breakups in win at Tennessee...named one of three team captains for the Georgia Tech game...pre-season All-SEC Third Team, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches.2020

Started in defensive backfield in all 10 games...second on team in tackles with 49 stops, one for lost yardage, and three pass breakups...career-best 12 solo tackles in win at South Carolina...team-high eight stops vs. Alabama...in season-opening win at Arkansas, he finished with a career high-matching six tackles and also had a QB pressure...played every defensive snap vs. Auburn, finishing with four stops, including a tackle for 4-yard loss...had six tackles and a pass breakup in less than two quarters of play vs. Florida.2019

Played in all 14 games, starting in the last two...finished season with 20 total stops...season-high six tackles in his first start vs. LSU...matched that total

high school

Carrollton High School, coached by Sean Calhoun…247Sports.com com-posite four-star prospect…ranked as the #17 OLB prospect, the #24 in Geor-gia and the #271 prospect nationally… PrepStar Magazine ¬four-star pros-pect, Top 350 All-American…ranked as the #9 OLB prospect, #16 prospect in Georgia, and #165 prospect nationally… rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #199 nationally, #14 OLB nationally and the #21 prospect in Geor-gia …ESPN.com four-star prospect, #224 nationally, #6 OLB nationally and the #24 prospect in Georgia …2020 Sports Illustrated All-American Football candidate from the state of Georgia…Part of the AJC’s “Super 11”…totaled 251 tackles in three season, 166 solo tackles, 73.5 tackles for loss, 31.5 sacks, two forced fumbles with three recoveries and 53 quarterback hurries.personal

Full name CHARLES ALEXANDER CHAMBLISS...intended major: Biolo-gy... recipient of the Peter & Kay Amann Football Scholarship.


in another start vs. Baylor in the Allstate Sugar Bowl...had his first collegiate interception and a pass breakup vs. Arkansas State...had three stops vs. Ar-kansas State and Missouri...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills...co-winner of Special Teams Newcomer of the Year.High School

Trinity Christian School, coached by Troy Williams…played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Game…247Sports.com four-star prospect…Ranked as the #66 overall prospect nationally, #3 safety nationally and #11 prospect in Texas… PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, ranked #48 na-tionally, #3 SAF, and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #31 nationally, #3 safety, #6 in Texas…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #89 nationally, #6 safety and #12 in Texas…Tigers won their second straight state title in 2018…finished with 85 tackles (46 solo) and 13 TFLs as a senior…played his first three seasons at Everett High School in Massachusetts...USA Today 2017 Mass. Defensive Player of the Year.Personal

Full name: LEWIS TOM CINE...intended major: Psychology... recipient of the Jack Davis Honorary Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2019 14/2 15 5 20 0.0/0 0.5/1 0 0 3 1 1 2020 10/10 38 14 52 0.0/0 1.0/4 0 0 3 0 1 2021 13/13 33 28 61 0.0/0 1.0/1 0 0 8 1 1 Total 37/25 86 47 133 0.0/0 2.5/6 0 0 14 1 3

2021

Has seen action as a reserve OL in 12 of 13 games...the male recipient of the 2021 Joel Eaves Award, presented each year to the UGA student-athletes, male and female, with the highest GPA entering fall semester of his/her se-nior year.2020

Made his first collegiate start (at right tackle) in season-opening win at Ar-kansas...played the entire second half at right tackle in win over Auburn...also saw action vs. Missouri and Cincinnati...earned a spot on the SEC Aca-demic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019

Saw his first action of the season vs. Arkansas State, playing 15 snaps...named to the 2019 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.2018

Redshirted...saw action in three games: vs. Vandy, UMass and Georgia Tech.High School

Bishop McGuinness HS, coached by Justin Jones...247Sports.com three-star prospect... ranked as the #32 offensive tackle nationally, #444 overall pros-pect nationally and the #7 prospect in Oklahoma...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect and a member of the PrepStar All-Midlands Region Team...Rivals.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #43 OT and #8 prospect in Oklaho-ma... ESPN.com three-star prospect, the #45 OT and #10 in Oklahoma...list-ed as No. 7 on the Oklahoman’s 2017 Super 30 Rankings.Personal

Full name OWEN SELLERS CONDON...major: Finance...recipient of the Tom & Jeannette Greeson Football Scholarship, as well as the Ramsey Schol-arship for Academic & Athletic Excellence.

Oklahoma City, OklahomaBishop McGuinness High School

Owen Condon

75

OL Jr. 6-7 310 2VL

player bios

georgia


Career Highs* Rushing Yards .............104 vs. South Carolina, 2020; vs. Tennessee, 2021* Rushing Attempts ..................................................... 12 vs. Arkansas, 2021* Rushing TDs .........................2 vs. UMass, 2018; USC, 2020; Tenn., 2021* Long Rush ............................................. 44 yards vs. South Carolina, 2020* Receptions ..................................4 vs. five teams (recent: Alabama, 2021)* Receiving Yards ......................................................101 vs. Alabama, 2020* Long reception ................................................ 82 yards vs. Alabama, 2020

2021

Has played in all 13 games to date, starting in three...the Bulldogs’ sec-ond-leading rusher, with 619 yards on 101 carries (6.1 avg.) and 7 TDs...also has 21 catches for 157 yards and three TDs...season-best outing in win over Tennessee, rushing for a career high-matching 104 yards, including two scores, and catching three passes, including a 23-yard score...named one of three team captains before the game at UT...team’s leading rusher (6 for 51 yards) in win over #11 Kentucky...also scored the Bulldogs’ first TD of the game on a 19-yard reception...career-high 12 carries for 87 yards in win over Arkansas...named one of three team captains for that game...had the team’s first rushing TD of the season, a 14-yarder in win over UAB...started at RB in season-opening win vs. #3 Clemson...had 5 rushes for 19 yards and four catches for seven yards vs. the Tigers...10 carries for 46 yards in win over Florida, including the Bulldogs’ first TD of the day, an 11-yard run...named one of four team captains for the Florida game...had four rushes for 51 yards and four catches for 20 yards and a TD in win over South Carolina.2020

Team’s second-leading rusher with 303 yards on 45 carries in eight games...also the Bulldogs’ No. 4 receiver, with 16 catches for 225 yards, including a career-long 82-yard TD catch vs. Alabama...his four receptions vs. Bama were also a career best...matched that total in the next game at Kentucky...scored one rushing TD (9 yds) and one receiving TD (37 yds) vs. Missouri...career-best 104 rushing yards on just six carries in win at USC...had runs of 44 and 29 yards vs. the Gamecocks...rushed seven times for 26 yards and also caught two passes for 10 yards in win at Arkansas...named to the pre-season watch list for the Doak Walker Award (nation’s top RB)...had 41 yards on just five carries vs. Auburn before leaving the game with an injury.2019

Played in all 14 games, starting in three...finished with 188 yards on just 31 carries (6.1 avg.), with two TDs...also had 132 yards receiving on 16 catch-es...scored on a career-long 37-yard run vs. Arkansas State...season-long 19-yard reception vs. Georgia Tech...co-winner of Offensive Most Improved Player Award, given at team’s post-season awards gala.2018

Played in 13 of 14 games...team’s fourth-leading rusher, with 284 yards on 41 carries...also caught eight passes for 89 yards...had a team-high 133 all-purpose yards vs. UMass (76 rush, 23 rec., 34 KOR)...also scored TDs on runs of 26 and 27 yards vs. the Minutemen...had 56 yards on eight carries vs. Vanderbilt...saw extensive action vs. Austin Peay, rushing six times for 66 yards and catching two passes for seven yards...missed the Allstate Sugar Bowl due to injury...one of four players named Offensive Newcomer of the Year at team’s post-season awards gala.High School

Miami Central, coached by Roland Smith...transferred to Miami North-

Miami, FloridaMiami Central High School

James Cook

4

RB Sr. 5-11 190 3VL

western after football season to finish out his senior year...2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, in which he ran for a 16-yard TD...247sports.com four-star prospect...#41 overall prospect, #3 all-purpose RB and the #8 prospect in Florida...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #28 nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked the #22 overall prospect, #1 APB and the #7 prospect in Florida...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #54 nationally, #3 RB and #16 in Florida...No. 9 pros-pect in South Florida in 2018 by the Miami Herald...also Miami Herald 2017 All-Dade Class 8A-6A First Team offense at the athlete position...led the Rockets to a 10-4 record as a 2-way player in 2017...rushed for 782 yards and 10 TDs on 91 carries while also making three INTs and two defensive TDs in his senior season...ran for 178 yards and three TDs while leading Miami Central to its fourth FHSAA Class 6A state title in a row.Personal

Full name: JAMES COOK...major: Housing Management & Policy...recip-ient of the Col. Robert L. Jackson Family Scholarship...brother Dalvin Cook played collegiately at Florida State and is currently with Minnesota of the NFL.

Career Rushing StatisticsYear G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG2018 13/0 41 284 6.9 21.8 2 36 AP2019 14/3 31 188 6.1 13.4 2 37 AS2020 8/0 45 303 6.7 37.9 3 44 SC2021 13/3 101 619 6.1 47.6 7 40 CSTotal 48/6 218 1394 6.4 29.0 14 44 SC

Career Receiving StatisticsYear G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG2018 13/0 8 89 11.1 6.8 0 24MT2019 14/3 16 132 8.3 9.4 0 19 MS2020 8/0 16 225 14.1 28.1 2 82 UA2021 13/3 21 157 7.5 12.1 3 23 UTTotal 48/6 61 603 9.9 12.6 5 82 UA

Woodstock, GeorgiaWoodstock High School

David Daniel

DB Fr. 6-2 185 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action in Georgia’s win over UAB...has also seen action vs. Vandy, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Charleston Southern and Ga. Tech...credited with a solo tackle each in wins over Vanderbilt and Missouri...had two tackles vs. Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech...en-rolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

Woodstock High School, coached by Brent Budde…245Sports.com com-posite four-star prospect…ranked as the #3 athlete prospect nationally, the #10 prospect in Georgia and the #92 prospect nationally… PrepStar Mag-azine ¬four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #2 athlete prospect, #7 prospect in Georgia, and #60 prospect nationally… rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #98 nationally, #5 athlete prospect and the #8 pros-pect in Georgia …ESPN.com four-star prospect, #52 nationally, #2 athlete nationally and the #7 prospect in Georgia …Dawg Post four-star prospect, ranked as the #14 prospect overall in Georgia…totaled 123 tackles, 94 solo, one sack, two interceptions and caused three fumbles.personal

Full name DAVID MARQUEZ DANIEL...intended major: Sport Manage-ment...recipient of the David C. Cooper Family Football Scholarship.

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Irvine, CaliforniaSouthern California / Mater Dei HS

JT Daniels

QB Jr. 6-3 210 1VL

Career Highs* Pass Completions .........................................28 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* Pass Attempts ...............................................38 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* TD Passes .......................................................4 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* Passing Yards .............................................401 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* Long Pass ......................................................55 yards vs. Cincinnati, 2021

2021

Starting QB in three of 13 games...team’s second-leading passer with 68 com-pletions on 94 attempts, totaling 722 yards and seven TDs...completed 22 of 30 passes 135 yards in season-opening win over #3 Clemson...missed UAB, Arkansas, Auburn and Florida games because of injury...returned to action in reserve role vs. Missouri and completed seven of 11 passes for 82 yards and a TD...started the South Carolina game and completed 23 of 31 passes for 303 yards and three scores...named among 35 collegians as a “player to watch” for the Walter Camp 2021 Player of the Year award...second-team pre-season All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, as well as by attendees at SEC Media Days.2020

Georgia’s starting QB in the last four games of the season...finished with 80 completions (119 att.), for 1231 yards and 10 TDs...completed 28 of 38 passes for 401 yards and four scores, including TD passes of 48 and 40 yards, in his UGA debut vs. Mississippi State...became the 10th QB in UGA history to have four TD passes in a game...named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance...also named Maxwell Award Player of the Week and Davey O’Brien Award Great 8...went 26-for-38 for 392 yards and a TD, leading three fourth-quarter scoring drives in Georgia’s Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati...threw for 299 yards and three TDs in win at #24 Missouri...medi-cally cleared to play just days after the Bulldogs’ season opener at Arkansas...participated in pre-season camp.2018-2019 (at USC)

In 2019: Redshirted after season-ending knee injury suffered in third quarter of opener vs. Fresno State...had completed 25 of 34 passes for 215 yards before the injury...named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2019.In 2018: Started at QB in every game in which he played...the second true freshman USC player to start at QB in the season opener (Matt Barkley was the first in 2009)...was 21 of 35 for 282 yards and a 43-yard TD in his debut vs. UNLV...completed 37 (USC record) of 51 passes for 349 yards and 2 TDs vs. Notre Dame...threw for 322 yards (30x48) vs. Texas...threw for a pair of TDs and a 2-point PAT in the second half to help USC overcome a 13-point deficit vs. Washington State...missed the Arizona State game after suffering a concussion the week before vs. Utah.High School

Mater Dei Catholic HS, coached by Bruce Rollinson...graduated a full year early in order to enroll at USC...2017 Gatorade National Player of the Year...Max Preps National Player of the Year...PrepStar Dream Team...USA To-day All-USA First Team...two-time Gatorade state Player of the Year and two-time Orange County Offensive Player of the Year...L.A. Times All-Area Player of the Year...completed 262 of 365 passes (71.8%) for 4,123 yards and 52 TDs with just four INTs as a senior...his 12,014 career passing yards were an Orange County record, as were his 152 TD passes...led Mater Dei to a 38-4 record in his three seasons, including a 15-0 mark, the CIF state title and a final No. 1 national ranking in 2017.

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Personal

Full name: JONATHAN TYLER DANIELS...Major: Psychology...recipient of the Green-Sands Football Scholarship.

Career Passing Statistics (at USC) Year G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD Eff. LG 2018 11/11 216 363 .595 2672 10 14 128.6 65 CU 2019 1/1 25 34 .735 215 1 1 130.5 28 FS Total 12/12 241 397 .607 2887 11 15 128.7 65 CU

Passing Statistics at Georgia Year G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD Eff. LG 2020 4/4 80 119 67.2 1231 2 10 178.49 55 UC 2021 6/3 68 94 72.3 722 3 7 120.3 43 SC Total 10/7 148 213 69.5 1953 5 17 168.1 55 UC

Charlotte, North CarolinaMallard Creek High School

Jordan Davis

99

DL Sr. 6-6 340 3VL

player bios

*** 2021 Outland Trophy, Bednarik Award Winner ****** All-America 1st Team - AP, FWAA, Walter Camp, ESPN, USA Today,

Sporting News, American Football Coaches Assn., The Athletic, Phil Steele ***

Career Highs* Tackles .............................................................................. 7 vs. LSU, 2018* TFL ..................................................................... 1 (5x) recent: LSU, 2019* Pass Breakups ....................................1 (2x) recent: vs. Texas A&M, 2019

2021

AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 1st Team...one of three finalists for the 2021 Bronko Nagurski Trophy and for the Lott IMPACT Trophy...has played in all 13 games, starting at DL in 12, and has 28 total tackles...3.5 of those are for lost yardage, including 2.0 QB sacks...named to the Mid-Season All-America Team by The Sporting News...season-high five stops in win at #18 Auburn...had three tackles, including a QB sack and another tackle for lost yardage in win over Clemson...also added a QB pressure...named one of three team captains for the South Carolina game...assisted on a QB sack vs. the Gamecocks that resulted in a safety...had a 1-yard TD rush in the first quarter of win over CSU...pre-season All-America 1st team pick by Phil Steele, 2nd team by Associated Press and Walter Camp...also preseason All-SEC 1st team selection by the league’s 14 head coaches, Phil Steele and attendees at SEC Media Days.2020

Second-team All-America selection by the American Football Coaches As-sociation (AFCA)...started at nose tackle in seven of 10 contests and finished with 16 total stops...credited with four tackles and a QB pressure in victory over Auburn...three solo tackles in Chick fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati included a QB sack for -3 yards...also deflected a second-quarter Bearcat field goal...had two solo stops in win over Tennessee...had one assisted tackle in season-opening win at Arkansas...four assisted tackles vs. Alabama...missed three games (UF, MSU, USC) because of injury...named to Pre-season All-SEC First Team, as chosen by media members covering the league...named one of three team captains for the Tennessee game.2019

Started eight of 14 games and finished season with 18 total stops...assisted on a QB sack for a 10-yard loss vs. Florida...one of his two tackles vs. Texas A&M was a solo QB sack for a 5-yard loss...registered a QB sack vs. LSU... recorded a tackle for 4-yard loss vs. Vanderbilt...had a tackle for loss vs. Missouri...left Tennessee game in first quarter with ankle injury...co-winner of Defensive “Up Front” Award, given at team’s post-season awards gala.

georgia


Apopka, FloridaWekiva High School

Rian Davis

0

ILB RSo. 6-2 230 1VL

2021

Saw his only action of the season as a reserve LB in Georgia’s win over UAB and had one tackle...lost for the season because of injury in mid-September.2020

Saw action in seven of 10 games as a member of the Bulldogs’ kick return unit...credited with an assisted tackle in fourth-quarter action at Missouri.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the South Carolina game...enrolled at UGA in Jan-uary and participated in Spring drills.High School

Wekiva HS, coached by Rich Bedesem...Selected for the 2019 Under Ar-mour All-America Bowl...247Sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #4 OLB nationally, the #78 overall prospect nationally and the #11 prospect in Florida...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #57 nationally, #5 OLB, and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #125 nationally, the #4 ILB and #13 in the state of Florida...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #106 nationally, #10 OLB and #16 in Florida...played in four games of his senior season before suffering a torn ACL...played soph-omore and junior seasons at Clear Lake HS in the Houston area.Personal

Full name RIAN DAVIS...Major: Learning Design & Technology...recipient of the David Jacobs Football Scholarship.

Bowman, GeorgiaIMG Academy

Marlin Dean

DL Fr. 6-5 275 HS

2021

Member of the scout team...saw his first collegiate action in win over Charleston Southern...credited with two tackles...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

IMG Academy, coached by Bobby Acosta…247Sports.com composite three-star prospect…Ranked as the #32 defensive tackle prospect, the #71 pros-pect in Florida and #494 nationally…PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region…ranked as the #29 DE prospect and the #58 prospect from Florida…Rivals.com three-star prospect…ranked as the #37 DE pros-pect, #78 prospect in Florida…ESPN.com three-star prospect… ranked as the #42 DT prospect and the #93 prospect in Florida…as a senior, helped lead IMG Academy to an 8-0 record, finish as the #1 team in the state of Flor-ida and #1 team in the country…Finished the 2020 season with 18 total tack-les, 9 solo tackles, 2 sacks and an interception and fumble recovery…played first three years of high school football at Elbert County HS in Georgia.personal

Full name MARLIN DEAN...intended major: Business...recipient of the Charles G. Rood Football Scholarship.

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Horn Lake, MississippiHorn Lake High School

Nakobe Dean

17

ILB Jr. 6-0 225 2VL

player bios2018

Football Writers Assn. of America Freshman All-America Team... Coaches Freshman All-SEC Team...played in 11 of 14 games, starting in four, and finished with 25 total stops...season-high seven tackles vs. LSU...two tackles vs. Vanderbilt included a fourth-down stop that caused a Commodore turn-over on downs...made his first collegiate start vs. Florida...four tackles vs. MTSU...three tackles vs. Ga. Tech included a QB sack.High School

Mallard Creek, coached by Michael Palmieri...247Sports.com three-star prospect...ranked as the #29 DT nationally, #421 overall prospect nationally and the #14 prospect in N.C....prepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #223 nationally and member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked the #33 DT nationally and #14 in N.C...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked the #20 DT and #14 in N.C....USA Today 2017 N.C. All-USA First Team defense...2017 All-State First Team defense by both NC Preps and AP...helped lead Mallard Creek to a 14-1 record and a berth in the 2017 NCHSAA 4AA State Championship Game.Personal

Full name JORDAN X. DAVIS...Major: Religion...recipient of the Roger F. and Michael A. Kahn Football Scholarship.


*** 2021 Butkus Award Winner ****** All-America 1st Team - AP, FWAA, Walter Camp, American Foot-

ball Coaches Assn., Sporting News, USA Today, ESPN, The Athletic ****** Captain, 2021 AFCA Good Works Team ***

Career Highs* Tackles ........................................................................ 15 vs. Florida, 2020* TFL ........................................2.0 vs. Clemson, Arkansas, Tennessee, 2021* QB Sacks ..................................................................2.0 vs. Clemson, 2021* QB Pressures ............................ 4 vs. Cincinnati, 2021; vs. Clemson, 20212021

AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 1st Team...SEC Defensive Player of the Year by Pro Football Focus (PFF)...semifinalist for the 2021 Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the outstanding defensive player of the year...also a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which goes annually to college football’s Defensive Player of the Year but also gives equal weight to personal character...named captain of the 2021 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, chosen for their com-mitment to community service...has started at ILB in all 13 games and is tied for team lead with 61 total tackles...leads the team in tackles for loss with 8.5 and is tied for team lead with 5.0 QB sacks...also has 23 QB hurries and five pass breakups...tied with C. Smith and D. Kendrick for team honors with two INTs...named to Mid-Season All-America Team by The Sporting


Career Highs* Rushing Yards .........................................................103 vs. Missouri, 2020* Rushing Attempts ............................................14 vs. South Carolina, 2020* Longest Rush ..................................................47 yards vs. Missouri, 20202021

Has played in all 13 games...has 172 total rushing yards on 45 carries and two TDs...had team-high 10 carries in win at Vanderbilt for 46 yards and a 15-yard TD run...also recovered a fumble and had a 10-yard return on the Bulldogs’ KO coverage unit vs. Vandy...second rushing TD came in second quarter vs. Charleston Southern...six carries for 43 yards, including a 3-yard TD run, vs. Georgia Tech...had seven carries for 29 yards in Georgia’s win over UAB...had three carries for 29 yards in win over Missouri.

Norman Park, GeorgiaColquitt County High School

Daijun Edwards

30

RB So. 5-10 201 1VL

2021

Has played in 11 of 13 games as a reserve LB and also on special teams...has 22 total stops on the season, along with 2.0 QB sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception and two QB pressures...tied for team honors with six tackles in win over Charleston Southern...five tackles, including one sack for a 9-yard loss, in win over Missouri...saw his first collegiate action as a reserve LB in win over UAB...had a 4th-quarter interception and return of 20 yards for a touchdown..one of his four tackles vs. Georgia Tech was a QB sack for a 13-yard loss...credited with two stops each in wins over Arkansas and Auburn...solo tackle on the game’s opening kickoff vs. Kentucky...had one tackle and a pass breakup in win over Florida.high schoolSt. Frances Academy, coached by Henry Russell…247Sports.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #10 inside linebacker nationally, the #9 prospect in Maryland, and the #189 overall prospect… PrepStar Magazine four-star pros-pect, Top 350 All-American…ranked as the #11 OLB prospect, #8 prospect in Maryland, and #190 prospect nationally…rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #17 inside linebacker nationally and the #14 prospect in Maryland…ESPN.com four-star prospect, listed as the #13 inside linebacker in the country, the #5 player in Maryland, and the #105 overall prospect.

PersonalFull name: JAMON LLOYD DUMAS-JOHNSON...intended major: Public Health... recipient of the William J. MacKenna Football Scholarship.


Hyattsville, MarylandSt. Francis Academy

Jamon Dumas-Johnson

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LB Fr. 6-1 235 HS

player biosNews...outstanding in win at Tennessee, leading the team with 11 tackles (1 QB sack), a forced fumble and a pass breakup...had five tackles, two QB pressures and his first career interception in win at #18 Auburn...seven tack-les (including one in punt coverage) and a pick-six for a 50-yard TD return in win over Florida...seven tackles in win over #11 Kentucky, including a stop for a 5-yard loss on a Wildcat screen pass...named one of three team captains for the Kentucky and Tennessee games...had five tackles, including a pair of QB sacks for -14 yards in Georgia’s win over #3 Clemson...also had four QB hurries vs. the Tigers...included on pre-season watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate defensive play-er...also on pre-season watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, which goes to the player “who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement”...pre-season All-SEC Third Team, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches.2020

The Bulldogs’ leading tackler with 71 total stops and 13 QB pressures...semi-finalist for the Butkus Award...started all 10 games and played 76 percent of Georgia’s total defensive snaps in the regular season, tops among LBs...career-high 15 tackles vs. Florida, 14 stops in the Bulldogs’ win at Kentucky and 12 more in victory over Mississippi State...team-high seven stops in Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati...also had four QB pressures vs. the Bearcats...one of his seven tackles was a key 2nd-down stop on UC’s final drive...had four tackles and a QB pressure in win over Auburn...led team in tackles with a then-career-best seven stops, including an assisted tackle for a 2-yard loss vs. Arkansas...had five stops, including a QB sack for a 7-yard loss, and three QB pressures vs. Alabama...2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll... named to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team2019

Co-winner of team’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year award...played in all 14 games and finished with 25 total stops, including 1.5 tackles for loss...solo TFL came in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...had a team-high six tackles and a forced fumble in shutout of Kentucky...had two tackles and a QB pressure vs. Florida...three solo tackles and a pass breakup vs. Georgia Tech...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2019...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills...named by National Football Foundation as a member of its inaugural “Team of Distinction,” recognizing high school scholar-athletes for their athletic and academic per-formances, as well as service to their communities. High School

Horn Lake HS, coached by Brad Boyette...2018 High School Butkus Award winner as the nation’s top prep LB...selected for the 2019 Under Armour All-America Game...chosen as the 2018-19 Gatorade High School Football Player in Mississippi... USA Today All-USA first team and listed at No. 15 on the USA Today pre-season Chosen 25...247Sports.com five-star pros-pect...ranked as the #1 ILB nationally, #14 overall prospect nationally and the #1 prospect in Mississippi...Rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked #19 nationally, #1 ILB and #1 in Mississippi...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #23 nationally, #3 OLB, #11 in the Southeast and #1 in Mississippi...Led Horn Lake to a 15-0 season and the 2018 MHSAA Class 6A State title, the first in Horn Lake’s history...2018 Mississippi Mr. Football for Class 6A...2018 National Lineman of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta...had 175 total tackles, along with 26 tackles for loss, seven sacks, three INTs and two forced fumbles as a senior...tallied 147 total stops, 25 TFLs and nine sacks as a junior... Recipient of the 2019 Franklin D. Watkins Award, which is pre-sented by the National Alliance of African-American Athletes to the top Afri-can-American high school scholar athlete in the country.Personal

Full name NAKOBE RASHOD DEAN...Major: Mechanical Engineering... recipient of the Ken and Jody Jackson Family and Milton “Red” Leathers Football Scholarships.


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Suwanee, GeorgiaNorth Gwinnett High School

Warren Ericson

50

OL Jr. 6-4 305 2VL

2021

Has played in all 13 games to date...started at RG in the Bulldogs’ past 13 games...also saw action at center in five of those contests...has played ev-ery possible snap in two games: South Carolina and Florida...saw extensive action as a reserve OL in Georgia’s season-opening win vs. #3 Clemson...named one of three team captains for the Auburn game...named to the pre-season Watch List for the Rimington Trophy, given annually to the na-tion’s top collegiate center.2020

Saw action in nine of 10 games...got his first starting assignment at center in win at #24 Missouri...played at center and right guard in the same series in win at South Carolina...started at center and played the entirety of Georgia’s Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati.2019

Saw action in six games: Murray State, Arkansas State, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia Tech and Baylor...started at right guard and played every offensive snap in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor.2018

Redshirted...saw his first collegiate action vs. Vanderbilt...also played vs. UMass and Georgia Tech...enrolled at UGA in January of 2018 and partici-pated in spring drills...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Hon-or Roll.

Atlanta, GeorgiaMarist School

John FitzPatrick

86

TE Jr. 6-7 250 2VL

Career Highs* Receptions ................................................................ 4 vs. Cincinnati, 2021* Receiving Yards ..................................................... 41 vs. Cincinnati, 2021* Long Reception .............................................28 yards vs. Vanderbilt, 2021* Receiving TDs............................................................ 1 vs. Arkansas, 20202021

Has played in all 13 games to date, starting at TE in wins over UAB, South Carolina, Auburn, Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia Tech...has

2020

Played in nine of 10 games and had 37 carries for 218 yards...season-best performances both came in road wins: 103 yards (long run of 47 yards) at Missouri, and 14 carries for 77 yards at South Carolina...had 27 yards on seven attempts vs. Auburn...saw action in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win at Arkansas...gained four yards on his lone carry for the day...caught a pass for three-yard gain vs. Tennessee.high school

Colquitt County, coached by Justin Rogers...247Sports.com four-star pros-pect...ranked as the #21 RB nationally, the #28 prospect in Georgia, and the #279 prospect nationally...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #9 RB na-tionally, #18 in the state and the #135 prospect nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #33 RB nationally, the #42 prospect in Georgia, and the #187 prospect nationally...rushed for 4,413 career yards on 715 car-ries in 55 games played...as a senior, he led the Packers with 1,008 yards, his third straight 1,000-yard season...he added 11 TDs on the ground...also caught 27 passes for 408 yards and two TDs as a senior...as a junior, was named an All-State selection by the Georgia Coaches Assn (First Team), the GSWA (2nd Team) and the AJC (HM)...rushed for 1,480 yards on the ground on 227 carries with six 100-yard-games and 26 total TDs.Personal

Full name: SEVARIAN DAIJUN EDWARDS...intended major: Housing Management and Policy...recipient of the Col. Robert L. Jackson Family Scholarship.

Career Rushing Statistics Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 9/0 37 218 5.9 24.2 1 47 MZ 2021 13/0 45 172 3.8 13.2 3 23 GT Total 22/0 82 390 4.8 17.7 4 47 MZ

High School

North Gwinnett, coached by Bill Stewart...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #349 overall prospect nationally and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #231 overall prospect nationally, #12 offensive guard, and the #27 overall prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #230 overall prospect nationally, #14 OG and #28 in the state...247sports.com four-star prospect, #263 overall prospect na-tionally, #5 center, and the #28 prospect in Georgia...2016 Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Class 7A First Team offense...led North Gwin-nett to a 14-1 record, the Region 7-7A title and the GHSA Class 7A State title in 2017, along with a No. 2 ranking in Georgia and No. 22 ranking nation-ally...paved the way for the Bulldog offense, which averaged 223.9 rushing yards per game and 180.7 passing yards per game.Personal

Full name: WARREN ERICSON...Major: Sport Management...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Evans Family Football Scholarship, as well as the Milton “Red” Leath-ers Football Scholarship..

2021Saw his first collegiate action at left guard vs. Charleston Southern.

high schoolWest Forsyth, coached by David Svehla… selected to the 2021 All-American Bowl…247Sports.com four-star composite prospect…ranked as the #97 pros-pect nationally, the #5 OG prospect and the #11 prospect in Georgia…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #2 OG pros-pect, #8 prospect in Georgia, and #65 prospect nationally… rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #168 nationally. #9 OL prospect and the #15 prospect in Georgia …ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #123 nationally, #14 offensive lineman prospect and the #16 prospect in Georgia …Dawg Post four-star pros-pect, ranked as the #9 prospect overall in Georgia.

personalFull name: DYLAN COOPER FAIRCHILD...intended major: Marketing.

Cumming, GeorgiaWest Forsyth High School

Dylan Fairchild

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OL Fr. 6-5 300 HS

player bios


caught six passes for 83 yards...career-long catch of 28 yards came in win at Vanderbilt...had a 20-yarder vs. Kentucky and a 22-yarder vs. Alabama...named one of three team captains for the Vanderbilt game.2020

Started in five of 10 games during the season at tight end...finished with 10 catches for 95 yards and a TD...career-best four catches for 41 yards in Chick- fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati...also recovered a teammate’s fumble in the third quarter...caught two passes for 19 yards, including a 12-yard TD catch, vs. Arkansas...caught an 18-yarder in win over Auburn...caught an 8-yard pass for a 3rd down conversion in 3rd quarter vs. Mississippi State...named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll.2019

Saw action in 11 of 14 games, starting in the opener at Vanderbilt...first col-legiate catch came vs. Murray State for 22 yards...named to the Fall 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll, as well as the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.2018

Redshirted...saw action in the Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee games. High School

Marist School, coached by Alan Chadwick...247Sports.com four-star pros-pect...ranked as the #17 tight end nationally, #316 overall prospect nationally and the #36 prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #147 nationally, #5 TE and #17 in the state...tabbed as one of the “Biggest Movers” in the Rivals.com rankings, in which he jumped 89 spots to #131 nation-ally between August and December...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #346 nationally and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN.com three-star prospect and the #11-ranked TE...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA Georgia First Team...helped lead Marist to a 14-1 sea-son and GHSA Class 4A runner-up finish in 2017...AJC 2017 All-State Class 4A First Team offense, as well as the AJC’s All-Metro (DeKalb County) Team...hauled in 29 passes for more than 400 yards receiving and three TDs his senior season while also playing defensive end for the War Eagles... made five tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack in the state championship game...named to the GACA North 2016 All-State Class 4A First Team defense as a defensive lineman...also played soccer and basketball at Marist.Personal

Full name JOHN WILLIAM FITZPATRICK...completed his undergraduate degree in Real Estate in Spring of 2021...recipient of the Devore Family and Herbert & Burdelle Mobley Family Football Scholarships.

Career Receiving StatisticsYear G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG2019 11/1 1 22 22.0 2.0 0 22 MS2020 10/5 10 95 9.5 9.5 1 18 AR2021 13/7 6 83 13.8 6.4 0 28 VUTotal 34/13 17 200 11.8 5.9 1 28 VU

Marietta, GeorgiaLSU / Marietta High School

Arik Gilbert

WR So. 6-5 240 Tr.

Career Highs* Receptions ..................................................6 vs. Missouri & Auburn, 2020* Receiving Yards ........................................................97 vs. Missouri, 2020* Long Reception .........................................................25 vs. Missouri, 2020* Receiving TDs......................................1 vs. Miss. State & Missouri, 2020

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2021

2nd team Preseason All-America pick by Pro Football Focus (PFF).2020 (at lsu)

Freshman All-SEC Team, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches…Started all eight games in which he played…caught 35 passes 368 yards and two TDs…of his 35 catches, 24 resulted in either a first down or a touchdown…of those 24 first-down or TD catches, 11 came on third or fourth down…had four receptions in his first collegiate game vs. Miss. State, including a 2-yard TD grab…career highs of six catches and 97 receiving yards came at Missouri, including a 25-yard TD catch…led LSU with 55 receiving yards on six catches at Auburn…five catches for 55 yards at Arkansas…also five receptions for 29 yards vs. Alabama…started the Alabama game at wide receiver.High School

Marietta, coached by Richard Morgan…Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2019…first true tight end to win the award since its inception in 1985…led team to 2019 Georgia 7A state title -- the school’s first in 52 years -- with a 17-9 win over Lowdnes…had 11 catches for 146 yards in state championship game...five-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN 300, Rivals and Scout...ranked No. 12 overall in the ESPN 300…highest-ranked tight end in the 2020 class by Rivals…caught 105 passes for 1,860 yards (124.0 yards per game) and 15 TDs as a senior…finished career with 247catches for 3,640 yards (90.8 yards per game) and 35 TDs...also played as a pass rusher for Marietta defense and recorded 6.5 sacks in 2019...participated in the All-American bowl.Personal

Full name ARIK DASAN GILBERT...intended major: Finance...recipient of the Aubrey Cecil Rhodes, Sr. Football Scholarship.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 8/8 35 368 10.5 46.0 2 25 MU

Kennesaw, GeorgiaKennesaw Mountain High School

Ryland Goede

88

TE RSo. 6-6 240 SQ

2021

Saw his first action in two years as a reserve TE in Georgia’s win over UAB...has also played in wins over South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech.2020

Missed the entire season after shoulder surgery...earned a spot on the SEC Aca-demic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State and Arkansas State games...enrolled at UGA in January of 2019 and participated in Spring drills...named to the 2019 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.High School

Kennesaw Mountain, coached by Caleb Carmean...247Sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #6 TE nationally, #196 overall prospect national-ly and the #23 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #162 nationally, #6 TE, and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, the #4 TE and #17 in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #11 TE and #29 in the state...career leader in receptions, rec. yards and TE catches at KMHS...All-Region 3-7A First Team offense as a senior and a junior...senior career cut short by an ACL tear suffered in October of ‘18...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA

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Covington, GeorgiaNewton High School

Nyland Green

DB Fr. 6-1 185 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action as a reserve in Georgia’s win over UAB...credited with two tackles vs. the Blazers...also played in wins over Vanderbilt and Charleston Southern...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

Newton County High School, coached by Camiel Grant…selected to the 2021 Under Armour All-America Game…247Sports.com composite four-star prospect…#5 DB prospect, the #9 prospect in Georgia and the #69 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team...rivals.com four-star prospect…#9 DB prospect, the #9 prospect in Georgia and the #127 prospect nationally…ESPN.com four-star prospect…Dawg Post four-star prospect, ranked as the #6 prospect overall in Georgia…named to the AJC’s “Super 11”.personal

Full name NYLAND MARVELL GREEN...major: Sport Management...recipi-ent of the David William Moorman Football Scholarship.

Roswell, GeorgiaReinhardt Univ. / Blessed Trinity

Chase Harof

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TE Sr. 6-2 250 SQ

2021

Saw action as a reserve TE in Missouri and Charleston Southern games.2020

Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll and the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.2019

Sat out the season in compliance with NCAA rules regarding transfers.Reinhardt University (2017-18)

Coached by James Miller...Earned 2018 AAC First Team All-Conference at OL...Played for two seasons with the Eagles, appearing in seven games in 2018 at center after a redshirt year in 2017...Offensive Player of the Week several times throughout career and was the recipient of the Eagle Award for excellence in Academics and Athletics...Helped Reinhardt to a 13-1 record and finished the 2017 season as the NAIA National Championship runner-up.High School

Blessed Trinity, coached by Tim McFarlin...Lettered all four years for the Titans...Helped lead Blessed Trinity to a 13-1-1 season as a junior in 2015, finishing as the runner-up in Class 3A...Earned the Titan Award, North Geor-gia Touchdown Club All-Star award and First Team All-Region 4-3A.Personal

Full name: CHASE DOUGLAS HAROF...major: Risk Management & In-surance.

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Gaffney, South CarolinaGaffney High School

Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins

DL Fr. 6-5 300 HS

2021

Enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...had two tackles and a PBU in first collegiate action vs. Charleston Southern.high school

Gaffney High School, coached by Dan Jones…selected to the 2021 All-American Bowl…named 2020 Mr. Football by the South Carolina Ath-letic Coaches Assn…247sports.com composite four-star prospect…ranked as the #11 DT prospect, #1 prospect in S.C., and #152 prospect nationally…rivals.com four-star prospect…ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #18 DT prospect, #1 prospect in S.C., and #283 prospect nationally…had 31 tackles, three deflected passes, and team-leading seven sacks for 34 yards as a seniopersonal

Full name TYRION LAMAR INGRAM-DAWKINS...intended major: Sport Management...recipient of the Tommy Reeder Football Scholarship.

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Georgia Second Team offense...hauled in 21 passes for 228 yards receiving and four touchdowns as a junior.Personal

Full name: RYLAND CHRISTOPHER GOEDE...Major: Journalism... re-cipient of the Leavy Family & the Brunswick News Publishing Co. Football Scholarship.

Hinesville, GeorgiaBradwell Institute

Michael Hagerty

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TE RSo. 6-4 225 SQ

2021

Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll and the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.2020

Member of the scout team…involved with the UGA ROTC program…Ath-letic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List member.2019

Redshirted…served on scout team.High School

Four-year starter at tight end and defensive end…also competed on the track team at Bradwell.Personal

MICHAEL DENNIS HAGERTY...son of Mike & Anna Hagerty...oldest of seven siblings…major: BA in Int’l. Affairs, master’s in public administra-tion.

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Gainesville, GeorgiaNorth Hall High School

Dan Jackson

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DB RSo. 6-1 190 SQ

2021

Has played in all 13 games, with four starts (UK, CSU, GT and AL) and has 35 total tackles...season-high seven tackles in his first starting assignment vs. Kentucky...team’s leading tackler with six stops in win at #18 Auburn...also led the Bulldogs with six solo stops in win over Missouri...had two tack-les and perhaps the biggest play of Georgia’s win over Arkansas, when he blocked a Razorback punt that was recovered by Z. White for the Bulldogs’ third TD of the game...had two tackles each in wins over UAB, USC and Charleston Southern, with one stop in the Bulldogs’ win over #3 Clemson...had an interception for the Red squad in the annual G-Day game.2020

Member of the Scout Team...earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019


North Hall, coached by David Bishop...two-way star for the Trojans, playing RB on offense and DB on defense...All-State as a DB during senior sea-son...2018 Region 7-AAA Player of the Year....Team MVP as a junior and senior...Had 1,785 all-purpose yards with 26 touchdowns and four intercep-tions as a senior...also lettered in basketball and track all four years...school record holder in the 110-meter hurdles.personal

Full name DANIEL WARREN JACKSON...parents are Joe and Valencia Jackson...major: Business.


Career Highs* Receptions .....................................................................9 vs. Auburn, 2020* Receiving Yards ........................................................147 vs. Auburn, 2020* Long Reception ................................................. 49 yards vs. Auburn, 2020* Long Punt Return .................................. 52 yards vs. South Carolina, 2020* Long Kickoff Return ..........................................56 yards vs. Florida, 2020

2021

Has played in every game and has 14 receptions on the season for 178 yards and a TD...season-best receiving game (3 for 59 yards, including a 36-yard

Fort Valley, GeorgiaPeach County High School

Kearis Jackson

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WR Jr. 6-0 200 2VL

TD catch) came in win over Florida...caught a pair of passes for 35 yards in win at Vanderbilt...caught two passes for 17 yards in win over South Caro-lina...named one of three team captains for the South Carolina game...the Bulldogs’ punt returner in all 13 games...has 22 returns for 189 yards (8.6 avg.), including a long return of 41 yards vs. Charleston Southern...ranks 20th nationally (4th in SEC) in punt return average...also has five KO returns for a 21.0-yard average...Pre-Season All-SEC Third Team as a return special-ist, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches.2020

Georgia’s leading receiver, with 36 catches (tied with G. Pickens for team honors) for 514 yards and three TDs...also the Bulldogs’ leading punt and kickoff returner...career-best 52-yard punt return vs. USC...career highs in receptions (9), yards (147) and long catch (49) in win over Auburn...four catches for 91 yards and a 21-yard TD catch vs. Tennessee...four receptions for 55 yards, including a 40-yard TD grab, vs. Miss. State...caught a team-best six passes for 62 yards in win at Arkansas...one of three student repre-sentatives on the UGA Athletics Board of Directors...also UGA’s represen-tative at the SEC Football Leadership Council...named one of three team captains for the Tennessee and Mississippi State games.2019

Played in 11 of 14 games, with seven starts...had five catches for 79 yards...started the season opener at Vanderbilt and caught two passes 31 yards before leaving the game with a hand injury...missed three subsequent games...had a 13-yard reception and a punt return of five yards vs. Missouri...caught one pass for 22 yards vs. Texas A&M.2018

Redshirted...saw action in four of 14 games...had one carry for six yards in the MTSU game...missed the season opener vs. Austin Peay due to injury...enrolled at UGA in January of 2018 and participated in spring drills.High School

Peach County, coached by Chad Campbell...selected to play in the 2018 Un-der Armour All-America Game...2017 AJC Preseason Super 11...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #251 nationally and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN four-star prospect, #38 prospect nation-ally, #4 WR in the nation and #6 overall prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #172 prospect nationally, #30 WR in the nation, #20 over-all prospect in Georgia...2017 All-State First-Team offense by the AJC...had 47 receptions for 852 yards as a senior, with nine TDs...PCHS went 13-2 and reached the 2017 GHSA 3A state title game.Personal

Full name KEARIS JAMARCUS JACKSON...major: Housing Management & Policy...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commence-ment exercises...recipient of the recipient of the Vickie & Leon Farmer and Joe B. Maxwell Family Scholarships.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2018 4/0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 --- 2019 11/7 5 79 15.8 8.8 0 32 VU 2020 10/2 36 514 14.3 51.9 3 49 AU 2021 13/1 14 178 12.7 13.7 1 36 UF Total 37/10 55 771 14.0 20.8 4 49 AU

Career Kick & Punt Return Statistics Year KOR Yds Avg. TD LG PR Yds Avg TD LG 2018 0 0 0.0 0 -- 0 0 0.0 0 -- 2019 0 0 0.0 0 -- 2 11 5.5 0 6 VU 2020 11 298 27.1 0 56 UF 15 87 5.8 0 52 SC 2021 5 105 21.0 0 32 AU 22 189 8.6 0 41 CS Total 16 403 25.2 0 56 UF 39 287 7.4 0 52 SC

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Lithonia, GeorgiaLithonia High School

Broderick Jones

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OL RFr. 6-4 315 1VL

2021

Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team...has played in every game thus far, hav-ing started the last four games of the regular season at left OT...played every offensive snap in win over Missouri and Tennessee...played most of the Bull-dogs’ win at Auburn at left tackle, in relief of injured starter Jamaree Salyer.2020

Redshirted...saw his first collegiate action at right tackle in fourth-quarter drive at South Carolina...also played as a reserve in win at Missouri.High School

Lithonia, coached by Marcus Jelks and David Edwards...selected to repre-sent Team Pressure in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game, where he was regarded as one of the top offensive linemen...247sports.com composite five-star prospect...ranked as the #11 prospect nationally, the #2 offensive tackle prospect and #3 prospect from the state of Georgia...ESPN.com five-star prospect, the #9 prospect nationally, #1 OT prospect nationally, #5 pros-pect in the Southeast region and #3 in Georgia...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, ranked #18 prospect nationally, the #2 OT and a member of the Team 150 Dream Team...rivals.com five-star prospect, #5 prospect national-ly, #2 OT nationally, #2 player from Georgia....named a unanimous selection to the 2019 Class 5A All-State First Team offense by the Georgia Sports Writers Association and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...as a senior, he led the Bulldogs to wins in three of their last four region games to claim a No. 3 seed in the GHSA Class 5A playoffs...paved the way for a Lithonia offense that averaged 25.1 points per game in the regular season, as well as 3,106 yards of offense (282.4 yards per game)...registered 11 pancake blocks on the line, as well as 17 tackles, five tackles for loss and four sacks for 36 yards lost as a defensive tackle...2019 AJC Super 11 selection, joining 28 previous Super 11 honorees to play under head coach Kirby Smart at Georgia...named to the USA Today 2018 ALL-USA Georgia First Team offense following his junior campaign, as well as a Class 5A first team selection by the Georgia Association of Coaches...tabbed for the 2018 MaxPreps Preseason Junior All-American Second Team offense...competed at the 2019 Under Armour Future 50 event as a junior, emerging as one of the nation’s top offensive linemen...skilled post player on the Lithonia varsity basketball team, helping lead the Bulldogs to the Class 5A Final Four with a 21-10 record (10-3 in Re-gion 5) as a junior...earned the Metro Atlanta Montlick & Associates Athlete of the Week in November 2019.Personal

Full name BRODERICK BERNARD JONES...Major: Sport Management...recipient of the Heyward Allen Football Scholarship.

Duluth, GeorgiaPeachtree Ridge High School

Jaylen Johnson

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WR Jr. 6-2 192 2VL

2021

Has played in 12 of 13 games and has three catches for 29 yards...first col-legiate catch was the Bulldogs’ longest pass play vs. Clemson, a 21-yarder in the third quarter...also had a 6-yard rush vs. the Tigers...had two tackles as a member of KO coverage unit vs. Vanderbilt, forcing a fumble with his first stop.2020

Saw action in all 10 of Georgia’s games as a reserve wide receiver, as well as a member of the Bulldogs’ kick coverage unit.2019

Played in three games: Murray State, Arkansas State and Georgia Tech...participated in spring drills, earning a spot on the Red team for the 2019 G-Day Game.2018

Walked on the team and was redshirted...member of the scout team.High School

Peachtree Ridge, coached by Reggie Stancil…earned First Team All-County and All-Region honors his senior year...caught 36 passes for 490 yards and 2

Douglasville, GeorgiaDouglas County High School

Jonathan Jefferson

DL Fr. 6-3 295 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action in win over Charleston Southern and was cred-ited with three tackles...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

Douglas County HS coached by Johnny White…247Sports.com composite four-star prospect…ranked as the #13 strong side DE in the country, the #15 prospect in Georgia, and the #149 overall prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #10 SDE prospect, #10 prospect in Georgia, and #95 prospect nationally…rivals.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #13 DT nationally, and the #17 prospect in Georgia…ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #16 DE in the na-tion, the #19 prospect in Georgia, and the #150 prospect in the nation…as a senior in 2020, led Douglasville HS with 19 TFLs, and 10 sacks in just 11 games…recorded 254 career tackles, 51 for loss, and 41 sacks.Personal

Full name JONATHAN DOUGLAS JEFFERSON...major: Accounting...re-cipient of the James G. Minter & Michael J. Faherty Football Scholarship...father is former boxer Derrick Jefferson, who had professional record of 28-4-1 and had 21 knockouts.

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TDs as a senior...junior year stats: 413 yards, 33 catches, & 3 TDs.Personal

Full name JAYLEN ALEXANDER ATOA JOHNSON...major: Communi-cation Studies...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 com-mencement exercises...

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 10/0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 --- 2021 12/0 3 29 9.7 2.4 0 21 CU Total 22/0 3 29 9.7 1.3 0 21 CU

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made three tackles vs. Boston College…contributed four tackles and two pass breakups at No. 4 Notre Dame…registered three tackles and returned a fumble return 66 yards for his second career TD at Virginia Tech…credited with four tackles and a sack in ACC Champ. Game vs. No. 2 Notre Dame…broke up a pass in Sugar Bowl vs. No. 3 Ohio State.2019: Second-team All-ACC selection…an emergency sub at cornerback during spring practice...eventually earned starting role...played and started in all 15 games...credited with 51 tackles (3.0 for loss), six pass breakups and two interceptions...also returned two kickoffs for 51 yards and nine punts for 16 yards…posted six tackles and a pass breakup vs. No. 12 Texas A&M…recorded two tackles and a 38-yard pick-six on his first career inter-ception vs. Florida State…credited with seven tackles vs. Boston College…posted three tackles including one for loss at NC State…contributed two tackles and an opening-drive interception at South Carolina…posted ca-reer-high nine tackles (one for loss) and two pass breakups in Fiesta Bowl win vs. No. 2 Ohio State…recorded another nine tackles vs. No. 1 LSU.2018: Played in all 15 games at wide receiver...finished with 15 catches for 210 yards and 41 rushing yards on five carries…caught a 38-yard pass in his collegiate debut vs. Furman…caught two passes for 24 yards and opened the game with a 40-yard kickoff return vs. No. 16 N.C. State…had a 28-yard kickoff return and a 13-yard reception at Florida State...caught two passes for 37 yards vs. Duke… season highs of four catches and 51 yards vs. South Carolina…played on offense and special teams in the Cotton Bowl vs. No. 3 Notre Dame and the National Championship Game against No. 1 Alabama.high school

South Pointe, coached by Strait Herron…No. 26 player in the nation by 247Sports, No. 30 player by Rivals and No. 62 player by ESPN…No. 4 wide receiver in the nation by 247Sports and No. 6 wide receiver by ESPN and Rivals…top-rated player in South Carolina by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals…Gatorade Player of the Year in South Carolina…his team won the state title each of his four years…played wide receiver as a sophomore and quarterback as a junior and senior…played in the Shrine Bowl as a wide receiver…U.S. Army All-American Game participant…U.S. Army Player-of-the-Year Award finalist.Personal

Full name DERION RAYSHAWN KENDRICK…intended major: Sociol-ogy...recipient of the Don Leebern, Jr. & Don Leebern III Football Schol-arship.

Career Defensive Statistics (at clemson) Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2018 15/0 Playedoffensein2018season 2019 15/15 40 11 51 0.0/0 3.0/4 0 0 6 2 1 2020 9/8 12 8 20 1.0/2 1.0/2 0 1 6 1 0 Total 24/10 53 43 96 1.5/9 3.0/13 1 0 2 0 18

Career Defensive Statistics (at georgia) Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2021 13/13 18 15 33 0.0/0 1.0/3 0 0 3 2 3

Career Receiving StatisticsYear G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG2018 15/0 15 210 14.0 14.0 0 38 FU

Career Rushing StatisticsYear G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG2018 15/0 5 36 7.2 2.4 0 25 UL

Rock Hill, South CarolinaClemson / South Pointe HS

Derion Kendrick

Career Highs* Tackles .................................9 vs. Ohio State & LSU, 2020 (2019 season)* Interceptions .................................. 1 in 5 games (recent: Tennessee, 2021)* Pass Breakups ................................ 2 in 4 games (recent: Kentucky, 2021)2021

AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd Team...has played and started at DB in all 13...has 33 total stops, a team high-tying two interceptions, three QB pressures and three pass breakups...played on every defensive snap in two games this season: Kentucky and Tennessee...season-high seven tackles and two pass breakups in win over #11 Kentucky...six tackles and a key second-quarter INT in win at Tennessee...five total stops in win over Florida...had three tackles in Georgia’s season-opening win over #3 Clemson...had one tackle, one QB pressure and an interception with a 9-yard return in win over South Carolina...lone tackle in win over Arkansas resulted in a 3-yard loss for the Razorbacks.2018-2020 (at clemson)

2020: First-team All-ACC, as chosen by a vote of a 49-member media panel and the league’s 15 head coaches...also a first-team All-ACC pick by the AP and PFF…played in nine games, starting in eight...credited with 20 tackles (one for loss), six pass breakups, a sack, an interception and a fumble recov-ery, which he returned 66 yards for a touchdown…three tackles and two pass breakups vs. Virginia…first interception of the season vs. No. 7 Miami…

DB Sr. 6-0 195 Tr.

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Albany, GeorgiaDeerfield-Windsor School

Garrett Jones

RB Jr. 6-0 203 SQ

2021

Member of the Scout Team.2020

Member of the Scout Team...named to SEC Academic Honor Roll and J.Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall Semester.2019

Participated in spring drills...had one rush for two yards in G-Day game...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2019.High School

Deerfield-Windsor School…coached by Allen Lowe…won regional champi-onships in 2015 and 2016…named to First Team All-State his senior year…earned First Team All-Region honors his junior and senior years…nominated for the All-Star game his senior year.personal

WILLIAM GARRETT JONES...son of Alan Jones...major: Finance.

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2021

Has seen action in four games as a reserve OL: vs. Clemson, UAB, Missou-ri and Charleston Southern...named to the 2021 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.2020

Redshirted...member of the scout team...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall Semester, 2020.High School

Clear Creek HS, coached by Dwayne Lane...selected to participate in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect, ranked as the #17 offensive tackle nationally, the #26 pros-

League City, TexasClear Creek High School

Chad Lindberg

OL RFr. 6-6 325 SQ

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Mansfield, TexasMansfield Timberview High School

Jalen Kimber

DB RFr. 6-0 170 1VL

2021

Saw action in one game (vs. UAB) before being sidelined for the season because of injury.2020

Saw action in three of the Bulldogs’ 10 games (Arkansas, Tennessee, Cin-cinnati)...credited with a tackle vs. UT...earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2020...enrolled at UGA in January of 2020.High School

Timberview HS, coached by James Brown...selected to play in the 2020 All-American Bowl...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect. #8 CB nationally, the #17 prospect in Texas, and the #104 overall prospect national-ly...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #7 CB, #15 in Texas, and the #84 national-ly...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #8 CB, #209 player national-ly, and the #40 prospect in Texas...PrepStar Magazine Top 150 Dream Team, #7 CB, #80 prospect nationally….in his senior season, he recorded 18 tackles and two PBUs in eight games for the Wolves...selected to represent Team Savage at The Opening 2019 Finals...as a junior, he racked up 34 tackles (26 solo), three INTs and six PBUs...helped lead the Wolves to the region finals of the UIL Conference 5A Division I playoffs.Personal

Full name JALEN JERMAINE KIMBER...Intended Major: Business....re-cipient of the Brett E. Hansen Family Football Scholarship.

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Suwanee, GeorgiaCollins Hill High School

Cameron Kinnie

OL RFr. 6-3 300 SQ

2020

Redshirted...member of scout team...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.High School

Collins Hill, coached by Lenny Gregory…247Sports.com three-star pros-pect…ranked as the #135 defensive tackle nationally, the #184 prospect in Georgia, and the #1915 prospect in the country…PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect…rivals.com three-star prospect…ESPN.com three-star pros-pect, ranked as the #101 DT nationally, and the #146 prospect in the state…as a senior he recorded 63 total tackles, 18 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks.Personal

Full name CAMERON ISAIAH KINNIE...Major: Journalism...recipient of the Mr. & Mrs. John F. McMullan Football Scholarship.

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2021

Has played in all 13 games to date as a reserve DB and on special teams...season-high four tackles in win over Charleston Southern...also had a pass breakup vs. the Buccaneers...had two tackles and a pass breakup in win over Missouri...had two tackles in win over South Carolina...had one tackle and his first career interception in win at Vanderbilt.high school

American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa, Ala., coached by Chris Smelley…257Sports.com four-star composite prospect…ranked the #250 prospect nationally, the #18 defensive back prospect, and the #8 prospect in Alabama… PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 350 All-American…ranked as the #25 DB prospect, #10 prospect in Alabama, and #344 prospect nationally… rivals.com four-star prospect…ranked #212 nationally, #21 de-fensive back prospect and the #7 prospect in Alabama …ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked the #24 defensive back prospect and the #13 prospect in Alabama …helped American Christian to a 12-1 record & a state champion-ship runner-up…totaled 210 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 10 INTs, 22 PBUs and four forced fumbles…also played WR for American Christian, finished his career with 103 receptions for 2,488 yards and 35 TDs…part of Al.com’s “A-List” ranking the top 15 recruits from the state of Alabama.Personal

Full name KAMARI QUINCEY LASSITER...intended major: Business...recipient of the James E. Farish Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive Statistics (at georgia) Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2021 13/0 8 2 10 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 2 1 0

Savannah, GeorgiaAmerican Christian Academy

Kamari Lassiter

DB Fr. 6-0 180 HS

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Career Highs* Tackles .................................................................... 5 vs. South Carolina, 2020

2021

Has played in all 13 games thus far as a reserve DL and has 11 total stops and three QB pressures...had two tackles in win over Auburn, including a QB sack for a 9-yard loss...credited with a tackle and a QB pressure in Georgia’s win over UAB...had two tackles and a QB pressure in win at Vanderbilt.2020

Saw action in each of the last five games of the season...finished with eight total stops, including a career-best five tackles, including one for lost yard-age, in win at South Carolina...saw his first action of the season vs. Florida and was credited with a second-quarter assisted tackle...credited with an as-sist the following week vs. Mississippi State...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall, 2020.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State and Arkansas State games and had two QB pressures against the Racers.High School

Lebanon HS, coached by Chuck Gentry…247sports.com three-star prospect, #29 strong defensive end nationally, #13 player in Tennessee...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #20 SDE nationally, #6 player in Tennessee…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #348 nationally, #27 DE….helped lead Leba-non to its best season since 2004 with an 8-3 record and a trip to the 2018 TS-SAA Division I Class 6A Playoffs...captained LHS to its first winning record since 2006...tallied 57 total tackles, including six for loss, while adding an interception, fumble forced and one reception – a 19-yard touchdown – in his senior season...listed as No. 7 on The Tennessean’s Dandy Dozen for 2018.Personal

Full name ZION JABEZ LOGUE...Major: Communication Studies...recipi-ent of the Drake Family Football Scholarship.


Lebanon, TennesseeLebanon High School

Zion Logue

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DL RSo. 6-5 295 1VL

Homerville, GeorgiaClinch County High School

Trezmen Marshall

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ILB RSo. 6-1 230 2VL

Career Highs* Tackles .................................................................................... 4 vs. UAB, 2021

2021

Has played in four of 11 games thus far...has seven total stops...saw extensive action in win over UAB and was credited with a career-best four tackles.2020

Redshirted...saw action in three of 10 contests as a member of the Bulldogs’ kick coverage unit.2019

Played in all 14 games...finished with five total stops...had a tackle in kickoff coverage vs. Texas A&M at the 14-yard line...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills.High School

Clinch County, coached by Jim Dickerson...247Sports.com four-star pros-pect...Ranked as the #7 inside linebacker nationally, #122 overall prospect nationally and the #13 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #75 nationally, #3 ILB, and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #77 nationally, #2 ILB and #10 in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #193 nationally, #19 athlete and #19 in the state...helped lead Clinch County to a 13-1 season and the Class A-Public State Title in 2018, the team’s third state crown in four years...AJC 2018 Preseason Super 11.Personal

Full name TREZMEN DAVON MARSHALL...Major: Communication Stud-ies...recipient of the Porter Otis Payne Football Scholarship.


pect in Texas, and the #140 prospect nationally...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, ranked #13 OT, #115 prospect nationally...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #13 OT, #19 in the state, and #178 nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #19 OT, #24 in the state, and #57 nationally...helped lead the Wildcats to the bi-district round of the UIL Conference 6A Division 2 playoffs and a 3-3 record in District 24... earned first-team All-District in three consecutive seasons from sophomore to senior year...selected to participate in the 2020 Polynesian Bowl...also competed in the shot put for the Clear Creek track and field team, tossing a personal record 55 feet, 2 inches as a sophomore...qualified for regionals as a freshman and a junior, finishing ninth in 2019 with a 49’1” mark.Personal

Full name CHARLES ROBERT LINDBERG...major: Finance...recipient of the Harry Leroy Dukes Football Scholarship.

Brunswick, GeorgiaBrunswick High School

Warren McClendon

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OL RSo. 6-4 300 1VL

2021

Has started at RT in all 13 games thus far this season...has played in 85 per-cent of Georgia’s total offensive plays, including all of the Clemson, Ken-tucky and Florida games.

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georgia


Career Highs* Receptions ........................................................................... 5 vs. Auburn, 2021* Receiving Yards .............................................................. 135 vs. Auburn, 2021* Receiving TDs...................................................1 vs. Vanderbilt, Auburn, 2021* Long Reception ........................................................60 yards vs. Auburn, 2021

2021

Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team...has played in all 13 games thus far, starting in seven (CU, VU, ARK, AU, UK, UF, MIZZ) and has 28 catches (second-best on team) for 430 yards and five TDs...team-high five receptions for 135 yards in win at #18 Auburn, including a 60-yard TD catch...named SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts...team-high three catches in win over #8 Arkansas...had receiving and rushing TDs on successive drives in win at Vandy...had four catches for 62 yards vs. the Commodores...also had a pair of punt returns at Vandy, including a 19-yarder...had a 32-yard TD catch and run vs. Alabama in SEC Championship Game...had two catches for 24 yards, as well as punt returns of 34 and 28 yards, in win over Charleston Southern...had a catch for 32 yards in win over UAB...had one 12-yard grab in win over South Carolina.2020

Redshirted...member of the scout team...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.High School

North Murray, coached by Preston Poag...247Sports.com three-star pros-pect...ranked as the #23 WR prospect in Georgia... rivals.com three-star prospect...ESPN.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #18 WR in Geor-gia...was named to the 2019 All-State Class 3A first team as an athlete by the AJC, and additionally the first team QB by the Georgia Sports Writers Assn...in 2019, led the Mountaineers to the Class 3A quarterfinals as well as an 11-2 record and an undefeated 8-0 Region 6-3A title...as a senior, he

Chatsworth, GeorgiaNorth Murray High School

Ladd McConkey

WR RFr. 6-0 185 SQ

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racked up 3,051 all-purpose yards while playing QB, RB, WR and KR...he completed 124 passes for 1,771 yards and 20 TDs through the air, and added 924 rushing yards and 10 TDs on the ground...as a kick/punt returner, he amassed 356 return yards on seven returns (50.9 yards per return) for three TDs...as a defensive back, he had four INTs and returned three for TDs...even punted for North Murray, earning All-Region honorable mention as a specialist...honored as Region 6-3A Offensive Player of the Year by region coaches as well as First Team defense...also successful as a basketball player and sprinter at NMHS.Personal

Full name ANDREW LADD McCONKEY...Major: Finance...recipient of the Coach Mike Castronis Football Scholarship.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2021 13/7 28 430 15.4 33.1 5 60 AU

Career Rushing Statistics Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2021 13/7 2 39 19.5 3.0 1 24 VU

Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaUniversity School

Kenny McIntosh

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RB Jr. 6-1 210 2VL

Career Highs* Rushing Attempts ............................................................10 vs. Arkansas, 2021* Rushing Yards ....................................................... 79 vs. South Carolina, 2020* Rushing TDs ...................................1 vs. four teams (recent: Tennessee, 2021)* Long Rush .................................................... 62 yards vs. Arkansas State, 2019* Receptions .......................................................................5 vs. Cincinnati, 2021* Receiving Yards ............................................................43 vs. Cincinnati, 2021* Long Reception ................................... 32 yards vs. Charleston Southern, 2021* Long KO Return ................................................... 48 yards vs. Arkansas, 2020

2021

Has played extensively in 12 of 13 games to date...has 54 carries for 317 yards (3 TDs), 16 catches for 187 yards (2 TDs) and six kickoff returns for 113 yards...had a career-high 10 carries in gaining 57 yards vs. Arkansas...also had a 27-yard catch vs. the Razorbacks...scored on a 12-yard catch and run vs. UAB and a 4-yard run in win at Vanderbilt...career-long 32-yard reception for a TD vs. Charleston Southern...59-yard TD run vs. Ga. Tech was the second-longest rush of his career.2020

Played in eight of 10 games...the Bulldogs’ third-leading rusher with 251 yards on 47 carries (5.3 avg.)...career-best 79 yards rushing on nine carries in win at South Carolina...key contributor in Georgia’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati, with five rushes (17 yards) and five catches (43 yards)...had three catches for 25 yards on the Bulldogs’ game-winning drive in 4th quarter..got his first TD of the season on a first-quarter 6-yard run at Missouri....in Georgia’s win over Auburn, he gained 29 yards on six carries, caught a 15-yard pass and returned the opening kickoff 38 yards...had KO returns of 48 and 43 yards in season-opening win at Arkansas...ranked among nation’s leaders in KO returns in mid-season...rushed eight times for 45 yards, caught two passes for 36 yards and returned one KO for 42 yards vs. Tennessee...missed the Kentucky and Florida games because of injury.2019

Saw action in 12 of 14 games...team’s fifth-leading rusher with 174 yards on just 25 carries...his 7.0 yards-per-carry average was highest among all running backs on the team...had 67 yards on four carries vs. Arkansas State, including

2020

Named to the Football Writers Association of American (FWAA) Freshman All-America Team...starter at right tackle in nine of 10 games...played 82 percent of Georgia’s offensive snaps in the regular season, including every snap in four straight contests...also started and played the entirety of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State, Missouri, Georgia Tech and Baylor games...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills.High School

Brunswick, coached by Sean Pender…247sports.com four-star prospect, #235 prospect nationally, #22 offensive tackle nationally and the #25 player in Georgia…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #249 prospect national-ly, #26 OT, and a member of the All-Southeast Team…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #18 OT nationally, #16 player in Georgia…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #292 prospect nationally, #32 OT prospect nationally, #34 prospect in Georgia…AJC All-State Class 6A Team as a junior in 2017.Personal

Full name WARREN CHRISTOPHER MCCLENDON...major: Sport Man-agement...recipient of the Joseph S. Espy Football Scholarship...nephew of Willie McClendon, All-SEC tailback at UGA from 1976-78...cousin to Bryan McClendon, former UGA coach currently on the staff at Oregon.

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the team’s longest rush of the season, a 62-yard TD scamper...six carries for 21 yards, including a 2-yard TD run, vs. Georgia Tech...another six carries for 26 yards in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...also a regular member on kick coverage units...co-winner of Special Teams Newcomer of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala.High School

University School, coached by Daniel Luque…247Sports.com four-star prospect…Ranked as the #179 overall prospect nationally, the #10 RB pros-pect nationally, #10 RB, and the #25 prospect in Florida…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #196 nationally and a member of the All-Southeast Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #229 overall prospect nationally, the #13 RB prospect nationally, and the #36 prospect in Florida …Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #112 overall prospect nationally, the #6 RB prospect nationally, and the #15 prospect in Florida…As a senior, he had 1,345 rushing yards on 199 carries, with 19 rushing TDs...also caught 12 passes for 164 yards and a TD…listed at No. 2 among Broward area re-cruits in the Sun Sentinel Top 19 for 2019...had 1,261 yards rushing and 14 TDs as a junior...earned consecutive selections to the Miami Herald All-Bro-ward Class 5A-Independent First Team offense as a junior and sophomore.Personal

Full name KENNETH McINTOSH...Major: Communication Studies...recip-ient of the William B. Jones Family Scholarship...older brothers RJ and Deon played collegiately at Miami and Notre Dame/Washington State, respective-ly...RJ has also played two seasons with the N.Y. Giants.

Career Rushing Statistics Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2019 12/0 25 174 7.0 14.5 2 62 AS 2020 8/0 47 251 5.3 31.4 1 32 SC 2021 12/1 54 317 5.9 26.4 3 59 GT Total 32/1 126 742 5.9 23.3 6 62 AS

Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2019 12/0 1 3 3.0 0.3 0 3 BU 2020 8/0 10 111 11.1 13.9 0 29 UT 2021 12/1 16 187 11.7 15.6 2 32 CS Total 32/1 27 301 11.1 9.4 2 32 CS

Career kick return Statistics Year G/GS No. Yds Avg. TD LG 2020 8/0 6 218 36.3 0 48 AR 2021 12/1 6 113 18.8 0 28 SC Total 20/1 12 331 27.6 0 48 AR

Phenix City, AlabamaCentral High School

Jackson Meeks

WR Fr. 6-2 205 HS

2021

Has seen action as a reserve WR and special teams member in nine of 13 games thus far...first collegiate catch came in third quarter vs. Vanderbilt (11 yards)...also had a pair of tackles on KO coverage unit vs. the Commodores...caught a six-yard pass in win over Arkansas...season-long reception of 27 yards came in win over Charleston Southern...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

Central HS, coached by Patrick Nix…247sports.com composite three-star prospect…#102 wide receiver prospect and #30 prospect in Alabama…Prep-Star Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region…ranked as the #66

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WR prospect and the #13 prospect in Alabama…rivals.com three-star pros-pect, #17 prospect from the state of Alabama and #82 wide receiver prospect nationally…ESPN.com three-star prospect…#182 wide receiver prospect and the #47 prospect in Alabama…helped lead Central HS to a 8-5 record in his senior season…totaled 135 receiving yards on 14 catches his sophomore and junior seasons, had one touchdown…uncle is Za’Darius Smith, lineback-er for the Green Bay Packers who ranked 4th in the NFL in QB sacks in 2020.Personal

Full name JACKSON MALACHI MEEKS...uncle is Za’Darius Smith, line-backer for the Green Bay Packers who ranked 4th in the NFL in QB sacks in 2020...Major: Criminal Justice.

Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2021 9/0 3 44 14.7 4.9 0 27 CS

Fresno, CaliforniaBuchanan High School

Kendall Milton

RB So. 6-1 220 1VL

2Career Highs

* Rushing Yards .................................................66 vs. South Carolina, 2021* Rushing Attempts ..................................................... 12 vs. Arkansas, 2021* Long Rush ......................................................35 yards vs. Kentucky, 20212021

Team’s fifth-leading rusher thus far, with 243 yards on 49 carries (4.7 avg.)...career-high 12 carries in gaining 48 yards vs. Arkansas...his 66 rushing yards in win over South Carolina were also a career high...nine carries for 43 yards in win at Auburn...had eight rushes for 26 yards vs. UAB...had six carries for 21 yards in Georgia’s season-opening win over Clemson...also caught one pass vs. the Tigers...missed the past six games because of injury.2020

Freshman All-SEC team, as voted by both the Associated Press and the league’s 14 head coaches...saw action in seven of 10 games, starting vs. Florida...rushed for 195 yards on 35 carries and also caught one pass for 22 yards...led Bulldogs with 56 yards on eight carries in win over Tennessee...44 yards on six carries vs. Alabama, including a season-long 24-yarder...gained 30 yards on six carries in win over Auburn...carried once for four yards in the season-opening win at Arkansas...enrolled at UGA in January of 2020...named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.High School

Buchanan, coached by Matt Giordano...selected to play in the 2020 All-American Bowl...247sports.com composite four-star prospect, #53 pros-pect nationally, #6 RB prospect and #4 in California...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #4 RB, #24 prospect nationally...rivals.com five-star prospect, #29 prospect nationally, #7 RB nationally and the #4 player in California...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #96 prospect na-tionally, #7 RB prospect nationally, #5 prospect in California and #10 pros-pect in the West...as a junior, he carried the ball 174 times for 1,337 yards and 27 TDs...named to the 2018 MaxPreps Junior All-American Second Team offense...also tabbed for the USA Today 2018 ALL-USA California First Team offense after his junior campaign.Personal

Full name: KENDALL DANIEL MILTON...intended major: Business...recipient of the Loy D. Thompson IV Scholarship...older brother Ka’Lonn played collegiately at Fresno State... uncle Kevin Hardy is a former Butkus

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Cochran, GeorgiaBleckley County High School

Amarius Mims

OL Fr. 6-7 330 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action as a reserve OL in win over UAB...has also played in seven other contests: vs. USC, VU, ARK, AU, Mizzou, UT, Charleston Southern and Ga. Tech...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...started at left tackle for Black squad in G-Day intrasquad game.high school

Bleckley County, coached by Von Lassiter… selected to the 2021 Under Armour All-American Game…247Sports.com composite five-star pros-pect…ranked as the #3 offensive tackle prospect, #1 prospect in Georgia, and #7 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #3 OT prospect, #2 prospect in Georgia, and #7 prospect nationally…rivals.com five-star prospect…ranked as the #2 OT prospect, #1 prospect in Georgia, and #4 prospect nationally…ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #3 OT prospect, #3 prospect in Georgia, and #19 prospect nationally… Dawg Post five-star prospect, ranked as the #1 prospect overall in Georgia…helped lead Bleckley County to a 8-3 re-cord in his 2020 senior season, advancing to quarterfinals of Class 2A State Playoffs… paved the way for a Royals offense that averaged 378.6 yards per game, including 213.3 yards on the ground…named to 2020 USA Today Preseason All-USA First Team offense…named to 2020 MaxPreps Presea-son All-America First Team offense…named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2020 Georgia’s Super 11…led Bleckley County to 7-4 record in 2019 season, reaching Class 2A playoffs…named to 2019 AJC All-State Class 2A First Team offense…named to 2019 Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Class 2A All-State Team offense…named to 2019 Georgia Sports Writers Associa-tion Class 2A All-State Team offense.Personal

Full name AMARIUS TYRON MIMS...Major: Sport Management...recipi-ent of the Freeman Family Football Scholarship.

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Missouri City, TexasCane Ridge High School

Adonai Mitchell

WR Fr. 6-4 190 HS

Career Highs* Receptions ....................................................................... 5 vs. Tennessee, 2021* Receiving Yards .................................................... 77 vs. South Carolina, 2021* Receiving TDs........................................ 1 vs. South Carolina & Auburn, 2021* Long Reception ..................................................... 38 vs. South Carolina, 2021

2021

Has played in all 13 games to date, starting at WR in nine...has 25 catches for 342 yards (13.7 avg.) and two TDs...has played more total offensive snaps this season (53 percent) than any other Bulldog WR...season-high five recep-tions for 65 yards in win at Tennessee...four of those catches (two on third down) came on a key second-quarter TD drive...had four catches for 77 yards vs. South Carolina, including a 38-yard TD catch in the 2nd quarter...named SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts...two catches for just 10 yards in win at Auburn...one of those, however, was a TD grab for three yards...three catches for 43 yards in win over #11 Kentucky...three catches for 38 yards at Vanderbilt...caught two passes for 42 yards in win over UAB...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...caught a team-high seven passes for 105 yards and a TD in G-Day intrasquad game.high school

Cane Ridge HS (metro Nashville), coached by Eddie Woods…247sports.com composite three-star prospect…ranked as the #64 wide receiver pros-pect, #10 prospect in Tennessee, and #377 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 350 All-American…ranked as the #55 WR prospect, the #10 prospect in Tennessee and #388 nationally...rivals.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #54 WR prospect and #8 prospect in Ten-nessee…ESPN.com three-star prospect…ranked as the #86 WR prospect and #17 prospect in Tennessee…helped lead Cane Ridge HS to a 9-4 record in his 2019 senior season, advancing to the second round of the TSSAA Class 6A State Playoffs…led Ravens with 49 receptions for 795 yards and 11 touch-downs…named 2019 Tennessean Region 5-6A Athlete of the Year…named to 2020 MaxPreps Preseason Tennessee All-State Second Team offense…previously played for Ridge Point HS in Texas, advancing to Area Cham-pionship in 2018 Texas UIL Class 6A-DI State Playoffs…caught 25 passes for 378 yards and three touchdowns for Panthers, in addition to 170 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns in 2018 junior season…named to 2018 UIL Class 6A District 20 All-District Team Second Team offense.Personal

Full name ADONAI ENLIL MITCHELL...intended major: undecided...re-cipient of the John A. Addison, Jr. Family Football Scholarship.

Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 13/10 25 342 13.7 26.3 2 38 SC

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Award winner at Illinois, was the No. 2 pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, and played nine seasons in the NFL.

Career Rushing Statistics Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 7/1 35 193 5.5 27.6 0 24 AU 2021 6/0 49 243 5.0 40.5 1 35 UK Total 13/1 84 436 5.2 33.5 1 35 UK

Career Receving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 7/1 1 22 22.0 3.1 0 22 UC 2021 6/0 2 5 2.5 0.8 0 4 SC Total 13/1 3 27 9.0 2.1 0 22 UC

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Nashville, TennesseeFranklin Road Academy

Tymon Mitchell

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DL RSo. 6-3 300 SQ

Dallas, GeorgiaPaulding County High School

Smael Mondon

LB Fr. 6-3 220 HS

2021

Has played in all 13 games to date...season-high four tackles, including a QB sack for a 12-yard loss and a tackle in kickoff coverage, in the Bulldogs’ win over Charleston Southern...three tackles, including one in punt coverage, in win over Missouri...credited with two tackles in Georgia’s win over UAB...had one tackle in win at Vanderbilt...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...had five tackles for the Red team in G-Day in-trasquad game.

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2021

Played as a reserve DL in Georgia’s wins over UAB, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Missouri and Charleston Southern...credited with two stops each vs. UAB and Vandy...had one tackle in win over Charleston Southern.2020

Saw action in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win at Arkansas...credited with one tackle.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State and Arkansas State games...credited with one solo tackle and three assists vs. Arkansas State...co-winner of Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year.High School

Franklin Road Academy, coached by Bill Whittemore…247sports.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #28 defensive tackle nationally and the #14 prospect in the state of Tennessee…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #19 DT nationally, #9 player in Tennessee…PrepStar Magazine three-star pros-pect and #23 DT nationally…ESPN.com three-star prospect and the #33 DT in the nation…listed as No. 9 on The Tennessean Dandy Dozen…in 2017, he tallied 74 tackles including 11 for a loss and three sacks…also took third place in the 2018 TSSAA State Wrestling meet as a junior.Personal

Full name: TYMON MITCHELL...Major: Financial Planning...recipient of the Quinton Lumpkin Football Scholarship.


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Paulding County, coached by Van Spence… selected to the 2021 All-Amer-ican Bowl...247Sports.com five-star composite prospect…ranked as the #29 prospect nationally, the #2 OLB prospect and the #3 prospect in Georgia… PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #2 OLB prospect, #3 prospect in Georgia, and #14 prospect nationally… ri-vals.com four-star prospect…ranked #96 nationally, #6 outside linebacker prospect and the #7 prospect in Georgia…ESPN.com five-star prospect… ranked #11 nationally, #1 OLB prospect and the #1 prospect from the state of Georgia …Dawg Post five-star prospect, ranked as the #4 prospect overall in Georgia…totaled 83 tackles, one INT, one forced fumble and recovered 2 fumbles in four seasons for Paulding County…played quarterback, running back and wide receiver….recorded 1,129 all-purpose yards, rushed for 13 touchdowns and caught two…Part of the AJC’s “Super 11” for 2020.Personal

Full name SMAEL SIMON MONDON...intended major: Marketing...recipi-ent of the Ellis & Kate Murphy Football Scholarship.


Kingsland, GeorgiaCamden County High School

Micah Morris

OL Fr. 6-6 330 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action in the Bulldogs’ win over Charleston South-ern...also played in win over Georgia Tech...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

Camden County High School, coached by Bob Sphire… selected to the All-American Bowl…247Sports.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #10 offensive tackle prospect, #7 prospect in Georgia, and the #63 overall prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #6 OT prospect, #5 prospect in Georgia, and #41 pros-pect nationally…rivals.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #9 offensive tackle nationally, the #5 player in the state of Georgia, and the #49 player overall…ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #10 offensive line prospect, and the #11 player in Georgia and #91 nationally…Dawg Post four-star prospect, ranked as the #10 prospect overall in Georgia..as a senior in 2020, he helped pave the way for the Wildcats, as they accumulated 1170 yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground in 11 games…was selected to the At-lanta-Journal Constitution “Super 11”… 2019 first-team all-state selection…highest-rated prospect in Camden County HS history…Sports Illustrated All-American candidate for the state of Georgia.Personal

Full name MICAH THURMAN MORRIS...major: Political Science...recipi-ent of the J.E. and W.S. Hickey Football Scholarship.

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Hoover, AlabamaSpain Park High School

William Mote

SN RSo. 6-2 230 1VL

562021

Continues his role as the Bulldogs’ long snapper on punt plays...credited with tackles in punt coverage vs. Arkansas and Tennessee.2020

Played in every game as the Bulldogs’ long snapper on punts.2019

Redshirted... named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall Semester.High School

Spain Park (Ala.) HS, coached by Shawn Raney…All-Region as a senior…Named Offensive Lineman Player of the Year…Member of National Honor Society.Personal

Full name WILLIAM JAMES MOTE…Major: Finance…son of Patrick and Lori Mote…father played football for Auburn…youngest of five siblings.

Memphis, TennesseeChristian Brothers High School

Bill Norton

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DL RSo. 6-6 300 1VL

2021

aw his first action of the season in win over UAB...credited with an assisted tackle for a loss of four yards vs. the Blazers...had a QB pressure vs. South Carolina and an assisted tackle in win at Vanderbilt...assisted on two stops in win over Missouri.2020

Saw action as a reserve DL in four games...credited with an assisted tackle for lost yardage vs. Florida. 2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State, Arkansas State and Georgia Tech games...had two assisted tackles vs. Arkansas State...two solo stops vs. Georgia Tech included a tackle for a 1-yard loss.High School

Christian Brothers HS, coached by Thomas McDaniel…Selected to play in the 2018 AutoZone Liberty Bowl prep all-star game…247Sports.com four-star prospect, #8 strongside DE prospect nationally and the #3 player in Tennessee…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #103 ranked prospect nationally, #11 DE…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #121 nationally, #14 OT prospect and #3 in Tennessee…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #240 national-ly, #21 OT and #7 in Tennessee…finalist for Tennessee’s Mr. Football Award in 2018…recorded 55 tackles (10 for lost yards) and six sacks for the Purple Wave in 2018.

Hoover, AlabamaHoover High School

George Pickens

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WR Jr. 6-3 200 2VL

Career Highs* Receptions .............................................12 vs. Baylor, 2020 (2019 season)* Receiving Yards ..................................175 vs. Baylor, 2020 (2019 season)* Receiving TDs.............................2 vs. Missouri, 2019; vs. Missouri, 2020* Long Reception ..................... 51 yards vs. Cincinnati, 2021 (2020 season)2021

Saw his first action of the season in regular-season finale vs. Georgia Tech...caught one pass for five yards vs. the Jackets...caught two passes for 41 yards in SEC Championship Game vs. Alabama...pre-season All-America 2nd team pick by Walter Camp...second-team pre-season All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches...missed much of spring practice after suffering right knee injury in late March.2020

A starter in all eight games in which he played...tied with K. Jackson for team receiving honors with 36 catches for 513 yards and a team-high six TDs...caught seven passes for 135 yards, including a career-long 51-yarder, in Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati...season-high eight receptions for 87 yards and a TD vs. Mississippi State...caught a pair of TD passes in win at Missouri, including a key score with :37 left before halftime...team-high five receptions for 53 yards vs. Alabama...caught four passes for 47 yards and a 19-yard TD in Georgia’s win at Arkansas...caught two passes for 26 yards vs. Auburn, highlighted by a 21-yard TD catch in second quarter...missed the Kentucky & Florida games because of injury...named to the pre-season watch list for the Fred Biletnikoff Award...also Pre-Season All-SEC Second Team, as selected by the media covering the league.2019

Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team...co-winner of Offensive Newcomer of the Year award...played in all 14 games, earning his first start vs. Kentucky...also started in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...finished season with 49 catches for 727 yards, both team highs...also led the Bulldogs in TD catches with eight...had 12 catches for 175 yards and a TD in the Sugar Bowl, earning MVP honors...his 12 grabs tied a UGA bowl record and were the most by a Bulldog receiver in 17 seasons...two of his five catches vs. Missouri went for scores (25 & 18 yards)...one of his three catches vs. Tennessee was a 7-yard score...team-high four catches for 35 yards vs. Kentucky...lone catch vs. Georgia Tech went for 41 yards and a TD.High School

Hoover HS, coached by Josh Niblett...Selected to play for Team Flash at the 2019 Under Armour All-American Game, snagging four receptions for 55 yards...247sports.com five-star prospect, #24 prospect nationally, #4 WR nationally, #1 prospect in Alabama...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #6 WR nationally, #54 prospect nationally, #5 prospect in Alabama...Rivals.com five-star prospect, #7 prospect nationally, #2 WR nationally, #1 prospect in Alabama...listed at No. 14 on the USA Today Chosen 25 for the nation’s top overall prospects...named to the 2018 All-USA Alabama First Team offense by the USA Today...finished his senior season with 69 catches for 1,368 yards and 16 TDs to go along with a KO return TD...named to AL.com’s 2018 Super All-State Team and the All-Birmingham First Team offense...compet-ed in the 2018 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game, earning Alabama MVP honors after catching nine passes for 155 yards and two TDs...named to the

Personal

Full name: WILLIAM JACKSON NORTON...Major: Communication Studies...recipient of the Paul & June Martin Football Scholarship.

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St. Simons Island, GeorgiaGlynn Academy

Jack Podlesny

PK Jr. 6-1 180 1VL

962021

Has made 18 of 22 FG attempts thus far...hit all three attempts (46, 30, 37) in win over #8 Arkansas...connected on one of two FG attempts in Georgia’s season-opening win over #3 Clemson...handled two kickoffs in win over UAB and both resulted in touchbacks...connected on his only FG attempt vs. South Carolina, a 36-yarder on the final play of the first half...converted both FG attempts in win at Vanderbilt, from 31 and 36 yards...included on pre-season watch list for the Lou Groza Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate placekicker.2020

Semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, which goes annually to the nation’s top collegiate placekicker...finished the season 13x16 on field goals, 38 for 38 on PATs, and 12 of 21 kickoffs resulted in touchbacks...Associated Press All-Bowl Team...Offensive MVP of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl after converting all three of his FG attempts, including the game-winner from a career-long 53 yards with :03 left....made both field-goal tries in collegiate debut at Ar-kansas, both from 38 yards...perfect on three FG attempts vs. Tennessee, in-cluding a 47-yarder and a then-career-best 51 yarder...named a Lou Groza Award “Star of the Week” after Tennessee game, one of three nationally...also hit a 50-yard FG vs. Alabama...named to both the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019

Participated in spring drills and played for both teams in the 2019 G-Day Game...attempted two field goals in the scrimmage, knocking home a 38-yard field goal to seal the Black team victory 22-17 with 1:01 remaining in the contest...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring, Summer and Fall Semesters of 2019.2018

Walked on the team and redshirted...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring, Summer and Fall Semesters of 2018.High School

Glynn Academy, coached by Rocky Hidalgo…First Team All-Region as a senior…nine of 10 field goals and 49 of 51 PATs...fifty-five of his 61 kick-offs resulted in touchbacks...as a senior, named to Principal’s Honor Roll his senior year…also captain of region champion soccer team...National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Physics Club and Beta Club.

2018 MaxPreps All-American Second Team offense...part of the Buccaneers’ teams that won back-to-back AHSAA Class 7A State titles in 2017 (11-3) and 2016 (12-2).Personal

Full name: GEORGE M. PICKENS...Major: Housing Mangement and Poli-cy...recipient of the A.J. Green Family Football Scholarship... younger broth-er Chris Humes played collegiately at Arkansas State and is currently on the CFL’s Winnipeg Bombers roster.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2019 14/2 49 727 14.8 51.9 8 46 BU 2020 8/8 36 513 14.3 64.1 6 51 UC 2021 2/0 3 46 15.3 23.0 0 37 UA Total 24/10 88 1286 14.6 53.6 14 51 UC

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Full name JACK MORGAN PODLESNY...son of Robert and Elizabeth Podlesny...Major: Environmental Health...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises.

Career Placekicking StatisticsYear PAT Pct. FG Pct. LG Pts2020 37x37 100.0 13-16 81.3 53 772021 64x65 98.5 18x22 81.8 46 118Total 101x102 99.0 31x38 81.6 53 195

Field Goal BreakdownYear 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long2020 0-0 2-2 6-7 2-4 3-3 53 UC2021 0-0 8-8 7-9 4-5 0-0 46 ARTotal 0-0 10-10 13-16 6-9 3-3 53 UC

Career Highs* Tackles .............................................................................. 5 vs. Alabama, 2021* TFL ....................................................................... 1.0 vs. South Carolina, 2018

2021

Has played in nine of 13 games...made his first career start in SEC Cham-pionship Game vs. Alabama and posted a career-best five tackles...has nine total stops, one pass breakup and one QB pressure...two solo tackles in win over Georgia Tech...also credited with tackles vs. Auburn and Charleston Southern.2020

Saw action in six of 10 games...credited with QB pressures in the Arkansas and Tennessee games.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State, Arkansas State and Georgia Tech games and finished with three total stops.2018

Played in eight games, starting vs. Middle Tennessee State...has 10 total stops, including four solo tackles vs. MTSU...had two solo stops in season opener vs. Austin Peay...one of his two stops at USC resulted in a 4-yard loss.2017

Saw action in five games: App. State, Notre Dame, Samford, UK and OU.High School

Hapeville Charter, coached by Winston Gordon...Selected to represent Team Highlight in the 2017 Under Armour All American Game...PrepStar Maga-zine four-star prospect, #52 player nationally on the Top 150 Dream Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #77 prospect nationally, #8 DB nationally, #8 player in the state of Georgia...247Sports.com four-star prospect, #189 player nationally, #25 DB nationally, #20 player in the state of Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #163 player nationally, #16 DB nationally, #14 player in the state of Georgia...Scout four-star prospect, #31 DB prospect nationally...Dawg Post #37 prospect in the state of Georgia...Named to the 2016 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Class AA All-State Defense...Named to the 2016 Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AA First-Team Defense...Accumulated 26 total tackles during the 2016 season.

Atlanta, GeorgiaHapeville Charter High School

William Poole

31

DB Sr. 6-0 190 3VL

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Rome, GeorgiaDarlington School

Tate Ratledge

51

OL RFr. 6-6 320 SQ

2021

Starting right guard in season opener vs. Clemson...foot injury in first quar-ter, and subsequent surgery, sidelined him for the remainder of the season.2020

Redshirted...saw his first collegiate action in Auburn game, playing at right guard.High School

Darlington, coached by Tommy Atha...selected to represent the East in the 2020 All-American Bowl...named to the inaugural 2019 Sports Illustrated All-American First Team offense... honored as a 2019 USA Today Presea-son All-American First Team selection...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #37 prospect nationally, #3 offensive tackle nation-ally and the #5 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #4 OT, #38 prospect nationally...rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked as the #12 prospect nationally, #3 OT nationally and the #3 prospect in Georgia...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #74 prospect nationally, #11 OT nationally and #9 in Georgia...played offensive tackle, and previously defensive end and punter, for Darlington, leading the Tigers to a 9-2 record and top seed from Region 6 in the Class A-Private playoffs in senior season...team reached second round and finished ninth in Class A-Private rankings by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC)...named a unanimous selection to the 2019 Class A-Private All-State first team offense by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Georgia Sports Writers Associa-tion...as a junior, was named to the AJC 2018 All-State Class A-Private First Team offense...named to 2018 USA Today All-USA Georgia Second Team offense...named to 2019 USA Today Preseason All-USA offense...listed at No. 22 in the 2019 USA Today Chosen 25 rankings in the preseason...select-ed to represent Team IHOP at The Opening 2019 Finals and was named a member of the 2019 Opening Finals Dream Team...named to 2018 and 2017 Rome News-Tribune All-Area Football First Team offense...also competed in basketball and track and field at Darlington...placed third in shot put at 2019 Class A-Private State Championships, after finishing seventh in 2018.Personal

Full name: TATE COLLIER RATLEDGE...Major: Management...recipient of the I.V. Chandler Memorial Football Scholarship...father, Dean, played football at Tennessee Tech from 1974-77, earning First Team All-OVC hon-ors in 1977 before a stint in the NFL.

Career Highs* Tackles ............................................................................. 7 vs. Kentucky, 2021* TFL ................................................................................ 1.0 vs. Kentucky, 2021* Pass Breakups .................................................................2 vs. Vanderbilt, 2021* Interceptions ............................................................................ 1 vs. UAB, 2021

2021

Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team...has played in all 13 games thus far, start-ing the past 10...named to the watch list for the 4th annual Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club to the nation’s top freshman...has 22 total stops and seven pass breakups (second on team)...played on every defensive snap in two games this season: Kentucky and Tennessee...season-high seven tackles, including a QB sack for a 9-yard loss, in win over #11 Kentucky...five tackles, one pass breakup and a QB hurry in win over Florida...had one tackle and two pass breakups vs. Van-derbilt...first collegiate interception came in Georgia’s win over UAB...had three tackles and a pass breakup in win at Auburn...saw extensive action as a reserve DB in Georgia’s season-opening win over Clemson...had one tackle vs. the Tigers...had a pass breakup in win over South Carolina...started at DB for the victorious Red team in the annual G-Day game.2020

Redshirted...missed entire season recovering from off-season surgery...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.High SchoolSaguaro HS, coached by Jason Mohns...selected to play for the West team in the 2020 All-American Bowl, where he committed to Georgia in front of a national NBC audience...honored as First Team All-American with selections to the 2019 USA Today All-USA defense and the inaugural Sports Illustrated All-American team...247Sports.com composite five-star prospect...ranked as the #4 overall prospect nationally, the #1 cornerback nationally and the top prospect in Arizo-na...rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked as the #7 overall prospect nationally, the #1 cornerback prospect and the #1 prospect in Arizona...ESPN.com five-star prospect, #8 overall prospect nationally, #1 cornerback prospect nationally, the #1 prospect in Arizona and the #4 prospect in the West region...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #1 CB, #11 prospect nationally....hon-ored as the No. 12 prospect nationally in the USA Today Chosen 25 in the post-season...as a senior, helped lead Saguaro to the No. 3 state ranking, an 11-2 record and a finish as 2019 AIA Open Division state runners-up...played defensive back and running back for the Sabercats...made 32 tackles, four tackles for loss, three pass breakups and three interceptions as a senior...also rushed 52 times for 712 yards and 13 touchdowns as the team’s second-leading rusher...named to the 2019 USA Today All-USA Preseason First Team Defense...invited to the 2019 Opening Finals after a strong performance at the Oakland regional but did not attend...as a junior, led Saguaro to its sixth-straight state championship and notched 31 tackles, four pass breakups and one interception...made a significant contribution on the 2017 state title team as a sophomore, registering 24 tackles, six pass breakups and an interception in his first varsity season...world-class junior sprinter, with the top 100 meter (10.43) and 200 meter times (21.18) in the state of Arizona as a junior...won AIA Division III state titles in both of those events in 2019.

Personal

Full name: KELEE JAHARI-HALE RINGO...Major: Communication Stud-ies...recipient of the Touchdown Club of Athens Football Scholarship.


Tacoma, WashingtonSaguaro (Ariz.) High School

Kelee Ringo

5

DB RFr. 6-2 205 SQ

Personal

Full name: WILLIAM DOUGLAS POOLE, III...Major: Learning Design & Technology...recipient of the Hugar and Elizabeth Wilkes Scholarship... received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises.

Career Defensive Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2017 5/0 0 0 0 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 8/1 9 1 10 0.0/0 1.0/4 0 0 0 0 0 2019 3/0 2 1 3 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 6/0 0 0 0 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 2 2021 9/1 8 1 9 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 2 0 1 Total 31/2 19 3 22 0.0/0 1.0/4 0 0 2 0 3

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2021

Has played in seven of 11 games to date as a reserve WR...first career catch was a 12-yarder in win over UAB...also had a catch for six yards in win at Vanderbilt...missed the past four games because of injury.2020

Redshirted...saw action in season opener at Arkansas... Enrolled at UGA in January of 2020.High School

Eagles Landing Christian Academy, coached by Jonathan Gess...247Sports.com four-star prospect...ranked as the #48 wide receiver nationally, the #296 overall prospect nationally and the #30 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Maga-zine four-star prospect, All-American, #35 WR, #179 prospect nationally...ri-vals.com four-star prospect, ranked #173 overall, the #48 WR and #21 in the state of Georgia...helped lead the Eagles Landing Christian to a 13-1 record and the GHSA Class A-Private championship, the school’s fourth straight title...totaled 903 receiving yards and 11 TD catches during his senior season, averaging 18.8 yards per reception...named to the 2019 AJC Preseason All-State Class A-Private First Team offense... unanimous selection to the 2019 All-State Class A-Private first-team offense by the Georgia Sports Writers Assn...AJC 2019 post-season Class A-Private All-State first team...named to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association-North 2018 All-State Class-A First-Team offense...helped lead ELCA to a 13-1 record and the Class A-Pri-vate state title as a junior in 2018...totaled 748 receiving yards and 12 TDs his junior season, averaging 22.0 yards per reception.Personal

Full name: JUSTIN TERAE ROBINSON...Major: Housing Management & Policy...recipient of the Atlanta-Greensboro Football Scholarship.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2021 8/0 2 18 9.0 2.3 0 12 UAB

McDonough, GeorgiaEagles Landing Christian Academy

Justin Robinson

WR RFr. 6-4 220 SQ

9

Powder Springs, GeorgiaMcEachern High School

Julian Rochester

DL Gr. 6-5 300 4VL

Career Highs* Tackles ............................................................................. 8 vs. Kentucky, 2016* QB Sacks ............................................................1.0 (5x) recent: Florida, 2018* TFL ............................................................................... 1.5 vs. Tennessee, 2017

2021

Saw his first action of the season in win over Missouri...has played in the past five games...had two tackles in win over Ga. Tech...had a tackle for 1-yard loss in SEC Championship Game vs. Alabama.

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2020

Saw action in five games, starting at end vs. Alabama and Kentucky...had five tackles vs. Alabama...credited with a QB pressure vs. Arkansas...had one stop vs. Auburn...season-ending knee injury in second quarter of Kentucky game.2019

Redshirted...played in four games: Tennessee, Florida, LSU and Baylor...had two tackles, including one for lost yardage, as well as a QB pressure at Tennessee...four stops vs. LSU...credited with two stops, including an assisted tackle for loss, in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor.2018

Started 12 of 14 games and had 31 total stops...six tackles vs. LSU...had three tackles vs. Austin Peay...assisted on a fourth-quarter QB sack vs. Tennessee...four tackles vs. Florida, including a fourth-quarter QB sack...had one tackle and a QB pressure in win at Kentucky...three tackles in win vs. Auburn.2017

Appeared in all 15 games, starting in one, with 22 total stops...had three tackles, including a QB sack for a 7-yard loss, vs. Florida...had three tackles and a QB pressure in SEC Champ. Game vs. Auburn...posted two tackles vs. Tennessee, including a sack for a loss of eight yards...had one solo tackle vs. Miss. State...made four assisted tackles and one QB hurry in start at Notre Dame...named to the 2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.2016

Played in all 13 games, starting in six...had 36 total stops, second-best among interior linemen...career-best and team-high eight stops in win at Kentucky...also had a QB sack and a forced fumble vs. UK...had seven tackles vs. Flori-da...among his three stops vs. Louisiana was a QB sack for a 5-yard loss...had three assisted tackles against Nicholls...added another three-tackle perfor-mance at Missouri...also appeared in several short-yardage offensive plays.High School

McEachern, coached by Kyle Hockman ... 2015 American Family Insurance USA Today All-USA Second Team defense...2015 Army All-American...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #38 ranked player nationally,Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com four-star prospect, #204 overall prospect, #17 DT nationally, #13 prospect in Georgia...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #23 overall player nationally, #8 DT overall, #4 prospect in Georgia, #14 player in the Southeast...247sports.com four-star prospect, #68 overall pros-pect, #10 ranked DT, #8 prospect in Georgia...Scout four-star prospect, #47 overall prospect, #7 DT nationally, #4 ranked DT in the South...Dawg Post #2 DT and #6 overall prospect in Georgia...2015 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 in Georgia and Class AAAAAA All-State defense...2015 Georgia Sports Writers Assn. Class AAAAAA Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-State defense...helped McEachern to a 10-2 record and advance to the second round of the state playoffs...recorded 73 tackles and 9.5 sacks during senior season... graduated early from high school and enrolled at UGA in January, 2016.Personal

JULIAN MICHAEL ROCHESTER...recipient of the Bill & Jane Young and Richard Seymour Scholarships...earned his undergraduate degree in Commu-nication Studies after Fall Semester, 2020.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2016 13/6 10 26 36 2.0/13 2.0/13 1 0 0 0 22017 15/1 9 13 22 2.0/15 2.5/16 0 0 0 0 32018 14/12 10 21 31 1.5/7 2.5/8 0 0 0 0 32019 4/0 2 4 6 0.0/0 1.0/1 0 0 0 0 12020 5/2 1 5 6 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 12021 5/0 2 1 3 0.0/0 1.0/1 0 0 0 0 0Total 56/21 34 70 104 5.5/35 8.5/39 1 0 0 0 10

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Pompano Beach, FloridaSt. Thomas Aquinas High School

Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint

WR So. 6-2 195 1VL

81Career Highs

* Receptions ................................2 vs. three teams (recent: Missouri, 2021)* Receiving Yards .......................................................... 32 vs. Florida, 2020* Receiving TDs............................................................... 1 vs. Florida, 2020* Long Reception ..................................................32 yards vs. Florida, 20202021

Has played in 11 of 13 games...started at WR in Georgia’s first two games and in regular-season finale vs. Ga. Tech...has seven catches on the season for 94 yards...had a pair of catches for 18 yards in win over Missouri...had two catches for 12 yards in Georgia’s win over Clemson...season-long reception of 30 yards came in win at Georgia Tech...had one catch for 19 yards vs. South Carolina...missed the Arkansas and Auburn games because of injury.2020

Played in six of nine games, starting vs. Kentucky...saw his first collegiate action in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win at Arkansas...caught two passes for 12 yards vs. the Razorbacks...had one catch for 18 yards vs. Alabama...caught a 32-yard TD pass in first quarter vs. Florida but suffered a sea-son-ending ankle injury on the play.High School

St. Thomas Aquinas HS, coached by Roger Harriott, who earned preseason All-America honors at Villanova and was an all-state selection at Aquinas...selected to participate at the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...honored as a 2019 USA Today Preseason All-American First Team selec-tion...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #7 wide receiver nationally, the #7 prospect in Florida, and the #54 overall prospect nationally...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #5 WR, #34 prospect nationally...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #8 WR nationally, the #4 prospect in the state, and the #71 prospect nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #4 WR nationally, the #6 player in the state, and the #45 overall prospect...hauled in 27 catches for 467 yards and nine touchdowns to help St. Thomas Aquinas to a perfect 14-0 record and the 2019 FHSAA Class 7A state championship, along with a No. 5 national rank-ing by MaxPreps (Xcellent 25)...hauled in an 11-yard touchdown catch as the eventual game-winning score and the game-ending interception to seal Aqui-nas’ 11th football title (tied-most in state history)...hauled in a one-handed grab for a 70-yard touchdown against De La Salle HS on ESPNU, earning the praise of NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown on the broadcast...selected to represent Team Guap at The Opening 2019 Finals...accumulated 858 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior...also competed on the Aquinas track and field team, with personal records of 39 feet, 10 inches in the triple jump and 24.13 in the 200 meters.Personal

Full name: MARCUS DAVID ROSEMY-JACKSAINT...major: Business...recipient of the Walter C. Troutman Football Scholarship Endowment.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 6/1 4 62 15.5 10.3 1 32 UF 2020 11/4 7 94 13.4 8.5 0 30 GT Total 17/5 11 156 14.2 9.2 1 32 UF

Atlanta, GeorgiaPace Academy

Jamaree Salyer

69

OL Sr. 6-4 325 3VL

*** All-America 2nd Team - Walter Camp, FWAA, AFCA, Phil Steele ***2021

AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd Team...started at left tackle in nine of 13 games to date...has also seen extensive action at right guard...had 10 “knockdown” blocks & surrendered only two hurries & no sacks this season. excluding the Missouri, Tennessee, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech games, which he missed because of injury, he has played in 71 percent of Georgia’s offensive plays -- despite missing much of the Auburn game with an injury -- including all of the Clemson, Kentucky and Florida games...named one of three team captains for the ARK, UF and GT games...Preseason All-America 1st team pick by Phil Steele...2nd team preseason All-America pick by Associated Press, Walter Camp and Pro Football Focus (PFF)...second-team pre-season All-SEC, as voted by coaches, as well as by media attending SEC Media Days...2021 Dick Copas Leadership Award winner at the Dawgs Choice Awards program, presented annually by the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.2020

Started at left tackle in the season’s first nine games...moved to left guard for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...All-SEC fourth team by Phil Steele...named one of three team captains for the Alabama and Mississippi State games...played every offensive snap in a 5-game stretch of the season, 92 percent of all of-fensive snaps during the regular season...played all of Georgia’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati.2019

Played in 13 of 14 games...saw his first action of the season in a starting as-signment at right tackle vs. Murray State...started at right tackle and played every offensive snap in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...also played extensively vs. Arkansas State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri...played center in a backup role vs. Missouri...also played on punt coverage unit...co-winner of Special Teams Most Improved Player, given at team’s post-season awards gala.2018

Played in 13 of 14 games as a reserve offensive lineman...saw extensive action vs. South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech...also played on placement kick units...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Summer, 2018 semester.High School

Pace Academy, coached by Chris Slade...selected to play in the 2018 U.S. Army All-America Bowl...Five-star prospect by 247 Sports, PrepStar Magazine and Rivals...USA Today 2017 All-USA First-Team offense...one of three finalists for the 2017 MaxPreps Jonah Williams Award, given to the best OL national-ly...a finalist for the 2018 Anthony Muñoz Lineman of the Year Award...played both OG and DE for the Knights...paved the way for 1,503 rushing yards by Pace Academy in 2017...AJC 2017 Preseason Super 11...Top Lineman MVP in the Final Five Lineman Challenge at Nike’s The Opening 2017 Finals...AJC 2016 All-State Class 3A First-Team offense...helped lead Pace to a 13-2 record and the Class 2A state title in 2015...2015 All-State Class 2A First-Team offense by both the AJC and AP.Personal

Full name JAMAREE TYREEZ SALYER...Major: Sport Management...recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Family and Wayne McDuffie Football Schol-arships...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises.

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Clearwater, FloridaClearwater Central Catholic HS

Brett Seither

80

TE RSo. 6-5 228 1VL

2021

Has seen action as a reserve TE in 10 of 13 games to date...had two catch-es for 39 yards, including a career-long 30-yarder, in win over Charleston Southern...his other catch vs. the Buccaneers went for nine yards and a touchdown...had one reception for three yards in win over Missouri.2020

Saw action in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win at Arkansas and had one reception for 12 yards...also played in win at Missouri and in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati.2019

Redshirted...saw action vs. Murray State and Arkansas State.High School

Clearwater Central Catholic HS, coached by Chris Harvey...247sports.com three-star prospect, #45 tight end nationally, #140 prospect in Florida...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #26 TE nationally, #173 prospect in Flori-da... Rivals.com three-star prospect...Helped the Marauders to a 12-1 re-cord, reaching the semifinals of the 2018 FHSAA Class 3A state playoffs...As a two-way senior player, he tallied 42 receptions for 630 yards and six touchdowns, while defensively he had 31 total tackles, 3.5 TFL, two inter-ceptions, and a fumble caused...Named Tampa Bay Times 2018 All-Pinellas County Second Team offense, as well as the All-Tampa Bay Third Team of-fense by the publication...Caught a 44-yard touchdown for South in the 2018 Pinellas County All-Star Football Game...In 2017, he recorded 12 receptions for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the Marauders state semifinals finish.Personal

Full name: BRETT SEITHER...Major: Sport Management...recipient of the Virginia and Kenneth McCall Football Scholarship.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 3/0 1 12 12.0 2.4 0 12 AR 2021 10/0 3 42 14.0 4.2 1 30 CS Total 13/0 4 54 13.5 4.2 1 30 CS

Ellenwood, GeorgiaCedar Grove High School

Justin Shaffer

54

OL Sr. 6-4 330 4VL

2021

AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd Team...has started at left guard in all 13 of Georgia’s games to date...second only to Sedrick Van Pran in total number of offensive snaps played (88 percent), including every possible play in three games: Clemson, Kentucky and Florida...named as one of three team captains for Missouri game...First-team Pre-season All-American by Pro Football Focus (PFF)...pre-season All-SEC 2nd team pick by Phil Steele.

2020

Started the season’s first nine games at left guard...moved to right guard for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...All-SEC third team by Phil Steele...played all offensive snaps in six contests, including the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.2019

Saw action in six of 14 games...played extensively at left guard vs. Notre Dame...first collegiate start came at left guard in win at Tennessee...played every offensive snap vs. UT...started again vs. South Carolina...missed the last eight games due to injury.2018

Saw action in 12 of 14 games as a reserve offensive lineman.2017

Played in eight games as a reserve offensive lineman.High School

Cedar Grove, coached by Jermaine Smith...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #29 offensive guard nationally and #51 overall prospect in Georgia... Rivals.com three-star prospect, #28 offensive guard nationally and #55 overall prospect in Geor-gia...247Sports.com three-star prospect, #22 offensive guard nationally, #420 overall prospect nationally and #43 overall prospect in Georgia...Scout.com four-star prospect, #16 offensive guard nationally and #239 overall prospect nationally...Dawg Post #18 overall prospect in Georgia...Named to the AJC 2016 All-State Class AAA offense...Named to the Georgia Sportswriters As-sociation 2016 All-State Class AAA First Team offense...led team to a 13-2 record and state championship in 2016.Personal

Full name: JUSTIN DARNELL SHAFFER...Major: Sociology...recipient of the Crosswy-Mackey Families Football Scholarship...received his undergrad-uate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises.

2021

Has seen action in all 13 of Georgia’s games thus far as a reserve LB and on kickoff coverage unit...had two tackles and two QB pressures in win over Charleston Southern...credited with an assisted tackle for a loss of three yards in win over UAB...had a tackle in fourth-quarter action vs. South Car-olina...had one tackle and a QB pressure in win at Vanderbilt.2020

Saw action in nine of 10 games...had a third-quarter tackle vs. Tennessee on KO coverage unit...also had a kick coverage tackle vs. South Carolina.High School

St. John’s College HS, coached by Joe Casamento...honored as one of five fi-nalists for the 2019 Butkus Award for the best high school linebacker, which was awarded to Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean in 2018...selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247sports.com composite four-star prospect, #32 prospect nationally and #2 outside linebacker pros-pect...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team, #2 OLB, #19 prospect nationally...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #18 prospect nation-ally, #1 OLB prospect nationally, #4 prospect in the East region...rivals.com four-star prospect, #39 prospect nationally, #2 OLB nationally, #2 player from D.C...as a senior, returned to lead the Cadets to a 7-5 record against a

Baltimore, MarylandSt. John’s College High School

MJ Sherman

8

OLB So. 6-2 235 1VL

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2021

Has played in four of 13 games thus far...returned from a 4-game absence to catch a 35-yard TD pass vs. Missouri...also had one rush for 15 yards in the game...caught two passes for 67 yards in win over UAB, including a career-long 61 yarder for a TD...saw action as a reserve WR in Georgia’s season-opening win over #3 Clemson...caught one pass for six yards vs. the Tigers...started for the Black squad in the annual G-Day spring game...com-peted in his first-ever collegiate track meet at the SEC outdoors, where he finished 8th in the 100 meters (wind-aided 10.18) and ran leadoff on the Bulldogs’ school record-setting 4x100-meter relay effort (39.02)...also ran leadoff on the 4x100 relay team in finishing second at the NCAA outdoor meet (school-record time of 38.54).2020

Redshirted...played in each of the last four games of the season...first career catch was a 31-yarder for a Bulldog touchdown vs. South Carolina...caught a 55-yarder in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati.High School

Lakeland HS, coached by Bill Castle...selected for the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #14 WR nationally, the #58 overall prospect nationally and the #13 prospect in Florida...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #6 WR nationally, #25 overall prospect nationally and #16 prospect in Florida...rivals.com four-star prospect, #9 WR nationally, #147 overall prospect nationally and #27 prospect in Florida...PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team, #11 WR, #57 prospect nationally...had 19 catches for 382 yards and six TDs as a senior...transferred from Mulberry HS before senior season... named the 2018 Small School De-fensive Player of the Year by The (Lakeland) Ledger after his junior season at Mulberry before transferring to Lakeland HS and playing WR full-time...world-class junior sprinter who competed in the 100M, 200M and long jump for the Mulberry track team...won the boys elite 100M at the 2019 Nike Elite

Bradley, FloridaLakeland High School

Arian Smith

11

WR RFr. 6-0 185 1VL

Atlanta, GeorgiaHapeville Charter Career Academy

Christopher Smith

29

DB Sr. 5-11 190 3VL

Career Highs* Tackles .................................................................... 5 vs. South Carolina, 2020* QB Pressures ........................................................ 2 vs. Mississippi State, 2020* Interceptions ...................................................................... 1 vs. Clemson, 2021* Long INT Return ....................................................74 yards vs. Clemson, 2021

2021

Has started at DB in nine of 13 games thus far...has 27 total tackles, two QB pressures and a team high-tying two interceptions...played on every de-fensive snap in two games this season: Clemson and Tennessee...had three tackles and a QB hurry in season-opening win over #3 Clemson...first career interception was a big one; with 2:58 left before halftime, he picked off a Clemson pass and returned it 74 yards for the Bulldogs’ first score of the 2021 season...named one of three team captains for the UAB game...had a first-quarter interception and 20-yard return in win at Vanderbilt...credited with a pair of tackles in win at Auburn before incurring a shoulder injury.2020

Played in all 10 games, starting the last five contests of the season...26 total stops and four QB pressures thus far...career-high five tackles in win over South Carolina...had four tackles and two QB pressures vs. Miss. State...had three tackles and a pass breakup vs. Cincinnati...played extensively in win over Auburn, with three tackles...saw action in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win at Arkansas...credited with a fourth-quarter tackle vs. the Razorbacks...had a tackle vs. Tennessee on KO coverage unit...career-best four stops in win at Kentucky...three tackles vs. Florida.2019

Played in all 14 games and had seven total stops...had two tackles vs. Ten-nessee...had a tackle in kickoff coverage vs. Kentucky...also saw time on kickoff return unit.2018

Saw action in five games, with four total stops...three of his tackles came against MTSU...also had a stop vs. Georgia Tech...named to the J. Reid Park-er Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall Semester.High School

Hapeville Charter Career Academy, coached by Winston Gordon...247Sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #30 cornerback nationally, #316 overall prospect nationally and the #34 prospect in Georgia... Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #185 nationally, #18 CB and #22 in Georgia...Led Hapeville Charter to the GHSA Class 2A title in 2017...AJC 2017 All-State Class 2A First-Team defense...Had five INTs and nine PBUs in 2017.Personal

Full name: CHRISTOPHER PAUL SMITH, II...Major: Sport Management...

national schedule, with wins over Miami Southridge and Deerfield Beach from Florida as well as nationally-ranked foes in No. 38 DeMatha and No. 9 Good Counsel to claim the top spot in Maryland’s prestigious Washing-ton Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC)... named a preseason first-team All-American at LB by MaxPreps, as well as the No. 6 defensive player in high school football...one of 20 Washington D.C. high school players list-ed as the best of the area for 2019 by the Washington Post...as a junior, he was named to the 2018 MaxPreps Preseason Junior All-American First Team defense before suffering a season-ending ACL injury...selected to represent Team Hype as a rare junior invite to Nike’s The Opening 2018 Finals, where he clocked a 4.53 40-yard dash as the fastest linebacker at the event...named to the USA Today 2017 ALL-USA D.C. First Team defense following his sophomore campaign...notched 51 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, seven sacks, one forced fumble and one interception that season.Personal

Full name: MEKHAIL JACQUES SHERMAN...Major: Exercise & Sport Science...recipient of the Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2020 9/0 2 0 2 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 02021 13/0 1 7 8 0.0/0 0.5/3 0 0 0 0 3Total 22/0 3 7 10 0.0/0 0.5/0 0 0 0 0 3

Prefontaine Classic...personal best of 10.39 in 100 meters.Personal

Full name ARIAN RYSHAUN SMITH...intended major: undecided...recipi-ent of the Bill and Margaret Young Football Scholarship.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 4/0 2 86 43.0 21.5 1 55 UC 2021 4/0 3 102 34.0 25.5 2 61 UAB Total 8/0 5 188 37.6 23.5 3 61 UAB

player bios


recipient of the Teka and John Adams Football Scholarship.Career Defensive Statistics

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2018 5/0 3 1 4 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 14/0 2 5 7 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 10/5 14 12 26 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 1 0 4 2021 10/9 17 20 37 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 2 2 2 Total 39/14 36 38 74 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 3 2 6

Savannah, GeorgiaIMG Academy

Nolan Smith

4

OLB Jr. 6-3 235 2VL

Career Highs* Tackles .................................................................... 8 vs. South Carolina, 2021* QB Sacks .......................................1.5 vs. Murray State, 2019; Arkansas, 2020* TFL ................................................1.5 vs. Murray State, 2019; Arkansas, 2020* QB Pressures .....................................................................4 vs. Arkansas, 2020* Interceptions .........................................................................1 vs. Florida, 2021

2021

Has started at OLB in 12 of 13 games thus far...has 41 total tackles, fifth most on the team...has 6.0 tackles for lost yardage, 1.5 of those coming on QB sacks, along with 17 QB pressures...three tackles, one for loss, two QB hurries and a pivotal play of Georgia’s win over Missouri, when he blocked a second-quarter Tiger punt that resulted in a safety...four total stops in win over Florida...added three career firsts vs. the Gators: forced fumble, fumble recovery and interception, all in a 39-second span of the second quarter...has twice been named SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week: vs. South Carolina and Florida...had four tackles, one QB sack (8-yard loss) and two QB hur-ries in Georgia’s win over #3 Clemson...team-high eight tackles in win over South Carolina...caused a fumble and also assisted on a sack that resulted in a safety vs. the Gamecocks...named one of three team captains for the Vanderbilt game.2020

Played extensively in all 10 games...first starting assignment of the season in win over Tennessee...finished with 22 total stops and 20 QB pressures...credited with a career-best six tackles at Arkansas, including 1.5 stops for 14 lost yards...also had four QB pressures vs. the Razorbacks...had three stops and a pair of QB hurries in win over Auburn...four tackles and a QB pressure vs. Alabama...had three tackles in win at Missouri, including the Bulldogs’ lone QB sack of the game.2019

Co-winner of Defensive Newcomer of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala...played in all 14 games and finished with 18 total stops, includ-ing 2.5 sacks for 19 lost yards...also had 15 QB pressures, fourth-best on the team...three tackles and a QB pressure vs. Georgia Tech...two stops vs. Mis-souri included a QB sack for a 9-yard loss...had 1.5 sacks vs. Murray State...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in Spring drills.High School

IMG Academy, coached by Kevin Wright…finalist for the Anthony Muñoz Lineman of the Year Award…247sports.com five-star prospect, top-ranked prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #2 prospect na-tionally, #2 WR…ESPN.com five-star prospect, #2 prospect nationally, #2 DE prospect nationally, #1 prospect in Florida...Rivals.com five-star pros-pect, #5 prospect nationally, #2 player in Florida…had 47 tackles, 14.5 for a loss and 6.5 sacks in his senior season…USA Today All-USA first team

and #2 on the USA TODAY pre-season Chosen 25...2017 MaxPreps Junior All-American Team First-Team offense…transferred to IMG in 2017, after two years at Savannah’s Calvary Day.Personal

Full name: NOLAN SENTAL SMITH...Major: Mathematics....recipient of the James G. Minter and Michael J. Faherty Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2019 14/0 10 8 18 2.5/19 2.5/19 0 0 1 0 192020 10/1 11 11 22 2.5/24 2.5/24 0 0 0 0 202021 12/12 21 20 41 1.5/8 6.0/18 2 1 0 1 17Total 36/13 42 39 81 6.5/41 11.0/61 2 1 1 1 56

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania West Virginia / Imhotep Inst. Charter HS

Tykee Smith

23

DB Jr. 5-10 198 Tr.

2021

Injury from pre-season camp kept him out of season’s first five games...saw his first action in win at #18 Auburn and had three tackles...Included on pre-season watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate defensive player.

2020 (west virginia)

All-America First Team (Pro Football Focus, Rivals)...2nd-team All-Amer-ica by Football Writers, Sporting News and Phil Steele, 3rd team by AP...All-Big 12 First Team by PFF and Phil Steele, 2nd team by AP...semifinalist for Paycom Jim Thorpe Award...played in all 10 games, starting in nine...had 61 total tackles...tied for team lead in Interceptions with two, second on team in TFL with 8.0...season-best nine stops, along with a TFL, PBU and INT in win over TCU...seven tackles (two TFLs) vs. Texas Tech...Eight tackles, two TFLs and a PBU vs. Kansas.2019 (west virginia)

Freshman All-America honors by Football Writers...All-Big 12 Honorable Mention...played in 12 games at safety, starting in eight...fifth-leading tackler with 53 tackles, including 36 unassisted tackles, one sack and a forced fum-ble...two interceptions on the season, one vs. TCU and one vs. Iowa State that he returned 19 yards for a TD...six tackles, including four solos, against Oklahoma State.high school

Imhotep Institute Charter, coached by Nick Lincoln...rated as a four-star pros-pect by Rivals and three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN...ranked No. 26 safety nationally by Rivals, No. 41 by 247Sports and No. 74 by ESPN...in 2018, he helped lead Imhotep Charter to an 11-3 record and a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Assn. Class 4A State runner-up finish... played in 10 games as a senior, finishing with 26 total tackles, including 17 solo stops and eight tackles for loss...also led the Panthers in rushing on offense, with 502 yards on 60 carries and nine TDs.personal

Full name TYKEE SMITH...major: undecided...recipient of the Rebecca & Leon Farmer III Scholarship.

Career Defensive Statistics (at west virginia)Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2019 12/8 36 17 53 1.0/7 2.5/11 1 0 4 2 02020 10/9 33 28 61 0.0/0 8.0/23 0 0 5 2 0Total 22/17 69 45 114 1.0/7 10.5/34 1 0 9 4 0

player bios

georgia


2019

Played in 13 of 14 games and had five total stops...had two solo tackles vs. Ark. State...had a tackle in KO coverage vs. Florida...co-winner of Special Teams Most Improved Player, given at team’s post-season awards gala.2018

Redshirted...saw action in two games: Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee...lone tackle came vs. MTSU...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athlet-ics Honor Roll for Spring, 2018 semester.2017

Played in 11 games and had five total stops...had one solo tackle against Ten-nessee..made three solo tackles against App State in debut.High School

Sandalwood HS, coached by Adam Geis… PrepStar Magazine four-star recruit, ranked #316 nationally… 247Sports.com three-star prospect…ranked #353 nationally, #41 at his position, #44 in Florida…ESPN.com four-star recruit, 80 scout grade, #20 in his position, #138 in the Southeast region, #49 in Flor-ida…Rivals.com three-star recruit, #36 in his position, ranked #71 in Florida.Personal

Full name: AMEER LASHON SPEED...Major: Sociology...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Alisa and Robert O. Tate Scholarship.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2017 11/0 5 0 5 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 1 0 02018 2/0 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 02019 13/0 5 0 5 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 02020 9/0 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 02021 11/3 7 6 13 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0Total 46/3 18 7 25 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 1 0 0

Campbellton, FloridaIMG Academy

Xavian Sorey

LB Fr. 6-3 214 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action as a reserve in Georgia’s win over UAB...also played vs. Missouri, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech...had one tackle and his first career interception in the CSU game...enrolled at UGA in Janu-ary 2021 and participated in spring drills.high school

IMG Academy, coached by Bobby Acosta…selected to the 2021 All-Amer-ican Bowl and 2021 Polynesian Bowl…247Sports.com composite five-star prospect…ranked as the #1 OLB prospect, #6 prospect in Florida, and #20 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…rivals.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #3 OLB prospect, #12 prospect in Florida, and #48 prospect nationally…ESPN.com four-star pros-pect…ranked as the #3 athlete prospect, #6 prospect in Florida, and #88 pros-pect nationally…helped lead IMG Academy to 8-0 record in 2020 senior season…posted eight tackles, including two tackles for loss in three games during season…named to MaxPreps Preseason Florida All-State First Team defense…played for Graceville HS for first three seasons of high school ca-reer, playing RB, LB, and DB...named to Florida High School Football Class A All-State Team honorable mention…also played forward on Graceville basketball team for three seasons.personal

Full name XAVIAN DEMETRIUS SOREY...intended major: Business...re-cipient of the Mr. & Mrs. Jack Swan Football Scholarship Endowment.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2021 4/0 1 1 2 0.0/0 1.0/4 0 0 0 1 0

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Jacksonville, FloridaSandalwood High School

Ameer Speed

9

DB Sr. 6-3 211 3VL

Career Highs* Tackles ............................... 3 vs. Appalachian State, 2017; vs. Arkansas, 2021

2021

Has played in 11 of 13 games to date, starting in the first three of the season...has 13 total stops on the season...career-high matching three tackles in win over #8 Arkansas...had two tackles in Georgia’s win over #3 Clemson...also had a pair of stops vs. South Carolina and Georgia Tech...missed the Auburn game because of injury.2020

Saw action in nine of 10 games as a member of the Bulldogs’ kick coverage unit...credited with a second-quarter tackle in KO coverage vs. Auburn...also played as a reserve DB vs. Tennessee.

Stone Mountain, Ga.Columbia High School

Nazir Stackhouse

78

DL So. 6-3 320 1VL

2021

Has seen action as a reserve DL in 10 of 13 games to date...credited with two tackles, including a QB sack for a loss of nine yards, in Georgia’s win over UAB...also had a pair of stops vs. South Carolina and also vs. Missouri...lone tackle in win over Charleston Southern resulted in a 1-yard loss.2020

Saw action in six of 10 games: Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Miss. State, South Carolina and Missouri...had one tackle and a QB pressure in win at South Carolina...credited with an assisted tackle in win at Kentucky...solo tackle in win at Missouri.High School

Columbia HS, coached by Brian Montgomery...selected for the USA Foot-ball 2020 International Bowl...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #247 prospect nationally, #25 DT nationally and #29 ranked prospect in Georgia...PrepStar four-star prospect, All-American, #17 DT, #239 prospect nationally...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #225 na-tionally, #27th ranked DT and #24 ranked prospect in Georgia...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked #242 nationally, the #20 DT and the #25 prospect in Georgia...2019 Region Defensive Player of the Year, as well as a Class 5A All-State first team selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association...

player bios


Atlanta, GeorgiaSamford / The Lovett School

John Staton IV

LB Gr. 6-1 225 Tr.

2021 (at UGA)

Saw action in Georgia’s win over UAB and was credited with one stop...had two tackles in win over Charleston Southern...also played vs. Missouri, Ga. Tech and Alabama...enrolled at UGA in January of 2021 and participated in spring practice...had three tackles for the Black team in the annual G-day spring game.2020 (at samford univ.)

Named the 2020 Sigma Nu National Athlete of the Year…Samford’s Stu-dent-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) president in 2020…Named to the 2020 preseason First Team All-American squad (Samford’s 2020 fall season was delayed until the 2021 spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic.).2017-2019

2019: First-Team All-Southern Conference…saw action in all 12 games, including 10 starts at LB…led the SoCon and ranked 16th in the nation with 116 total tackles, including 50 solo stops…also had 3.0 TFLs and one fumble recovery…had 12 tackles, seven solo, in the season opener against Youngstown State…tallied 11 tackles at Wofford, 15 tackles (1.5 TFL) vs. Alabama A&M, 13 stops vs. Furman, 12 tackles and a fumble recovery at VMI…career-high 22 tackles at Mercer...2018: Played in all 11 games at LB…27 total tackles, 17 solo…season-high seven tackles against West-ern Carolina…had six tackles at Furman…tallied five tackles at The Cita-del...2017: Saw action in all 12 games…finished the season with six tackles.high school

Lovett School, coached by Mike Muschamp... helped lead Lovett to the 2014 GHSA AAA state football and 2016 state baseball titles…First Team All-Region in both football and baseball as a senior and was First Team All-State in baseball.personal

Full name: JOHN CURTIS STATON IV…son of John and Maggie Staton…dad, John III, played football at UNC…graduated from Samford in 2020 with a degree in Sports Marketing…pursuing a Master’s degree in Sport Management at UGA.

Career Defensive Statistics (at samford)Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2017 12/0 3 3 6 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 02018 11/0 17 10 27 0.0/0 0.0/0 1 0 0 0 12019 12/12 49 66 115 0.0/0 3.0/8 0 1 0 0 0Total 35/12 69 79 148 0.0/0 3.0/8 1 1 0 0 1

35

Atlanta, Ga.Mercer Univ. / The Lovett School

Brady Tindall

39

WR Sr. 5-10 192 SQ

2021

Saw his first collegiate action in the Bulldogs’ win over Charleston Southern.2020

Member of the scout team...named to the J.Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2017-19

Attended Mercer University…Redshirted in 2017 and did not play during the 2018 season...transitioned from QB to WR while at Mercer.High School

Lovett School, coached by Mike Muschamp...member of Lovett’s state championship football team in 2013 and state championship baseball team in 2016…Football and baseball team captain…Earned Touchdown Club Back of the Week award…Was baseball’s Offensive Player of the Year during the state title run…Earned Student-Athlete Award…Part of Boys Mentoring Club and Personal Finance Club…Dean’s List member.Personal

Full name THOMAS BRADY TINDALL...son of Tom Tindall and Lila Campbell, both UGA graduates...Major: Finance.

transferred to Columbia from Stephenson HS after junior year...named to the 2018 GSWA All-State Second Team defense that year.Personal

Full name NAZIR PHAHEEM STACKHOUSE...major: Communication Studies...recipient of the Brad K. and Anissa H. Johnson Family Trust Foot-ball Scholarship.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2020 6/0 2 1 3 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 22021 10/0 5 4 9 1.0/9 2.0/10 0 0 0 0 3Total 16/0 7 5 12 1.0/9 2.0/10 0 0 0 0 5

Columbia, South CarolinaSpring Valley High School

Channing Tindall

41

ILB Sr. 6-2 230 3VL

Career Highs* Tackles ............................................................................ 8 vs. Tennessee, 2021* QB Sacks ...................................................................... 3.0 vs. Tennessee, 2021* TFL ............................................................................... 3.0 vs. Tennessee, 2021* QB Pressures ................................................................... 4 vs. Tennessee, 2021

2021

AP All-SEC 2nd Team...team’s third-leading tackler through 13 games, with 58 total stops...career-best game in win at Tennessee...had eight tackles, in-cluding three QB sacks for a combined -28 yards, and forced a fumble on fourth down vs. the Vols...named the Walter Camp FBS National Defensive Player of the Week for his effort vs. UT...also named SEC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time of his career...had seven tackles each in wins over UAB, South Carolina and Florida...named one of three team captains for the South Carolina game...had five tackles each in wins over #8 Arkansas and #18 Auburn...included a tackle for 4-yard loss vs. UAB...had three tack-les in Georgia’s season-opening win over #3 Clemson.2020

Saw action in all 10 games...finished with 15 total stops, three of which were QB sacks...four tackles vs. Tennessee included a pair of QB sacks...credited with a fourth-quarter tackle in win at Arkansas...had three tackles and a QB

player bios

georgia


2021

Has seen action as a reserve OL in all 13 games to date...saw the most playing time of his career in win at Tennessee (64 of 73 possible plays).2020

Saw action in six of 10 games, starting at left tackle in Georgia’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati...played as a reserve OL in five additional games: Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee, USC, Missouri.2019

Redshirted...saw action vs. Murray State, Arkansas State and Georgia Tech.High School

Bishop Hendricken, coached by Keith Croft...Selected to represent the East

West Warwick, Rhode IslandBishop Hendricken High School

Xavier Truss

73

OL RSo 6-7 330 1VL

pressure vs. Mississippi State...selected as one of three game captains for the South Carolina game...had a tackle for 5-yard loss in the game.2019

Played in 11 of 14 games...had nine total stops, including 1.5 sacks, and three QB pressures...had a solo tackle in punt coverage at Auburn.2018

Played in all 14 games and finished with 17 total stops, two QB sacks, two additional tackles for lost yardage, and four QB pressures...season-high five tackles in win over Vanderbilt...had a second-quarter sack on third down in red-zone action at Kentucky...had one tackle vs. Alabama, a QB sack that resulted in a 10-yard loss and an intentional grounding penalty.High School

Spring Valley, coached by Robin Bacon...Selected to play in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl...247Sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #5 OLB nationally, #103 overall prospect nationally and the #3 prospect in South Carolina...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #151 nationally, #12 OLB and #2 in South Carolina...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #220 na-tionally, #11 OLB and #4 in South Carolina...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA First-Team defense...helped lead Spring Valley to an 11-2 season and a berth in the SCHSL 5A quarterfinals in 2017...2017 S.C. Defensive Player of the Year by both The State and USA Today, as well as First-Team All-State...finalist for USA Today’s National Defensive Player of the Year...one of four finalists by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl for the 2018 Doc Blanchard Award, given to a player on the East team who has succeeded in the classroom and on the field...made 190 total tackles to lead the state, 14 for loss and nine sacks in 2017...named as one of five finalists for South Carolina’s Mr. Football award...named to the 2017 MaxPreps Preseason All-America Second-Team defense...also threw the shot and discus for the Spring Valley track team.Personal

Full name CHANNING D. TINDALL...Major: Sport Management...recipient of the Teka and John Adams Football Scholarship.

Career Defensive StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP2018 14/0 3 14 17 2.0/15 3.0/17 0 0 0 0 42019 11/0 4 5 9 1.5/14 1.5/14 0 0 0 0 32020 10/0 12 3 15 3.0/22 4.0/23 0 0 0 0 42021 13/13 30 28 58 4.5/24 6.0/27 1 0 0 0 16Total 48/13 49 50 99 11.0/75 14.5/81 1 0 0 0 27

2021

Has started at center in all 13 of Georgia’s games to date...has played more snaps (90 percent of total) this season than any Bulldog, including every possi-ble offensive play in six games (Clemson, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Flor-ida, Tennessee).2020

Saw his first collegiate action as a reserve OL in Georgia’s win over Auburn...also played vs. Tennessee, South Carolina and Missouri...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.High School

Warren Easton HS, coached by Jerry Phillips...2020 Under Armour All-Amer-ica Game...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #59 prospect nationally, the top center prospect nationally and the #3 prospect in Louisiana...PrepStar four-star prospect, ranked as the #104 prospect nation-ally, the #1 center and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #83 prospect nationally, #1 center nationally and the #4 prospect in Louisiana...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked as the #68 prospect nationally, #2 center nationally, and the #2 prospect in Lou-isiana...Warren Easton finished with an 11-4 record, #18 state ranking (Max-Preps) and the team’s second straight berth in LHSAA Class 4A title game in his senior season...started all four seasons for Warren Easton and was a team captain in the last three...2018 USA Today All-USA Louisiana First Team offense...2018 Louisiana Sports Writers Assn. Class 4A All-State Honorable Mention offense...named to 2019 MaxPreps Preseason All-Louisiana State Football First-Team offense...signed in February of 2020.Personal

Full name SEDRICK SENTEL VAN PRAN-GRANGER...Major: Art...re-cipient of the Dr. and Mrs. Howard Williams III Football Scholarship.

New Orleans, LouisianaWarren Easton High School

Sedrick Van Pran

63

OL RFr. 6-4 310 1VL

in the 2019 All-America Bowl...247Sports.com four-star prospect...Ranked as the #1 prospect in Rhode Island, #15 OT nationally, and #138 overall play-er...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #89 nationally, #13 OT, and member of All-East Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, ranked 99th over-all player, #12 OT nationally, #9 in Northeast and #1 in Rhode Island...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #20 OT nationally and #188 player overall...Football University’s 2019 All-Top Gun Team, one of six offensive linemen... One of 14 players to earn the 2018 Football University GRIT Award at the Top Gun Showcase...One of 100 players invited to the All-American high school combine in San Antonio...Providence First-Team All-State selection his junior year...Guided the Hawks to back-to-back Rhode Island State Super Bowl appearances, earning the state title in 2018...Also played on the de-fensive line his junior year with 45 tackles and two sacks...Three-time state champion in indoor track and field.Personal

Full name XAVIER DOYLE TRUSS...major: Housing Management & Poli-cy...recipient of the Chad Powell Family Scholarship Endowment.

player bios


Bogart, GeorgiaPrince Avenue Christian School

Brock Vandagriff

QB Fr. 6-3 205 HS

2021

Saw his first collegiate action in a reserve role in Georgia’s win over UAB...also played in two offensive series in the Bulldogs’ win over Charleston Southern...enrolled at UGA in January 2021 and participated in spring drills...completed six of nine passes for 47 yards in G-Day intrasquad spring game.high school

Prince Avenue Christian, coached by his father, Greg Vandagriff…named the 2020 National High School Quarterback of the Year by the National Quar-terback Club...selected to the 2021 All-American Bowl…Maxwell Football Club National High School Offensive Player of the Year semifinalist…2020 Gatorade Player of the Year for State of Georgia… 247sports.com compos-ite five-star prospect…ranked as the #2 dual-threat quarterback prospect, #2 prospect in Georgia, and #14 prospect nationally…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, Top 150 Dream Team…ranked as the #1 dual-threat QB pros-pect, #1 prospect in Georgia, and #5 prospect nationally…rivals.com five-star prospect…ranked as the #1 QB prospect, #2 prospect in Georgia, and #7 prospect nationally…ESPN.com four-star prospect…ranked as the #5 QB prospect, #4 prospect in Georgia, and #34 prospect nationally…helped lead Prince Avenue Christian to a 13-1 record and the Class A-Private state title in 2020…completed 70.9 percent of his passes for more than 4,000 yards, and 46 TDs, along with 74 carries for more than 500 yards and 17 rushing TDs…finalist for 2020 National High School Quarterback of the Year Award by National Quarterback Club…named the Atlanta Touchdown Club 2020 “Mr. Georgia”...Atlanta-Journal Constitution 2020 all-classification Player of the Year and to Georgia’s Super 11…2019 AJC All-State Class A-Private First Team offense…2019 Georgia Athletic Coaches Assn. Class A All-State Team offense…led Wolverines to 11-2 record and semifinals of state playoffs in 2018…threw for 3,190 yards and 28 TDs, completing 64.9 percent of his passes…rushed for 1,001 yards and 23 TDs…named to 2018 AJC All-State Class A-Private First Team offense…named to 2018 Georgia Athletic Coach-es Assn. Class A All-State Team offense.Personal

Full name BROCK BENEFIELD VANDAGRIFF...intended major: Commu-nication Studies...recipient of the Bill & Jane Young Football Scholarship.

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Suwanee, GeorgiaNorth Gwinnett High School

Payne Walker

47

SN Jr. 6-2 249 2VL

2021

Has snapped for all 83 of Georgia’s placement kicks this season.2020

Continued his role as Georgia’s snapper on placement kicks in all 10 games...named to both J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll and SEC Ac-ademic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.

2019

Saw action in all 14 games as the Bulldogs’ snapper on placement kicks...participated in spring drills and played on the Red team at 2019 G-Day...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2019.2018

Redshirted...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Summer and Fall 2018 semesters.High School

North Gwinnett…coached by Bill Stewart…named the 2016 October Player of the Month award…named Player of the Week twice during his senior sea-son…also had 70 tackles, including 10 sacks, as a defensive end for NGHS.Personal

Full name: PAYNE BYARS WALKER...son of Eric and Jill Walker...Major: International Affairs.

Cordele, GeorgiaCrisp County High School

Quay Walker

7

ILB Sr. 6-4 240 3VL

*** All-America 2nd Team - American Football Coaches Assn. ***

Career Highs* Tackles ....................................................................................... 13 vs. Florida, 2021* QB Sacks .................................................. 1.0 vs. four teams (recent: Auburn, 2021)* TFL ............................................................................................2.0 vs. Auburn, 2021* QB Pressures ............................................................................4 vs. Tennessee, 20212021

Has started at LB in all 13 of Georgia’s games thus far...has 53 total stops (fourth best on team), along with 18 QB pressures and two pass breakups...has led team and set career highs in tackles in two recent games, highlighted by 13 stops vs. Florida (first double-digit tackle effort by a Bulldog defender this season) and nine tackles vs. Kentucky....six tackles (one for loss), one pass breakup and a career-best four QB hurries in win at Tennessee...had one tackle and two QB hurries in win over #3 Clemson...had a tackle, a fumble recovery and a career high-matching three QB pressures in win over South Carolina...had four stops and a pass breakup in win over #8 Arkansas...five tackles vs. Auburn, including two TFLs (career high), one of which was a QB sack...named a team captain for the Auburn, Florida and Tennessee games.2020

Played extensively in all 10 games, starting in wins over Kentucky and Cincinnati...team’s fourth-leading tackler with 43 total stops...career-high seven tackles vs. Alabama and again vs. South Carolina...matched that to-tal in Georgia’s win over Cincinnati...also had three QB pressures and a fourth-quarter sack vs. the Bearcats...had five tackles in win over Tennessee and also at Kentucky...credited with four tackles and three QB pressures in win over Auburn...had three stops in season-opening win at Arkansas.2019

Played in 13 games and finished with 23 total stops...had a sack for a 7-yard loss and two QB pressures vs. Arkansas State...had one TFL and a QB pres-sure vs. Tennessee...had a QB sack for a 5-yard loss vs. Missouri...had nine total QB pressures...career-high six tackles vs. Kentucky...co-winner of De-fensive Most Improved Award, given at team’s post-season awards gala.2018

Saw action in all 14 games and finished with six total stops...season-best three tackles vs. Georgia Tech...co-winner of the Special Teams Newcomer of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala.

player bios

georgia


Career Highs* Tackles ......................................................................................5 vs. Kentucky, 2021* QB Sacks .................................................1.0 vs. five teams (recent: Missouri, 2021)* TFL .............................................................................................2 vs. Missouri, 2021* QB Pressures ................................................................................5 vs. Auburn, 2021

2021

Has started at DT in all 13 games thus far...has 32 total tackles to date, second among interior linemen...has 4.0 QB sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 25 QB hurries, all second-highest on team...has also logged more playing time than any other DL (56 percent of total defensive snaps)...finished with a then-ca-reer-best four tackles, including a QB sack for a 9-yard loss in Georgia’s win over #3 Clemson...also credited with two QB hurries in the Clemson game...four tackles in win at Auburn...had a QB sack (-6 yards) and a career-best five QB hurries in the Auburn game...named one of three team captains for the Kentucky and Missouri games...Pre-season third-team All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, as well as by attendees at SEC Media Days.2020

Saw action in nine games...career-best three stops vs. Florida and South Car-olina...had two tackles, a forced fumble and a pair of QB pressures in win over Auburn...had two more QB pressures vs. Tennessee...credited with a sack and two QB pressures in win at Kentucky...had a batted-down pass and two QB hurries in win at Missouri.2019

Freshman All-SEC Team, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches...co-win-ner of team’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year...played in 12 of 14 games and finished with 15 total stops, including 2.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss...also had 12 QB pressures...biggest stop of the season was a 5-yard sack on Auburn’s final offensive play...career-best three tackles in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor included a QB sack and a fumble recovery...had two tackles and batted down a pass vs. Florida...assisted on a sack and had a QB pressure vs. Murray State...also played on kick coverage units.High School

Upson-Lee, coached by Justin Elder...Selected to represent the East in the 2019 All-American Bowl...247Sports.com five-star prospect...Ranked as the

Thomaston, GeorgiaUpson-Lee High School

Travon Walker

44

DL Jr. 6-5 275 2VL

2021

Has played in all 13 games thus far and has 13 tackles...one of six players with a team-high three stops in win at Vanderbilt...credited with a pass break-up in win over South Carolina...had a second-quarter tackle and QB hurry in win at Auburn...two tackles and a pass breakup in win at Tennessee.2020

Saw action in nine of 10 games...credited with a second-quarter tackle vs. Florida... named to both J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll and SEC Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019

Redshirted...saw his first collegiate action vs. Georgia Tech...co-winner of Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in bowl practices and Spring drills.Junior College

Hutchinson Community College, coached by Rion Rhoades...247Sports.com three-star JUCO prospect...ESPN.com three-star JUCO prospect, the #44 JUCO player overall, the #6 JUCO defensive tackle and a member of the ESPN JC50...registered 16 total tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack in 10 games played for the Blue Dragons.High School

Liberty County, coached by Kirk Warner...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #54 defensive tackle nationally, #67 overall prospect in Georgia...247Sports.com three-star prospect, #48 defensive tackle nationally, #65 overall prospect

Hinesville, GeorgiaHutchinson (Kan.) CC / Liberty Co. HS

Tramel Walthour

90

DL Jr. 6-3 280 1VL

High School

Crisp County, coached by Brad Harber...selected for the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com four-star prospect...#2 OLB nationally, #31 overall prospect nationally and the #6 prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #38 nationally, the #3 OLB and #6 in Georgia...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #73 nationally, #2 OLB and #10 in Georgia...AJC 2017 Class 3A All-State First-Team defense...had 76 total tackles, 10 for loss, and five pass deflections as a senior.Personal

Full name: JAQUAVIAN JY’QUESE WALKER...Major: Sociology...recipient of the Watkins Family Football Scholarship.


#2 defensive tackle nationally, the #24 overall prospect nationally and the #5 prospect in Georgia... Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #40 nationally, the #4 SDE and #6 in the state...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #18 prospect nationally, #4 DT….ESPN.com four-star prospect, #51 nationally, #6 DE and #8 in Georgia...Played multiple positions on the defensive line for the Knights, as well as TE and RB...Awarded Lineman of the Week in week nine by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta for his performance against West Laurens, which included 11 tackles, two TD receptions and a TD run...Named to the USA Today 2018 Preseason All-USA First Team defense...Tabbed for the AJC 2018 Preseason Super 11...Selected to represent Team Overdrive in Nike’s The Opening 2018 Finals and compete in the Final Five Lineman Challenge...Listed to the USA Today 2017 Georgia All-USA Second Team defense...Named to the GACA South 2017 All-State Class 4A First Team defense, as well as honorable mention by the AJC his junior and sophomore seasons...Racked up 37 solo tackles, three sacks and two forced fumbles as a junior...Played for ULHS basketball team that won 71 straight games and consecutive Class 4A titles.Personal

Full name: YURY TRAVON WALKER...Major: Sport Management...recipi-ent of the Bill and Susan Robbins Family Football Scholarship.


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Las Vegas, NevadaDesert Pines High School

Darnell Washington

0

TE So. 6-7 265 1VL

Career Highs* Receptions ................................................................ 3 vs. Cincinnati, 2020* Receiving Yards ........................................................61 vs. Missouri, 2020* Long Reception .............................................38 yards vs. Cincinnati, 20202021

Injury from pre-season camp kept him sidelined through the first four games...saw his first action of 2021 in win over Arkansas...has nine catches on the season for 145 yards (16.1 avg.)...caught his first pass of the season, a 25-yarder, in win at #18 Auburn...first starting assignment came in win over #11 Kentucky...caught an 18-yard second-quarter pass vs. Georgia Tech...only TD catch of the season was a 5-yarder vs. Alabama.2020

Started seven of Georgia’s 10 games at TE...finished season with seven catches for 166 yards...season-high three catches came in Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati and included a season-long 38-yard reception...season highs of receiving yards (61) came in win at Missouri...had one sec-ond-quarter reception for 26 yards in season-opening win at Arkansas...had a 33-yard catch in win at Kentucky.High School

Desert Pines HS, coached by Tico Rodriguez...2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com composite five-star prospect, #23 over-all prospect nationally, the #1 athlete nationally and the top prospect in Ne-vada...ESPN.com five-star prospect, #19 overall prospect nationally, #1 TE prospect nationally and #1 prospect in Nevada...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect...Rivals.com five-star prospect, #32 overall prospect nationally, #2 overall athlete prospect and #1 prospect in Nevada...Desert Pines in 2019 fin-ished with an 11-1 record, 43.6 points per game and the NIAA Class 4A state semifinals...had 31 catches for 586 yards and four TDs as a senior...2018-19 Las Vegas Review Journal Richard Nelson Courage Award for overcoming obstacles to achieve athletic success...2018 USA Today All-USA and NIAA All-State Class 4A Second Team offenses following his junior season.Personal

Full name DARNELL ERNEST WASHINGTON...major: Health & Phys-ical Education...recipient of the Atlanta-Greensboro Football Scholarship.

Career Receiving Statistics Year G/GS Rec. Yards Per/Rec. Per/Gm. TD LG 2020 10/7 7 166 23.7 16.6 0 38 UC 2021 9/4 9 145 16.1 16.1 1 32 UF Total 19/11 16 311 19.4 16.4 1 38 UC

Oxford, AlabamaOxford High School

Clay Webb

60

OL RSo. 6-3 290 1VL

2020

Saw his first action of the season at left guard in win at South Carolina...played in each of the last three games as a member of the Bulldogs’ field goal unit...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.2019

Redshirted...saw action in the Murray State and Georgia Tech games...co-winner of Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year, given at team’s post-season awards gala...enrolled at UGA in January 2019 and participated in bowl practices and Spring drills.High School

Oxford HS, coached by Ryan Herring…One of two centers selected to play in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Game, but decided to forgo the game to enroll early at Georgia…Also selected to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game...USA Today All-USA first team and #18 in USA Today Sports’ Chosen 25…Listed as the top prospect on AL.com’s “A-List”, the top 15 prospects in the state of Alabama…247Sports.com 5-star recruit...The #22 overall prospect in the nation, #1 center, and the #1 recruit in Alabama…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, ranked #14 nationally, #1 OC, and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com 5-star recruit, ranked #23 nationally, #2 in the state of Alabama, and the #1 OC…ESPN.com 5-star recruit, ranked #11 nationally, #1 in his position, #6 in the Southeast, and #2 in the state of Alabama…The fourth addition to Georgia’s class of ESPN 300 offensive linemen…Led Oxford to a 10-3 overall record, 5-2 record in region play and the quarterfinals of the AHSAA Class 6A state playoffs before falling to Clay-Chalkville HS...Paved the way for an explosive Yellow Jacket offense that averaged 37.2 points per game...Named to the USA Today 2018 Preseason All-USA First Team of-fense and the All-American Second Team offense by MaxPreps...Selected to represent Team Elite in Nike’s The Opening 2018 Finals...Earned an invite to the 2018 Rivals Five-Star Challenge by earning offensive MVP honors at the Atlanta Rivals 3 Stripe camp… Named to the MaxPreps All-American First Team offense his junior and sophomore seasons, and Second Team offense his freshman year...Tabbed for the USA Today 2017 All-State First Team of-fense...Named to the ASWA All-State Class 6A First Team offense his junior and sophomore seasons...Burst onto the scene at the Atlanta Opening regional and Atlanta Rivals camp following his freshman year in 2016...Started at left tackle for OHS as an eighth grader according to an article by AL.com...Helped lead the Oxford wrestling team to its second-straight 2018 AHSAA Class 6A Duals championship, clinching the final match by pin down and finishing his career with a 45-1 record and 38 pins.Personal

Full name: ROBERT CLAYTON WEBB...Intended major: Criminal Justice...recipient of the Jeff and Stacy Rothenberger Family Football Scholarship.

in the state...Rivals.com three-star prospect, #37 defensive tackle nationally, #51 overall prospect in the state of Georgia..helped lead the Panthers to the 2016 and 2017 GHSA Class 3A semifinals his junior and senior seasons.Personal

Full name: TRAMEL DAMONTE WALTHOUR...Major: Sport Manage-ment...recipient of the Gordon and Sharon Teel Football Scholarship.


player bios

georgia


Career Highs* Rushing Attempts ........................................................... 26 vs. Kentucky, 2020* Rushing Yards .............................................................. 136 vs. Kentucky, 2020* Longest Rush .....................................................................75 vs. Florida, 2020* TD runs ................................. 2 vs. Auburn, 2020; vs. Arkansas, Auburn, 2021

2021

Team’s leading rusher through 13 games, with 718 yards on 135 carries (5.3 avg.)...has scored 11 TDs this season, 10 by rushing and another by recover-ing a blocked punt in the end zone vs. Arkansas...season-high 105 yards on 14 carries in win over Florida, capped by a 42-yard fourth-quarter TD run...had a team-high 74 rushing yards on 13 carries in Georgia’s season-opening win over #3 Clemson...also caught one pass for 13 yards vs. the Tigers...had 79 yards on 18 carries and two TD in win at Auburn...final carry of the day vs. the Tigers, a 10-yard rush, produced the Bulldogs final score...longest of 12 carries vs. Kentucky was a 24-yard TD scamper in 2nd quarter...named one of three team captains for the UAB and Alabama games...had a 5-yard TD run in win over South Carolina...2nd-team pre-season All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, as well as by attendees at SEC Media Days.2020

Starter at TB in each of the Bulldogs’ 10 games...finished as the team’s leading rusher with 779 yards on 144 carries (5.4 avg.) and 11 TDs...three 100-yard rushing games during the season, including back-to-back vs. Ken-tucky & Florida...also went for 126 yards in just 12 carries vs. Missouri....career-best day in win at Kentucky, with 136 yards (first 100-yard game of career) on 26 carries, including a 22-yard scoring run...107 yards on just seven carries (75-yard TD run) vs. Florida...had 88 yards on 19 carries and a pair of TDs in win over #7 Auburn...rushed 13 times for 71 yards and one TD vs. Arkansas...also caught two passes for nine yards...perhaps his biggest play of the game, however, was a third-quarter punt block which led to a Bulldog score four plays later...named one of three team captains for the Auburn and South Carolina games...named to the pre-season watch list for the Doak Walker Award (nation’s top RB).2019

Played in 13 of 14 games...finished season with 408 yards on 78 carries, third-best among all rushers...career-best 92 yards on 18 rushes in first start-ing assignment vs. Baylor in Sugar Bowl...co-winner of David Jacobs Award (overcoming injury), given at team’s post-season awards gala...Fall 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll member.2018

Redshirted...missed the 2018 season after suffering a knee injury during pre-season practice...enrolled at UGA in January of 2018 and participated in spring drills in a limited capacity while mending an injury...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for 2018 Summer Semester.High School

Scotland HS, coached by Richard Bailey...selected to represent the East in the 2018 U.S. Army All-America Bowl...247Sports.com five-star prospect...ranked as the #1 RB nationally, #6 prospect in the Southeast, the #9 overall prospect nationally and the #1 prospect in N.C... PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #7 nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked #10 nationally, #6 in the Southeast, the #1 RB and #1 in N.C...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #15 nationally, #1 RB and #2 in N.C...No. 9 all-time in rushing yards in the state of North Carolina with 7,169...suffered a torn ACL in the second round of the 2017 NCHSAA 4A

Laurinburg, North CarolinaScotland High School

Zamir White

TB Jr. 6-0 215 2VL

3

New Milford, New JerseyParamus Catholic High School

Devin Willock

OL RFr. 6-7 335 SQ

772021

Saw his first collegiate action as a reserve OT in Georgia’s win over UAB...also played vs. South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Charleston Southern, Georgia Tech and Alabama.2020


Paramus Catholic HS, coached by Jerry Phillips... 247Sports.com composite three-star prospect...ranked as the #22 prospect from New Jersey...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect...rivals.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #68 OT nationally and #33 prospect from New Jersey...ESPN.com three-star prospect, ranked as the #39 offensive guard nationally and the #17 prospect in New Jersey...named to the 2019 Jersey Sports Zone All-Zone Team of-fense...ranked as the No. 33 prospect on the NJ.com Top 50 list in the presea-son...selected to the 2018 Super Football Conference (United Red Division) Second Team defense by league coaches...as a junior, notched 39 tackles and one sack on the defensive line...transferred to Paramus Catholic from New Milford HS following his sophomore season...signed in December of 2019.Personal

Full name DEVIN WILLOCK...Major: Risk Management & Insurance...recipient of the Bill and Jane Young Football Scholarship Endowment.

State Playoffs, though he still rushed for 145 yards and three TDs on eight carries in the game...led the Fighting Scots to a 9-1 regular season, after which they finished state finalists...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA First Team offense...nominated for the 2018 U.S. Army Player of the Year...named one of five finalists for USA Today’s National Offensive Player of the Year...winner of the Touchdown Club of Columbus (Ohio)’s 2017 Sam B. Nicola Award for national high school player of the year...winner of the 2017 MaxPreps Jonathan Gray Award as the top running back nationally...semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club’s National High School Player of the Year Award...Named the 2017 NCPreps Player of the Year...2017 N.C. Offensive Player of the Year by USA Today, as well as the N.C. All-State First Team...rushed for 2,086 yards and 34 TDs in 11 games his senior sea-son, averaging 14.1 yards per carry...named a 2017 Preseason First Team All-American by both MaxPreps and USA Today...honored as the N.C. 2015-16 Gatorade High School Football Player of the Year...named to the AP 2016 All-State First Team for North Carolina...Scotland went 50-6 during his ca-reer...also competed in the 100M, 200M, 400M and 4x100M relay for the Scotland track team...finished sixth in the 100 meters at the 2016 NCHSAA Class 4A State Championships with a time of 10.85 seconds.Personal

Full name: ZAMAR ALEXZA WHITE...Major: Housing Management & Policy...received his undergraduate degree during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the recipient of the Christian Walker and Rebecca & Leon Farmer III Football Scholarships.

Career Rushing Statistics Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2019 13/1 78 408 5.2 31.4 3 29 MS 2020 10/10 144 779 5.4 77.9 11 75 UF 2021 13/10 135 718 5.3 55.2 10 42 UF Total 36/21 357 1905 5.3 52.9 24 75 UF

player bios


Winston-Salem, North CarolinaWest Forsyth High School

Jared Wilson

OL Fr. 6-3 330 HS

552021

Saw his first collegiate action in the Bulldogs’ win over Charleston Southern.High School

West Forsyth HS, coached by Adrian Snow…247sports.com composite three-star prospect…#20 offensive guard prospect and #23 prospect from the state of North Carolina… PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, Top 350 All-American…ranked as the #15 OG prospect, #19 prospect in North Car-olina, and #345 prospect nationally… rivals.com three-star prospect…#37 prospect from the state of North Carolina…ESPN.com four-star pros-pect…#8 offensive lineman prospect, #13 prospect in North Carolina and #203 prospect nationally…helped lead West Forsyth HS to 11-2 season his junior year…recorded 71 pancake blocks and did not allow a sack in 2019…paved the way for a rushing attack of 3,000 yards and 42 touchdowns…named All-Central Piedmont Conference offensive team…named to the AP All-State Team on offense…senior season postponed to spring of 2021.Personal

Full name JARED WILSON...intended major: Journalism...recipient of the Tommy & Cheryl Lyons Football Scholarship.

Decatur, GeorgiaHutchinson CC / Towers High School

Devonte Wyatt

DL Sr. 6-3 315 3VL

95*** All-America Second Team - Associated Press, CBS.com ***

Career Highs* Tackles .................................................. 7 vs. Texas, 2018; vs. Kentucky, 2020* Tackles for Loss ...........................................................2.0 vs. Cincinnati, 2020* QB Sacks ........................................................................1.5 vs. Arkansas, 2021* QB Pressures ..................5 vs. Texas A&M, 2019; Baylor, 2020 (2019 season)

2021

Coaches’ All-SEC 1st Team...AP All-SEC 2nd Team...has played in 12 of 13 games, starting in all 12...34 total tackles, tops among interior linemen...fourth on the team with 22 QB pressures...had a team-high six tackles, in-cluding 1.5 sacks, and three QB pressures in win over #8 Arkansas...named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week for his efforts...also had six tackles and four QB pressures in win at Tennessee...had three tackles, one for a 4-yard loss, and blocked a third-quarter FG in win over #11 Kentucky...had three tackles, two QB hurries and one pass breakup in win over Clemson...also started vs. South Carolina and had two tackles, one for a 4-yard loss, and three QB hurries...named one of three team captains for the Auburn game.2020

Started at DT in all 10 of Georgia’s games...team’s leading tackler among in-terior linemen with 25 total stops...also had 14 QB pressures and 2.0 TFLs...credited with two tackles and two QB pressures vs. Arkansas and Auburn...had three stops and two QB pressures vs. Tennessee...two tackles and a pair

of QB hurries vs. Alabama...career high seven tackles in win at UK.2019

Played in 13 of 14 games, starting in the Sugar Bowl, and finished with 30 total stops, tops among interior linemen...that total includes 1.5 sacks, and 27 QB pressures, second-best on the team...had three stops and two QB pres-sures vs. Missouri...four tackles vs. Baylor...had a QB sack vs. LSU.2018

Played in 12 games and finished with 19 total tackles...career-high seven stops in the Sugar Bowl vs. Texas, including 1.5 TFL, a pass breakup and two QB pressures...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in spring drills.Junior College

Hutchinson (Kan.) C.C., coached by Rion Rhoades...247Sports.com four-star JUCO prospect... ESPN.com four-star JUCO prospect, the #10 JUCO prospect nationally as a member of ESPN’s JC50 and the #3 JUCO DT overall...had 30 tackles, 4.5 TFL, three sacks and a blocked PAT for the Blue Dragons.High School

Towers, coached by Brian Montgomery...PrepStar Magazine three-star pros-pect, All-Southeast Region...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #49 defensive tackle nationally and #65 overall prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com three-star prospect, #30 DT nationally and #43 overall prospect in Georgia...247Sports.com four-star prospect, #14 DT nationally, #273 prospect nationally and #28 prospect in Georgia...Scout.com four-star prospect, #12 DT nationally and #226 overall prospect nationally...AJC 2016 All-State Class 3A defense.Personal

Full name: DEVONTE MALIK WYATT...Major: Sociology...recipient of the James E. & Peggy A. Hickey Memorial Scholarship.


Kerrville, TexasTivy High School

Jared Zirkel

PK RFr. 6-3 185 SQ

992021

Saw his first collegiate action in the Bulldogs’ win over Charleston Southern, kicking off twice...both resulted in touchbacks...also had a touchback on one kickoff vs. Georgia Tech.2020

Redshirted...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2020.High School

Tivy HS, coached by David Jones...247Sports.com composite three-star prospect, #4 kicker nationally...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked as the #3 PK...ESPN.com three-star prospect, #11 PK nationally...Rivals.com three-star recruit, ranked as the #3 PK nationally...was 71 for 73 on PATs over his last two seasons...converted four of six FG attempts as a senior, hitting all three in his junior year...career-long 59-yard field goal came in 2018.Personal

Full name JARED CHASE ZIRKEL...intended major: Business...recipient of the Durward and Betsy Pennington Family Scholarship.

player bios

georgia


BOWL SERIES RECORDBowl Games W L T P PABelk 1 1 0 0 37 14Bluebonnet 1 0 1 0 22 25Capital One/Citrus 6 4 1 1 151 122 /Tangerine CFP Championship Game 1 0 1 0 23 26Chick-Fil-A/Peach 6 4 2 0 152 147Cotton 3 2 1 0 44 49TaxSlayer.com / Gator 5 3 1 1 104 91Hall of Fame 1 0 1 0 24 27Independence 2 2 0 0 68 35AutoZone Liberty 4 2 2 0 64 64Music City 1 0 1 0 16 20O’ahu 1 1 0 0 37 14Oil 1 1 0 0 20 6Orange 3 2 1 0 82 67Outback 4 3 1 0 115 85Presidential Cup 1 0 1 0 20 40Rose 2 2 0 0 63 48Sugar 11 5 6 0 234 217Sun 3 1 1 1 26 58*Capital One Bowl formerly known as the Tangerine Bowl and then the Citrus Bowl when Georgia has played in Orlando. All Orlando games included here.#TaxSlayer Bowl was originally known as the Gator Bowl, then the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl before taking its current title in April of 2014.

GEORGIA’S BOWL RESULTS Won 33, Lost 21, Tied 3

Date Bowl Rank Opponent Score Coach 1-1-42 Orange #14 TCU W, 40-26 Butts1-1-43 Rose #2 #13 UCLA W, 9-0 Butts1-1-46 Oil #18 #17 Tulsa W, 20-6 Butts1-1-47 Sugar #3 #9 North Carolina W, 20-10 Butts1-1-48 Gator NR Maryland T, 20-20 Butts1-1-49 Orange #8 Texas L, 41-28 Butts12-9-50 Pres. Cup NR Texas A&M L, 40-20 Butts1-1-60 Orange #6 #18 Missouri W, 14-0 Butts12-26-64 Sun NR Texas Tech W, 7-0 Dooley12-31-66 Cotton #4 #10 SMU W, 24-9 Dooley12-16-67 Liberty NR N.C. State L, 14-7 Dooley1-1-69 Sugar #4 #9 Arkansas L, 16-2 Dooley12-20-69 Sun NR #14 Nebraska L, 45-6 Dooley12-31-71 Gator #6 North Carolina W, 7-3 Dooley12-28-73 Peach NR #18 Maryland W, 17-16 Dooley12-21-74 Tangerine NR #15 Miami, Ohio L, 21-10 Dooley1-1-76 Cotton #12 #18 Arkansas L, 31-10 Dooley1-1-77 Sugar #5 #1 Pittsburgh L, 27-3 Dooley12-31-78 Bluebonnet #11 Stanford L, 25-22 Dooley1-1-81 Sugar #1 #7 Notre Dame W, 17-10 Dooley1-1-82 Sugar #2 #10 Pittsburgh L, 24-20 Dooley1-1-83 Sugar #1 #2 Penn State L, 27-23 Dooley1-2-84 Cotton #7 #2 Texas W, 10-9 Dooley12-22-84 Citrus #18 #15 Florida State T, 17-17 Dooley12-28-85 Sun #20 Arizona T, 13-13 Dooley12-23-86 Hall of Fame #17 Boston College L, 27-24 Dooley12-29-87 Liberty #15 Arkansas W, 20-17 Dooley1-1-89 Gator #19 Michigan State W, 34-27 Dooley12-30-89 Peach NR Syracuse L, 19-18 Goff12-29-91 Independence #24 Arkansas W, 24-15 Goff1-1-93 Florida Citrus #8 #15 Ohio State W, 21-14 Goff12-30-95 Peach NR #18 Virginia L, 34-27 Goff1-1-98 Outback #11 Wisconsin W, 33-6 Donnan12-31-98 Peach #19 #14 Virginia W, 35-33 Donnan1-1-00 Outback #21 #19 Purdue W, 28-25 OT Donnan12-24-00 O’ahu #24 Virginia W, 37-14 Donnan12-28-01 Music City #16 Boston College L, 20-16 Richt1-1-03 Sugar #4 #16 Florida State W, 26-13 Richt1-1-04 Capital One #11 #12 Purdue W, 34-27 OT Richt1-1-05 Outback #8 #16 Wisconsin W, 24-21 Richt1-3-06 *Sugar #6 #11 West Virginia L, 38-35 Richt12-30-06 Chick-fil-A NR #14 Virginia Tech W, 31-24 Richt1-1-08 Sugar #4 #10 Hawai’i W, 41-10 Richt1-1-09 Capital One #16 #18 Michigan State W, 24-12 Richt12-28-09 Independence NR Texas A&M W, 44-20 Richt12-31-10 Liberty NR #24 Central Fla. L, 10-6 Richt1-2-12 Outback #18 #12 Mich. State L, 33-30 (3OT) Richt1-1-13 Capital One #5 #21 Nebraska W, 45-31 Richt1-1-14 Gator #23 Nebraska L, 24-19 Richt12-30-14 Belk #13 #20 Louisville W, 37-14 Richt1-2-16 TaxSlayer NR Penn State W, 24-17 McClendon12-30-16 Liberty NR TCU W, 31-23 Smart1-1-18 Rose #3 #2 Oklahoma W, 54-48 (2OT) Smart1-8-18 CFP Champ. Game #3 #4 Alabama L, 23-26 (OT) Smart1-1-19 Sugar #5 #15 Texas L, 21-28 Smart1-1-20 Sugar #5 #7 Baylor W, 26-14 Smart1-1-21 CFA Peach #9 #6 Cincinnati W, 24-21 Smart* - Georgia Dome (Atlanta) due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina

Georgia captains prepare to meet their Oklahomacounterparts prior to the 2018 Rose Bowl Game.

Chris Conley (#31) set a Georgia bowl record

with an 87-yard TD catch in the win over

Nebraska in the 2013 Capital

One Bowl.

ALL-TIME BOWL VICTORIES

(Entering 2021)1. Alabama 442. USC 343. GEORGIA 33 4. Texas 31 5. Penn State 30 Oklahoma 30

ALL-TIME BOWL APPEARANCES

(Entering 2021)1. Alabama 732. GEORGIA 57 Texas 574. Nebraska 53 USC 53

Tennessee 53

uga bowl history


TOTAL OFFENSEMost Yards: 469 by Hines Ward (56 rushing, 413 passing), 1995 Peach vs. UVaMost Plays: 68 by Hines Ward, 1995 Peach vs. UVaBest Per-Play Avg. (Min. 30 p): 11.6 by Aaron Murray (430 yds/37 plays), 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaMost TDs Responsible: 5 by Aaron Murray, 2013 Capital One vs. Nebraska (ties SEC record)

RUSHINGMost Attempts: 36 by Herschel Walker, 1981 Sugar vs. Notre DameMost Yards: 266 by Nick Chubb, 2014 Belk vs. Louisville (SEC record)Best Avg. (Min. 15 att.): 9.3 by Kent Lawrence (149 yards/16 att.), 1966 Cotton vs. SMUBest Avg. (Min. 30 att.): 8.1 by Nick Chubb (266 yards/33 att.), 2014 Belk vs. LouisvilleMost TDs: 3 by Robert Edwards, 1998 Outback vs. Wisconsinby Sony Michel, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaLongest Rush: 82 yards by Nick Chubb, 2014 Belk vs. LouisvilleLongest Rushing TD: 75 yards (Sony Michel, 2018 Rose vs. Oklahoma)

PASSINGMost Attempts: 59 by Hines Ward, 1995 Peach vs. UVa. (SEC record)Most Completions: 31 by Hines Ward, 1995 Peach vs. UVa.Consecutive Completions: 19 by Mike Bobo, 1998 Out-back vs. Wisconsin (SEC record)Best Percentage: 93% by Mike Bobo (26x28), 1998 Outback vs. Wisconsin (SEC record)Most Yards: 427 by Aaron Murray (18x33), 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaMost TDs: 5 by Aaron Murray, 2013 Capital One vs. Nebraska (SEC record)Most Interceptions Thrown: 3 by Matt Robinson, 1977 Sugar vs. Pittsburgh Longest Pass Play: 87-yard TD; Aaron Murray to Chris Conley, 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaLongest Pass Play By Opp.: 99-yard TD; Tommy Arm-strong to Quincy Enuwa, Nebraska, 2014 Gator

RECEIVINGMost Receptions: 12 by Hines Ward (154 yards), 1998 Outback vs. Wisconsin; by George Pickens (175 yards), 2020 Sugar vs. BaylorMost Yards: 205 by Tavarres King (6 rec.), 2012 Outback vs. Michigan StateMost TDs: 2 by Carmon Prince, 1978 Blue bonnet vs. Stanford; Rodney Hampton, 1989 Gator vs. Michigan State; Fred Gibson, 2004 Capital One vs. Purdue; Aron White, 2009 Indepedence vs. Texas A&M; Chris Conley, 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaLongest Rec.: 87-yard TD; Chris Conley from Aaron Murray, 2013 Capital One vs. Nebraska

SCORINGMost Points Scored: 24 by Sony Michel, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaMost TDs Scored: 4 by Sony Michel, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaLongest TD Play: 87; Aaron Murray to Chris Conley, 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaLongest TD By Opp.: 100; Bob Smith, Texas A&M, opening KOR, 1950 Presidential Cup

KICKING/PUNTINGMost Points Kicking: 14 by Billy Bennett (4 FG, 2 PAT), 2003 Sugar vs. Fla. StateMost Field Goals: 4 by Kanon Parkman, 1995 Peach vs. Virginia; Billy Bennett, 2003 Sugar vs. Fla. State; Marshall Morgan, 2014 Gator vs. NebraskaLongest Field Goal: 55 by Rodrigo Blankenship, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaMost PATs: 6 by Rodrigo Blankenship, 2018 Rose vs. Oklahoma

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Most Punts: 11 by Mark Malkiewicz, 1981 Sugar vs. Notre DameLongest Punt: 64 by Jonathan Kilgo, 2009 Capital One vs. Michigan StateBest Punting Avg.: 49.2 by Brian Mimbs, 2009 Capital One vs. Michigan State

DEFENSEMost Tackles: 15 by Ben Zambiasi, 1976 Cotton vs. ArkansasMost Sacks: 3 by David Pollack, 2005 Outback vs. Wis-consin; Marcus Howard, 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’i; Trenton Thompson vs. TCU, 2016 Liberty Bowl; Azeez Ojulari vs. Cincinnati, 2021 CFA Peach BowlMost Interceptions: 2 by Scott Woerner, 1981 Sugar vs. Notre Dame; Ronnie Harris, 1982 Sugar vs. Pitt; Tony Taylor, 2006 Chick-fil-A vs. Va. Tech; Asher Allen, 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’i; Damian Swann, 2013 Capital One vs. Nebraska; Dominick Sanders, 2014 Belk vs. Louisville; Richard LeCounte, 2020 Sugar vs. BaylorLongest INT Ret. for a TD: 81 by Gary Moss, 1986 Hall of Fame vs. Boston CollegeLongest Fumble Return for a TD: 10 by Jason Ferguson, 1995 Peach vs. Virginia

PUNT/KICKOFF RETURNSMost Punt Returns: 9 by Buzy Rosenberg (54 yards), 1971 Gator vs. North CarolinaMost Punt Return Yards: 92 by Brandon Boykin (1 ret.), 2012 Outback vs. Michigan StateBest Punt Return Average (min. 2): 19.5 by Zippy Morocco (4 ret.), 1950 Presidential Cup vs. Texas A&MLongest Punt Return: 92-yard TD by Brandon Boykin, 2012 Outback vs. Michigan StateMost KORs: 5 by Reggie Davis, 2016 Liberty Bowl vs. TCU (76 yards)Most KOR Yards: 114 by Glynn Harrison (4 ret.), 1973 Peach vs. MarylandBest KOR Avg. (min. 2): 53.54 (2 ret.) by Brandon Boykin, 2009 Independence vs. Texas A&MLongest KOR: 90 yards by Ramarcus Brown, 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’iLongest KOR for a TD: 81 yards by Brandon Boykin, 2009 Independence vs. Texas A&M

TEAM RECORDS

RUSHINGMost Rushes: 66, 1978 Bluebonnet vs. StanfordFewest Rushes: 23, 2006 Sugar vs. West VirginiaMost Yards: 317, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaFewest Yards: 45, 2021 Peach vs. CincinnatiMost TDs: 5, 2018 Rose vs. Oklahoma

PASSINGMost Attempts: 59 (31 comp.), 1995 Peach vs. Virginia (SEC record)Fewest Attempts: 9, 1964 Sun vs. Texas TechMost Completions: 31 (59 att.), 1995 Peach vs. VirginiaFewest Completions: 1, 1981 Sugar vs. Notre DameCompletion Pct: .897 (26x29) 1998 Outback vs. WisconsinMost Yards: 427 (18x33), 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaFewest Yards: 7, 1981 Sugar vs. Notre DameMost TDs: 5, 2013 Capital One vs. Nebraska; Most INTs — 6, 1969 Sun vs. Nebraska

TOTAL OFFENSEMost Offensive Plays: 95 (552 yards), 1995 Peach vs. UVaMost Total Yards: 589 (71 plays), 2013 Capital One vs. NebraskaHighest Avg./Play: 8.4 (527 yards/63 plays), 2018 Rose Bowl Game vs. OklahomaFewest Total Yards: 127 (65 plays), 1981 Sugar vs. Notre Dame

FIRST DOWNSMost Rushing: 17, 1978 Bluebonnet vs. StanfordMost Passing: 15, 1995 Peach vs. Virginia; 2004 Capital One vs. Purdue; 2009 Capital One vs. Michigan State; 2014 Gator vs. NebraskaMost Total First Downs: 27, 1978 Bluebonnet vs. Stan-ford; 2006 Sugar vs. West Virginia

SCORINGMost Points: 54, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaFewest Points: 2, 1969 Sugar vs. ArkansasMost TDs: 7, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaLargest Margin of Victory: 31, 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’iLargest Margin of Defeat: 39, 1969 Sun vs. NebraskaMost Points in a Loss: 35, 2006 Sugar vs. West VirginiaFewest Points in a Win: 7, 1964 Sun vs. Texas Tech; 1971 Gator vs. North CarolinaMost Points in a Quarter: 21 (2nd), 2006 Sugar vs. West Virginia

KICKINGMost Field Goals: 4 in 1995 Peach vs. Virginia; 2003 Sugar vs. Florida State; 2014 Gator vs. NebraskaLongest Field Goal: 55 yarder, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaMost PATs: 6 in 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaMost Punts: 11, 1981 Sugar vs. Notre DameHighest Punting Average: 48.3 (3 punts), 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’i

KICK RETURNSMost Punt Returns: 9 (54 yards), 1971 Gator vs. UNCMost Punt Return Yards: 92 (1 ret.), 2012 Outback vs. Mich. StateMost Kickoff Returns: 7, 1950 Presidential Cup vs. Texas A&MMost Kickoff Return Yards: 177 (5 ret.), 2001 Music City vs. Boston CollegeBest Kickoff Return Avg. (min. two): 53.5 (2 ret.), 2009 Independence vs. Texas A&M

DEFENSEFewest Points Allowed: 0, 1943 Rose vs. UCLA; 1960 Orange vs. Missouri; 1964 Sun vs. Texas TechMost Points Allowed: 48, 2018 Rose vs. OklahomaFewest Rushing Yards Allowed: minus 5, 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’iFewest Passing Yards Allowed: 14, 1974 Tangerine vs. Miami, OhioFewest Yards Total Offense Allowed: 128, 1964 Sun vs. Texas TechRegistered A Safety: 1943 Rose vs. UCLA; 1969 Sugar vs. Arkansas; 1989 Peach vs. Syracuse; 2012 Outback vs. Mich. State; 2013 Capital One vs. Nebraska; 2021 CFA Peach vs. CincinnatiMost Interceptions: 6 vs. TCU, 1942 OrangeMost Sacks: 8 vs. Hawai’i, 2008 SugarMost Offensive Plays Allowed: 92 vs. Texas A&M, 2009 IndependenceMost Yards Allowed: 531 vs. Oklahoma, 2018 Rose

GENERALBiggest Comeback: 25, 2000 Outback (Trailed Purdue 25-0 with 10:38 left in the 2nd quarter, won 28-25 in overtime) (SEC record)Most Penalties: 11 (100 yards), 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’i; Fewest: 1 (5 yards), 1973 Peach vs. MarylandMost Yards Penalized: 100, 2008 Sugar vs. Hawai’i; Fewest Yards Penalized: 5, 1973 Peach vs. MarylandMost Turnovers (Fumbles & INTs): 8, 1969 Sugar vs. Arkansas, 1969 Sun vs. NebraskaMost Fumbles: 7, 1950 Presidential Cup vs. Texas A&M; 1969 Sugar vs. ArkansasMost Fumbles Lost: 5, 1969 Sugar vs. Arkansas; 1978 Blue bonnet vs. StanfordFewest Fumbles: 0; (16 games)Overtime Record: 3-1 —2000 Outback (28-25 beat Purdue); 2004 Capital One (34-27 beat Purdue); 2012 Outback (33-30 loss to Michigan State-3 OT); 2018 Rose (54-48 beat Oklahoma); 2018 CFP Championship Game, (Lost to Alabama 26-23)

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Bowl Honors By Bulldogs BELK BOWL: Most Valuable Player — Nick Chubb, TB, 2014. Most Rush-ing Attempts — 33 by Nick Chubb, TB, 2014; Most Rushing Yards — 266 by Nick Chubb, TB, 2014; Longest Non-Scoring Run — 82 yards by Nick Chubb, TB, 2014. Most Interceptions — 2 by Dominick Sanders, CB, 2014.

BLUEBONNET BOWL: Most TD Passes Caught — Carmon Prince, WR, 2, 1978.

BLUE-GRAY: Longest punt: 68 yards by Laneair Roberts, E, in 1956; Most Valuable Back for Grays: Charley Trippi, HB, 1944; Billy Mixon, LH, 1950; Theron Sapp, FB, 1958; Larry Rakestraw, QB, 1963.

COTTON BOWL: Game’s Outstanding Player: Kent Lawrence, RB, 1966; John Lastinger, QB, 1984.

FLORIDA CITRUS/CAPITAL ONE BOWL: Most Valuable Player: Aaron Murray, QB, 2013; Matthew Stafford, QB, 2009; David Greene, QB, 2004; James Jackson, QB, 1984; Garrison Hearst, TB, 1993; Most Valuable Offensive Player: David Greene, QB, 2004; Lars Tate, TB, 1984; Garrison Hearst, TB, 1993; Most Valuable Defensive Player: David Pollack, DE, 2004; Kevin Harris, CB, 1984; Mitch Davis, OLB, 1993.

GATOR BOWL (Also TaxSlayer Bowl): Most Yards Passing: 215 by Johnny Rauch, QB, 1948; Most Passes Completed: 13 by Johnny Rauch, QB, 1948; Longest Pass: 58 yards by Johnny Rauch to Billy Hender son, 1948; Most Yards Passing (Team) — 215 by Georgia, 1948; Most Valuable Player: Jimmy Poulos, TB, 1971; Wayne Johnson, QB, 1989; Todd Gurley, TB, 2014; Terry Godwin, WR, 2016.

HALL OF FAME BOWL: Most Valuable Offensive Player: James Jackson, QB, 1986; Most Valuable Defensive Player: Gary Moss, CB, 1986.

HULA BOWL: Most Valuable Player: Francis Tarkenton, QB, 1960, 19 x 33 passes for 204 yards; Freddie Gilbert, DE, 1984.

INDEPENDENCE BOWL: Most Valuable Defensive Player, Torrey Evans, ILB, 1991; Geno Atkins, DT, 2009; Most Valuable Offensive Player, Andre Hastings, FLK, 1991; Aron White, TE, 2009

AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL: Overall MVP: Trenton Thompson, DT, 2016; Outstanding Back: Kent Lawrence, RB, 1967; Outstanding Lineman — Edgar Chandler, RT, 1967; Most Valuable Offensive Player: James Jackson, QB, 1987; A.J. Green, FLK, 2010; Sony Michel, RB, 2016; Most Valuable

Defensive Player: John Brantley, LB, 1987; Brandon Boykin, CB, 2010; Trenton Thompson, DT, 2016.

O'AHU BOWL: Most Valuable Player: Terrence Edwards, WR, 2000.

ORANGE BOWL: Total Offense (Rushing and Passing) — 382 yards by Frank Sinkwich, QB, 1942; Most TD Passes Thrown: 3 by Frank Sinkwich, 1942; Most Points Running and Passing: 24 by Frank Sinkwich, 1942; Best Punting Average: 46.9 by Bobby Walden, RHB, in 1960; Most TD Passes (Team) — 4 by Georgia, 1942; Most Passes Intercepted (Team): 6 by Georgia, 1942.

OUTBACK BOWL: Most Valuable Player: Mike Bobo, 1997; David Pollack, 2005; Brandon Boykin, 2012

PEACH BOWL/CHICK-FIL-A: Outstanding Defensive Player: Sylvester Boler, LB, 1973; Longest Punt: 67 yards by Don Golden, SAF, 1973; Most Valuable Offensive Player: Rodney Hampton, TB, 1989; Most Valuable Defensive Player: Morris Lewis, OLB, 1989; Most Valuable Offensive Player: Hines Ward, SE, 1995; Most Pass Attempts: 59, Hines Ward, SE, 1995; Total Offense: 469, Hines Ward, SE, 1995; Most Valuable Defensive Player: Whit Marshall, LB, 1995; Most Valuable Offensive Player: Olandis Gary, RB, 1998; Most Valuable Defensive Player: Champ Bailey, CB, 1998. CHICK-FIL-A: Most Valuable Defensive Player: LB Tony Taylor, 2006; Most Valuable Offensive Player: QB Matthew Stafford, 2006; Most Valu-able Defensive Player: OLB Azeez Ojulari, 2021; Most Valuable Offensive Player: PK Jack Podlesny, 2021

ROSE BOWL: All-Time 1st Team: Charley Trippi, LH, 1943 winner of Helms Award as game’s outstanding player, Georgia vs. UCLA. Offensive MVP: Sony Michel, TB, 2018; Defensive MVP: Roquan Smith, ILB, 2018.

SENIOR BOWL: Most Points: 12 by Theron Sapp, FB, (tie with four others), 1959 and Fred Brown, HB, 1960. Outstanding Player Award: Theron Sapp, FB, 1959 (tie with Norm Odyniec, Notre Dame); Outstanding Back for South: Charley Britt, QB, 1960; Punt ing Average: 49.8 by Bobby Walden, RHB, 1961, on five punts.

SUGAR BOWL: Longest TD Pass: 67 yards, Charley Trippi, HB, to Dan Edwards, E, 1947; All-Sugar Bowl team: 1945-54: Joe Tereshinski, E, and Charley Trippi, LH, 1947; Most Valuable Player: Herschel Walker, RB, 1981; Musa Smith, RB, 2003; Marcus Howard, DE, 2008; George Pickens, WR, 2020. Most FGs Att.: Billy Bennett, 2003, (5 tied); Longest FG: Brandon Coutu, 52 yards, 2008; Longest Kickoff Return: Ramarcus Brown, 90 yards, 2008

SUN BOWL: Most Valuable Player: Preston Ridlehuber, QB, 1964, total offense 164 yards; Most Valuable Lineman: Jim Wilson, RT, 1964; Peter Anderson, C, 1985 vs. Arizona.

Terry Godwin won MVP honors of the 2016 Tax-Slayer Bowl. In addition to catching a TD pass, the freshman became the first UGA non-quar-terback in 10 years to throw for a score.

Head coach Kirby Smart celebrates with Defensive MVP Azeez Ojulari (center) and Offensive MVP Jack Podlesny af-ter the Bulldogs defeated Cincinnati in the 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Ojulari had a UGA bowl-record three QB sacks while Podlesny connected on all three of his field-goal attempts, including the game-winner from 53 yards with just :03 left.

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Rose Bowl MVP Charley Trippi (62) and 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich led

the Bulldogs to victory in Pasadena.

Sinkwich Leads Bulldogs Past TCU In

1942 Orange Bowl Georgia All-American quarterback Frankie Sinkwich, playing with an oversized chin mask to protect a broken jaw, put on an offensive display still considered by many as the greatest in any bowl game as he led his Bulldogs to a 40-26 win over Texas Christian before 35,786 fans in the 1942 Orange Bowl game (a record crowd in ’42). Sinkwich passed for touchdowns of 61, 60 and 15 yards and raced 43 yards on a QB draw for another score. He completed nine of 13 passes for 243 yards and rushed for 139 yards for a total offensive gain of 382 yards. Georgia scored first as Ken Keuper rushed two yards over the goal line to give the Dogs the early 6-0 lead. TCU tied the game less than four minutes later after a Lamar Davis fumble led to a Horned Frog score from the four yard line. TCU kicked the point after and led 7-6. Georgia answered soon after the score on a 60-yard pass play from Sinkwich to Melvin Conger, giving the Bulldogs a 12-7 lead they would never relinquish. When the Dogs left the field at halftime the score stood 33-7, prompting head coach Wally Butts to proclaim it the greatest offensive performance he ever saw by a UGA team. He also believed the Georgia squad, at the end of the 1941 season, was the most powerful he coached. The lead was 40-7 in the third quarter before TCU mounted a late three-touchdown effort. Bruce Alford caught two passes for scores from Emory Nix and Frink Kring scored on a 53-yard play from Kyle Gillespie for the 40-26 final. The 1942 Orange Bowl was played less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was a record-setting event. Sinkwich set five individual Orange Bowl records in the win for combined rushing and pass-ing yards (382), touchdown passes (3), points scored (24), yards gained on touchdown pass plays (136) and yards gained on all touchdown plays (179). Georgia’s four touchdown passes set a bowl team record, as well as the Dogs’ four interceptions. The combined seven touchdowns for Georgia and TCU also set a new Orange Bowl mark.

Trippi Gets Helms AwardIn 1943 Rose Bowl

With All-American Frankie Sinkwich hobbling on two sprained ankles, his young sophomore understudy — Charley Trippi — paced Georgia to a 9-0 victory over UCLA before 90,000 in the 1943 Rose Bowl at Pasadena. Trippi rushed 27 times for a net gain of 115 yards and received the Helms Award as the game’s outstanding player. Recently the Rose Bowl named its all-time first team and put Trippi at left halfback. Tackle Red Boyd blocked a Bob Waterfield punt which rolled out of the end zone for a safety to give Georgia two points in the last quarter. A few minutes later center Clyde Ehrhardt inter cepted a Waterfield pass and returned to the UCLA 25. Sinkwich finally scored from the one and Leo Costa converted.

Georgia 19 14 7 0 — 40Texas Christian 7 0 7 12 — 26

GA-Keuper 2-yard run (Costa kick)-1st QTCU-Gillespie 4-yard run (Medanich kick)-1st QGA-Conger 61-yard pass from Sinkwich (kick failed)-1st QGA-Kimsey 60-yard pass from Sinkwich (kick failed)-1st QGA-Davis 15-yard pass from Sinkwich (Costa kick)-2nd QGA-Davis 23-yard pass from Todd (Costa kick)-2nd QGA-Sinkwich 43-yard rush (Costa kick)-3rd QTC-Alford 20-yard pass from Nix (Roach kick)-3rd QTC-Alford 15-yard pass from Nix (run failed)-4th QTC-Kring 53-yard pass from Gillespie (run failed)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Texas Christian GeorgiaFirst Downs 8 12Rushing Yards 71 218 Passing Yards 137 281 Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 24-9-6 24-12-4 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/3Punts 7 (37.0) 4 (22.2)Yards Penalized 2-24 7-54

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDSinkwich (UGA) 22 139 1Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDSinkwich (UGA) 13 9 243 3

Georgia 0 0 0 9 — 9UCLA 0 0 0 0 — 0

GA—Safety on Boyd blocked punt-4th Q GA—Sinkwich 1-yd TD run (Costa kick)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS UCLA GeorgiaFirst Downs 5 24Rushing Yards 97 212Passing Yards 62 161Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 15-4-4 30-12-2 Return Yardage 35 73Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/1Punts 6 (43.7) 5 (37.6)Yards Penalized 6-40 6-40

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDTrippi (UGA) 27 115 0Sinkwich (UGA) 11 33 1Snelling (UCLA) 5 41 0

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Trippi’s Immortal Punt Return Helps Defeat Tulsa

In 1945 Oil Bowl Charley Trippi was at his best as Georgia defeated Tulsa, 20-6, in the Oil Bowl at Houston before 27,000 on Jan. 1, 1946. He passed 64 yards to John Donaldson for Georgia’s second TD and returned a punt 68 yards for the final Bulldog tally in the fourth quarter — a run still considered by many as the greatest punt return of all time. He completely reversed his field and ran over two Tulsa tacklers who had him trapped near a sideline.

Charley Trippi accepts National Pro Football Hall of Fame trophy.

Trippi Closes Great CareerIn ‘47 Sugar Bowl Playing

Entire 60 Minutes On a chilly and rainy day in New Orleans, Georgia battled back from two deficits to knock off North Carolina, 20-10, in front of 75,000 in the 13th renewal of the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 1947. Charley Trippi led the way for the Bulldogs, playing all 60 min-utes in his last game wearing the red and black. His 67-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to Dan Ed-wards gave the Dogs a 13-10 lead that the club would not relinquish.

The win was Georgia’s 16th consecutive victory and gave the Bulldogs a perfect sea-son (11-0) for just the second time in school history. The scoring started when North Carolina’s Walt Pupa ran 25 yards in the second quarter for the first lead of the game. Kicker Bob Cox added the extra point for a 7-0 lead. Georgia was held scoreless into halftime, but Johnny Rauch plunged into the endzone from one yard out in the third quarter and was followed by George Jernigan’s extra point for a 7-7 tie. Cox gave the Tar Heels the lead later in the third quarter with an 18-yard field goal, but the play of the day, Trippi’s 67-yarder to Edwards, answered the Tar Heel score and Georgia never looked back.

Georgia 0 0 13 7 — 20North Carolina 0 7 3 0 — 10

NC—Pupa 25-yard run (Cox kick)-2nd QGA—Rauch 1-yard run (Jernigan kick)-3rd QNC—Cox 18-yard field goal-3rd QGA—Edwards 67-yard pass from Trippi (kick failed)-3rd QGA—Rauch 13-yard run (Jernigan kick)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS

North Carolina GeorgiaFirst Downs 17 12Rushing Yards 166 175 Passing Yards 59 81 Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 14-8-1 14-5-1 Yards Penalized 50 30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDTrippi (UGA) 15 77 0Justice (NC) 18 37 0

Georgia 7 0 0 13 — 20Tulsa 0 6 0 0 — 6

GA—Smith 3-yard run (Jernigan kick)-1st QUT—Wilson 1-yard run (kick failed)-2nd QGA—Donaldson 47-yard touchdown pass from Trippi-4th Q GA—Trippi 68-yard punt return-4th QNOTE***Jernigan converted one of final two point after TD attempts

TEAM STATISTICS Tulsa GeorgiaFirst Downs 7 14Rushing Yards 69 178Passing Yards 79 110Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 21-6-0 15-5-1 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 4/3Punts 12 (35.0) 7 (36.0)Yards Penalized 4-40 4-29

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A&M Zips Past Georgia In 1950 Presidential Cup Tilt

Georgia lost its seventh visit to a post-season affair, 40-20, to Texas A&M in the first and only Presidential Cup game at College Park, Md., before 12,245 fans on Dec. 9, 1950. Georgia's Zippy Morocco, who later was to set the all-time SEC bas-ketball scoring record, scored two touchdowns on brilliant runs, the first coming on a 65-yard punt return and the other a 23-yard rush. A&M jumped out early and never looked back, scoring 40 unanswered points through three quarters of play. Before two minutes had been played in the opening quarter, the score was 13-0 after Bob Smith took the opening kickoff 100 yards and Glenn Lippman scored from five yards out after a Bulldog fumble. Another 81-yard TD rush by Smith in the first quarter buried the Bulldogs. Morocco scored on a two-yard run in the third and a 65-yard punt return in the fourth to get the Dogs on the board. Lauren Hargrove added the last score of the day on a one-yard rush to make the final 40-20.

Rauch, Geri Shine In1948 Gator Bowl

Georgia’s All-America quarterback Johnny Rauch had one of the best days of his career in Jacksonville, completing 12 of 17 passes for 183 yards. Captain Dan Edwards caught five passes and Joe Geri averaged 43.5 yards on seven punts. The game remained scoreless after one quarter of play, but Maryland’s Lu Gambino ran 35 yards for the first score of the game. The Terps held that 7-0 lead into halftime. Georgia took the opening drive of the second half 87 yards, capped by Rauch’s 1-yards plunge into the end-zone. Maryland answered with an 80-yard drive of its own and took the lead again on Gambino’s second TD of the day. Later in the third, Georgia drove to its own 40 yard line but fumbled away possession. Three plays later the Terps were leading 20-7. The fourth quarter was all Georgia, as the Bulldogs scored once on a Geri four-yard run and again on a nine-yard pass from Rauch to John Donaldson. The extra point was no good after Geri’s TD and time ran out on a tied ball game with Georgia knocking on the door for another score.

Rauch SpectacularIn 1949 Orange Bowl

Johnny Rauch, who directed Georgia to four straight bowl games, stood out in defeat as the Bulldogs finally lost their first post-season game, 41-28, to Texas in the 1949 Orange Bowl at Miami before a then-record crowd of 60,523. Rauch completed 11 of 17 passes for 161 yards.

Georgia 7 7 7 7 — 28 Texas 13 7 7 14 — 41

GA—Bodine 71-yard interception return (Geri kick)-1st QTX—Borneman 4-yard run ( kick failed)-1st QTX—Landry 14-yard run (Clay kick)-1st QGA—Geri 1-yard run (Geri kick)-2nd QTX—Samuels 21-yard run (Clay kick)-2nd Q TX—Proctor 24-yard pass from Campbell (Clay kick)-3rd Q GA—Geri 6-yard run (Geri kick)-1st QGA—Walston 37-yard pass from Rauch (Geri kick)-4th QTX—Clay 2-yard run (Clay kick)-4th QTX—Clay 4-yard run (Clay kick)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Texas GeorgiaFirst Downs 19 9Rushing Yards 332 56Passing Yards 70 161 Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 10-5-2 17-11-2 Return Yardage 103 159Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1Punts 5 (40.0) 5 (41.0)Yards Penalized 5-55 6-50

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDLandry (UT) 17 117 1Geri (UGA) 15 45 2

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDRauch (UGA) 17 11 161 1Campbell (UT) 10 5 70 1

Georgia 0 0 7 13 — 20Maryland 0 7 13 0 — 20

MD—Gambino 35-yard run (McHugh kick)-2nd QGA—Rauch 1-yard run (Geri kick)-3rd QMD—Gambino 1-yard run (kick failed)-3rd QMD—Gambino 24-yard pass from Baroni (McHugh kick)-3rd QGA—Geri 4-yard run (kick failed)-4th Q GA—Donaldson 9-yard pass from Rauch (Geri kick)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Maryland GeorgiaFirst Downs 16 19Rushing Yards 268 216 Passing Yards 128 190 Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 14-7-1 20-12-1 Return Yardage 91 101Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1Punts 5 (40.0) 7 (43.5)Yards Penalized 8-66 6-80

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDGambino (MD) 22 165 2 Donaldson (UGA) 10 69 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDRauch (UGA) 20 12 190 1

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Ridlehuber Rips RaidersIn 1964 Sun Bowl

The 7-0 conquest of Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl at El Paso Dec. 26, 1964, before 28,500 may have been the Bulldogs’ best game of a glorious ‘‘Cinderella’’ season. The defense held the Red Raiders’ vaunted offense, which led the South-west Conference with almost 300 yards per game, to only 128 yards (32 rushing and 96 passing). And, the offensive troops rolled up 329 yards (245 rushing and 84 passing), their second best performance of the season. Preston Ridlehuber had by far the most productive day of his Georgia varsity career and clearly deserved the trophy awarded him as the game’s outstanding performer. Preston ran 19 times for 87 yards, completed 4x5 passes for 77 yards, giving him a total of 164 yards.

Georgia 0 7 0 0 — 7Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 — 0

GA—Lankewicz 2-yard run (Etter kick)-2nd Q

TEAM STATISTICS Texas Tech GeorgiaFirst Downs 7 17Rushing Yards 32 245Passing Yards 96 84Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 24-11-1 9-5-0Return Yardage 76 39Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/3Punts 8 (37.3) 4 (38.0)Yards Penalized 8-37 7-45

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDRidlehuber (UGA) 19 87 0Agan (TT) 5 20 0Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDWilson (TT) 24 11 96 0Ridlehuber (UGA) 5 4 77 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TDAgan (TT) 3 11 0Brown (UGA) 3 29 0Barber (UGA) 1 52 0

Tarkenton’s TD Passes Key 1960 Orange Bowl Win

Francis Tarkenton directed two excellent scoring drives of 62 and 71 yards in Georgia’s 14-0 victory over Missouri in the 1960 Orange Bowl before 75,280.

Late in the first quarter Tarkenton anticipated a quick kick to set up the first score. He returned it 17 yards to the M 38. On third down and nine he passed to Fred Brown for 12 to the M 25. On third and 14, he fired to Bill McKenny, rookie RHB from Jacksonville, for 29 yards and the TD, Durward Pennington’s PAT made it 7-0.

Georgia 7 0 7 0 — 14Missouri 0 0 0 0 — 0

GA—McKenny 29-yard pass from Tarkenton (Pennington kick)-1st QGA—Box 33-yard pass from Tarkenton (Pennington kick)-3rd Q

TEAM STATISTICS

Missouri GeorgiaFirst Downs 16 19Rushing Yards 80 88 Passing Yards 180 128Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 24-14-3 21-9-2 Fumbles/Lost 3/3 1/1Punts 6 (38.7) 7 (46.9)Yards Penalized 7-72 7-44

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDBrown (UGA) 10 39 0West (MO) 9 37 0Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDSnowden (MO) 17 11 151 0Tarkenton (UGA) 16 9 128 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TDSloan (MO) 6 73 0Brown (UGA) 3 29 0Box (UGA) 1 33 1

Georgia 0 0 7 13 — 20Texas A&M 20 13 7 0 — 40

A&M—Smith 100-yard kickoff return (Hooper kick)-1st QA&M—Lippman 2-yard run (kick failed)-1st QA&M—Smith 81-yard run (Hooper kick)-1st QA&M—Tidwell 6-yard run (Hooper kick)-2nd QA&M—Tidwell 6-yard run (kick failed)-2nd QA&M—Tidwell 36-yard run (Hooper kick)-3rd Q GA—Morocco 30-yard run (Durand kick)-3rd QGA—Morocco 65-yard punt return (Durand kick)-4th QGA—Hargrove 1-yard run (kick failed)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS A&M GeorgiaFirst Downs 10 15Rushing Yards 304 220 Passing Yards 73 65Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 9-6-0 17-6-2 Fumbles/Lost 6/3 7/4Punts 6 (39.0) 7 (39.0)Yards Penalized 4-50 7-40

Georgia blanked Texas Tech 7-0 in the 1964 Sun Bowl (Vince Dooley’s first Bulldog team). The big play on the 68-yard TD drive was a 52-yard reception by Fred Barber from Preston Ridlehuber that gave the Bulldogs first and goal from the six-yard line.

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N.C. State Rallies Past Georgia In

1967 Liberty Bowl A record Liberty Bowl crowd of 35,045 at Memphis Dec. 16, 1967, saw N.C. State, led by former Bulldog head coach Jim Donnan, trim Georgia, 14-7. The Wolfpack cashed in their scoring opportuni ties, drawing first blood in the sec-ond quarter on a 65-yard drive—aided by a timely 15-yard penalty —that saw Donnan pass 6 yards to Martell for a TD. Warren’s PAT made it 7-0. Georgia retaliated with a fine 68-yard scoring drive, Lawrence starting things off with a 42-yard kickoff return. Kirby Moore hit on four passes, three to Dennis Hughes and one to Billy Payne. Ronnie Jenkins scored from the one and Jim McCullough’s PAT knotted the count at 7-7 midway the second quarter. State went ahead early in the fourth quarter, driving 73 yards with Barchuk scoring from the one. Warren’s PAT was good. Georgia again fought back and mounted a great 98-yard drive that ended with Lawrence failing to score by inches after taking a pitchout from Moore at the N.C. State 3 and sprinting to the 1. Lawrence was voted the game’s most valuable offensive back, while Edgar Chandler was the most valuable offensive lineman.

Georgia 0 7 0 0 — 7 N.C. State 0 7 0 7 — 14

NCS—Martel six-yard pass from Donnan (Warren kick) 11:46-2nd QGA—Jenkins 1-yard run (McCullough kick) 6:38-2nd QNCS—Barchuk 1-yard run (Warren kick) 12:39-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS N.C. State GeorgiaFirst Downs 14 14Rushing Yards 79 140 Passing Yards 128 136Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 25-17-1 23-11-0Return Yardage 42 124Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0Punts 7 (35.5) 6 (28.8)Yards Penalized 45 67

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDLawrence (UGA) 18 71 0Bowers (NCS) 10 35 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDDonnan (NCS) 24 16 121 1Moore (UGA) 22 10 124 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDMartel (NCS) 7 69 1

Kent Lawrence Sets Cotton Bowl Record;

Bulldogs Win Big Over SMU

Georgia magnificently upheld the honor of the SEC with its decisive 24-9 victory over Southern Methodist University, Southwest Conference champ, Dec. 31, 1966, in Dallas’ Cotton Bowl before 75,504. Kent Lawrence established a Bulldog bowl-

game rushing record vs. the Mustangs. His 149 yards in 16 carries erased the old Georgia bowl-game mark of 139 yards in 22 rushes by Frank Sinkwich vs. TCU in the 1942 Orange Bowl. Lawrence’s 74-yard TD rush on the game’s third play also was the longest scoring play in Bulldog bowl annals. He was voted the game’s outstanding player. Bob Etter’s 28-yard FG put Georgia out front 10-3 at the quarter. Steve Neuhaus set up another score with an interception at the SMU 33. Kirby Moore hit Billy Payne on a 20-yard scoring pass and Etter made it 17-3. There was only one score in the last half. The Bulldogs drove 59 yards to goal early in the fourth quarter with Ronnie Jenkins carrying nine of the 12 rushes. Jenkins scored from the one. Etter made it 24-9.

Georgia 10 7 0 7 — 24SMU 3 6 0 0 — 9

GA—Lawrence 74-yard run (Etter kick)-1st QSMU—Partee 22-yard field goal-1st QGA—Etter 28-yard field goal-1st QGA—Payne 20-yard pass from Moore (Etter kick)-2nd QSMU—Richardson 1-yard run (kick failed)-2nd QGA—Jenkins 4-yard run (Etter kick)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS SMU GeorgiaFirst Downs 11 17Rushing Yards 40 284 Passing Yards 165 79Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 20-10-3 14-6-1Return Yardage 61 57Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1Punts 4 (36.5) 4 (28.5)Yards Penalized 7-45 3-37

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDLawrence (UGA) 16 149 1Jenkins (UGA) 23 88 1Jernigan (SMU) 9 28 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDWhite (SMU) 17 9 160 0Moore (UGA) 11 6 79 1

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDLevias (SMU) 3 62 0Payne (UGA) 3 49 1

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Nebraska Too Much for Dogs In 1969 Sun Bowl Nebraska turned out to be every bit as good as advertised. ‘‘They were the best team we played all season,’’ said Captain Steve Greer following the Cornhuskers’ 45-6 victory before a sun-baked Sun Bowl crowd of 31,176 in El Paso Dec. 20. The Cornhuskers took advantage of a strong wind to kick four field goals in the exceptionally-long first quarter (scoreboard clock broke and officials admitted afterwards that the first quarter was too long). Trailing 18-0 after the first quarter, Georgia fought back to hold the big and fast Big Eight co-champions scoreless in the second quarter. But the Nebraskans took advantage of six pass interceptions and two fumble recoveries to run up the score, 14 points in the third quarter and 13 in the fourth. Paul Gilbert directed Georgia’s lone TD in the fourth quarter. He completed passes of 16 yards to Charley Whittemore, 11 to Dennis Hughes, then scored himself from the six. Jim McCullough’s PAT kick was wide.

Georgia 0 0 0 6 — 6Nebraska 18 0 14 13 — 45

UN—Rogers 50-yard field goal-1st QUN—Rogers 32-yard field goal-1st QUN—Kinney 10-yard run (kick failed)-1st QUN—Rogers 42-yard field goal-1st QUN—Rogers 37-yard field goal-1st QUN—Green 7-yard pass from Brownson (Rogers kick)-3rd QUN—Brownson 1-yard run (Rogers kick)-3rd QUN—Schneiss 1-yard run (kick failed)-4th QGA—Gilbert 6-yard run (kick failed)-4th QUN—Taggae 2-yard run (Rogers kick)-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Nebraska GeorgiaFirst Downs 17 11Rushing Yards 190 55 Passing Yards 165 130Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 35-18-2 35-11-6Return Yardage 34 86Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2Punts 7 (35.6) 10-42.2Yards Penalized 6-50 3-31

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDGreen (UN) 13 46 0Paine (UGA) 13 41 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDBrownson (UN) 18 11 109 1Gilbert (UGA) 30 10 116 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDWhittemore (UGA) 5 86 0Ingles (UN) 4 55 0

Georgia Upset by Arkansas

Razorbacks In 1969 Sugar Bowl A huge Sugar Bowl crowd of 82,113 saw Arkansas, champion of the Southwest Conference, upset Georgia, champion of the Southeastern Conference, 16-2, on Jan. 1, 1969. The Bulldogs had the ball six times in the

first quarter but lost possession three times on fumbles and once on a pass interception. But the Georgia defense played well and the quarter ended scoreless.The Razorbacks moved 65 yards for a TD early in the second quarter, scoring on a 27-yard pass, Montgomery-Dicus. White’s PAT made it 7-0. Midway the second quarter David McKnight tossed Burnett for a six-yard loss and a safety to make it 7-2, but a Bulldog fumble a few plays later gave Arkansas position for a 34-yard field goal by White which made it 10-2 at halftime. Georgia ‘‘blew’’ a good chance early in the third quarter after recovering an Arkansas fumble on the kickoff. Brad Johnson fum bled on the goal line on third down, and the ball went out of the end zone. A fumble and pass interception in the fourth quarter put Arkansas in position for two more field goals by White (24 and 31 yards) .

Georgia 0 2 0 0 — 2 Arkansas 0 10 0 6 — 16

AR—Dicus 27-yard pass from Montgomery (White kick) 14:55-2nd QGA—McKnight tackles Burnett in end zone for safety 9:44-2nd QAR—White 34-yard field goal 1:59-2nd QAR—White 24-yard field goal 8:58-4th QAR—White 31-yard field goal 6:23 4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Arkansas GeorgiaFirst Downs 13 13Rushing Yards 40 75Passing Yards 185 117Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 17-39-1 11-31-3Return Yardage 10 62Fumbles/Lost 2/2 5/5Punts 10-33.6 10-38.6Yards Penalized 4-31 4-25

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDJohnson (UGA) 12 45 0Maxwell (AR) 20 31 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMontgomery (AR) 39 17 185 1Cavan (UGA) 22 9 103 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDDicus (AR) 12 169 1Whittemore (UGA) 5 56 0

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Poulos Superb in 1971 Gator Bowl

Georgia played perhaps its finest de-fensive game of the season to beat North Carol ina 7-3 in the Ga-tor Bowl, Dec. 31, 1971, before 71,208. The Bulldogs held the Tar Heels to only 181 yards total offense (115 rushing and 66 passing). Dennis Watson was the defensive hero, making tackles time and time again. He made three straight tackles during one stretch. Offensively, the Bulldogs gained a lot of ground (322 yards) but were sporadic, particularly in the first half. But, following the Tar Heels’ lone

scoring drive of the game which resulted in a 35-yard FG by Craven, the Bulldogs finally mounted a beautiful 80-yard

march that settled the issue. The scintillating sophomores, Jimmy Poulos and Andy Johnson, ran the ball from Georgia’s 20 to the G 43. Then Johnson hit split end Lynn Hunnicutt on a great 32-yard play to the NC 25. On the next snap, Poulos broke around left end down the sidelines to score, side-stepping the safety. Braswell made it 7-3. The nation’s TV audience once again was thrilled by the exploits of Poulos, the Greek Streak, who set a Georgia bowl rushing record in the Gator Bowl. He netted 161 yards on 20 carries to better the old Bulldog bowl mark of 149 yards on 16 rushes by Kent Lawrence against SMU in the 1966 Cotton Bowl.

Georgia 0 0 7 0 — 7N. Carolina 0 0 3 0 — 3

NC—Craven 35-yard field goal 9:01-3rd QGA—Poulos 25-yard run (Braswell kick) 1:39-3rd Q

TEAM STATISTICS North Carolina GeorgiaFirst Downs 9 13Rushing Yards 115 228 Passing Yards 66 84Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 14-6-1 17-6-0Return Yardage 51 61Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1Punts 10 (46.6) 10 (34.8)Yards Penalized 3-15 5-29

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDPoulos (UGA) 20 161 1Jolley (NC) 20 77 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDJohnson (UGA) 13 6 84 0Miller (NC) 14 6 66 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDHunnicutt (UGA) 4 58 0Sigler (NC) 2 32 0

Tough Terps Trimmed in 1973 Peach Bowl

Hats off to the Bulldogs for their thrilling 17-16 triumph over the Terrapins in the 1973 Peach Bowl Dec. 28 before 38,017 in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Early in the second quarter, thanks to runs by Horace King and Andy Johnson, Georgia reached the Mary-land 17 but was stopped. Johnson hit Jimmy Poulos on a screen and the Greek Streak went 62 yards for a score in one of the finest runs ever made by a Georgia back. Two plays later Maryland’s Carter and White hooked up on a 68-yard haymaker and Mick-Mayer’s PAT tied it 7-7. Later Mike-Mayer put Maryland out front 10-7 on a 36-yard FG. Then the Bulldogs roared back with one of their best drives of the season. Captain Bobby Burns ripped up the middle for 21. Johnson hit King for 30, then ran 12 after faking a pass to the UM 9. With the clock running out, the Bulldogs had to settle for a 26-yard FG by Leavitt to make it 10-10 at halftime. Tremendous defensive play set up Georgia’s go-ahead TD late in the third quarter. Following Golden’s 43-yard punt to Smith, tackled in his tracks at the UM 11 by Glynn Harrison, Sylvester Boler smashed through and hit QB Kinard as he was pitching out to Jennings. The hit caused a fumble that was recovered by Dick Conn at the Maryland 8 yard line. On third down, Johnson scored from the one and Leavitt made it 17-10.

Georgia 0 10 7 0 — 17Maryland 0 10 0 6 — 16

GA—Poulos 62-yard pass from Johnson (Leavitt kick) 5:27-2nd QMD—White 68-yard pass from Carter (Mike-Mayer kick) 5:04 2nd QMD—Mike-Mayer 36-yard field goal 1:31-2nd QGA—Leavitt 26-yard field goal :06-2nd QGA—Johnson 1-yard run (Leavitt kick) 4:24-3rd QMD—Mike-Mayer 25-yard field goal 13:53-4th QMD—Mike-Mayer 28-yard field goal 7:35-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Maryland GeorgiaFirst Downs 15 11Rushing Yards 219 170Passing Yards 242 114Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 18-8-1 16-5-1Return Yardage 78 135Fumbles/Lost 4/3 2/2Punts 6 (31.8) 8 (41.3)Yards Penalized 5-63 1-5

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDCarter (MD) 29 126 0King (UGA) 16 57 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDJohnson (UGA) 16 5 114 1Kinard (MD) 8 4 113 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDWhite (MD) 2 106 1Poulos (UGA) 2 62 1

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Cinderella Dogs Bow to Hogs

in 1976 Cotton Bowl

The big clock in the Cotton Bowl showed 1:49 left in the first half with Georgia leading Arkansas, 10-0. Not a soul there or any one of the millions watching CBS-TV had any idea then that the Bulldogs, who had played almost a perfect game for nearly a half, would suffer one tough blow after and finally succumb, 31-10 on Jan. 1, 1976. Georgia amazed the crowd of 74,500 by taking the opening kickoff and ramming the ball all the way to the A4. But the Razorbacks held and Georgia had to settle for a 35-yard FG by Allan Leavitt. In the second quarter Matt Robinson connected with Gene Washington on a nifty 21-yard scoring play and Georgia led 10-0. But two Georgia fumbles in the last two minutes of the first half resulted in an Arkansas FG (Little, 39 yards) and TD (Forte, 1-yd. rush). It was a scoreless third quarter but the Hogs tallied three times in the final period.

Georgia 3 7 0 0 — 10Arkansas 0 10 0 21 — 31

GA—Leavitt 35-yard field goal 9:12-1st QGA—Washington 21-yd pass from Robinson (Leavitt kick) 7:21-2nd QAR—Little 39-yard field goal 0:50-2nd QAR—Forte 1-yard run (Little kick) 0:14-2nd QAR—Fuchs 5-yard run (Little kick) 11:07-4th QAR—Forrest 1-yard run (Little kick) 9:21-4th QAR—Forte 6-yard run (Little kick) 1:16-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Arkansas GeorgiaFirst Downs 20 13Rushing Yards 235 102 Passing Yards 89 91Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 14-5-0 18-8-2Return Yardage 73 18Fumbles/Lost 6/1 3/2Punts 4 (43.0) 6 (38.7)Yards Penalized 5-35 3-15

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDForte (AR) 24 119 2Fuchs (AR) 16 71 1Harrison (UGA) 14 44 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDBull (AR) 13 5 89 0Robinson (UGA) 15 7 85 1

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDDouglas (AR) 2 54 0Davis (UGA) 3 16 0

Dogs Fall To Miami 21-10 in 1974 Tangerine Bowl

Miami of Ohio won its 23rd in a row with a 21-10 vicotry over Georgia in the Tangerine Bowl before 20,246 at Orlando, on Dec. 21, 1974. It might have been a close game had not the Bulldogs given Miami two easy scoring chances with fum-bles at their own 25 (first play from scrimmage) and 22. The Redskins cashed both oppor tunities, and in between, marched 68 yards to goal, QB Smith passing seven yards to E. Taylor for the TD.

After trailing 7-0, Georgia did make a good drive, first down at the

UM 9, the big gainer being a 43-yard pass, Robinson to Appleby. But the vaunted Miami defense held and Allan Leavitt kicked at 21-yard FG. Georgia came back strong in the second half and won it, 7-0. The defense played considerably better. Midway through, the third quarter Butch Box, covering a Bucky Dilts punt, recovered a fumble at the Miami 41. Glynn Harrison immediately broke loose for 28 yards to the UM 13. Five plays later Ray Goff plunged over from the one and Leavitt made it 21-10. Georgia outgained Miami in total offense, 274 to 242. Georgia had only 74 yards rushing but 200 passing. Miami had 228 rushing, 14 passing.

Georgia 3 0 7 0 — 10Miami, Ohio 14 7 0 0 — 21

MI—Carpenter 1-yard run (Draudt kick) 13:29-1st QGA—Leavitt 21-yard field goal 9:24-1st QMI—Taylor 7-yard pass from Smith (Draudt kick) 1:36-1st QMI—Smith 8-yard run (Draudt kick) 14:18-2nd Q GA—Goff 1-yard run (Leavitt kick) 4:49-3rd Q

TEAM STATISTICS Miami (Ohio) GeorgiaFirst Downs 18 17Rushing Yards 228 74 Passing Yards 14 210Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 7-3-0 25-12-0Return Yardage 0 0Fumbles/Lost 3/3 5/2Punts 5 (36.0) 4 (30.0)Yards Penalized 3-25 2-24

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDCarpenter (MI) 30 114 1Harrison (UGA) 17 69 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDRobinson (UGA) 24 11 190 0Smith (MI) 2 1 7 1

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDAppleby (UGA) 6 102 0Wilson (UGA) 3 45 0

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Stanford Rallies For Win In 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl

Georgia’s Wonderdogs outgained Stanford 504 yards to 338, but lost the game 25-22 before 34,084 fans in the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston on December 31, 1978. Fumbles and penalties, missed PAT’s and FG’s and precision passing by All-American QB Steve Dils, enables the Cardinal to over-come a 22-0 deficit in the second half. The Bulldogs played their best game of the season in running up an early advantage to the 22-0. They scored on their second possession in the first quarter, Rex Rob-inson kicking a 31-yd FG. On their third possession, Georgia’s Buck Belue passed to flanker Carmon Prince 22 yards for a TD, but Robinson missed on the PAT to make Georgia a 9-0 leader. As the half closed, Jeff Pyburn directed an 80-yard drive in seven plays as he spotted Prince for an eight-yard strike. Robinson was wide again on the PAT and Georgia led 15-0. Georgia drove 75 yards to goal after the second half kick-off and took only six plays as Pyburn dove in from the one, making the score 22-0. Two Bulldog fumbles accounted for Stanford’s first pair of touchdowns, and their third tally came on a 14-yard pass from Dils to Ken Margerum. The two-point conversion was good, knotting the score at 22. The Cardinal recovered another Georgia fumble to set up their go-ahead field goal of 24 yards. Georgia came back strong, driving to the Stanford 14, but Robinson missed on a 31-yard attempt.

Georgia 3 12 7 0 — 22Stanford 0 0 22 3 — 25

GA- Robinson 31-yard field goal 5:18-1st QGA-Prince 22-yard pass from Belue (kick failed) 4:06-2nd QGA-Prince 8-yard pass from Pyburn (kick failed) 0:11-2nd QGA-Pyburn 1-yard run (Robinson kick) 12:58-3rd QSU-Margerum 32-yard pass from Dils (pass failed) 6:03-3rd QSU-Nelson 20-yard pass from Dils (Nabers run) 3:57-3rd QSU-Margerum 14-yard pass from Dils (Nelson pass from Dils) 1:33-3rd QSU-Nabers 24-yard field goal 14:50-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Stanford Georgia First Downs 20 27Rushing Yards 128 315Passing Yards 210 189Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 28-15-1 18-11-1Return Yardage 51 119Fumbles/Lost 2/1 6/5Punts 8 (41.6) 1 (35.0)Yards Penalized 2-34 5-43

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDMcClendon (UGA) 30 115 0Nelson (SU) 16 100 0Passing Att Comp Yds. TDDils (SU) 28 17 210 3Pyburn (UGA) 12 6 87 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TDMargerum (SU) 5 87 2Scott (UGA) 5 67 0

#1 Pittsburgh Tops Dogs In ’77 Sugar Bowl

Armed with a number four national ranking and the distinction of being first team to repre-sent the con ference in the SEC’s ‘‘marriage’’ with the Sugar Bowl, Georgia’s dreams of a national title were convincingly shattered by top-ranked Pittsburgh, 27-3, in the Sugar Bowl shootout for the national championship. With a Sugar Bowl record crowd for the Superdome of 76, 117 fans looking on, Pitts-burgh made believers of the whole nation in justifying their top national billing.

Junior quarterback Matt Cavanaugh and her-alded Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett

supplied most of the offensive fireworks for the Panthers in building a 21-0 halftime lead. Cavanaugh directed

his team 80 yards in the first quarter for Pitt’s initial score, covering the last six yards himself on a keeper. In the second quarter, the Pittsburgh junior unveiled a brilliant passing game to account for another Pittsburgh score by hitting FLK Matt Jones for a 59-yard scoring strike. Dorsett added the Panthers’ third TD of the day on an 11-yard burst to make the halftime tally 21-0. The Bulldog offense, which had been stymied all day by the swarming Pittsburgh defense, finally was able to put something on the scoreboard in the third quarter. On Pitt's first possession of the sec ond half, fullback Elliott Walker was separated from the ball on the Panthers’ own 26-yard line, where defensive end Lawrence Craft fell on it for the Bulldogs. But several plays later, Georgia found themselves faced with fourth and goal on the seven and had to settle for Allan Leavitt’s 25-yard field goal for their only score of the day. Pitt’s Carson Long added field goals of 42 and 31 yards as the Panthers claimed the 1976 national championship.

Georgia 0 0 3 0 — 3 Pittsburgh 7 14 3 3 — 27

PITT—Cavanaugh 6-yard run (Long kick) 5:44-1st QPITT—Jones 59-yard pass from Cavanaugh (Long kick) 8:33-2nd QPITT—Dorsett 11-yard run (Long kick) 2:02-2nd QGA—Leavitt 25-yard field goal 11:30-3rd QPITT—Long 42-yard field goal 1:50-3rd QPITT—Long 31-yard field goal 7:35-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Pittsburgh GeorgiaFirst Downs 24 14Rushing Yards 288 135 Passing Yards 192 46Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 18-10-0 22-3-4Return Yardage 34 80Fumbles/Lost 2/1 4/2Punts 5 (36.8) 8 (47.1)Yards Penalized 6-66 4-30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDDorsett (PITT) 32 202 1Goff (UGA) 17 76 0Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDCavanaugh (PITT) 18 10 192 1Robinson (UGA) 15 2 33 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TDJones (PITT) 3 80 1Taylor (UGA) 4 72 0

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Determined to silence the critics who claimed that Georgia had been lucky in streaking to a per-fect 11-0 regular season slate, the Bulldogs journeyed to New Orleans, No. 1 ranking in hand, and defeated Notre Dame, 17-10, in the 1981 Sugar Bowl to claim the national championship. Played before a record Sug-ar Bowl crowd of 77,895 in the Louisiana Superdome, the game was one where Georgia capitalized on early Irish mistakes to take a 17-3 lead at halftime. Notre Dame took the ball on the first posses-

sion of the contest from its own 20 all the way to the UGA 32 where kicker

Harry Oliver booted a 50-yard field goal to give the Irish a 3-0 lead with 10:41 to go in the opening quarter. Oliver tried another field goal moments later from the 48, but this time Bulldog freshman rover Terry Hoage slipped through the line to step in front and block the attempt, giving Georgia the ball at the ND49. Nine plays netted 20 yards and placekicker Rex Robinson was called on for a 46-yard field goal. The All-American was successful to tie the game at three apiece with less than two minutes remaining in the first period. On the ensuing kickoff, Georgia capitalized on confusion among two Notre Dame return men, and Bulldog senior Bob Kelly recovered a loose football at the Irish one-yard line. Freshman marvel Herschel Walker, who would go on to gain 150 yards (the first 100-yard per formance against the Notre Dame defense all season) and win the Miller-Digby MVP Trophy, dived on the second play for the touchdown. Robinson coverted the PAT and Bulldogs were up, 10-3, still in the first quarter. Erk Russell’s defense, which led the country in takeaways during the sea-son, recovered another Notre Dame fumble early in the second period as Irish fullback John Sweeney was separated from the ball at the ND22 and Bulldog senior roverback Chris Welton pounced on it. Walker broke an off tackle play for 12 yards to the ND10. Quarterback Buck Belue swept left for seven more to the Irish three-yard line, setting up a second and goal situation. Belue gave it to Walker and the 6-2, 220-pounder stormed into the endzone for his second score of the game. Robinson added the PAT and Georgia enjoyed a 17-3 lead. Down 14 points, Notre Dame drove the second time it had the ball in the second half from its own 40-yard line to the G13. On a third down play there, Irish QB Blair Kiel dropped back, threw into the endzone to flanker Pete Holohan, only to watch Georgia’s All-American cornerback Scott Woerner step in at the last minute to bat the pass away. Notre Dame's Oliver came in to kick a 30-yarder, but the ball sailed wide right. The Irish finally got a touchdown after Georgia punted on the next pos-session. The passing of Kiel and running of tailback Phil Carter took Notre Dame 57 yards in 11 plays as the drive was climaxed by a one-yard plunge by Carter for the touchdown. Oliver booted the PAT and the Georgia lead was now 17-10 with :54 seconds of the third quarter showing on the Superdome scoreboard clock. After Georgia was unable to move the ball, senior Mark Malkiewicz was called in to punt. The boot carried to the Irish 46 and Notre Dame, with momentum mounting, took over. Seven plays later, the Fighting Irish were at the G21 and fourth down staring them in the face. Oliver’s 38-yard field goal attempt went wide to the left this time and the Bulldogs clung to their

seven-point lead. After two unsuccessful possessions by each team, Notre Dame got the ball one last time with 5:10 to go in the ballgame at the ND43. Carter ran around the end for seven yards to midfield. On second down, 6-1, 265-pound defensive guard Eddie Weaver caught Kiel behind the line for a four-yard loss, setting up a third and seven play. A Kiel-to-Nick Vehr pass got six yards back, making it fourth down, one yard to go. A running play looked to be forthcoming, but Kiel surprised everyone when he faded back, looking for Dean Masztak, the big tight end, on the side line. One Bulldog, apparently not surprised by the call, was cornerback Woerner, who stepped up in front of Masztak for the interception (his second of the game) at the G34. Only 2:56 remained. Runs by Belue and Walker gave the Bulldogs a first down at the G47. Two plays after that, Georgia recorded the biggest first down of the game when Belue hit his very first completion of the day on a seven-yard pass to senior flanker Amp Arnold. Walker got the Bulldogs another first down at the ND 38, where Georgia ran off three plays and watched the clock expire, prompting a sea of UGA fans to engulf the playing field for the national championship celebration.

Georgia Whips Irish For 1981 Sugar Bowl Win And The National Championship

Notre Dame 3 0 7 0 — 10Georgia 10 7 0 0 — 17 ND — Oliver, 50-yard FG 10:41-1st QGA — Robinson, 46-yard FG 1:45-1st QGA — Walker, 1-yard run (Robinson PAT) 1:04-1st QGA — Walker, 3-yard run (Robinson PAT) 13:49-2nd QND — Carter, 1-yard run (Oliver PAT) :54-3rd Q

TEAM STATISTICS

Notre Dame GeorgiaFirst Downs 17 10Rushing Yards 190 120 Passing Yards 138 7Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 28-14-3 13-1-0Return Yardage 2 44Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0Punts 5 (42.0) 11 (38.5)Yards Penalized 8-69 6-32

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TDWalker (UGA) 36 150 2Carter (ND) 27 109 1

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDKiel (ND) 27 14 138 0Belue (UGA) 12 1 7 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDHolohan (ND) 4 44 0Arnold (UGA) 1 7 0

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Penn State Clips Dogs 27-23 In 1983 Sugar Bowl

After staking Penn State to a 20-3 sec-ond-quarter lead, the Bulldogs staged a great comeback but came up short, 27-23, to the Nittany Lions before 78,124 in the ‘83 Sugar Bowl Classic. The outcome foiled Georgia’s chances for another national championship and a perfect 12-0 season. Trailing 20-3 with only :39 remaining in the first half, Georgia took over on its 34-yard line. Lastinger completed four of five pass attempts, the final comple tion coming on a 10-yard scoring play to Herman Archie. Butler’s PAT cut the deficit to 20-10 at intermission. The Bulldogs took the second half kickoff and drove 69 yards in 11 plays as Herschel Walker, who netted 103 yards on the day, ran in from a yard out. Penn State’s lead now was only 20-17. The Nittany Lions took possession late in the third quarter at their 19. Six plays advanced the football to the G47. From there, Blackledge found his receiver Garrity, who made a diving catch in the endzone for a TD. Gancitano’s PAT increased the PSU lead to 27-17. Georgia didn’t roll over, however. With 5:38 left to play, the Dogs took the ball at the P43 after a fumbled punt. Six plays later, Lastinger found TE Clarence Kay for a nine-yard TD pass. Only 3:54 remained. The two-point try failed and Georgia trailed 27-23. Georgia could not prevent the Nittany Lions from getting two first downs and used up its allotted timeouts as Penn State ran out the clock. The game ended with the ball rolling into the Georgia endzone after a 62-yard punt from Ralph Giacomarro.

Penn State 7 13 0 7 — 27Georgia 3 7 7 6 — 23

PS — Warner, 2-yd. run (Gancitano PAT) 12:09 — 1st Q GA — Butler, 27-yd. FG 6:05 — 1st Q PS — Gancitano, 38-yd. FG 11:47 — 2nd Q PS — Warner, 9-yd. (Gancitano PAT) 2:43 — 2nd Q PS — Gancitano, 45-yd FG :44 — 2nd Q GA — Archie, 10-yd. pass from Lastinger (Butler PAT) :05 P 2nd Q GA — Walker, 1-yd. run (Butler PAT) 10:37 — 3rd Q PS — Garrity, 47-yd pass from Blackledge (Gancitano PAT) 13:16 — 4th Q GA — Kay, 9-yd. pass from Lastinger (run failed) 3:54— 4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Penn State GeorgiaFirst Downs 19 19Rushing Yards 139 160 Passing Yards 228 166Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 23-13-0 28-12-2Return Yardage 124 12Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/0Punts 7 (42.5) 8 (41.7)Yards Penalized 7-39 7-42

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDWarner (PS) 18 117 2Walker (UGA) 28 103 1Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDBlackledge (PS) 23 13 228 1Lastinger (UGA) 27 12 166 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TDGarrity (PS) 4 116 1Kay (UGA) 5 61 1

Pitt Edges Bulldogs 24-20 In 1982 Sugar Bowl

Pittsburgh QB Dan Marino hit tight end John Brown on a fourth-down, 33-yard TD pass with just 35 seconds left to give the Panthers a come-from-behind 24-20 win over Georgia in the 1982 Sugar Bowl, dashing the Bulldogs’ hopes for a second straight national championship. Perhaps the most exciting of the holiday games of '82, the Pitt-Georgia matchup had six lead changes for the 77,224 who were in attendance at the Superdome. Early in the fourth quarter it was Pittsburgh which capitalized on a Dog fumble at the G23.

Four plays later, QB Marino found John Brown open for a six-yard TD play. The conversion put the Panthers, 17-13 with 11:40 to play in the game. But the Bulldogs, entering the game ranked No. 2 in the country, weren’t quite through yet. Taking over on the G20, Georgia drove the distance in 10 plays, climaxing the drive with a Buck Belue-to-Clarence Kay TD pass from six yards out. Kevin Butler’s PAT put the lead in Georgia’s favor, 20-17, with 8:31 remaining. Each team failed on a possession and, with 3:46 left, the Panthers got the ball on the P20. Eleven plays later, they were at the G33, fourth down and five. Seconds later, TE Brown was in the endzone on the receiving end of Marino’s game-winner.

Pittsburgh 0 3 7 14 — 24Georgia 0 7 6 7 — 20 GA—Walker, 8-yard run (Butler PAT) 7:18 — 2nd Q PT —Everett, 41-yard FG 1:59 — 2nd Q PT —Dawkins, 30-yard pass from Marino (Everett PAT) 11:59 — 3rd Q GA—Walker, 10-yard run (kick failed) 6:42 — 3rd Q PT —Brown, 6-yard pass from Marino (Everett PAT) 1:40 — 4th Q GA—Kay, 6 yard pass from Belue (Butler PAT) 8:31 — 4th Q PT —Brown, 33-yard pass from Marino (Everett PAT) :35 — 4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Pittsburgh GeorgiaFirst Downs 27 11Rushing Yards 208 141 Passing Yards 261 83Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 41-26-2 15-8-2Return Yardage 35 57Fumbles/Lost 5/3 2/2Punts 2 (44.5) 6 (39.5)Yards Penalized 14-96 5-35

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDThomas (PITT) 26 129 0Walker (UGA) 25 84 2Dibartola (PITT) 13 68 0Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMarino (PITT) 41 26 261 3Belue (UGA) 15 8 83 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TDDawkins (PITT) 6 77 1Dibartola (PITT) 8 64 0Walker (UGA) 3 53 0

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FSU Rallies To Tie Bulldogs In 1984 Citrus Bowl

Georgia placekicker Kevin Butler’s attempt of a 70-yard field goal fell just a foot short as time expired in the '84 Florida Citrus Bowl, enabling favored Florida State to hold off the upstart Bulldogs and earn a 17-17 tie before 51,821 in Orlando on Dec. 22, 1984.

The Bulldogs, who had hoped to use the Citrus Bowl as the start of their 1985 season, stormed out to a 14-0 halftime lead. Florida State battled back to tie the score through the efforts of a talented offense and an aggressive punt rush with under four minutes remaining.

After averaging 35.3 points a game, the Semi-noles were held to just 10 points through three quarters until noseguard Lenny Chavers blocked a Chip Andrews punt, which was picked up by teammate Joe Wessel for a Seminole touchdown. Darrin Holloman’s sweep around the left side gave FSU a two-point conversion and knotted the game at 17 late in the fourth quarter. The Dogs tried to repeat the miracle they had staged earlier in the season against rival Clemson in which they drove up field in the closing seconds enabling All-American Kevin Butler to kick a conference record 60-yard FG and secure a Georgia victory. FSU’s defense proved to be a bit stiffer than that of Clemson, and after three incomplete James Jackson passes, Georgia coach Vince Dooley called on Butler once again, but his kick fell just short of the crossbar and the game ended deadlocked at 17.

Although disappointed with a tie, Georgia walked off the field encouraged by the play of their underclassmen. Freshman QB James Jackson saw his first stretch of extensive playing time and responded by earning the game’s Most Valuable Player trophy. The game’s most valuable offensive player was another Georgia freshman, TB Lars Tate, who scored both of Georgia’s TDs. Senior CB Kevin Harris was awarded Defensive Player of the Game, giving the red and black a clean sweep of the awards ceremony.

Georgia 0 14 0 3 — 17Florida State 0 0 3 14 — 17

GA—Tate 4-yard run (Butler kick) 5:26-2nd QGA—Tate 2-yard run (Butler kick) 1:08-2nd QFS—Schmidt 32-yard field goal 10:26-3rd QFS—Smith 1-yard run (run failed) 14:21-4th QGA—Butler 36-yard field goal 12:10-4th QFS—Wessel 14-yard return of blocked punt (Holloman run) 3:58-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Florida State GeorgiaFirst Downs 18 15Rushing Yards 161 189 Passing Yards 85 178Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 27-10-2 18-9-1Return Yardage 122 22Fumbles/Lost 3/1 5/1Punts 8 (38.6) 8 (37.1)Yards Penalized 8-65 6-42

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDTate (UGA) 11 75 2Smith (FS) 10 65 1Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDJ. Jackson (UGA) 16 7 159 0Thomas (FS) 26 10 85 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TDLane (UGA) 2 64 0Hester (FS) 3 26 0

Georgia Upsets Texas10-9 In 1984 Cotton Bowl

Georgia senior QB John Lasting-er ran 17 yards for a go-ahead TD with just 3:22 left on the clock to lift the Bulldogs to a 10-9 Cotton Bowl Classic triumph over No. 2 Texas before 67,891 in Dallas on Jan. 2, 1984.

The winning TD had been set up when Bulldog sopho more Gary Moss recovered a Craig Curry fumbled punt at the Longhorn 23-yard line. Lastinger called his own number on the third play from scrimmage and darted outside right for the TD.

Texas had one more possession, but the Bulldog de fense rose up recording two sacks (Kenny Sims and Ed Moore) to back the Longhorns up from their 28-yard line all the way to their seven. Georgia took control and ran off the final 2:19 on the clock after converting a fourth down play at the Texas 36.

As expected going into the Cotton Bowl, defense was the key for both teams as there were just 13 first downs and three points each achieved in the first half. Texas grabbed an early 3-0 lead with 10:32 to go in the first quarter when freshman Jeff Ward booted a 22-yard FG. The Bulldogs, after Moss returned a punt 29 yards to the Longhorn 43 late in the quarter, used four plays to move to the Texas 26 where Butler came in and kicked a 43-yarder.

Ward added his second three-pointer on the day with 7:10 to play in the third quarter as he connected on a 40-yard field goal. After a Georgia fumble at the G37, the Longhorns moved 26 yards in eight plays to the G11 where Ward came on and extended the Texas advantage to 9-3 with 3:50 to play in the third quarter.

Georgia 3 0 0 7 — 10Texas 3 0 6 0 — 9

UT—Ward 22-yard field goal 10:32-1st QGA—Butler 43-yard field goal 2:12-1st QUT—Ward 40-yard field goal 7:10-3rd QUT—Ward 27-yard field goal 3:50-3rd QGA—Lastinger 17-yard run (Butler kick) 3:22-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Texas GeorgiaFirst Downs 14 13Rushing Yards 110 149 Passing Yards 168 66Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 26-8-2 20-6-1Return Yardage 34 70Fumbles/Lost 4/2 2/1Punts 7 (46.7) 9 (41.2)Yards Penalized 6-52 3-25

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDRobinson (UT) 28 88 0Montgomery (UGA) 11 40 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMcIvor (UT) 26 8 169 0Lastinger (UGA) 19 6 66 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDNicho (UT) 2 59 0Harris (UGA) 2 33 0

John Lastinger stretches for the winning TD in the final minutes.

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B.C. Edges Dogs 27-24 In 1986 Hall of Fame

Boston College scored a five-yard TD pass with 32 seconds remaining to nip Georgia, 27-24, in the first Hall of Fame Bowl held at Tampa on Dec. 22, 1986, in front of 25,368 in Tampa Stadium.

The last second win spoiled a brilliant comeback from a 13-point halftime deficit by Georgia which actually took the lead, 24-20, with a five-yard TD run by QB James Jackson with 11:51 left in the game.

The Bulldogs, after scoring first to lead 7-0, watched Boston College score 20 straight points before halftime.

Georgia came out in the third quarter to score 10 points and added another seven in the final period to take the lead. B.C. got the ball the final time with 2:38 left and drove to the Georgia 27 when an incomplete fourth-and-two pass appeared to have iced the game for the Dogs. But a pass interference penalty gave the Eagles new life and three plays later, they scored on a five-yard TD toss.

Georgia 7 0 10 7 — 24Boston College 3 17 0 7 — 27

GA—Jackson 7-yard run (Crumley kick) 5:24 1st QBC—Lowe 23-yard field goal 0:40-1st QBC—Casparriello 4-yard pass from Halloran (Lowe kick) 7:04-2nd QBC—Stradford 1-yard run (Lowe kick) 5:05-2nd QBC—Lowe 37-yard field goal 0:04-2nd QGA—Jacobs 28-yard field goal 8:29-3rd QGA—Moss 81-yard interception return (Crumley kick) 4:25-3rd QGA—Jackson 5-yard run (Crumley kick) 11:51-4th QBC—Martin 5-yard pass from Halloran (Lowe kick) 0:32-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Boston College GeorgiaFirst Downs 26 18Rushing Yards 111 94 Passing Yards 316 178Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 52-31-2 21-13-0Return Yardage 114 205Fumbles/Lost 3/0 4/2Punts 8 (33.8) 7 (44.9)Yards Penalized 6-45 3-30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDStradford (BC) 20 122 1Tate (UGA) 17 63 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDHalloran (BC) 52 31 316 2Jackson (UGA) 21 13 178 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDMartin (BC) 9 98 1Thomas (UGA) 7 75 0

Dogs, Wildcats Tie 13-13 In 1985 Sun Bowl Game

A Sun Bowl crowd of 52,203 saw the Georgia Bulldogs rally for 10 fourth quarter points to pull even with the Arizona Wildcats, 13-13, then watched as both teams miss potential game-winning field goals in the final two minutes to preserve the tie.

Georgia struck first, marching 72 yards in 13 plays to set up a 37-yard FG by Steve Crumley. Crumley, who had pulled a muscle in his kicking leg before the final game of the regular season, reinjured himself on the kick, however, and was unable to continue.

Arizona responded on the following possession to tie the game, driving to the G1 before an illegal procedure penalty on fourth

down forced the Cats to call upon All-American Max Zendejas to tie the score at three from 21 yards.Zendejas added a 52-yarder, and the the Wildcats made it 12-3 when Martin Rudolph picked off QB James Jackson's pass and returned it 35 yards for a TD. Georgia backup kicker Davis Jacobs was true on a 44-yard field to close the gap to 13-6.

With 12:35 to play senior DB Tony Flack recovered RB James Debow’s fumble at the A23 to set up what would be the game’s last score behind Tate on the ground. With 1:14 left, Jacobs missed a 44-yard field goal.

Georgia held Arizona until the Wildcats gambled on fourth-and-two from their own 36, and David Adams rambled for 25 yards on a draw play with DL Henry Williams executing a game-saving tackle at the G39. The Wildcats drove to the 22, called time out, and Zendejas’ 39-yard attempt went wide and Georgia averted a last-second defeat.

Georgia 0 3 0 10 — 13Arizona 0 3 10 0 — 13GA—Crumley 37-yard field goal 12:05-2nd QAZ—Zendejas 21-yard field goal 4:57-2nd QAZ—Zendejas 52-yard field goal 10:20-3rd QAZ—Rudolph 35-yard interception return (Zendejas kick) 3:17-3rd QGA—Jacobs 44-yard field goal 13:20-4th QGA—Tate 2-yard run (Jacobs kick) 9:27-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Arizona GeorgiaFirst Downs 11 18Rushing Yards 99 211 Passing Yards 133 51Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 22-13-0 8-5-2Return Yardage 35 3Fumbles/Lost 2/2 1/1Punts 4 (40.0) 2 (27.5)Yards Penalized 7-50 4-20

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDTate (UGA) 22 71 1Henderson (UGA) 12 59 0Worley (UGA) 12 56 0Adams (AZ) 13 51 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDJenkins (AZ) 22 13 133 0Jackson (UGA) 7 4 42 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDFairholm (AZ) 4 40 0Tate (UGA) 2 16 0

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Dogs Use New Tricks To Win 1989 Gator Bowl

Largely discarding their trademark rushing attack, Vince Dooley’s Bulldogs took to the air in the 44th Mazda Gator Bowl en route to a 34-27 victory over the Michigan State in front of 76,236 fans in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 1, 1989.

Georgia not only secured its second straight 9-win season but handed Dooley the 201st, and final, win of his illustrious 25-year coaching career. QB Wayne Johnson, who was named Georgia’s MVP for the game, had a career-high 227 yards and three touchdowns. Two of Johnson’s three TD strikes went to tailback Rodney

Hampton, who also carried the ball 10 times for 109 yards and a TD.

Georgia took a 7-0 lead on a 6-yard Johnson-to-Hampton touchdown pass. By halftime, the Dogs led 17-7. Georgia scored again in the third when Johnson capped a 64-yard drive with an 18-yard pass to tight end Kirk Warner.

MSU closed the gap to 27-20 with 14:24 to play, but the Dogs countered on their next possession when Hampton raced 32 yards for his third touchdown. The Spartans scored once more, but Georgia, which finished the season ranked 15th, hung on for a 34-27 win.

Georgia 7 10 10 7 — 34Michigan State 0 7 6 14 — 27

GA—Hampton 6-yard pass from Johnson (Kasay kick) 0:01-1st QGA—Crumley 39-yard field goal 11:00-2nd QGA—Hampton 30-yard pass from Johnson (Kasay kick) 7:06-2nd QMS—Rison 4-yard pass from McAllister (Langeloh kick) 2:55-2nd QGA—Warner 18-yard pass from Johnson (Kasay kick) 7:48-3rd QMS—Rison 55-yard pass from McAllister (kick failed) 3:55-3rd QGA—Crumley 36-yard field goal 2:16-3rd QMS—Ezor 3-yard run (Langeloh kick) 14:24-4th QGA—Hampton 32-yard run (Kasay kick) 11:58-4th QMS—Rison 50-yard pass from McAllister (Langeloh kick) 3:49-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Michigan State GeorgiaFirst Downs 22 22Rushing Yards 158 182 Passing Yards 288 227Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 24-14-0 27-15-0Return Yardage 101 101Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0Punts 6 (42.8) 4 (34.0)Yards Penalized 8-102 5-25

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDHampton (UGA) 10 109 1Ezor (MS) 33 146 1

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMcAllister (MS) 24 14 288 3Johnson (UGA) 27 15 227 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TDRison (MS) 9 252 3Hampton (UGA) 4 71 2

Kasay Kick DefeatsArkansas In 1987 Liberty Bowl

Freshman placekicker John Kasay booted a 39-yard field goal with no time left to give Georgia a 20-17 come-from-behind victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks before 53,249 fans at Liberty Bowl Stadium in Memphis, Tenn., on Dec 29, 1987. The victory provided Georgia with its first nine-win season since 1983 and the first victory over Arkansas after two previous attempts. Bulldog QB James Jackson was the Georgia most valuable offensive player after rushing for 72 yards and completing 15 of 25 passes for 148 yards. Bulldog LB

John Brantley was the Georgia most valuable defensive player.

Kasay’s game-winning kick was set up when Georgia cornerback Carver Russaw intercepted an Arkansas pass and ran it back to the Razorback 43-yard line with 46 seconds to play. Arkansas had missed a 35-yard field goal with 1:42 left which would have given them the lead. The Bulldogs ran three plays to set up Kasay’s, kick the big one being a Jackson-to -Sadowski pass for 16 yards to put the Dogs in field goal range. Georgia had trailed at halftime, 10-7, and Arkansas took the second half kickoff and drove for a touchdown to take a 17-7 lead with 11:35 left in the third period. But the fourth quarter belonged to Georgia. Kasay kicked a 24-yard FG with 14:57 left to cut the lead to 17-10, and James Jackson scored on a five-yard run to tie the score at 17.

Georgia 0 7 0 13 — 20Arkansas 3 7 7 0 — 17

AR—Trainor 43-yard field goal 6:37-1st QGA—Tate 1-yard run (Kasay kick) 14:24-2nd QAR—Thomas 10-yard run (Trainor kick) 0:31-2nd QAR—Thomas 1-yard run (Trainor kick) 11:35-3rd QGA—Kasay 24-yard field goal 14:57-4th QGA—Jackson 5-yard run (Kasay kick) 10:23-4th QGA—Kasay 39-yard field goal 0:00-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Arkansas GeorgiaFirst Downs 19 20Rushing Yards 258 202 Passing Yards 86 148Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 17-7-2 25-15-2Return Yardage 95 68Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0Punts 3 (32.7) 3 (31.0)Yards Penalized 4-45 5-50

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDThomas (AR) 13 79 2Jackson (UGA) 10 72 1

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDJackson (UGA) 25 15 148 0Thomas (AR) 17 7 86 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDThomas (UGA) 7 76 0Winston (AR) 2 36 0

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Georgia Beats Arkansas 24-15 In ’91 Independence

Georgia completed the 1991 phase of “Operation Turnaround” by beating the Arkansas Razorbacks 24-15 in front of 46, 932 fans and an ABC-TV national television audience in the 1991 Independence Bowl.

The Bulldogs jumped out to a 14-0 lead behind two scoring strikes thrown from Eric Zeier to Arthur Marshall and Andre Hastings stretching their lead to 17-0 on a 39-yard FG by freshman Kanon Parkman.

The Razorbacks battled back and got on the scoreboard with a 7-yard run by the Hogs’ leading rusher, E.D. Jackson. The run capped off an eight-play 37-yard drive by the Razorbacks.

The second half continued to be a showcase for the play of Hastings and Zeier and the ball-hawking Georgia defense led by junior linebacker Torrey Evans.

Georgia’s defense forced Arkansas quarterback Jason Allen into throwing five interceptions. Evans came off the bench for the injured John Allen and played brilliantly, recording four tackles, an interception and fumble recovery to earn defensive MVP honors.

The game’s offensive MVP, Hastings caught four passes for 94 yards and outran all pursuers on a third quarter 53-yard reverse that put the Bulldogs out front 24-7. The Hogs added eight points in the fourth quarter, but it was too late, the Bulldogs had won the Independence Bowl.

Georgia 14 3 7 0 — 24Arkansas 0 7 0 8 — 15GA—Marshall 7-yard pass from Zeier (Peterson kick) 5:40-1st QGA—Hastings 27-yard pass from Zeier (Peterson kick) 3:01-1st QGA—Parkman 39-yard field goal 8:31-2nd QAR—Jackson 7-yard run (Wright kick) 0:35-2nd QGA—Hastings 53-yard run (Peterson kick) 12:07-3rd QAR—Jackson 1-yard run (Jackson run) 1:19-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Arkansas GeorgiaFirst Downs 22 15Rushing Yards 188 125Passing Yards 122 237Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 31-12-5 31-20-0Return Yardage 11 39Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0Punts 4 (45.3) 6 (32.3)Yards Penalized 7-43 10-75

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDJackson (AR) 28 112 2Hastings (UGA) 1 53 1

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDZeier (UGA) 28 18 228 2Hill (AR) 31 12 122 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDHastings (UGA) 4 94 1Keith (AR) 3 38 0

Syracuse Nips Georgia 19-18To Win ’89 Peach

With :25 left in the game, Syra-c u s e P K J o h n B i s k u p b o o t e d a 26-yard field goal to lift the Orangemen over the Bulldogs, 19-18, in Atlanta at the 22nd Peach Bowl on Dec. 30, 1989.

Despite putting together an impressive opening drive and coming up with several big plays, the Dogs couldn’t sustain a bal-anced offensive attack throughout the game. Georgia's leading rusher Rodney Hampton was held to 32 yards on the ground, while Syracuse TB Michael Owens ran for 112 yards on 14 carries. The Georgia passing attack was limited to 88 yards, the first time all season the Dogs were held under 100 yards in the air.

Georgia opened the game with a 66-yard drive, capped off by a 5-yard TD pass from QB Greg Talley to tight end Kirk Warner. Syracuse answered with an 80-yard drive of its own, with Owens scoring from one yard out.

In the second quarter, Syracuse suffered from three miscues, but managed to stay close. The first came when Georgia linebacker Mo Lewis set a new Peach Bowl record with a 77-yard interception return to the Syracuse five. The Bulldogs were unable to get into the end zone, however, and had to settle for a John Kasay field goal. In the second half, the Orangemen gave up a safety, and Georgia added a TD for an 18-10 edge going to the fourth.

Syracuse rallied, first with a 94-yards drive to close to 18--16. Then, Biskup’s field goal lifted the Orange over Georgia in the closest Peach Bowl since 1973.

Georgia 7 3 8 0 — 18Syracuse 7 0 3 9 — 19GA—Warner 5-yard pass from Talley (Kasay kick) 10:34-1st Q SU—Owens 1-yard run (Biskup kick) 6:07-1st QGA—Kasay 20-yard field goal 12:53-2nd QGA—Safety on ball centered through endzone 9:52-3rd QGA—Hampton 4-yard pass from Talley (pass failed) 7:39-3rd QSU—Biskup 32-yard field goal 1:44-3rd QSU—Moore 19-yard pass from McDonald (pass failed) 10:08-4th QSU—Biskup 26-yard field goal :25-4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Syracuse GeorgiaFirst Downs 27 12Rushing Yards 245 113 Passing Yards 224 88Passes (Att.-Comp.-Int.) 34-22-3 19-10-1Return Yardage 31 140Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/0Punts 3 (41.0) 7 (41.0)Yards Penalized 2-10 3-30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD Owens (SU) 14 112 1Hampton (UGA) 14 32 0

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMcDonald (SU) 13 10 135 1Talley (UGA) 14 8 93 2

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDHampton (UGA) 7 62 1Owens (SU) 5 62 0

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Georgia secured its best finish in a decade, including a top-10 final ranking and the first 10-win season since 1983, with a 21-14 victory over Ohio State. A New Year’s Day crowd of 65,861 attended the 47th annual Florida Citrus Bowl.

Offensively, Georgia found ball control to its liking in the first quarter as it opened the game with its longest touchdown drive of the season. The Bulldogs drove 80 yards in 14 plays, grinding up 6:18 on the game clock, to take a 7-0 lead. Georgia then opened it up in the second quarter, calling for passes on five of its first eight

plays. An Eric Zeier fumble just inside OSU territory proved costly as the Buckeyes drove 54 yards to paydirt in 11 plays for a 7-7 halftime tie.

After the break, Andre Hastings ignited the Dogs’ offense on the opening kickoff of the second half with a spectacular 49-yard return. Then from the OSU 45, Garrison Hearst gained all 45 yards on four carries en route to a 14-7 Bulldog advantage. But after a short punt by Georgia, which the Buckeyes returned to the UGA 33, Ohio State seized the opportunity and tied the game again, 14-14, on a five-yard run by Robert Smith.

Slowly, the Buckeyes had taken control of the game’s momentum and after a 45-yard completion to Smith to the UGA 15, it appeared Ohio State would take its first lead of the game. But quarterback Kirk Herbstreit fumbled, and the Bulldogs drove 80 yards in 11 plays to take the victory. A final Buckeye drive ended with a desperation pass intercepted in the endzone.

Georgia 7 0 7 7 — 21Ohio State 0 7 7 0 — 14 GA — Hearst, 1-yard run (Peterson kick) 6:48—1st QOS — R. Smith, 1-yard run (Williams kick) 1:17—2nd QGA — Hearst, 5-yard run (Peterson kick) 13:27—3rd QOS — R. Smith, 5-yard run (Williams kick) 3:31—3rd QGA — Harvey, 1-yard run (Peterson kick) 4:32—4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Ohio State GeorgiaFirst Downs 18 26Rushing Yardage 202 234Passing Yardage 110 242Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 8-24-1 21-31-0Return Yardage 29 6Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2Punts (Avg.) 8 (37.1) 6 (39.0)Yards Penalized 5-35 3-30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDHearst (UGA) 28 163 2R. Smith (OS) 25 113 2 Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDZeier (UGA) 31 21 242 0Herbstreit (OS) 24 8 110 0

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDHastings (UGA) 8 113 0R. Smith (OS) 2 49 0

Virginia Rallies For 34-27 Win In 1995 Peach Bowl

At the Peach Bowl, two of the na-t i o n ’s m o s t h a r d - l u c k t e a m s t o o k to Atlanta’s Georgia Dome in search of sea-son-ending consolation. Although the Bulldogs entered the contest as underdogs, Georgia again battled back from adversity, this time a 14-0 deficit with 4:09 left in the first quarter, only to lose in the closing minute. Virginia’s Demetrius Allen proved the difference, returning a Kanon Parkman kickoff for an 83-yard TD with :57 remaining.

Sophomore QB Hines Ward engineered the Georgia comeback, lighting up the Cavalier secondary for 413 yards on 31 of 59 passing. Figure in another 56 yards rushing, and Ward had set new Georgia bowl records for pass attempts, completions, yards passing and total offense. However, a pair of first-quarter interceptions and a blocked Dax Langley punt led to an easy 14 points for Virginia and considerable red and black frustration.

Once again, Georgia’s defense kept the team's hope alive. Besides limit-ing Virginia to 256 yards total offense, the UGA "D" even gave the 70,824 audience a temporary charge when defensive tackle Jason Ferguson returned UVA's Walt Derey fumble 10 yards for a TD—Georgia's first tie of the game (27-27) with only 1:09 left.

Georgia 3 11 3 10 — 27 Virginia 14 10 3 7 — 34

VA—Barber, 1-yard run (Garcia kick) 10:27 1st QVA—Brooks, 5-yard run (Garcia kick) 4:09 1st QGA—Parkman, 36-yard FG 1:00 1st QGA—Parkman, 37-yard FG 14:52 2nd QVA—Garcia, 36-yard FG 9:42 2nd QVA—Allen, 82-yard pass from Groh (Garcia kick) 2:34 2nd QGA—Ward, 1-yard run (Ward to Hunter) :19 2nd QGA—Parkman, 20-yard FG 8:01 3rd QVA—Garcia, 36-yard FG 1:58 3rd QGA—Parkman, 42-yard FG 14:43 4th QGA—Ferguson, 10-yard fumble return (Parkman kick) 1:09 4th QVA—Allen, 83-yard kickoff return (Garcia kick) 0:57 4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia VirginiaFirst Downs 20 10Rushing Yardage 139 100Passing Yardage 413 156Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 31-59-2 10-20-1Return Yardage 144 303Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 4-2Punts (Avg.) 5 (33.0) 8 (42.4)Penalties: Number-Yards 6-40 3-30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TDWard (UGA) 9 56 1 Barber (UV) 20 103 1

Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDWard (UGA) 59 31 413 0Groh (UV) 20 10 156 1

Receiving Rec. Yds. TDBowie (UGA) 10 156 0 Allen (UV) 5 111 1

Dogs Beat Ohio State In 1993 Florida Citrus Bowl

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Bobo, Edwards Lead UGA PastBadgers in ’98 Outback Bowl

Mike Bobo completed 26 of 28 passes for 235 yards and one touchdown and running back Robert Edwards ran for three more scores as Georgia defeated Wisconsin 33-6 before an Outback Bowl crowd of 56,186 and an ESPN national television audience. Bobo, who earned MVP honors, set an Outback Bowl record for best completion per-centage (92.8). He also set Outback and Georgia records for consecutive completions with 19. Edwards set a Georgia bowl mark and tied an Outback record with three rushing touchdowns. Senior Hines Ward set an Outback Bowl record for receptions and yardage with 12 catches for 122 yards.

Georgia sported a new look for the Outback Bowl, donning black pants instead of the traditional “silver britches” to go along with the Bulldogs’ white jerseys and red helmets. “The players came to me a while back and requested we do something special for the bowl game,” Georgia head coach Jim Donnan said. “The idea the players liked best was wearing black pants. After discussing it with (athletic director) Coach Dooley we decided to go along with the players’ suggestion for this game.”

Georgia 12 7 7 7 — 33Wisconsin 0 0 0 6 — 6

GA-Edwards, 2-yard run (Hines kick blocked) 8:19, 1st QGA-Edwards, 40-yard run (Bobo pass INT) 4:21, 1st QGA-Gary, 3-yard run (Hines kick) :29, 2nd QGA-Edwards, 13-yard run (Hines kick) 9:15, 3rd QGA-Allen, 7-yard pass from Bobo, (Hines kick) 8:45, 4thWIS-Retzlaff, 12-yard pass from Kavanage (kick failed) 4:04, 4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia WisconsinFirst Downs 25 18Rushing: Att.-Yards 41-207 29-74Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 26-29-267-0 14-36-160-2Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-59 7-71Punts:No.-Yards (Avg.) 3-107 5-218Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 2-0Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-16 5-104Time of Possession 34:05 25:55

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongEdwards (UGA) 22 110 3 40Gary (UGA) 4 61 1 44McCullough (WIS) 4 37 0 16Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDBobo (UGA) 28 26 267 1Samuel (WIS) 27 8 84 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongWard (UGA) 12 154 0 49Hayes (WIS) 5 44 0 11Tackles UT AT Tot.Bright (UGA) 8 4 12 Thompson (WIS) 10 3 13

Mike Bobo

Georgia 0 7 14 14 — 35Virginia 0 21 6 6 — 33

VA-Southern, 2-yard run (Braverman kick) 10:30, 2nd QVA-Wilkins, 43-yard pass from Brooks (Braverman kick) 7:57, 2nd QVA-Jones, 24-yard pass from Brooks (Braverman kick) 5:36, 2nd QGA-Small, 11-yard pass from Carter (Hines kick) 1:15, 2nd QGA-Bailey, 14-yard pass from Carter (Hines kick) 11:18, 3rd QGA-Gary, 15-yard run (Hines kick) 5:50, 3rd QVA-Wilkins, 67-yard pass from Brooks (kick failed) 3:29, 3rd QGA-Gary, 2-yard run (Hines kick) 12:52, 4th QGA-Carter, 1-yard run (Hines kick) 7:01, 4th QVA-Brooks, 30-yard run (pass failed) 1:34, 4th Q

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia VirginiaFirst Downs 19 21Rushing: Att.-Yards 38-159 44-198Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 18-33-222-3 13-35-236-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 71-381 79-434Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties: Number-Yards 8-74 9-71Punts:No.-Yards (Avg.) 8-284 8-316Punt Returns: No.-Yards 6-62 4-17Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 5-104 4-39Time of Possession 28:01 31:59

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongGary (UGA) 19 110 2 18Jones (UVA) 23 96 0 29Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDCarter (UGA) 33 18 222 2Brooks (UVA) 32 12 226 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongWilkins (UVA) 6 161 2 67Small (UGA) 5 28 1 11Tackles UT AT Tot.Hollingshed (UGA) 5 3 8Rainer (UVA) 8 3 11

Georgia Rallies Past VirginiaIn 1998 Peach Bowl

No. 19 Georgia rallied from an early second-quarter deficit of 21-0 to post a thrilling 35-33 win over 12th-ranked Virginia. A Peach Bowl record crowd of 72,876 in Atlanta on Dec. 31, 1998 was in attendance for the memorable comeback.

Virginia capitalized on three second quarter interceptions by Georgia freshman Quincy Carter, turning each of them into a touchdown to build a 21-0 lead. Georgia got on the scoreboard when Carter connected with senior Tony Small on an

11-yard score with 1:15 left in the second quarter. Georgia got its first lead of the night when Olandis Gary capped a 67-yard

drive with a 2-yard run on the Dogs’ first possession of the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs then built an 8-point lead when Carter called his own number on a quarterback sneak from the one-yard-line with 7:01 remaining.

Georgia staved off the Cavaliers late by stopping a 2-point conversion and then watching as their last-ditch field goal sailed wide left with just 19 seconds remaining.

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Record Comeback Highlights’00 Outback Win over Purdue

Georgia kicked off the new year by staging the largest comeback in bowl history, scoring 28 unanswered points to defeat Purdue 28-25 in overtime at Raymond James Stadium in front of 54,059 in a game broadcast by ESPN.

Purdue jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter behind three Drew Brees touchdown passes. In the second quarter Brees threw his fourth touchdown pass to Chris James. Purdue missed three of the four extra point opportunities to lead 25-0 with 10:38 left in the first half.

Georgia got its first points of the game on a Terrence Edwards 74-yard touchdown run off an option reverse to cut the lead to 25-7. Quincy Carter, who had 243 yards on 20 of 33 passing with two touchdowns (one rushing, one passing), helped continue the Georgia surge when he scored on an eight-yard run with 4:22 left in the third quarter. Patrick Pass made the two-point conversion to move the score to 25-18.

The Bulldogs tied the score at 25 with just 1:19 left in regulation, when Randy McMichael caught a Carter pass over two defenders for an eight-yard touchdown. In overtime, Georgia managed to stop Purdue on its first drive when Dorsch missed a 43-yard field goal. After two Pass rushes for 19 yards, Hap Hines nailed a 21-yarder to cap the Bulldogs’ come from behind victory.

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia PurdueFirst Downs 21 30Rushing: Att.-Yards 34-154 29-150Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 20-33-243-0 36-60-378-1Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards 10-55 14-153Punts: No.-Yards (Avg.) 3-144 3-136Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-24 1-1Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-63 2-31Time of Possession 25:11 34:49

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongEdwards (UGA) 2 70 1 74Lowe (PU) 15 87 0 18Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDCarter (UGA) 33 20 243 1Brees (PU) 60 36 378 4Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongEdwards (UGA) 8 97 0 21Daniels (PU) 12 103 2 25Tackles UT AT Tot.Bell (UGA) 6 4 10Fells (PU) 5 6 11

Purdue 19 6 0 0 (0) — 25Georgia 0 10 8 7 (3) — 28

PU-Daniels, 3-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick), 10:26, 1st QPU-Daniels, 11-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick failed), 7:10, 1st Q PU-Sutherland, 21-yard pass from Brees (Brees pass failed), 1:03, 1st Q PU-James, 32-yard pass from Brees, (Brees pass failed), 10:38, 2nd Q GA-Edwards, 74-yard run (Hines kick), 9:39, 2nd Q GA-Hines 32-yard field goal, :09, 2nd Q GA- Carter, 8-yard run, (Pass run), 4:33, 3rd Q GA-McMichael 8-yard pass from Carter (Hines kick), 1:19, 4th Q GA-Hines 21-yard field goal, 0:00, overtime

Georgia Cruises Past Virginia In 2000 O’ahu Bowl

The 24th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs

(8-4) defeated Virginia 34-17 in the 2000 Jeep O’ahu Bowl in front of an Aloha Stadium crowd of 24,187 and an ESPN television audience on Christmas Eve.

Georgia jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. The Bulldogs got on the board with a 35-yard field goal by freshman kicker Billy Bennett. On the Bulldogs’ next series, one play after a successful fake punt, Edwards scampered 40 yards into the end zone on a reverse to give Georgia a 10-0 lead. On Virginia’s next possession, freshman safety Kentrell Curry recovered a Cavalier fumble in the end zone for the 17-0 lead.

The Cavaliers pulled within 24-14 in the third quarter as senior linebacker Byron Thweatt returned a Georgia fumble 58 yards, but that was as close as Virginia would get. Georgia added two more touchdowns for the final margin, a 21-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Cory Phillips to freshman receiver Damien Gary and a four-yard fumble return by sophomore safety Cap Burnett after senior linebacker Kendrell Bell knocked the ball loose.

Edwards was named MVP after leading UGA in both receiving and rushing with eight catches for 79 yards and five rushes for 97 yards and one touchdown.

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia Virginia First Downs 21 20Rushing: Att.-Yards 34-157 38-144Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 25-39-241-1 22-36-226-2Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 4-2Penalties: Number-Yards 4-20 4-29Punts:No.-Yards (Avg.) 5-213 5-224Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-18 5-39Time of Possession 29:57 30:03

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongEdwards (UGA) 5 97 1 57Womack (UVA) 15 48 0 13Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDC. Phillips (UGA) 35 22 213 1Spinner (UVA) 22 14 153 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongEdwards (UGA) 8 79 0 22McGrew (UVA) 4 40 0 14 Tackles UT AT Tot.Hollingshed (UGA) 7 5 12Evans (UVA) 9 1 10

Georgia 17 7 0 13 — 37Virginia 0 7 7 0 — 14

GA-Bennett 35-yard field goal, 1st Q 4:30GA-Edwards 40-yard run (Bennett kick), 1st Q 1:12GA-Curry 0-yard fumble recovery (Bennett kick), 1st Q 0:51UVA-Dotson 14-yard run (Greene kick), 2nd Q 14:15GA-Haynes 3-yard run, 2nd Q 13:08UVA-Thweatt 58-yard fumble recovery (Greene kick), 3rd Q 4:46GA-Gary 21-yard pass from C. Phillips (Bennett kick), 4th Q 13:13GA-Burnett 4-yard fumble return (Bennett kick failed), 4th Q 12:57

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Georgia bowl MVP Musa Smith rushed for 145 yards and Billy Bennett kicked four field goals as Georgia defeated Florida State 26-13 before 74,269 fans in the Nokia Sugar Bowl. Georgia completed the season at 13-1, the most wins in school history.

The Bulldogs’ defense forced three turn-overs by the Seminoles, including cornerback Bruce Thornton’s 71-yard interception return for a touchdown. Nose tackle Ken Veal’s fumble recovery led to one of Bennett’s four field goals.

Bennett staked the Bulldogs to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter . The Seminoles

took their only lead of the game in the second quarter as quarterback Fabian Walker found receiver Anquan Boldin on a 5-yard scoring toss. Thornton’s second-quarter interception and score gave Georgia the lead for good.

Bennett pushed the advantage to 20-7 by drilling a 42-yard field goal early in the third quarter. On FSU’s next possession, Veal’s fumble recovery set up a third Bennett field goal, pushing Georgia ahead 23-7.

Running back William Green scored a 7-yard touchdown with 4:43 remaining to lift Boston College to a 20-16 win over Georgia at the Music City Bowl.

Running back Verron Haynes capped his Georgia career with 132 yards on 27 carries, including a 1-yard scoring run in the third quarter. That touchdown gave the Bulldogs a 16-10 lead.

The Bulldogs began the game with some trickery when Fred Gibson took the opening kickoff and gave a reverse handoff to Decory Bryant, who raced 86 yards to the Boston College 18. On Georgia’s second play, Greene found Gibson on a swing pass and he fought his way into the end zone from 15 yards out.

Boston College grabbed the lead in the second quarter when quarterback Brian St. Pierre threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to receiver Dedrick Dewalt. The play was set up by Green’s 75-yard run, the longest play allowed by the Bulldogs this season.

Sciortino then converted from 26 yards out to give the Eagles a 13-7 lead. The Bulldogs answered with Bennett’s 24-yard field goal as Georgia trailed 13-10 at the break. Haynes’ third-quarter touchdown gave the Bulldogs their final lead of the contest.

TEAM STATISTICS Florida State GeorgiaFirst Downs 18 11Rushing: Att.-Yards 41-173 36-176Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 13-26-147-2 10-15-125-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 67-262 51-276Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards 5-37 6-59Punts:No.-Yards (Avg.) 5-202 4-193Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-68 2-29Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-57 1-7Time of Possession 33:51 26:09

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongL. Washington (FSU) 10 48 0 17M. Smith (UGA) 23 145 0 39Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDA. Boldin (FSU) 14 6 78 1D. Greene (UGA) 14 9 88 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongN. Maddox (FSU) 4 24 0 13T. Edwards (UGA) 3 60 1 37 Tackles UT AT Tot.A. Augustin (FSU) 5 1 6T. Gilbert (UGA) 7 1 8

Florida State 0 7 6 0 — 13Georgia 3 14 6 3 — 26

GA-B. Bennett 23-yd field goal 4:19, 1st QFSU-A. Boldin 5-yd pass from F. Walker 13:41, 2nd QGA-B. Thornton 71-yd interception return 6:24, 2nd QGA-T. Edwards 37-yd pass from D.J. Shockley 3:43, 2nd QGA-B. Bennett 42-yd field goal 11:06, 3rd QGA-B. Bennett 25-yd field goal 8:49, 3rd QFSU-C. Thorpe 40-yd pass from A. Boldin, 0:00, 3rd QGA-B. Bennett 35-yd field goal 10:17, 4th Q

2003 Dogs Get Record 13th Win In Nokia Sugar Bowl

TEAM STATISTICS BC GeorgiaFirst Downs 16 23Rushing: Att.-Yards 47-197 39-122Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 9-25-109-0 22-39-288-2Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 2-2Penalties: Number-Yards 4-20 9-74Punts:No.-Yards (Avg.) 6-225 3-131Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-7Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-28 5-177Time of Possession 35:02 24:58

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongGreen (BC) 35 149 1 70Haynes (UGA) 27 132 1 32Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDSt. Pierre (BC) 25 9 109 1Greene (UGA) 38 22 288 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongDewalt (BC) 3 62 1 30Gibson (UGA) 6 109 1 38 Tackles UT AT Tot.Parent (BC) 6 5 11J. Phillips (UGA) 7 5 12

Boston College 3 10 0 7 — 20Georgia 7 3 6 0 — 16

GA-F. Gibson 15-yd pass from D. Greene (B. Bennett kick), 1st Q 14:05BC-S. Sciortino 25-yd field goal, 1st Q 1:43BC-D. Dewalt 10-yd pass from St. Pierre (Sciortino kick), 2nd Q 9:09BC-S. Sciortino 26-yd field goal, 2nd Q 3:05GA-B. Bennett 24-yd field goal, 2nd Q 0:39GA-V. Haynes 1-yd run (B. Bennett kick failed), 3rd Q 5:26GA-Gary 21-yard pass from C. Phillips (Bennett kick), 4th Q 13:13BC-W. Green 7-yd run (S. Sciortino kick), 4th Q 4:43

Eagles Edge Dogs In 2001 Music City Bowl

Verron Haynes

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Georgia Defeats Purdue In OT In 2004 Capital One Bowl

After scoring the game’s first 24 points, Georgia needed a Kregg Lumpkin overtime touchdown run to hold off Purdue, 34-27, in front of a Capital One Bowl crowd of 64,565 and an ABC national television audience.

The Bulldogs opened the game with a nine-play, 68-yard drive culminating in a six-yard Fred Gibson touchdown pass from quarterback and offensive MVP David Greene (left). The Bulldogs used a Billy Bennett field goal and two more Greene TD passes--one each to Gibson and Reggie Brown--to open a 24-0 lead with 4:47 left in the first half.

Purdue answered with a touchdown and field goal to pull within 14, 24-10, at halftime.

Purdue scored the fourth quarter’s first points on a Kyle Orton two-yard run with 9:11 left. Georgia then used up 4:44 on a 12-play, 57-yard drive ending in a 40-yard Bennett field goal. Late in the fourth, Purdue needed just three plays to go 66 yards and pull within three, 27-24, on a Kyle Orton three-yard touchdown pass. Ben Jones kicked a 44-yard field goal with 49 seconds left to tie the game at 27-all.

On the first possession of overtime, Lumpkin pushed his way into the end zone to give the Bulldogs a 34-27 lead. Purdue also drove inside the 10 yard line, but failed to convert.

TEAM STATISTICS Purdue GeorgiaFirst Downs 15 23Rushing: Att.-Yards 29-59 47-113Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 20-35-230-1 27-37-327-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 64-289 84-440Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-2Penalties: Number-Yards 10-69 10-90Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 9-400 6-268Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 6-163 2-48Time of Possession 24:31 35:29

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongJ. Void (PU) 15 63 0 12K. Lumpkin (UGA) 27 90 1 15Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDK. Orton (PU) 20 34 230 1D. Greene (UGA) 27 37 327 3 Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongJ. Standeford (PU) 7 102 0 60R. Brown (UGA) 5 99 1 32Tackles UT AT Tot.L. Johnson (PU) 10 5 15S. Jones (UGA) 6 2 8

Purdue 0 10 0 17 (0) — 27Georgia 14 10 0 3 (7) — 34

GA-F. Gibson 6-yd pass from D. Greene (B. Bennett kick) 10:29, 1st QGA-F. Gibson 4-yd pass from D. Greene (B. Bennett kick) 04:27, 1st QGA-B. Bennett 28-yd field goal 09:56, 2nd QGA-R. Brown 11-yd pass from D. Greene (B. Bennett kick) 04:47, 2nd QPU-K. Orton 17-yd run (B. Jones kick) 03:01, 2nd QPU-B. Jones 27-yd field goal 01:48, 2nd QPU-K. Orton 2-yd run (B. Jones kick) 09:11, 4th QGA-B. Bennett 40-yd field goal 04:27, 4th QPU-A. Chambers 3-yd pass from K. Orton (B. Jones kick) 01:34,4th QPU-B. Jones 44-yd field goal 00:49, 4th QGA-K. Lumpkin 1-yd run (B. Bennett kick) 15:00, OT TEAM STATISTICS

Georgia WisconsinFirst Downs 21 14Rushing: Att.-Yards 37-196 35-60Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int. 19-41-264-2 12-27-170-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 78-460 62-230Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 2-2Penalties: Number-Yards 8-85 7-45Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 6-199) 7-310Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 4-49 5-49Time of Possession 29:05 30:55

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongT. Brown (UGA) 16 111 1 29A. Davis (WIS) 21 79 0 25Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDD. Greene (UGA) 19 38 264 2J. Stocco (WIS) 12 27 170 1 Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongF. Gibson (UGA) 4 42 1 19D. Charles (WIS) 3 52 1 20Tackles UT AT Tot.G. Blue (UGA) 8 3 11R. Brooks (WIS) 6 4 10

Bulldogs Beat Badgers In 2005 Outback Bowl

Georgia (10-2) held off a late Wisconsin rally to defeat the Badgers 24-21 in front of 62,414 Outback Bowl fans at Raymond James Stadium and an ESPN national television audience.

It was the last game for several Bulldog seniors, including All-American DE David Pollack, whose three-sack performance earned him Outback Bowl MVP.

Overall, Georgia’s defense stifled the Bad-gers’ offense, allowing just 13 points while recording seven quarterback sacks and forcing and recovering two fumbles.

Wisconsin (9-3) took an early second-quar-ter 6-3 lead in a battle of field goals, but Georgia’s offense came to life in the middle of the game. Senior QB David Greene connected on a 24-yard touchdown to Fred Gibson and later a 24-yard TD to senior Jeremy Thomas.

Freshman Thomas Brown notched his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the year with 111 yards on 16 carries, including a 29-yard touchdown run to give Georgia a 24-6 lead.

Georgia 3 7 14 0 — 24Wisconsin 3 3 7 8 — 21

GA-B. Coutu 20-yd field goal 10:24, 1st QWIS-M. Allen 46-yd field goal 05:47, 1st QWIS-M. Allen 44-yd field goal 14:55, 2nd QGA-F. Gibson 19-yd pass from D. Greene (B. Coutu kick) 07:38, 2nd QGA-J. Thomas 24-yd pass from D. Greene (Coutu kick) 09:16, 3rd QGA-T. Brown 29-yd run (B. Coutu kick) 06:33, 3rd QWIS-D. Charles 19-yd pass from J. Stocco (Allen kick) 03:16, 3rd QWIS-A. Crooks 11-yd interception return (J. Orr pass) 04:13, 4th Q

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GAME STATISTICS Georgia Va. TechFirst Downs 9 9Rushing: Att.-Yards 31-71 26-42Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 9-21-129-1 14-27-147-3Total Plays-Total Net Yards 52-200 53-189Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards 4-31 8-78Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 7-264 4-195Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 4-81 6-105Time of Possession 30:23 29:37

TEAM STATISTICSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongB. Ore (VT) 20 42 2 6 K. Lumpkin (UGA) 12 39 1 26Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDS. Glennon (VT) 26 13 94 0 M. Stafford (UGA) 21 9 129 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongE. Royal (VT) 4 45 0 28 M. Milner (UGA) 3 49 1 41Tackles UT AT Tot.Vince Hall (VT) 9 4 13 P. Oliver (UGA) 5 4 9T. Taylor (UGA) 5 4 9

Georgia 3 0 10 18 — 31Virginia Tech 0 21 0 3 — 24

GA-Brandon Coutu 39-yard field goal, 10:49, 1st QVT-Brandon Ore 1-yard run (Brandon Pack kick), 14:07, 2nd QVT-Ore 1-yard run (Pace kick), 6:45, 2nd QVT-Sam Wheeler 53-yard pass from Eddie Royal (Pace kick), 4:36, 2QGA-Coutu 51-yard field goal, 6:10, 3rd QGA-M. Milner 6-yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Coutu kick), 1:52, 3rd QGA-Kregg Lumpkin 3-yard run (Milner pass from Stafford), 12:30, 4QGA-Coutu 28-yard field goal, 10:42, 4th QGA-Brannan Southerland 1-yard run (Coutu kick), 7:30, 4th QVT-Pace 28-yard field goal, 3:41, 4th Q

Bulldogs Rally Past Va. Tech In 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl

Georgia stormed back from an 18-point deficit to defeat 14th-ranked Virginia Tech 31-24 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in the Georgia Dome in front of a bowl-record crowd of 75,406 and a national ESPN television audience.

Bulldog linebacker Tony Taylor (two inter-ceptions) and quarterback Matthew Stafford (129 yards, 1 TD) were named the Defensive and Offensive MVPs. In the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs got scoring runs from tailback Kregg Lumpkin and fullback Brannan Southerland along with one of kicker Brandon Coutu’s three field goals (including a Georgia bowl record 51-yarder) to complete the comeback.

Georgia led 3-0 after the first quarter, but then the Hokies built a 21-3 halftime edge. Taylor’s interception at the start of the fourth quarter set up the game-tying touchdown, a 3-yard Lumpkin run. On the Hokies’ next possession, Charles Johnson sacked Sean Glennon and caused him to fumble, which Quentin Moses recovered. It led to the go-ahead field goal by Coutu.

West Virginia Upsets DogsIn 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl

Georgia was unable to overcome a 28-0 deficit and fell to West Virginia 38-35 in the 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl in front of 74,458 fans at the Georgia Dome and an ABC national television audience.

Despite three touchdowns and 277 yards passing by quarterback D.J. Shockley, the Bull-dogs’ late rally fell short after they outscored the Mountaineers 35-10 to finish the game. Tailback Thomas Brown led Georgia with 78 yards rushing, including a 52-yard touchdown.

West Virginia started the game’s scoring with three touchdowns in the first quarter and went up 28-0 with 14:10 remaining in the second quarter. Georgia got its first points at the 12:58 mark in the second quarter on Kregg Lumpkin’s career-long 34-yard touchdown run.

The Bulldogs managed to close the gap to 38-35 after Shockley connected with fellow senior Bryan McClendon for a 43-yard touchdown with 5:13 left in the fourth quarter. But West Virginia converted a fake punt in the game’s final drive, enabling the Mountaineers to run the clock out.

GAME STATISTICS Georgia WVUFirst Downs 27 27Rushing: Att.-Yards 28-224 63-382Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-33-277-0 11-14-120-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 61-501 77-502Fumbles: Number-Lost 4-3 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 4-50 9-74Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 3-137 4-144Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 2-28 5-111Time of Possession 24:01 35:59

TEAM STATISTICSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongS. Slaton (WVU) 26 204 3 52 T. Brown (UGA) 9 78 1 52Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDP. White (WVU) 14 11 120 1 D.J. Shockley (UGA) 33 20 277 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongD. Reynaud (WVU) 6 48 1 17 L. Pope (UGA) 6 50 1 15Tackles UT AT Tot.M. Lorello (WVU) 7 1 8 J. Jackson (UGA) 11 0 11

West Virginia 21 10 0 7 — 38Georgia 0 21 7 7 — 35

WVU - S. Slaton 52-yd. run (P. McAfee kick), 12:12, 1st QWVU - Reynaud 13-yd. pass from P. White (P. McAfee kick), 06:27, 1stQWVU - D. Reynaud 13-yd. run (P. McAfee kick), 04:27, 1st QWVU - S. Slaton 18-yd. run (P. McAfee kick), 14:10, 2nd QGA - K. Lumpkin 34-yd. run (B. Coutu kick), 12:58, 2nd QGA - T. Brown 52-yd. run (B. Coutu kick), 08:52, 2nd QWVU - P. McAfee 27-yd. field goal 05:37, 2nd QGA - L. Pope 4-yd. pass from Shockley (B. Coutu kick), 00:58, 2nd QGA - A.J. Bryant 34-yd. pass from Shockley (Coutu kick), 01:44, 3rd QWVU - S. Slaton 52-yd. run (P. McAfee kick), 08:32, 4th QGA-B McClendon 43-yd. pass from Shockley (Coutu kick), 5:13, 4th Q

Tony Taylor

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Bulldogs Blast Hawai’iTo Win 2008 Sugar Bowl

The Bulldogs trounced previously un-defeated Hawai’i 41-10 in the Sugar Bowl on New Years night from the Louisiana Su-perdome in New Orleans, La. This was the most points the Bulldogs have ever scored in a bowl game as well as their largest margin of victory in a bowl game.

Georgia struck early against the War-riors, starting with a Knowshon Moreno 17-yard touchdown run with 9:42 in the first quarter. Moreno also had an 11-yard scoring run late in the first period.

Early in the second half, defensive end Marcus Howard sacked Warrior quarter-back Colt Brennan on the goal line and re-covered Brennan’s fumble on the play for a TD, the first of his career. Thomas Brown got in on the scoring action with a one-yard scamper in the third quar-ter, and QB Matthew Stafford got into the books with an 11-yard TD pass to Sean Bailey midway through the second quarter.

GAME STATISTICS Hawai’i GeorgiaFirst Downs 20 19Rushing: Att.-Yards 18--5 40-160Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 35-57-311-4 14-27-175-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 75-306 67-335Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 11-90 11-100Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 3-102 (34.0) 3-145-48.3Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 7-175 3-128Time of Possession 30:39 29:21

TEAM STATISTICSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongPilares (UH) 7 31 0 11Brown (UGA) 19 77 1 20Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDBrennan (UH) 38 22 169 0Stafford (UGA) 27 14 175 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongRivers (UH) 10 105 0 21Massaquoi (UGA) 5 54 0 16Tackles UT AT Tot.Patek (UH) 7 2 9 Allen (UGA) 6 3 9

Hawai’i 3 0 0 7 — 10Georgia 14 10 14 3 — 41

GA-Knowshon Moreno 17-yard run, 9:42 1QUH-Dan Kelly 41-yard field goal, 4:20 1QGA-Knowshon Moreno 11-yard run (Brandon Coutu PAT), 0:57 1QGA-Brandon Coutu 52-yard field goal, 9:36 2QGA-Sean Bailey 11-yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Coutu PAT), 8:00 2QGA-Marcus Howard 0-yard fumble return (Coutu PAT), 8:57 3QGA-Thomas Brown 1-yard run (Coutu PAT), 1:40 3QGA- Brandon Coutu 45-yard field goal, 14:32 4QUH- Ryan Grice-Mullen 16-yard pass from Tyler Graunke, 10:32 4Q

Bulldogs Notch 10th Win At 2009 Capital One Bowl

Matthew Stafford threw three touch-down passes in the final 18 minutes against Michigan State, as the Bulldogs posted a 24-12 Capital One Bowl victory in front of 59,681 fans and an ABC national tele-vision audience.

The first half was ugly for Stafford, pro-jected to be an early first-round NFL draft pick, and Georgia. He was just 6-for-14 with an interception in the first half and Michigan State (9-4) led 6-3. In the second half, he looked more like the quarterback NFL teams covet. He completed 14 of his final 17 throws, including three TD passes.

Stafford started the comeback by direct-ing a 10-play, 96-yard drive midway through the third quarter. He went 6-for-6 for 92 yards and capped it with a 35-yard touchdown toss to Michael Moore. Stafford and Aron White hooked up on a 21-yard TD toss with 9 seconds left in the third quarter to put Georgia up 17-6.

Georgia 3 0 14 7 = 24Michigan State 3 3 0 6 = 12

GA-Blair Walsh 32 yd field goal, 9:26 1QMSU-Brett Swenson 20 yd field goal, 4:50 1QMSU-Swenson 32 yd field goal, 2:14 2QGA-Michael Moore 35 yd pass from Matthew Stafford (B. Walsh kick), 3:31 3QGA-Aron White 21 yd pass from M. Stafford (B. Walsh kick), :09 3QMSU-Javon Ringer 1 yd run (Brian Hoyer pass failed), 8:50 4QGA-Knowshon Moreno 21 yd pass from M. Stafford (B. Walsh kick), 3:43 4Q

GAME STATISTICS Georgia MSUFirst Downs 19 16Rushing: Att.-Yards 33-81 34-31Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-31-250-1 22-39-205-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 64-331 73-236Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 7-53 5-50Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-237 (47.4) 5-190 (38.0)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 4-78 4-88Time of Possession 30:00 30:00

TEAM STATISTICSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongMoreno (UGA) 23 62 0 10Ringer (MSU) 20 47 1 7Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDStafford (UGA) 31 20 250 3Hoyer (MSU) 34 18 169 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongMoore (UGA) 6 97 1 35Cunningham (MSU) 6 52 0 16 Tackles UT AT Tot.Allen (UGA) 9 0 9Jones (MSU) 8 4 12

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No. 24 UCF Edges Bulldogs In 2010 Liberty Bowl

Georgia saw its four-game bowl win-ning streak stopped by dropping a 10-6 decision to #24 Central Florida in the Au-toZone Liberty Bowl, marking Georgia’s first postseason loss since the 2006 Sugar Bowl.

UCF’s Latavius Murray scored on a 10-yard touchdown run with 9:01 left, and the Knights were able to stave off Georgia to post the victory. The Bulldogs had the ball last and converted two fourth downs before Kemal Ishmael knocked down Aaron Murray’s final throw into the end zone as time expired.

The Bulldogs also started both halves driving down field easily before bogging down and settling for field goals of 20 and 41 yards by Blair Walsh. These teams went to halftime tied at 3-3 after a first half in which both Georgia and UCF wasted chances at the end zone.

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia UCFFirst Downs 19 16Rushing: Att.-Yards 32-82 30-124Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 21-38-198-2 16-30-117-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 70-280 60-241Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 5-35 3-30Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-213 (42.6) 6-250 (41.7)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 3-38 2-35Time of Possession 32:30 27:30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongEaley (UGA) 16 60 0 12Murray (UCF) 18 104 1 18Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMurray (UGA) 38 21 198 0Gilbert (UCF) 29 16 117 0Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGreen (UGA) 8 77 0 18Watters (UCF) 6 57 0 14Tackles UT AT Tot.Houston (UGA) 7 3 10 Ishmael (UCF) 7 4 11

Georgia 3 0 3 0 = 6UCF 0 3 0 7 = 10

GA-Blair Walsh 20 yd field goal, 2:02 1QUCF-Nick Cattoi 22 yd field goal, 0:33 2QGA-Blair Walsh 41 yd field goal, 9:23, 3QUCF-Latavius Murray 10 yd run (Nick Cattoi kick), 9:01 4Q

Dogs Defeat Texas A&MFor Independence Bowl WinGeorgia closed out the 2009 football season

in dominant fashion as it defeated Texas A&M 44-20 in the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl in front of 49,653 fans in Shreveport, La.

After the Aggies tied the game early in the third quarter, Georgia scored 30 unanswered points to win with relative ease. The 44 points was a Bulldog bowl record.

Neither team scored until the final 2:33 of the second quarter, when Georgia followed an A&M touchdown with two quick scores before halftime, highlighted by Brandon Boykin’s kickoff return.

A 49-yard field goal by Blair Walsh with 9:25 left in the third quarter gave Georgia the lead for good and started the string of 30 consecutive points.

Georgia’s defense, coached by defensive line coach Rodney Garner and graduate assistants Mitch Doolittle and Todd Hartley, was led by sophomore linebacker Marcus Dowtin, who had nine tackles. Junior linebacker Rennie Curran had eight, and junior safety Reshad Jones had five tackles and an interception.

TEAM STATISTICS TAMU GeorgiaFirst Downs 26 17Rushing: Att.-Yards 33-109 40-208Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 29-59-362-2 15-28-158-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 92-471 68-366Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-0 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 7-65 6-39Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 7-206 (29.4) 6-249 (41.5)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 8-157 2-107Time of Possession 27:59 32:01

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongMichael (TAMU) 15 77 1 14Ealey (UGA) 13 78 0 27Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDJohnson (TAMU) 58 29 362 2Cox (UGA) 28 15 158 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongFuller (TAMU) 7 102 0 25Green (UGA) 6 57 0 16Tackles UT AT Tot.Hodges (TAMU) 5 4 9Dowtin (UGA) 5 4 9

Texas A&M 0 7 7 6 = 20Georgia 0 14 10 20 = 44

TAMU-Jamie McCoy 15 yd pass from Jerrod Johnson (Randy Bullock kick), 2:33 2QGA-Brandon Boykin 81 yd kickoff return (Blair Walsh kick), 2:22 2QGA-Caleb King 2 yd run (B. Walsh kick), 1:22 2QTAMU-Christine Michael 14 yd run (R. Bullock kick), 12:36 3Q GA-B. Walsh 49 yd field goal, 9:25 3QGA-Aron White 24 yd pass from Joe Cox (B. Walsh kick), 7:49 3QGA-A. White 2 yd pass from J. Cox (B. Walsh kick), 13:19 4QGA-C. King 1 yd run (B. Walsh kick), 9:47 4QGA-Shaun Chapas 5 yd run (Andrew Jensen kick failed), 4:29 4QTAMU-Howard Morrow 5 yd pass from J. Johnson (J. Johnson pass failed), 1:13 4Q

A.J. GreenBrandon Boykin

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No. 12 MSU Rallies PastBulldogs In 2012 Outback Bowl

Georgia dropped a 33-30 decision to Michi-gan State in a thrilling three-overtime game in the Outback Bowl in front of 49,429 fans and a nationally televised ABC audience.

Bulldog junior Tavarres King set a school-re-cord with 205 yards receiving on six catches, including a career-long 80-yard TD. Defensive back Brandon Boykin, who was named the MVP of the game, forced a safety, returned a punt 92 yards for a TD and scored on a 13-yard run.

With 2:06 left, MSU quarterback Kirk Cous-ins led a 10-play 85-yard drive that tied the game at 27-27 to send it into overtime. After an inter-ception by Bacarri Rambo on MSU’s first pos-

session, Georgia senior Blair Walsh missed a 42-yard field goal to send it to another overtime. Both teams exchanged field goals in the second OT. The Spartans opened the third OT with a field goal that gave them a 33-30 lead. Georgia had a chance to tie it again, but its 47-yard field goal attempt was blocked, sealing the win for the Spartans.

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia MSUFirst Downs 15 15Rushing: Att.-Yards 39-51 29-73Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-32-288-2 28-51-318-3Total Plays-Total Net Yards 71-339 80-391Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 5-15 8-50Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 7-306 (43.7) 8-401 (50.1)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 5-294 6-366Time of Possession 31:34 28:26

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongMalcome (UGA) 12 51 0 21Bell (MSU) 17 48 2 8Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMurray (UGA) 32 20 288 2Cousins (MSU) 50 27 300 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongKing (UGA) 6 205 1 80Linthicum (MSU) 7 115 0 50 Tackles UT AT Tot.Ogletree (UGA) 12 1 13 Gholston (MSU) 7 0 7

MSU 0 0 14 13 0-3-3 = 33Georgia 2 14 0 11 0-3-0 = 30

GA-TEAM Safety-Brandon Boykin, 12:07 1QGA-Tavarres King 80 yd pass from Aaron Murray (Blair Walsh kick), 3:06 2QGA-Brandon Boykin 92 yd punt retun (Walsh kick), 1:39 2QMSU-Le’Veon Bell 8 yd run (B. Linthicum pass from Kirk Cousins), 7:52 3QMSU-Darqueze Dennard 38 yd interception return (Cousins pass failed), 1:47 3QGA-B. Walsh 32 yd field goal, 9:58, 4QMSU-Keith Nichol 7 yd pass from Cousins (Cousins pass failed), 8:22, 4QGA-B. Boykin 13 yd pass from A. Murray (M. Mitchell pass from Murray), 6:44, 4QMSU-L. Bell 1 yd run (Dan Conroy kick), 0:14, 4QGA-B. Walsh 47 yd field goal, 2nd OTMSU-D. Conroy 35 yd field goal, 2nd OTMSU-D. Conroy 28 yd field goal, 3rd OT

Bulldogs Defeat NebraskaIn 2013 Capital One Bowl

No. 5 Georgia handed the 21st-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers a 45-31 loss in front of 59,712 fans and a national TV audience in the Capital One Bowl.

On the second Georgia drive of the game, Aaron Murray capped an 80-yard drive with a 29-yard completion to Arthur Lynch.

Nebraska answered with a pair of TDs to take a 14-9 lead, but the lead didn’t last, as Todd Gurley rushed for a 24-yard TD. The Huskers responded with a six-play, 44-yard drive that resulted in a 39-yard field goal that made it a 23-17 game midway through the second quarter. After a Georgia three-and-out, Nebraska took a 24-23 lead on a 16-yard pass to Rex Burkhead.

On the opening drive of the second half, Nebraska scored on a two-yard TD run by Burkhead that extended Nebraska’s lead to 31-23. Georgia answered on the following drive with a 49-yard touchdown grab by Chris Conley. Georgia scored TDs on its next two possessions to take a 45-31 lead and seal the bowl victory.

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia NebraskaFirst Downs 23 26Rushing: Att.-Yards 38-162 52-239Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 18-33-427-2 16-27-204-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 71-589 79-443Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards 7-76 8-69 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 39.0 34.0Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 3-41 (13.7) 4-90 (22.5)Time of Possession 27:33 32:27

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongBurkhead (NEB) 24 142 2 28 Gurley (UGA) 23 125 1 24Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDMartinez (NEB) 27 16 204 2 Murray (UGA) 33 18 427 5Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongBell (NEB) 4 60 0 35King (UGA) 3 104 1 75 Tackles UT AT Tot.Compton (NEB) 6 3 9A. Ogletree (UGA) 7 4 11

Georgia 16 7 8 14 = 45Nebraska 14 10 7 0 = 31

GA - Team safety, 11:31 1QGA - Arthur Lynch 29-yard pass from A. Murray (M. Morgan kick), 07:54 1QNEB - Jamal Turner 14-yard pass fom T. Martinez (B. Maher kick), 04:42 1QNEB - Will Compton 24-yard interception return (Brett Maher kick), 04:15 1QGA - Tavarres King 75-yard pass from A. Murray (M. Morgan kick), 04:04 1QGA - Todd Gurley 24-yard run (M. Morgan kick), 10:33 2QNEB - Brett Maher 39-yard field goal, 08:48 2QNEB - Rex Burkhead 16-yard pass from T. Martinez (B. Maher kick), 04:43 2QNEB - Rex Burkhead 2-yard run (Brett Maher kick), 09:42 3QGA - C. Conley 49-yard pass from A. Murray (R. McGowan pass from A. Murray), 07:26 3QGA - Keith Marshall 24-yard pass from A. Murray (M. Morgan kick), 14:52 4QGA - Chris Conley 87-yard pass from A. Murray (M. Morgan kick), 11:03 4Q

Chris Conley

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Chubb, Bulldogs Power PastLouisville in 2014 Belk Bowl

Nick Chubb rushed for a UGA-bowl

record 266 yards to propel No. 13 Georgia past 20th-ranked Louisville 37-14 in front of a crowd of 45,671 and a national ESPN au-dience in the Belk Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

Georgia struck first, taking a 7-0 lead on a nine-play, 60-yard drive in the first quarter. On 2nd-and-14, Hutson Mason connected with Chris Conley for a 45-yard touchdown that gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead after the Marshall Morgan PAT.

The Cardinals answered on the next drive, going 84 yards on nine plays to tie the

game at 7-7. Gerald Christian scored the TD on an 11-yard pass from Kyle Bolin.

Already leading 20-7 at halftime, Georgia broke the game open late in the third quarter. Chubb’s 82-yard run, starting at his own 3-yard line, paved the way for Sony Michel to score from two yards out with 5:41 left. After UL answered with a score, the Bulldogs put the game out of reach in the fourth period with a Morgan field goal and an 8-yard TD run by Chubb.

Louisville 7 0 7 0 = 14Georgia 7 13 7 10 = 37

GA - Chris Conley 44-yard pass from H. Mason (M. Morgan kick), 08:24 1QUL - G. Christian 11-yard pass from K. Bolin (J. Wallace kick), 04:25 1Q GA - Marshall Morgan 41-yard field goal, 11:33 2QGA - Nick Chubb 31-yard run (Marshall Morgan kick), 06:40 2Q GA - Marshall Morgan 22-yard field goal, 04:58 2QGA - Sony Michel 2-yard run (Marshall Morgan kick), 05:41 3QUL - B. Radcliff 6-yard run (J. Wallace kick), 01:48 3QGA - Marshall Morgan 41-yard field goal, 05:20 4QGA - Nick Chubb 8-yard run (Marshall Morgan kick), 02:02 4Q

TEAM STATISTICS

Georgia LouisvilleFirst Downs 22 20Rushing: Att.-Yards 53-292 27-62Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 14-24-200-1 21-44-314-3Total Plays-Total Net Yards 77-492 71-376Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 4-19 7-44 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-82 (41.0) 6-225 (37.5)KO Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-37 (18.5) 8-132 (16.5)Time of Possession 33:00 27:00

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongRadcliff (UL) 19 89 1 20Chubb (UGA) 33 266 2 82Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDBolin (UL) 20 40 300 1Mason (UGA) 10 15 149 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongParker (UL) 8 120 0 25Conley (UGA) 4 80 1 44Tackles UT AT Tot.Sample (UL) 10 4 14Carter (UGA) 5 3 8

Nick ChubbBelk Bowl MVP

Nebraska Holds On For 2014TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Win

No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs sustained a 24-19 loss to Nebraska in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl in front of 60,712 fans in Jacksonville and a national ESPN audience.

After a scoreless first quarter, Hutson Mason led Georgia on an 12-play, 38-yard drive that produced a Marshall Morgan 39-yard field goal. Nebraska, however, took advantage of a fumbled punt return by the Bulldogs to take a 7-3 lead with 9:05 left in the second quarter. The teams traded field goals to complete first-half scoring with the Huskers holding a 10-9 edge.

Nebraska forged ahead 24-12 with touch-downs on its first two possessions of the second half. The latter came on a 99-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong, Jr. to Quincy Enunwa with 4:58 left in the third quarter.

Georgia scored its first touchdown of the game at the start of the fourth quarter when Hutson Mason passed for 25 yards to Todd Gurley. Later in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs looked to take the lead, twice driving inside the Nebraska 20. Georgia was unable to convert on either fourth down, however, allowing Nebraska to come away with the victory.

Nebraska 0 10 14 0 = 24Georgia 0 9 3 7 = 19

GA - Marshall Morgan 38-yard field goal, 10:37 2QNEB - Quincy Enunwa 5-yard pass from T. Armstrong (Pat Smith kick), 09:05 2QGA - Marshall Morgan 28-yard field goal, 06:53 2QNEB - Pat Smith 46-yard field goal, 03:18 2QGA - Marshall Morgan 38-yard field goal, 00:00 2QNEB - Ameer Abdullah 1-yard run, 10:08 3QGA - Marshall Morgan 30-yard field goal, 06:32 3QNEB - Q. Enunwa 99-yard pass from T. Armstrong (Pat Smith kick), 04:58 3QGA - Todd Gurley 25-yard pass from Hutson Mason (M. Morgan kick), 14:49 4Q

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia NebraskaFirst Downs 22 14Rushing: Att.-Yards 43-96 43-144Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 21-39-320-1 6-16-163-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 82-416 59-307Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-1 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 7-42 6-50Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 4-151 (37.8) 7-271 (38.7)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 3-93 5-90Time of Possession 33:24 26:36

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongAbdullah (NEB) 27 122 1 14Gurley (UGA) 21 86 0 16Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TDArmstrong (NEB) 6 14 163 2Mason (UGA) 21 39 320 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongEnunwa (NEB) 4 129 2 99Gurley (UGA) 7 97 1 30Tackles UT AT Tot.Cooper (NEB) 10 0 19 Floyd (UGA) 6 1 6.5

Todd Gurley

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Godwin, Bulldogs Hold OffPenn State for TaxSlayer Win

After jumping ahead 24-3 in the third quarter, Georgia was able to hold on and beat Penn State 24-17 in the TaxSlayer Bowl at Jacksonville’s EverBank Field.

Freshman Terry Godwin became the first non-quarterback to throw for a score for Georgia since 2005, and the first Bulldog wideout to throw for a score since 1998, when he hit senior Malcolm Mitchell in stride for a 44-yard strike for the first touch-down of the game. Later in the first half, he pulled in a 17-yard touchdown from Greyson Lambert.

After Sony Michel’s third-quarter TD run pushed Georgia comfortably ahead, Penn

State finally broke through on the first play of the fourth quarter. Backup quarterback Trace McSorley connected with Geno Lewis for a 17-yard score. Two drives later, McSorley hit DaeSean Hamilton for a TD that trimmed the margin to 24-17. Georgia got the ball back and consumed most of the remaining 6:07 with a solid drive. Bulldog defenders, however, had to preserve the victory by batting down a 43-yard Hail Mary heave by McSorley on the final play.

Penn State (7-6) 0 3 0 14 = 17Georgia (10-3) 3 14 7 0 = 24GA - Marshall Morgan, 44-yard FG, 7:02, 1QPSU - Tyler Davis, 34-yard FG, 8:08, 2QGA - Malcolm Mitchell, 44-yard pass from Terry Godwin (Morgan kick), 6:46, 2QGA - Godwin, 17-yd pass from Greyson Lambert (Patrick Beless kick), 00:24, 2QGA - Sony Michel, 21-yard run (Beless kick), 4:15, 3QPSU - Geno Lewis, 17-yard pass from Trace McSorley (Davis kick), 14:53, 4QPSU - D. Hamilton, 20-yard pass from McSorley (Davis kick), 6:14,4Q

TEAM STATISTICS Penn State GeorgiaFirst Downs 16 17Rushing: Att.-Yards 32-120 41-166Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 22-42-281-1 12-23-161-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 74-401 64-327Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 6-39 5-45 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 6-219 (36.5) 7-267 (38.1)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 3-69 (23.0) 1-27 (27.0) Time of Possession 31:22 28:38 Third Down Conversions 4 of 18 4 of 14Fourth Down Conversions 4 of 6 0 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-18 0-0

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongBarkley (PSU) 17 69 0 29Michel (UGA) 20 85 1 28Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDMcSorley (PSU) 14 27 142 2Lambert (UGA) 10 20 115 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGodwin (PSU) 6 133 0 51Mitchell (UGA) 5 114 1 44Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongPasquariello (PSU) 6 219 36.5 44Ramsey (UGA) 5 200 40.0 43Tackles UT AT Tot.Bell (PSU) 8 3 11Davis (UGA) 7 1 8

Terry GodwinTaxslayer Bowl MVP

Georgia (8-5) 7 7 7 10 = 31TCU (6-7) 9 7 7 0 = 23GA - Michel, 4-yard run (Blankenship kick), 9:32, 1QTCU - Hatfield, 40-yard FG, 0:44, 1QTCU - Hill, 10-yard run (Hatfield kick failed), 0:02, 1QTCU - Diarse, 10-yard pass from Hill (Hatfield kick), 9:15, 2QGA - Michel, 33-yard pass from Eason (B’ship kick), 1:13, 2QGA - Wims, 4-yard pass from Eason (B’ship kick), 7:08, 3QTCU - Diarse, 9-yard pass from Hill (Hatfield kick), 2:07, 3QGA - Blankenship, 30-yard FG, 13:27, 4QGA - Chubb, 13-yard run (Blankenship kick), 2:48, 4Q

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia TCUFirst Downs 17 17Rushing: Att.-Yards 44 - 248 39 - 175Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 12-21-164-0 18-28-146-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 65 - 412 67 - 321Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 2-2Penalties: Number-Yards 7-45 2-10 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-174 (34.8) 3-121 (40.3)KO Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-76 (15.2) 5-149 (29.8) Time of Possession 33:24 26:36 Third Down Conversions 7 of 14 6 of 14Fourth Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2Sacks By: Number-Yards 5 - 30 3 - 20

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongChubb (UGA) 17 142 1 48Hicks (TCU) 15 88 0 20Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDEason (UGA) 12 21 164 2Hill (TCU) 18 27 146 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongMcKenzie (UGA) 4 103 0 77Hicks (TCU) 5 21 0 8Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongRamsey (UGA) 5 174 34.8 43Nunez (TCU) 3 121 40.3 47Tackles UT AT Tot.R. Smith (UGA) 9 4 13Small (TCU) 8 4 12

Ground Attack Pushes DogsPast TCU in Liberty Bowl Win

The Georgia Bulldogs grabbed the school’s 30th all-time bowl victory in a 31-23 win over the TCU Horned Frogs in the Autozone Liberty Bowl at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis. Georgia junior tailbacks Nick Chubb and Sony Michel combined for 268 total yards and three touchdowns. Chubb amassed 142 yards on the ground, including a 13-yard touchdown run that strengthened the Bulldogs’ lead to eight points at 31-23 with 2:48 left in the game. Michel, the Liberty Bowl Offensive MVP, supplied the Bulldogs with one rushing touch-down on 87 yards and another on 39 receiving

yards. On the defensive side of the ball, sophomore lineman Trenton Thomp-son collected three sacks, a Liberty Bowl record, and was named Liberty Bowl Overall MVP and defensive MVP. Georgia took its first lead of the game at 21-16 on a 4-yard pass from Jacob Eason to Javon Wims midway through the third quarter. The Horned Frogs answered late in the period with a short touchdown pass of their own. Rodrigo Blankenship’s 30-yard field goal 90 seconds into the fourth quarter gave Geor-gia the lead for keeps.

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Bulldogs Top SoonersIn Classic Rose Bowl Game

• Sony Michel’s 27-yard touchdown run in the second overtime capped one of the wildest games in program history, a 4-hour roller coaster ride that sent Georgia into the National Championship Game. • Michel’s winning score was his fourth of a ca-reer-best game, one in which he gained 181 yards rushing and also caught four passes. • Georgia overcame a 17-point second-quarter deficit and and a 7-point margin in the final minutes of regulation. Nick Chubb scored the equalizer on a 2-yard sprint around right end with just 55 sec-onds left, knotting the score at 45. The tying drive covered 59 yards in seven plays.

• After an exchange of field goals in the first over-time, Lorenzo Carter blocked a Sooner field goal

from 27 yards to give Georgia the advantage. It was the Bulldogs’ third block of a placement kick in the 2017 season and fourth block overall.

Georgia (13-1) 7 10 14 14 3 6 = 54Oklahoma (12-2) 14 17 0 14 3 0 = 48OU - Marquise Brown, 13-yard pass from Baker Mayfield (Seibert kick), 11:31, 1QGA - Sony Michel, 13-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Blankenship kick), 8:27, 1QOU- Rodney Anderson, 9-yard run (Seibert kick), 6:56, 1QOU - Anderson, 41-yard run (Seibert kick), 14:12, 2QGA - Michel, 75-yard run (Blankenship kick), 14:00, 2QOU - Seibert, 38-yard FG, 9:12, 2QOU - Mayfield, 2-yard pass from CeeDee Lamb (Seibert kick), :06, 2QGA - Blankenship, 55-yard FG, :00, 2QGA - Nick Chubb, 50-yard run (Blankenship kick), 12:25, 3QGA - Michel, 38-yard run (Blankenship kick), :41, 3QGA - Javon Wims, 4-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 13:57, 4QOU - Flowers, 11-yard pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick), 8:47, 4QOU - Steven Parker, 46-yard fumble return (Seibert kick), 6:52, 4QGA - Chubb, 2-yard run (Blankenship kick), :55, 4QGA - Blankenship, 38-yard FG, 1st OTOU - Seibert, 33-yard FG, 1st OTGA - Michel, 27-yard run, 2nd OT

TEAM STATISTICS Georgia OklahomaFirst Downs 21 24Rushing: Att.-Yards 34 - 317 45 - 242Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-29-210-0 24-36-289-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 63 - 527 81 - 531Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 6-39 1-5 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 6-288 (48.0) 7-288 (41.1)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-55 (27.5) 3-44 (14.7) Time of Possession 27:02 32:58

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongMichel (UGA) 11 181 3 75Anderson (OU) 26 201 2 45Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDFromm (UGA) 20 29 210 2Mayfield (OU) 23 35 287 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongWims (UGA) 6 73 1 21Brown (OU) 8 114 1 45Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongNizialek (UGA) 6 288 48.0 61Seibert (OU) 7 288 41.1 57Tackles UT AT Tot.Smith (UGA) 4 7 11Murray (OU) 6 3 9

Bulldogs’ Bid for TitleFalls Short vs. Alabama

• Alabama defeated Georgia 26-23 in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Atlanta, overcoming two 13-point deficits and an errant field goal attempt that would have won it in regulation. • Still, the Bulldogs led in overtime on the strength of a 51-yard field goal by Rodrigo Blan-kenship. They even took the upper hand by sacking Bama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for a 16-yard loss on the Tide’s first play in the extra period. But on second down, Tagovailoa hit DeVonta Smith for a 41-yard scoring pass that ended the game. • Georgia controlled the first half, taking a 13-0 lead on Mecole Hardman’s 1-yard run just before intermission. Hardman scored again on an 80-yard pass from Jake Fromm with 6:52 left in the third quarter, answering Bama’s first score of the night. • This game marked Georgia’s first appearance since 1982 in a game where victory would have giv-en it a national title in football. • It was also the first time that any Bulldog team had played consecutive overtime games. Georgia is now 8-6 all-time in overtime contests, including 3-3 at neutral sites.

Alabama (13-1) 0 0 10 10 6 = 26Georgia (13-2) 0 13 7 0 3 = 23GA - Rodrigo Blankenship, 41-yard field goal, 14:14, 2QGA - Blankenship, 27-yard field goal, 7:33, 2QGA - Mecole Hardman, 1-yard run (Blankenship kick) 0:07, 2QUA - Henry Ruggs III, 6-yard pass from Tagovailoa (Pappanastos kick), 6:52, 3QGA - Hardman, 80-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 6:52, 3QUA - Andy Pappanastos 43-yard field goal, 5:15, 3QUA - Pappanastos, 30-yard field goal, 9:24, 4QUA - Calvin Ridley, 7-yard pass from Tagovailoa (Pappanastos kick), 3:49, 4QGA - Blankenship kick, 51-yard field goal, OTUA - DeVonta Smith, 41-yard pass from Tagovailoa, OT

TEAM STATISTICS Alabama GeorgiaFirst Downs 20 22Rushing: Att.-Yards 39-184 45-133Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 17-32-187-1 16-32-232-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 71-371 77-365Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards 6-41 6-65 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 6-285 (47.5) 7-295 (42.1)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-42 (21.0) 3-40 (13.3) Time of Possession 26:17 33:43

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongHarris (UA) 6 64 0 35Michel (UGA) 14 98 0 26Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDTagovailoa (UA) 14 24 166 3Fromm (UGA) 16 32 232 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongC. Ridley (UA) 4 32 1 9R. Ridley (UGA) 6 82 0 23Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongScott (UA) 6 285 47.5 56Nizialek (UGA) 6 276 46.0 51Tackles UT AT Tot.Wilson (UA) 7 5 12Smith (UGA) 9 4 13

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Longhorns Hold OffBulldogs in Sugar Bowl

• A fast start by Texas -- aided partly by a pair of early Geor-gia miscues -- enabled the Longhorns to post a 28-21 upset victory over the Bulldogs in the 2019 Allstate Sugar Bowl. • Texas tallied scores on four of its first five possessions in building a 20-7 first-half lead. The margin reached 28-7 before Georgia put together two scoring drives in the fourth period, the latter touchdown with :14 left. • The Longhorns took the opening kickoff and drove 75 yards in 10 plays for their first score. The ensuing Georgia drive stalled at the 41-yard line, where a low snap caused punter Jake Camarda to field it with his right knee touch-ing the turf at the 27. Georgia’s defense, however, forced the Longhorns to settle for a 37-yard field goal.

• Later in the first quarter, a D’Andre Swift fumble at his own 12-yard line gave Texas another scoring opportunity. QB Sam Ehlinger scrambled for a 9-yard touchdown three plays later for a 17-0 margin. • Georgia finished the season 11-3. The Bulldogs made their 55th all-time bowl appearance, including the program’s 22nd consecutive appearance. Its record in bowl games is now 31-21-3. • Elijah Holyfield became the 15th UGA rusher to gain 1,000 yards in a single season. He went over the 1,000-yard mark on his first carry of the second half. Team-mate D’Andre Swift had surpassed that milestone in the SEC Championship game. It marked the second straight year that Georgia had a pair of 1,000-yard rushers after Nick Chubb and Sony Michel had done it in 2017.

Texas (10-4) 10 10 0 8 = 28Georgia (11-3) 0 7 0 14 = 21UT - Sam Ehlinger, 2-yard run (Dicker kick), 10:35, 1QUT - Cameron Dicker, 37-yard FG, 6:05, 1QUT - Ehlinger, 9-yard run (Dicker kick), 14:53, 2QGA - Brian Herrien, 17-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Blankenship kick), 9:03, 2QUT - Dicker, 30-yard FG, 4:37, 2QUT - Ehlinger, 1-yard run (Collin Johnson pass from Ehlinger), 11:49, 4QGA - Mecole Hardman, 3-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 10:25, 4QGA - D’Andre Swift, 5-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), :14, 4Q

TEAM STATISTICS UT UGAFirst Downs 20 20Rushing: Att.-Yards 49-178 30-72Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-28-177-0 20-34-212-1Total Plays-Total Net Yards 77-355 64-284Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards 6-60 3-35 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-207 (41.4) 5-188 (37.6)KO Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 0-0 (0.0) 1-28 (28.0) Time of Possession 35:00 25:00 Third Down Conversions 9 of 19 6 of 13Fourth Down Conversions 2 of 2 0 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-13 2-11

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongWatson (UT) 18 91 0 20Holyfield (UGA) 12 62 0 11Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDEhlinger (UT) 19 27 169 0Fromm (UGA) 20 34 212 3Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongHumphrey (UT) 7 67 0 19Ridley (UGA) 5 61 0 24Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongBujcevski (UT) 5 207 41.4 52Camarda (UGA) 5 188 37.6 54Tackles UT AT Tot.Ossai (UT) 5 3 8Reed (UGA) 4 4 8

Dogs Make VictoriousReturn to Big Easy

• Fifth-ranked Georgia closed the 2019 season with a 26-14 victory over #7 Baylor in the 86th Allstate Sugar Bowl before 55,211 fans at the Mercedes-Benz Super-dome and an ESPN primetime television audience. • The Bulldogs won this game with a roster that scarce-ly resembled the one that had played 13 previous con-tests. As many as 15 scholarship players missed the Sugar Bowl for various reasons. Hardest hit were the of-fensive line -- which lacked three key players and coach Sam Pittman, who left to become head coach at Arkansas -- and a defense that was missing at least six regulars. OL Warren Ericson, RB Zamir White and DT Devonte Wyatt all made their first career starts in the game. • Freshman George Pickens, who was named the Sugar Bowl MVP, had a career-high 12 catches (tying a UGA

bowl record) for 175 yards and 1 TD. In the first half alone, he had 11 for 165 yards and one TD. His 27-yard TD catch early in the second period gave Georgia its first measurable distance from the Bears. • With the victory, the 2019 class tied the mark for most wins by a Bulldog senior class with 44. They matched the 2005 group that went 44-9 with a pair of SEC titles. The 2019 class finished with a 44-12 record, one SEC title, three consecutive SEC Eastern Division crowns and was the 2018 CFP Runner-Up. • Georgia made its 11th all-time appearance in the Sugar Bowl, and the Bulldogs are now 5-6. Georgia made its 23rd consecutive appearance in a bowl game, the second longest active streak in the country. Overall, Georgia improved to 32-21-3 in bowls.

Georgia (12-2) 3 16 7 0 = 26Baylor (11-3) 0 0 14 0 = 14GA - Rodrigo Blankenship, 24-yard FG, 00:49, 1QGA - George Pickens, 27-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 12:28, 2QGA - Blankenship, 31-yard FG, 8:08, 2QGA - Matt Landers, 16-yard pass from Fromm (Fromm pass failed), 1:51, 2QBU - Denzel Mims, 12-yard pass from Brewer (Mayers kick), 12:14, 3QGA - Zamir White, 13-yard run (Blankenship kick), 7:16, 3QBU - Charlie Brewer, 1-yard run (Mayers kick), 4:10, 3Q

TEAM STATISTICS UGA BUFirst Downs 19 21Rushing: Att.-Yards 40-130 28-61Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-30-250-0 28-50-234-2Total Plays-Total Net Yards 70-380 78-295Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards 6-82 10-90 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 7-295 (42.1) 7-344 (49.1)KO Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 1-24 (24.0) 1-13 (13.0) Time of Possession 32:23 27:37 Third Down Conversions 5 of 16 8 of 18Fourth Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 3Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-15 3-12

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing Att. Yds. TD LongWhite (UGA) 18 92 1 13Ebner (BU) 5 23 0 17Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TDFromm (UGA) 20 30 250 2Brewer (BU) 24 41 211 1Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongPickens (UGA) 123 175 1 46Mims (BU) 5 75 1 40Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongCamarda (UGA) 7 295 42.1 47Power (BU) 7 344 49.1 56Tackles UT AT Tot.Daniel (UGA) 8 0 8Miller/Williams (BU) 7/6 1/2 8

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Late Podlesny FG CapsComeback Win Over Bearcats

• Jack Podlesny’s career-long 53-yard field goal with three seconds left completed a 24-21 come-back victory for the ninth-ranked Georgia Bull-dogs over No. 8 Cincinnati at the 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in front of 15,301 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and an ESPN television audience.• The Podlesny kick highlighted a busy fourth quarter for the Bulldogs. Indeed, things looked bleak for Georgia when Cincinnati’s Jerome Ford broke free on a 79-yard touchdown run with 14:11 left in the third quarter. The score put the Bearcats ahead 21-10, a lead that seemed almost out of reach, given the Bull-

dogs’ offensive struggles to that point in the game.• Georgia got the spark it needed early in the fourth quarter, when Azeez Ojulari sacked UC quarterback Desmond Ridder, who lost possession at the Cincinnati 25-yard line. Two plays later, Zamir White streaked around left end for a 9-yard touchdown run. Despite missing a 2-point conversion, the Bulldogs had improb-ably seized momentum. • Georgia got within 21-19 with a 32-yard field goal from Podlesny on its next possession. Neither team advanced the ball on its following series, and after a 3-and-out by the Bulldogs, it was Cincinnati’s win to preserve when it took over with 2:59 left. • The Bearcats needed just two plays to convert one first down. On 3rd-and-two, however -- after each team called a time out -- Ridder threw incomplete to Michael Young, a pass that was broken up in near-desperation by UGA’s Tyrique Stevenson 25 yards downfield. • Georgia quickly advanced on five plays before stalling at the Cincinnati 36-yard line, setting up Podlesny’s game-winner. • Ojulari, who was named Defensive MVP of the game, put the exclamation mark on the Bulldogs’ victory by sacking Ridder in the end zone as time expired.

Georgia (8-2) 7 3 0 14 = 24 Cincinnati (9-1) 7 7 7 0 = 21

UC - Pierce, 14-yard pass from Ridder (Smith kick), 04:38, 1Q GA - Pickens, 16-yard pass from Daniels (Podlesny kick), 00:29, 1Q GA - Podlesny, 37-yard field goal, 03:46, 2Q UC - Whyle, 11-yard pass from Ridder (Smith kick), 00:06, 2Q UC - Ford, 79-yard run (Smith kick), 14:11, 3Q GA - White, 9-yard run (Daniels pass failed), 13:20, 4Q GA - Podlesny, 32-yard field goal, 06:43, 4Q GA - Podlesny, 53-yard field goal, 00:03, 4Q GA - Team safety, 00:00, 4Q Weather: Indoors

TEAM STATISTICS UGA UCFirst Downs 19 16Rushing: Att.-Yards 24-45 27-99Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 27-39-404-1 24-37-206-0Total Plays-Total Net Yards 63-449 64-305Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-1 4-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-66 11-80 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-193 (38.6) 8-352 (44.0)Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) 2-30 (15.0) 0-0 (0.0) Time of Possession 28:36 31:24 Third Down Conversions 1 of 11 3 of 14 Fourth Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1Sacks By: Number-Yards 8-50 3-20

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing Att. Yds. TD LongGA - Zamir White 11 39 1 12 UC - Jerome Ford 8 97 1 79Passing Cmp. Att. Yds. TDGA - JT Daniels 26 38 392 1UC - Desmond Ridder 24 37 206 2Receiving Rec. Yds. TD LongGA - George Pickens 7 135 1 51UC - Michael Young 4 59 0 25Punting No. Yds. Avg. LongGA - Jake Camarda 5 193 38.6 57UC - James Smith 8 352 44.0 51Tackles UT AT Tot.GA - N. Dean/Q. Walker 6 1 7UC - Darrick Forrest 9 0 9

WORTH NOTING... • The Bulldogs managed to win this game with a roster that scarcely resembled the one that had played nine previous contests. As many as 11 scholarship players, includ-ing five defensive starters, missed the Peach Bowl for various reasons, ranging from opt-outs to transfers and injuries. • Jack Podlesny’s kick was the first game-winning field goal for Georgia since Rodrigo Blankenship’s 25-yarder to defeat Kentucky in 2016. It was also the third bowl-winning kick in program history and the longest game winner over-all since Kevin Butler’s 60-yard boot against Clemson in 1984. • Redshirt sophomore linebacker Azeez Ojulari earned Defensive Player of the Game honors with three sacks and two forced fumbles, tying the school record for sacks in a bowl game. Overall, the Bulldogs tied the school record for team sacks in a bowl with eight, matching the total set against Hawaii in the 2008 Sugar Bowl. • Georgia extended the nation’s longest active bowl streak to 24 with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl appearance. With the victory, Georgia improved its all-time bowl record to 33-21-3, including 4-2 in the Peach Bowl. This was Georgia’s first appearance in the Peach Bowl since 2006, a 31-24 comeback victory over Virginia Tech at the Georgia Dome. • Senior safety Richard LeCounte was selected as the team captain in his final game for the Bulldogs. Despite missing the previous four games due to injury, LeCounte joined his teammates on the field for the final snap of the game.

Coach Kirby Smart said… “I’m certainly proud of our team. I’m proud of the adversity we went through throughout the year with the pandemic. I don’t think we played our best game today. My hat is off to Cincinnati. They did a really good job of de-fensively controlling our run game, and offensively keeping us off balance enough with their quarterback run game... I don’t think anybody really truly understands, not just Georgia, but how hard it was on entire college football to be persistent, to go this long, practice this long. My hat goes off to the guys in the room.”

Justin Shaffer and Payne Walker celebrate with kicker Jack Podlesny after his career-long 53-yard field goal with :03 left defeated Cincinnati in the 2021 Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl.

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Although the University of Georgia is now known as the home of Uga, the pure white English bulldog, several mascots led the Red and Black before Frank W. Seiler provided the current lineage beginning in 1956.

The Goat -- Feb. 22, 1892Georgia’s mascot for its first football game against Auburn, Feb ruary 22,

1892 in Atlanta, Ga., was a goat. Old newspaper clippings indicate that the goat wore a black coat with red U.G. letters on each side. He also had on a hat with ribbons all down his high horns, and the Auburn fans yelled throughout the game “shoot the billy-goat.”

Trilby, 1894In 1894, Georgia’s mascot was

a solid white female bull terrier owned by a student, Charles H. Black, Sr., of Atlanta. Trilby, named after a novel by George Du Maurier, served as the campus pet and mascot for the Chi Phi fraternity.

Disputing stories speculate the origin of the Bulldog nickname, and the story of Trilby provides yet another opinion: “...every day Trilby took herself down to old Herty field with her master for football practice. She ran signals with the best of them and became an accustomed figure on the athletic field...One morning, Trilby failed to appear for her breakfast and after a frantic search she was finally discovered proudly washing the faces of her newborn family, 13 white puppies...Late one dusky fall afternoon, Trilby appeared for a grid workout and scampering after her came her 13 children, dart-ing through players’ legs, barking and pace. ‘Well,’ suggested one of the players, ‘Trilby has brought us a name, Bulldogs.’ ...Every time a game was played on Herty Field, the boys would floss Trilby and her 13 offerings up with red and black ribbons, and so attired they have gone down in history as perhaps the first ‘sponsors’ in southern football.” —Ruth Stanton Cogill (Atlanta newspaper)

“After the rein of Trilby and her family, chaos developed in the mascot department at the university. Many games had several, depending on which alumnus got his dog to the game first.” —AJC, Nov. 18, 1962

Mr. Angel, 1944-46Mr. Angel, a brindle and white colored

English Bulldog owned by Eastman,Ga.,-physician, Warren Coleman, filled a void during some of the war years.

There was no mascot roaming the side-lines and Coleman took Mr. Angel to games and stood with him on the sidelines. His picture on the field and with the Georgia cheerleaders appears in the 1945 and ’46 UGA annual, the Pandora.

Butch, 1947-50Butch was a brin dled English bulldog

owned by Mabry Smith of War ner Robins,

Ga. He was spotted by students who were attending the 1946 Geor-gia-Georgia Tech game in Athens, and the canine appeared to be suited for the mascot position. Smith agreed to loan Butch to the University during the football season along with a female puppy named Tuffy. The female died of a heart attack following the Georgia-Kentucky game in 1948, but Butch continued to serve. Spending the off-season at Smith’s home in Warner Robins, Butch was tragically shot in the summer of 1951 by a policeman after the dog escaped from his pen and was found roaming the streets. Butch is buried behind Smith’s business along Watson Boulevard.

In 2004 plans for a marker honoring Butch in his hometown were put into motion by longtime Warner Robins resident Guy Fussell.

Mike, 1951-55Butch was succeeded

by Mike, another brindled English bulldog, owned by C. L. Fain. Mike lived in the field house on campus and died of natural canine causes in 1955. As his mas-ter’s thesis, Gene Owens of Fort Worth, Texas, cast the bronze statue of Mike which is located at the entrance of Memorial Hall

Uga Takes the FieldIn the last 100 years of

intercollegiate football, Georgia’s Uga has established himself as the nation’s most well-known mascot. The line of pure white English bull-dogs, which epitomizes everything Georgia, has been owned by the Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler family of Savannah, Ga., since Uga I first graced the campus in 1956.

Through the years, Uga has been defined by his spiked collar, a symbol of the position which he holds. He was given his name, an abbreviation for the university, by William Young

of Columbus, a law school classmate of Seiler. Each of the Uga mascots is awarded a varsity letter in the form of a plaque, identical to those presented to all Bulldog athletes who letter in their respective sports.

As determined and published by the Pittsburgh Press, the Uni ver-sity of Georgia is the only major college that actually buries its mascots within the confines of the stadium. Ugas I-IX are buried in marble vaults near the main gate in the embankment of the South stands. Epitaphs to the dogs are inscribed in bronze, and before each home game, flowers are placed on their graves. The memorial plot attracts hundreds of fans and visitors each year.

For the past 20 years, Uga’s jerseys have been custom-made at the beginning of each season from the same material used for the players’ jerseys. Old jerseys are destroyed.

Uga’s on-field home is a permanent air con di tion ed doghouse located next to the cheerleader’s platform, providing comfort in the heat of August and September. The custom-made doghouse is a gift from the Bahamian Bull dog Club of Nassau, Bahamas, through the courtesy of Fred Hazlewood.

Trilby with owner Charles H. Black

Bronze statue of Mike

Sanford Stadium Graves

Mr. Angel

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Uga I, 1956-66“Hood’s Ole Dan”Record: 53-48-6

The current Uga line of solid white English bulldogs began with Uga I, Hood’s Ole Dan, born Dec. 2, 1955, in Columbus. Uga I was given to Cecelia Seiler by a friend, Frank Heard of Columbus and appeared in his first game in the 1956 home opener. As recalled by Sonny Seiler, “...his original red jerseys were made by Cecelia. It was necessary to take up children’s t-shirts to fit the dog in the right places. There is no telling how many of these jersey’s he wore out. During the early games in Athens, especially the hot ones before he had a dog house, the large green hedges that surround Sanford Stadium afford welcomed shade in the heat of battle. Unfortunately, the hedges constantly tore these jerseys and new ones had to be made.”

epitaph: Damn Good Dog

Uga II, 1966-72“Ole Dan’s Uga”Record: 42-16-3

Uga I was succeeded by his son, Ole Dan’s Uga at an impressive pregame ceremony at Home coming, 1966. With the Georgia Redcoat Band lining the field, Uga II was led to the center of the field by Charles Seiler, son of Sonny and Ce cel ia. The student body erupt ed in a cheer that was picked up by the entire stadium, ‘‘Damn Good Dog!’’

Uga II had an impressive reign as he watched Georgia par ticipate in five bowl games and win two SEC championships.

epitaph: Not Bad for A Dog

Uga III, 1972-80“Seiler’s Uga Three”

Record: 71-32-2Born Oct. 9, 1972, Seiler’s Uga III

was present for Georgia football’s finest moment as Herschel Walker took the Bulldogs to the 1980 national cham-pionship. He led Georgia to six bowl games in nine years and closed out his career in ultimate fashion winning the 1980 NCAA championship. Uga III retired on the 100th football game of his career, marking the season-opener of the 1981 season. He died just weeks later.

epitaph: How ‘Bout This Dawg

Uga IV, 1981-89“Seiler’s Uga Four”

Record: 77-27-4Uga IV was perhaps the most active

of all the Georgia mascots, standing as the only one to attend a bowl game every year of his service (1981-89). He took over for Uga III in the 1981 season opener and over the next nine seasons, led Georgia to a record of 77-27-4. The highlight of his career was his personal appearance at the Heisman Trophy Ban quet with Herschel Walker in New York on December 9, 1982. Uga IV was escorted through thebanquet hall by the president of the Down town Athletic

Club, and was earlier photographed with Herschel by photographers from across the country. The proud Bulldog donned his game jersey for the outing and added the formal touch of a collar and black tie. Uga IV was the first mascot invited to the Heisman Banquet.Declared ‘‘Dog of the Decade’’ by Vince Dooley in 1991, Uga IV was posthumously awarded the highest honor available to University of Georgia mascots — the Georgia varsity letter.

epitaph: The Dog of the Decade

Otto, 1986“The Substitute”

Record: 3-1Although Otto was not

pure white like his father, he was called upon to fill in for his younger broth-er, Uga IV, who injured ligaments in his left hind knee when jumping off a hotel bed before the Van-derbilt contest. In four games during the 1986 season, Otto led the team to a 3-1 record and also co-mascotted (along with Uga IV), a victory over instate rival Georgia Tech. After winning his first two games, fans cheered, “2-and-0 with Otto!” Dooley, serving as head coach during Otto’s brief tenure, favored the substitute the most. “I have always had a great affection for those who came off the bench and performed, and he did that and had a great time,” Dooley said. Otto is buried in the Seiler’s backyard.

Uga IV

Uga III Uga I

Uga II

Otto

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Uga V, 1990-99“UGA IV’s Magillicuddy II”

Record: 65-39-1In the first game of 1990, Uga V officially

began his reign as the Georgia mascot, taking over from his father Uga IV, who passed away at his home in Savannah on Feb. 26, 1990. Uga V was the last pup sired by Uga IV and was born on March 6, 1990.

Named in honor of one of the greatest Bulldogs, Dan Magill, former Assistant Athletic Director for Public Relations and longtime tennis coach and sports information director. Surprisingly, the Seiler family became aware that Uga IV’s mate was expecting only 10 days before the litter was due. This notice came a week after Uga IV had passed away at his home in Savannah from kidney failure. There were only three pups in the litter and the last one born on March 6 was the only solid white male.

Uga V had been perhaps the most well known of all the Bulldog mascots, high-lighted by his appearance on the cover of the April 28, 1997, Sports Illustrated which declared him the nation’s best college mascot. Rocketed to stardom, he also appeared in Clint Eastwood’s “Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil” — filmed in his hometown of Savannah, Ga. He died on Nov. 22, 1999, just over two months after his retirement.

Epitaph: “Nation’s Best College Mascot”—Sports Illustrated

Uga VI, 1999-2008“Uga V’s Whatchagot

Loran”Record: 87-27

In 2007, Uga VI became the win-ningest mascot in school history and owned a record of 87-27. The fall of 2008 would have been his 10th season after Uga VI reigned over more games than any other mascot with 114. He

died on June 27, 2008. In his last game, the Bulldogs defeated Hawai’i 41-10 in the 2008 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

The pregame passing of the bone ceremony from Uga V to his heftier and friskier son, Whatchagot Loran, took place at the 1999 Georgia-South Carolina contest. Only a year old at his coronation, Uga VI stood as the biggest of all the Uga mascots weighing in at 65 pounds — 20 pounds heavier than his father.

His first season climaxed in a magnificent come from behind victory over Purdue at the Outback Bowl in Tampa. The 2000 season ended in Hawaii, but due to the distance and a quarantine rule, Uga VI missed the O’ahu Bowl, marking the first time the Georgia mascot had missed the postseason game since the 1969 Sun Bowl.

Alongside first-year head coach Mark Richt, Uga VI saw his third consecutive 8-4 season, which included a 26-24 win at then-No. 6 Tennessee for the Bulldogs’ first win in Knoxville since 1980.

Uga VI and Georgia experienced their best run in two decades during the 2002-05 seasons. That stretch included 44 wins, a pair of SEC titles and appearances in the Sugar, Capital One and Outback Bowls.

In 2007, Uga VI passed Uga IV (77-24-4) for the most wins of any bulldog in school history.

Uga VII, 2008-2009“Loran’s Best”Record: 16-7

The seventh in the Uga line of Georgia mascots was introduced to the Georgia people on Aug. 30, 2008, during pre-game ceremo-nies of the Bulldogs’ season opener against Georgia Southern. “Loran’s Best” officially became “Uga VII,” when he was introduced for the first time to the Sanford Stadium crowd prior to kickoff of the Georgia vs. Georgia Southern game. He was escorted onto the field by members of the Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler family of Savannah who have owned the continuous line of mas-cots since Uga I took up the mantle in 1956.

Uga VII passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 19 of heart-related causes. It was the Thursday before the final home game of the 2009 season and the Bulldogs did not have a live mascot at the game. Instead, a wreath was placed on UGA VII’s doghouse, and the players wore a special UGA VII decal on their helmets to remember him. “Russ,” the five-year-old half brother of Uga VII, served as the Bulldog mascot for the Georgia Tech game in Atlanta and helped his squad to a 30-24 win. He was the first substitute mascot since “Otto” in 1986. Epitaph: Gone Too Soon

Uga VIII, 2010“Big Bad Bruce”

Record: 4-2 Born Sept. 12, 2009 in Savannah, Ga., Uga VIII is the grandson of Uga VI. He car-ried on the tradition of more than 60 years of all-white bulldogs bred by Frank “Sonny” Seiler and family. Uga VIII was named in honor of Dr. Bruce Hollett from the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Hollett has been a longtime caregiver for the famed line of English bulldogs. UGA VIII served six games in the 2010 season before he became ill and missed the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. He passed away with lymphoma on February 4, 2011.Epitaph: He Never Had a Chance

Uga IX, 2012-14(“Russ”, 2009-2012: 16-9)

Record: 44-19 “Uga IX, formerly “Russ,” the half-broth-er of Uga VII, served as interim Bulldog mascot for a total of 25 games. He worked nine games during the 2009 and 2010 sea-sons after Uga VII and VIII passed away. He roamed the sidelines at all 14 games during the 2011 season. He then served for two wins at the beginning of the 2012 season before being promoted as Uga IX prior to the Florida Atlantic game on Sept. 15, 2012. His time as mascot included the 2011 and 2012 SEC Eastern Division championships, three road wins at Georgia Tech, a victory over Texas A&M in the 2009 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., and a win over Nebraska in the 2013 Capital One Bowl. He was the first substitute mascot since “Otto” in 1986.

Epitaph: He endeared himself to the Georgia people. His dedication to duty when called upon was exemplary.

Uga X, 2015-Present“Que”

Record: 74-18 Uga IX officially retired as the

Bulldogs’ mascot at the end of the 2014 season. After a three-month “audition” in that role, his grandson “Que” was formally crowned as his successor in a collaring ceremony prior to the Geor-gia-Georgia Southern game on Nov. 21, 2015. Que assumed the title of Uga X at the age of 2 1/2 years. During his audition, he made appearances at the Countdown to Kickoff event in July 2015, as well as Picture Day in August, before presiding over the entirety of the 2015 football season. Que capped his inaugural season by leading the team to a 24-17 victory over Penn State at the 2016 Taxslayer Bowl. NCAA- and SEC-mandated restrictions, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, confined the ever-popular mascot to his home in Savannah for the entire 2020 season, including Georgia’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl victory.

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The Arch Serving as the official symbol of the University of Georgia, the Arch was built in the 1850s and originally served as part of a larger iron fence securing the campus. Daniel Redfearn (BL 1909, BS 1910) is credited with making the Arch the sacred symbol of UGA. Recognized as one of the school’s finest icons, students today hold the Arch in high regard as its three pillars represent the virtues of wisdom, justice, and moderation.

The "G" In 1963 after becoming the Bulldogs’ Head Football Coach, Vince Dooley redesigned the football uniform, choos-ing a red helmet with a black “G” on a white background as the dominant feature of the new uniform for the 1964 season. He discussed with his staff that a forward-looking “G” would be an appropriate emblem for the helmet of the Georgia team. Dooley had just hired John Donaldson, former Georgia player from 1945 to 1948, as backfield coach. Donaldson was keen on the idea of a new image and volunteered his wife, Anne, who had a BFA in commercial art from UGA, to design a logo for the new Georgia helmet with the general specifications Dooley had outlined. Dooley accepted Anne’s original “G” which fit his vision for a forward look to Georgia’s new emblem. Since the Georgia “G”, though different in design and color, was similar to Green Bay’s “G”, Coach Dooley thought it best to clear the use of Georgia’s new emblem with the NFL team. Athletic Director Joel Eaves called for permission, which was granted. However, since its inception in 1961, the Green Bay “G” has been redesigned several times and now looks like Georgia’s original 1964 “G.” Georgia is proud that the Packers apparently liked the special nuances of the Bulldogs’ forward-looking “G”. Georgia’s oval “G”, eventually replacing Georgia’s old block “G” as the official UGA symbol, has stood the test of time. It made its first appearance in the opening game in 1964 and was an immediate hit with the Georgia fans, especially after Dooley’s first three teams were so successful—highlighted by the 1966 SEC Championship.

‘‘Silver Britches’’ Silver Britches were an innovation of Coach Wally Butts, who took over as head coach in 1939. The handsome pants complemented the bright red jersey and made for a striking uniform. Through the years, fans referred to the Bulldogs’ silver britches in their chants and on banners, but the phrase really caught on in the early fifties with a cheer, banners, and colorful vests that proclaimed ‘‘Go, You Silver Britches.’’ Coach Vince Dooley re-designed the uniform when he came in 1964 and used white pants; however, he re-instituted the silver britches in 1980 just prior to what turned out to be Georgia’s national championship season.

The Chapel Bell The ringing of the chapel bell after a Georgia victory is a tradition that continues even though freshmen are no longer ordered to do the chore. In the 1890’s, the playing field was located only yards from the Chapel and first-year students were compelled to ring the bell until midnight in celebration of a Bull dog victory. Today students, alumni, and townspeople still rush to the Chapel to ring the bell after a gridiron victory.

‘‘Glory, Glory’’ Among the University’s oldest and most lasting tradi-tions is the school fight song, ‘‘Glory, Glory,’’ which is sung to the tune of ‘‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic.’’ It was sung at games as early as the 1890’s, but arranged in its present form by Georgia’s immortal musician-composer Hugh Hodgson in 1915. There have been many Bulldog songs through the years and at least two collections dating back to 1909 have been published, but none have enjoyed more acceptance than ‘‘Glory, Glory.’’

‘‘How ‘Bout Them Dogs’’ This is a slogan of recent vintage, but one that has become a battle cry of Bull dog fans probably because of its obvious grammatical slur. It first surfaced during the mid to late 1970’s especially during the 1978 season when the Bull-dogs posted several remarkable, come-from-behind victories. It gained national attention and exposure when Georgia won the national champion ship in 1980. A major wire service used the phrase in its story of Georgia’s victory over Notre Dame and many newspapers picked it up in glaring headlines across the country proclaiming ‘‘How ‘Bout Them Dogs!’’

‘‘Bulldogs’’ Many oldtimers say Georgia acquired the nickname, “Bulldogs,” because of the strong ties with Yale, whose nickname is “Bulldogs.” Georgia’s first president, Abraham Baldwin, was a Yale man and the early buildings on campus were designed from blueprints of the same buildings at Yale. However, the first references to the nickname “Bulldogs” actually came in the 1910’s (1911-20) by Atlanta newspaper writers covering both football and baseball games. Although used occasionally during the previous decade, the nickname began to be consistently used around 1920. On Nov. 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote about school nicknames and said "The Georgia Bull-dogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity." After a 0-0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1920, Atlanta Consti-tution writer Cliff Wheatley used the name "Bulldogs" in his story five times. Gene Hinton also used the term “Bulldogs.” The nickname seemed to be off and running.

‘‘Between The Hedges’’ A reference to Sanford Stadium that dates to the early 1930’s. The famous Chinese privet hedges that surround San ford’s playing field were only one foot high when the stadium was dedi cated in 1929 and were protected by a wood-en fence. It was natural for a clever sports writer, referring to an upcoming home game, to observe ‘‘that the Bulldogs will have their opponent ‘between the hedges.’’ At least one old-timer says the phrase was first coined by the legendary Atlanta sportswriter Grantland Rice.

‘‘Lone Trumpeter’’ Seven minutes before kickoff in Sanford Stadium, the Bulldog Nation directs its attention to a lone trumpeter stand-ing in the upper deck of the southwest corner of the stadium. The soloist is recognized and begins to play the first 14 notes of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The Battle Hymn solo was originally composed in 1987 as a student project by Jeff Simmons and became a part of the pre-game traditions in 2000. Each year, 25-30 members of the Redcoat Band audition for one of the 4-5 soloist positions.“Silver Britches”

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resident Jere W. Morehead began his tenure as the 22nd University of Geor-gia President on July 1, 2013. Under his

leadership, the University has risen in the rankings of the best public colleges and universities and has completed a series of initiatives to enhance student learning and success, including a requirement for experiential learning for all undergraduates.

Additionally, the University completed the most successful capital campaign in its history, raising $1.45 billion, and launched an Innovation District initiative to cre-ate UGA’s campus of the future, where students and faculty will partner with industry to generate ideas and solutions to continue the University’s role as a powerful driver of economic development in Georgia. During President Morehead’s tenure, UGA has increased its research expenditures by 41% and has been ranked among the top five universities in the U.S. for research-based products reaching the marketplace for the past seven years. UGA was ranked No. 1 in the nation for FY2019 and FY2017. In keeping with his focus on student success, President Morehead launched the ALL Georgia Program to support students from rural areas and created the Double Dawgs program, which enables students to save time and money by earning an un-dergraduate and graduate degree in five years or less. A UGA education is in greater demand than ever, with a record 39,500 applications submitted for a spot in the in-coming Class of 2025 and an admission rate under 39%. President Morehead has served the University of Georgia since 1986 in both faculty and administrative roles. Before becoming President, he was Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost from 2010 to 2013. Prior to 2010, he held several key administrative assignments, including Vice President for Instruction, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Associate Provost and Director of the Honors Program, and acting Executive Director of Legal Affairs. He is the Meigs Professor of Legal Studies in the Terry College of Business, where he has held a faculty appointment since 1986. He is a co-author of sever-al books and book chapters, including The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, and he has published scholarly articles on legal topics ranging from export controls to jury selection. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal. President Morehead serves as Co-Chair of the University Leadership Forum, a national initiative led by the Council on Competitiveness. He also serves as Chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Board of Directors, a member of the NCAA Division I Administrative Committee, and a member of the NCAA Board of Governors. He previously served on the NCAA Presidential Forum; the Working Group on Name, Image, and Likeness; and the Federal and State Leg-islation Working Group. He is President of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Chair of the SEC Executive Committee. In 2021, he received the Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District III for outstanding leadership and service in support of education. He has received several University-wide teach-ing awards, including the Josiah Meigs Award—UGA’s highest honor for teaching excellence, the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Teacher of the Year Award in the Terry College of Business, and the Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award. He also earned the UGA School of Law’s pre-mier honor for alumni, the Distinguished Service Scroll Award. President Morehead holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University and a law degree from the University of Georgia.

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Jere W. Morehead was named UGA’s 22nd President on July 1, 2013.

Josh BrooksJ. Reid Parker

Director of Athletics

osh Brooks was named J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics on Jan. 6, 2021, after serving 11 years at UGA, most recently as

Interim Director of Athletics and Senior Deputy Director of Athletics. Brooks returned to UGA in 2016 as Executive Associate Director of Athletics after serving

as Deputy Athletics Director at the University of Louisiana Monroe from 2015-16 and Director of Athletics at Millsaps College from 2014-15. Prior to his tenures at Millsaps and ULM, he had served in capacities at UGA as Director of Football Operations (2008-11) and Assistant and Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations (2012-14). On January 20, 2021, Brooks pledged $100,000 to create a need-based scholarship that will support UGA students from Athens-Clarke County. His gift will create a Georgia Commitment Scholarship (GCS), adding to the more than 550 endowed, need-based scholarships created under the GCS program since its launch in January 2017. During his time at UGA, Brooks worked closely with former Director of Athletics Greg McGarity overseeing internal and external for all athletic operations. He has served as the liaison with the Office of University Ar-chitects office on all athletic construction projects and with several campus departments, as well as the president’s office. His responsibilities at UGA have included overseeing the departments of facility support, graphics and design, and turf management. He has been involved in the scheduling of future football games as well as overseeing bowl game operations. In addition, his responsibilities included assisting with the development and management of facilities, new construction projects for the Athletic Association, and planning the 2013 Jason Aldean Concert in Sanford Stadium. Brooks has also served as the sport facilitator for football and men’s and women’s track and field and cross country. During his time at Millsaps, Brooks revamped the Major game-day expe-rience. He created the kids’ zone, specialized concessions, and partnerships with youth sports leagues. Partnerships with the Jackson Public Schools, the Jackson Zoo, the National Guard and the Boy and Girl Scouts of America added to game days. This enhanced experience helped Brooks solicit over $100K in sponsorship opportunities. Brooks also established a department-wide fundraising campaign that led to a 150 percent increase in Major-Club donations. Capping off this fundraising campaign was the creation of a standalone Hall of Fame event at the Capital Club and the Mary Ann Edge Golf Tournament held at Patrick Farms golf course. The Majors also saw great athletic success in Brooks’ first year. The Ma-jors enjoyed two SAA regular season championships, captured by the men’s soccer team and the women’s basketball team. The Millsaps’ baseball team also earned a trip to the West Regional tournament. The student-athletes also shined in the classroom in Brooks’ first year. Millsaps’ student-athletes had an overall grade-point-average of 3.0 in the 2014-15 academic year. Over 130 Majors’ earned Academic All-Conference honors. Brooks also served as director of football operations at the University of Louisiana-Monroe beginning in 2004, and in 2007 ULM became bowl eligible for the first time in school history after beating Alabama. Brooks gained ex-perience as a student at Louisiana State University, working as an equipment manager and a student assistant coach. During his four years at LSU, the Tigers participated in the 2000 Peach Bowl, 2002 Sugar Bowl, and won the 2001 Southeastern Conference championship. A native of Hammond, La., Brooks graduated from LSU (’02) with a degree in Kinesiology and completed his Master’s degree in Sport Management from UGA (’14). He and his wife, Lillie, have twin sons, Jackson and James, born in July of 2009 and a third son, Davis, born in March of 2012.

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By: Seth Emerson, The AthleticPublished Dec. 1, 2021

ATHENS — “Stetson Bennett is a beast, man. Stetson Bennett — Stet-son Bennett puts a lot of pressure on our defense because he is extremely quick, he’s fast and he can throw. He can throw in the pocket and he can throw on the run, and he’s very, very competitive.”– Mel Tucker, then-Georgia defensive coordinator, on the eve of the 2018 Rose Bowl Those Rose Bowl practices, where Bennett mimicked Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield for the Georgia defense, quickly be-came a legend. A fun legend, especially among the few who were there when Tucker said it. The normally stoic and all-business Tucker broke character for a moment, opening his eyes wide. Stetson Bennett is a beast, man. Stetson Ben-nett — Stetson Bennett … Somebody, it may have been the writer of this story, pointed out that Bennett, like May-field, was similar in size and also started his ca-reer as a walk-on, and wouldn’t it be funny if … Well, that was ridiculous. And now, four years later, here we are. “I always thought he could play,” said Da-vin Bellamy, one of those defensive players on Georgia’s 2017 team who tried to stop Bennett in practice. “I just never thought he would get his chance at Georgia, honestly. You know how it is with the stars, and especially that quarter-back position, it’s a star-studded position. I just didn’t think it would happen.” If Georgia wins Saturday, it will be the first time Nick Saban was beaten by a quarterback who began their career as a walk-on since 1997, when Brian Griese led Michigan past Michigan State. “Coming from a walk-on to leading us into the conference championship,” said Jordan Da-vis, Georgia’s senior nose tackle. “It’s a story that seems like one of those 30-for-30s.” The crux of the story is how many times Bennett has been doubted … by his own team. Never mind all the fans and media members, possibly this reporter included, who remain unsure whether he will be the quarterback who leads Georgia to that elusive ring. But the fact that the story has gone this far is beyond amaz-ing.

Early 2017 Signing day came and passed, and Bennett was left unclaimed. Georgia signed another in-state quarterback, top-50-rated Jake Fromm and

other quarterbacks in the state were signed by Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma State and Stanford. Bennett had put up big numbers at small Pierce County High School — more than 6,600 passing yards and 1,073 rushing yards his final two years — but his height scared away the big boys. Ivy League schools offered spots, places like Southern Miss and Mercer offered scholarships. Bennett, however, was betting on himself. He was holding out for the big one, even if it meant not getting a scholarship. And the night of signing day Georgia offered him a preferred walk-on spot. He took it. “Bennett made his high school career on causing knowledgeable football folks to wonder if his height would be an issue,” Jeff Sentell, the recruiting writer for DawgNation, wrote at the time. “He’s walking on and betting on himself to see what he can do at Georgia.”

‘We pushed him out the door’ Bennett was actually one of two walk-on QBs who ran scout team for Georgia’s defense in 2017, but he was the one who stood out. That was even before the Rose Bowl. Linebacker Roquan Smith called Bennett “quick as a cat.” Defensive lineman Jonathan Ledbetter recalled thinking he had contain on a Bennett scramble, only to have Bennett spin out on him. Safety JR Reed called Bennett a “Baker Mayfield mini-me” who would probably play at any school if he were a little taller. Linebacker Lorenzo Carter recalled that Bennett wanted to dispense with the black non-contact jersey that quarterbacks usually wear and go with a red one. “I remember him as a tough guy, first of all. Because we beat him up,” Carter said, laughing. “We put him through a lot because we faced a lot of running quarterbacks that year. And to finish of the year, we had Baker Mayfield in the Rose Bowl, and in practice, he damn near

‘I just never thought he would get his chance’:The journey of Georgia QB Stetson Bennett IV, a long road to respect

played better than Baker. When we played (Oklahoma) he made the game a lot easier for us.” These comments were coming in real time, by the way, and Bellamy thinks may have contributed to Ben-nett transferring. “I think if you asked him, we kind of pushed him out the door,” Bellamy says now. “A lot of those older guys, those seniors, were like: ‘Hey, this kid can go play somewhere.’ Even if it was small D-II or whatever. He left an impression on us where we would be like: ‘This kid can go play. Trans-fer and go play somewhere, man.’ He used to make us look silly.”

Kirby Smart would tell coaches in meetings: “Stetson is a baller.” Bennett himself, however, came to see that first year at Georgia differently, as a wasted op-portunity to actually learn the things he needed to improve on as a quarterback. He was focus-ing too much, he would say later, on showing he had the talent to play at this level. “I thought I was good enough to play here talent-wise,” he said. “But I didn’t really put myself in the best position, I didn’t do enough myself to be as good as I could be.” That was one of the reasons he decided to leave Georgia after spring practice, along with the chance to showcase himself. Smart and then-offensive coordinator Jim Chaney tried to convince him to stay; it remains murky whether they dangled a scholarship offer, but it was clear Smart wanted him to remain in the program. Bennett, despite his professed love for Geor-gia, opted to bet on himself again and leave. He ended up at Jones College in Mississippi, a junior college whose head coach is Steve Buckley, who in one of those many moments of foreshadowing, had worked a few years earli-er for now-Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken.

Junior college and back The first time Bennett drove onto the Jones College campus he realized he was in a differ-ent world. The dorms were smaller, the football facilities a fraction of what he experienced at Georgia. But he also knew this is the place he would be the starting quarterback, and play in real games. “Running the team over there, being the guy, playing experience, knowing how lucky I was to be here (at Georgia) in the first spot,” Bennett said, ticking off all the benefits. “Being away made me realize how lucky I was, and that I deserved nothing, that nothing was going to be handed to me. So I needed to work to be a better

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person, and get better at football.” Bennett led the team to its first 10-win season in more than a decade, passing for 16 touchdowns and rushing for four, while ranking 12th in passing yards among junior college QBs. But he also threw 14 interceptions, which may have been a red flag to some big-ger schools. Bennett was trying to do too much, Buckley recounted last year, probably trying too hard to show the world what he can do in just one season. But the overall results were still good. “Stet plays with no fear,” Buckley said. “He has athleticism and a high football IQ, with a very strong arm. When you combine all of those things together you can execute at the quarter-back position.” Louisiana offered Bennett a scholar-ship, and he accepted. He would have played for its newly-hired head coach, Billy Napier, but on signing day morning in De-cember, Bennett woke up and saw missed calls from Smart and James Coley, Georgia’s new-ly-promoted offensive coordinator. Bennett and the Bulldogs’ staff had remained in touch over the past few months. When Geor-gia played at LSU that season Bennett made the short drive over and was in the stands. Bennett called the coaches back that morning and they offered him a scholarship: Five-star freshman Justin Fields was transferring, and they needed someone who knew the system to come in and be the backup to Fromm. Bennett didn’t accept right away. He talked to his parents, the coaches at both schools, and Buckley, who advised him to stick with Louisi-ana — not out of loyalty, but because he’d have a better chance to play. Bennett realized Buckley was probably right, but the pull of Georgia was too much, and he committed later that day, Georgia announc-ing the signing-day surprise that night, well af-ter Smart’s news conference. “I would’ve been fine going to Louisiana,” Bennett said. “Pride-wise. It wasn’t an itch I needed to scratch to come back here. I just love this place. … But that (getting a scholarship) was not the moment I was going for.” So what was the moment he was going for? “I want to play,” Bennett said. “That’s why everyone comes here.”

The 2019 Season Bennett came back understanding he was going to be Jake Fromm’s backup, and planned on listening to him as much as he could. Ben-nett’s first action as a Georgia player came against Murray State, passing for 124 yards and two touchdowns. He appeared in four other games, including one ill-fated pass in the SEC championship, when he was called in suddenly on a third-and-long play when Fromm turned

his ankle. Bennett’s pass sailed well past the intended receiver. “I wasn’t warm. I wasn’t really expecting it,” Bennett said. “Whenever I saw Fromm go down I just sprinted to my helmet, picked it up and felt this giant shock of lightning: ‘Well, I’m about to go into the SEC championship. I wasn’t expect-ing that.’” Fromm turned pro after the season, but had a replacement lined up: Jamie Newman, a grad transfer from Wake Forest, whose arrival ap-peared to dash any hopes Bennett may have had about getting a real shot at the starting role.

The 2020 Season The quarterback room grew again in the spring with the arrival of USC transfer JT Daniels, who had an instant connection with Monken, the new offensive coordinator. By the summer, Bennett had been demoted to fourth on the depth chart, behind Newman, Daniels and also redshirt freshman D’Wan Mathis, who had missed the previous season after developing a brain cyst. Buckley, however, saw Bennett as someone who could be a fit with his old boss Monken, with whom he worked at Southern Miss in 2013. “Coach Monken is going to be a detailed coach,” Buckley said last year. “He demands excellence. He expects the quarterbacks to pro-cess the entire offense, and be able to process it at a high rate of speed. And he’s going to put a lot on his quarterbacks. And he’s going to coach them hard. And Stet can handle that.” Events moved in Bennett’s direction very fast: Newman opted out in the preseason, Dan-iels wasn’t cleared in time for the season to start, and Mathis struggled in the season opener against Arkansas. In went Bennett, who brought the team back for the win, then won the next two — before tossing three interceptions in the

loss at Alabama. After a win at Kentucky, when Bennett threw two more interceptions, the end came against Florida, when Bennett completed just 5-of-16 passes, taking a big hit in the process. Daniels took over, locked down the start-ing job, and once again Bennett’s chance at meaningful playing time seemed finally, definitely, certainly, over.

2021: ‘The true definition of resiliency’ The day before Georgia’s second game, word leaked that Daniels was unlikely to play because of an oblique injury. Initially, reports were redshirt freshman Carson Beck — who that week Smart had said was the No. 2 QB — would get the start against UAB. But when the game started it was Bennett, who proceeded to sling five touchdown pass-es, tying a school record. That’s when everyone should’ve known.

But the way this season has played out has been surprising to everybody. “I was skeptical at first, but now that he’s getting more settled, and he knows it’s his show, and he knows that, ‘Hey, if I make a mistake I’m not coming out,’ he feels more comfortable,” Bellamy said. “He’s just a baller, he just adds another dynamic to the game. You can’t sack him, you can’t get a clean hit on him. So when that comes into play, you have people not rush-ing as hard. He just brings a different dynamic and makes the defense have to think way more than other quarterbacks.” Davis called Bennett “the true definition of resiliency,” ticking off all the travels and bench-ings in the quarterbacks’ career. But if Bennett is motivated or fazed by any of it he doesn’t offer any clues, even to his teammates. “Stetson’s always calm, cool and collected. You can never really get a bead on him,” Da-vis said. Indeed, Bennett didn’t bite on chances to do any verbal victory laps or offer any deep thoughts. “I’ll let all the storytelling and narrative write itself,” he said. His teammates, current and past, tend to say it better. “Everyone knew Stet was talented,” said An-drew Thomas, right tackle in 2017 and now with the New York Giants. “He used to be killing it on the scout team offense. And to see him go out there and do it on the field now, I’m just proud that he stuck through it and kept his head down and kept working.” Carter, speaking Wednesday before a Giants practice, was asked if he thought Bennett could do all this. “Oh for sure,” Carter said. “I didn’t know where he was going to be. I didn’t know if he was going to get a chance to do it at Georgia. But I knew wherever he wanted to go, he would make an impact for them. I’m just glad he’s do-ing it for us.”



By: Marc Weiszer,Athens Banner-HeraldPublished Dec. 1, 2021

ATHENS — Step by step. Up and down. Fifteen times. One for each game. Twelve in the regular season. The SEC championship. The national semifinal. The national championship. Georgia football players ran the Sanford Stadium steps with each trip to signify another game in their journey to win it all. “It was a long climb,” safety Lewis Cine said. “It was tiring, but we finished strong and that’s really what mattered. You didn’t see guys really quit. That’s what I liked about the whole thing. Guys kept pushing.” They did it in the cold of winter in the early morning with a season that was good, but cer-tainly not great just behind them. The offseason workouts under the direction of strength and conditioning coach Scott Sin-clair after an 8-2 COVID-19 2020 year were the starting point for a memorable 2021 season that still has some major moments to go. Players say it is one of the ways this team formed the tight bond it is thriving with even if it was anything but fun at the time. “Y’all have been to Sanford,” nose guard Jordan Davis said Monday. “You take a walk up those steps one time, y’all are pooped. Imagine running up those 15 times and coach Sinclair and everybody’s yelling at you and pushing you. We had to jog to the stadium so you’re already tired from the jog to the stadi-um from here.” Top-ranked Georgia heads into Saturday’s 4 p.m. SEC championship in Atlanta’s Mer-cedes-Benz Stadium with an unbeaten record just like the last two national champions from the conference — Alabama and LSU. The Crimson Tide — No. 2 in the USA To-day Sports AFCA Coaches poll, No. 3 in the CFP rankings and No. 4 in the AP poll — are back again this season even if it isn’t quite the beast they’ve been in recent seasons, but look to be the biggest challenge Georgia has faced so far this season. The Bulldogs have pointed for months to their offseason “skull sessions,” to better un-derstand and relate to how their teammate’s life path took them to where they are now.

That has translated into fighting together for a common cause on the field. Stacking elite recruiting classes one on top of another is certainly a major driver of the first 12-0 record for the Bulldogs since the 1980 national championship team.

“There’s no question this team has some-thing different about them,” Mike Cavan, an assistant on those early 1980s team and now UGA’s director of football administration, said on Georgia’s pregame radio show Saturday. Coach Kirby Smart said he and his staff de-cided after rallying for a Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati to change things up with its eight or so winter workouts. The thinking he said, was “Hey, we’re go-ing to be different, we’re not doing our early morning workouts in the indoor, we’re going to go to the stadium and we’re going to do it in the stadium at 5:30 or 6:00 and get out in the elements and see if we can make this team a little tougher and require it. It was cold, it was wet. We’re just trying to make it tougher and they did the same things they would do in the indoor but we just try to change it up because I didn’t feel like we were getting where we needed to go.” Georgia missed out on winning the SEC East and reaching the SEC championship game last season because of losses to Florida and Alabama where the Bulldogs didn’t have answers for explosive passing offenses and didn’t have quarterback play to match. The defense has been dominant no matter the opponent and Stetson Bennett grabbed the starting job and has played efficient football in

The Work It Took to Get Here:Georgia’s Rise to No. 1 Fueled by Climbing Sanford Stadium Steps

a much-improved Todd Monk-en offense. “I think it’s a credit to what Coach Smart has built,” Bennett said. “Just his whole demeanor and attitude and the kids he recruits. It is expected, this is the University of Geor-gia. In my opinion it always should’ve been expected. Not just in my time here but the history of this football pro-gram. Where we are, the state-wise, talent-wise, what we can attract, what we can offer. In-stitutionally with education, the connections we should be able to get anybody we want. With that comes expectations to win games with those type of players.” This isn’t the 2019 Bulldogs

that were drilled 37-10 by LSU in their last SEC title game appearance. “I think our kids are playing with con-fidence,” Smart said. “I think there’s a lot of things outside of just the Xs and Os of foot-ball that this team has really connected, and they’ve done a great job from a leadership standpoint. We’re not the same team we were then, and there’s some areas that team was probably more talented than this team. But the strength of this team, I’ve said it repeatedly, is the team, and the fact that it is a team and it’s not a one-man show of any kind. It’s really spread across.”


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By: Connor Riley, DawgNationPublished Nov. 16, 2021

ATHENS — Nolan Smith is a big baseball fan. Despite being a Savan-nah, Ga., native, his favorite team is the New York Yankees. New York’s season came to an end in early Oc-tober at the hands of the Boston Red Sox. Yet Smith still found joy in watch-ing the Atlanta Braves win their first championship in 26 years. In part, it’s because his dad is a massive Braves fan. But he also enjoyed getting to see his teammates getting to enjoy a championship run, one he himself hopes to participate in as a member of the Georgia team. Smith further expounded on how much he appreciates Freddie Free-man, the leader of the Atlanta Braves, and all he did for his team. “That’s one of those guys that stuck out with that program. That’s something we do here,” Smith said. “A lot of guys stick around for fifth and sixth years. To see him win it and stuck the ball in his back pocket, I’ll never forget that.”Like the Braves, there’s some debate about who is the best player on the Georgia defense. There’s a number of different answers you could give and on any given day you could be proven right. Austin Riley, Max Fried, Jordan Davis or Nakobe Dean. There’s no super-duper star — at least with no Ronald Acuña Jr. avail-able — just a collection of great players elevat-ing the entire team. But like the Atlanta Braves, there’s little doubt as to who the leader of the group is. “Nolan is real vocal. Nolan is definitely an extrovert,” junior safety Lewis Cine said. “When Nolan is in an area you are going to know because he is really loud. He cares about his people, he cares about the players, he cares about the coaches. He cares about everyone. That’s the type of leader he is.” Smith’s voice and enthusiasm constantly show to why leading comes naturally to the out-side linebacker. Wide receiver Kearis Jackson compared him to a microphone. Tight end John FitzPatrick went with “very loud” to describe his personality while Jordan Davis pointed to Smith’s “bubbliness.” It’s not just his voice though that teammates bring up. It’s the vibe he brings. To meetings, to practice and most obviously to field on Satur-day. In the course of reporting the story, multi-ple players were quick to offer up how Smith is often the first player to congratulate someone on a great play.

Those teammates notice that just as quickly as they do his voice. “That’s a big thing as a teammate,” defen-sive back Ameer Speed. “Having that there, that energy, I feel like that is what brings us all to-gether and closer. It makes us play better when we’re connected and able to love and play for each other. It makes everything a lot better.”There’s real love between Smith and the mem-bers of the Georgia team. And Smith is very comfortable displaying it. “You see it on film, he plays how he talks,” Davis said. “He wants that life. Nolan will al-ways be the guy who will bring it and you can rely on.” Smith has long been working towards being a leader at the University of Georgia. He was the first player to commit in Georgia’s 2019 recruit-ing class, instantly emerging as the pied piper for a class that ultimately landed Dean, Walker, Cine and others. Before he got to Georgia, Smith spent his final two seasons of high school playing for the prestigious IMG Academy. He was playing with some of the best high school players in the country, much like he is now for the No. 1 ranked Bulldogs. Not only did it help sharpen his on-field skills. Playing for the school allowed him to further hone his leadership skills. “He’s always had leadership skills. He’s very intelligent,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “Everywhere you meet people at the schools he’s been at or the schools he grew up going to, they rave about what a great kid he is.” As Smith has grown as a leader this season, he’s also gotten better as a player. In recent games against Florida and Missouri, he’s forced a fumble, recovered a fumble, came down with

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an interception and blocked a punt. His performance against Florida earned him SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors. While he might not be your an-swer for the best player on Georgia’s defense, he’s clearly an impact play-er for the Bulldogs. “I think the more he played, the more he’s played, the more his per-sonality has been able to come out,” Smart said. “I appreciate his leader-ship and really his energy and enthu-siasm he brings to work every day is what makes him a good leader.” Going forward though, Smith knows he’ll need to make an even bigger on-field impact. Following the suspension of Adam Anderson due to rape allegations, Georgia is going to need someone to provide a consistent pass rush.

“It is always a new role, a new position, next man up and I just have to step up in that posi-tion,” Smith said. “As the wolfpack, I just have to hold us accountable.” To date, Smith only has 1.5 sacks. But as Freeman showed in this year’s playoffs, it’s not how you start but how you finish. He struck out in his first seven at-bats in the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yet in his final at-bat of the season for the Braves, Freeman crushed a home run, putting an exclamation point in the 7-0 win over the Houston Astros in game 6 of the World Series. In addition to greater responsibilities, Smith must also deal with an injury. Smith was forced to leave the game against Tennessee after get-ting hit on the elbow. Smart said on Monday though Smith should be fine, as the Georgia out-side linebacker seemed to avoid major injury.That should be a major relief for a quickly thin-ning outside linebacker room, as well as the en-tire Georgia defense. Smith isn’t Georgia’s only defensive leader, only its most vocal. Cine pointed out that the Georgia defense wouldn’t work if it had 10 Smiths. Everyone has a role to play within the group. Smith’s just happens to be the loudest. And his voice may help carry Georgia to its first title in 41 seasons. “Nolan is the definition of a leader if you ask me,” safety Dan Jackson said. “He’s always amping people up. Some people say he’s known for how loud he is but I think that’s important to have on this defense and special teams. When I think of Nolan, I think of a leader automatical-ly.”



By: Steve HummerAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished Nov. 30, 2021

ATHENS — No one has wrung more from Georgia’s top-shelf season than Jordan Davis, the Bulldogs’ Alp with feet. Just this weekend, his holi-ness Nick Saban went on a rhap-sodic riff about the man in the middle of Georgia’s defensive line, anointing Davis, “one of the most dominant players in college football.” “If he thinks like that, I’m honored and I’m glad,” Davis said Monday. “But you can’t let it get to your head.” The Bull-dogs’ largest player hasn’t the ego to match. Another reason an interior lineman – the least glam-orous and statistically rewarding position on the defense – has become the popular human trade-mark of the nation’s top-ranked college football team. Saban’s compliment landed shortly after Davis had pronounced himself too big to be confined to just one side of the ball, running it in from a yard out for a touchdown against Charleston Southern. You just gotta have a yard, he’s your man – there at the bottom of the Bull-dogs’ rushing stats you’ll find the 340-pounder with two carries for two yards. Whether Ala-bama need be concerned about this plus-sized rushing threat during Saturday’s SEC Champi-onship game, “I can’t really say,” Davis coyly put it. “But if I get the rock, I’ll try to make some-thing shake.” Most likely the foundation of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Davis would conclude his Senior Day vs. Charleston Southern by leading the marching band in a rendition of “Glory, Glory.” If you spot him grooming Uga or taking one of the majorettes’ batons out for a quick twirl in ad-vance of the big SEC game Saturday, don’t be surprised. He seems intent upon visiting every facet of Bulldog life before departing. Davis has approached this thus-far unbeaten season with the joy and curiosity of someone who expected none of it. When he was spotted at a Braves game this season, recognized, and received like visiting royalty, it amazed Davis. To him, it’s as if Georgia’s rampage through the conference and his own spiking popularity is one big surprise party. So why not glory in every moment? It’s when asked why he is so committed to never getting cheated on any of this season’s experiences that Davis so nicely sums up his outlook:

“Every day I lead my best life, doesn’t mat-ter what I’m doing. I’m just happy to be here. There’s not a lot of people in this position, and I’m not supposed to be here. Got to show grat-itude and appreciate the little moments from waking up to coming here working – even being in front of you guys (the media). It’s an honor, no matter what. Every time I put my feet on the ground it’s a blessing.” Not supposed to be here? Seriously? There seems to be no one more meant to be a part of this defense-driven team than Davis. He is noth-ing less than an anchor point. A weight-bearing beam. Yet, he insists, “Life carries different paths, and I never expected my path to take me here. Every time I’m grateful for it. It almost brings me to tears. I’m not supposed to be here, but I’m here and I’m forever grateful.” Such is the approach of a reformed over-weight couch spud and deluded basketball wannabe who had to be practically towed onto the football field as a high schooler in North Carolina. First steps were torture for Davis. As a freshman, he reportedly used to hide in a bathroom stall to try to avoid working out with his high school team. And even after gaining some prep props, his initiation at Georgia hardly was seamless. He was some 40 pounds heavier then, struggling to keep up with the demands. As he once told ESPN, “I was so ready to go back home. I was like, ‘Man, I can’t do this any-more.’” Yet through the prodding of teammates and his own day-to-day resolve, the 6-foot-6 Da-vis began growing into his potential. By late in his freshman season, he had his first start. First an intermittent presence, he gradually became recognized as a larger-than-life figure even in a game filled with mesomorphs. Sloppy fat became more usefully proportioned width. His

Georgia’s Jordan Davis Brings Big Personality to a Big Gamecombination of heft and nim-bleness sets him apart, the kind of rare skill set that has made Davis an Outland Trophy fi-nalist even with the modest stat line (24 tackles, 3.5 for a loss, 2 sacks) and the confinement to the role of early-down special-ist. Even Saturday against Ala-bama, the defending champion and the once standard for all things defense, Davis figures to physically stand above every-one else on that field. You can’t help but watch him, drawing all eyes to a position that tra-ditionally goes unnoticed and unloved. Working against an offen-sive line that gave up seven sacks and 11 tackles for a loss to Auburn last week, Davis is

far more charitable than most when assessing the impending match-up. “Alabama’s always been known for physi-cal toughness, and they have a great offensive line,” he said. “They have a great size, great motor. I just feel like it’s going to be a tremen-dous challenge to play against them. They’re big. We’re big.” No one is bigger than he. And he draws praise to scale. In its entirety, Saban’s recent review of Davis’ work was a veritable ode. “I think the guy is one of the most dominant players in college football,” the Alabama head coach said. “Any defensive lineman, I guess you can look at a lot of things, but the No. 1 thing is how hard are they to block? And he’s really hard to block. He’s got great size. He’s very powerful, but he’s got really good initial quickness – short-area quickness – and can push the pocket and pass rush. “He’s about as good a player as I’ve seen for a long time as an inside player on any college football team.” Name: Jordan X. Davis. The X is for Xavier.Image: That of a flesh-and-blood avalanche, so much mass moving with such shocking quick-ness. Against Clemson, that translated into two tackles for a loss and a sack. Against Ala-bama-Birmingham, that produced the highlight of the interior lineman running cross-field and running down quarterback Tyler Johnson at the sideline. Likeness: Yeah, everybody likes Davis. How can you not? Have no doubt, Davis is supposed to be here. Right in the middle of all good things about this Georgia season.


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By: Mark RandallDeSoto (Miss.) Times-TribunePublished Oct. 22, 2021

HORN LAKE, Miss. ----- Nakobe Dean doesn’t get to visit his home town much any-more. The junior linebacker is now leading the defense of the undefeated Georgia Bulldogs and is a prospect on the rise for the 2022 NFL Draft. But when he walked inside Horn Lake High School on Friday, it felt like he had never left. “Every time I do come back, I get nostalgic,” Dean said. “It’s been four years, but it brings back good memories. We had coaches we could look up to. It’s the same old Horn Lake though.” Dean returned to his alma mater to pres-ent a check for $10,000 to Hope Community Center, Inc as part of the 2021 Allstate Good Works Team. He is one of 22 players - and one of four players from the Southeast Con-ference (SEC) - to be nominated. The Ameri-can Football Coaches Association recognizes a select group of players each year based on their commitment to serving their communi-ties. Dean has given his time to “Dawgs for Pups,” which raised $200,000 to help local youth in the Athens/Clarke County area; vis-ited Camp Sunshine, which provides recre-ational, educational, and support programs for children with cancer; led an effort that raised $100,000 for Wi-Fi hotspots; served on a team that collected 27,000 pounds of food for the Northeast Georgia Food Bank; participated in Bulldogs Battling Breast Can-cer Golf Tournament; collected 437 new and gently used coats for the Boys & Girls Club of Athens; and read to students as part of Read Across America. Dean has a 3.53 GPA in mechanical en-gineering in the classroom. On the field, so far this season he has 30 tackles, 3.5 sacks and one interception, and is on the watch list for the Butkus Award given to college foot-ball’s most outstanding linebacker. He was Georgia’s leading tackler in 2020 with 71 stops, which was 19 more than the next clos-est Bulldog defender, with 1.5 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, and four quarterback hurries. As a freshman in 2019, Dean had 25 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and a

forced fumble. At Horn Lake, Dean was part of the team that won the Mississippi High School Activ-ities Association (MHSAA) 6A state football championship and was the recipient of the Dick Butkus Award as the nation’s top line-backer in 2018. He was also named Missis-sippi Mr. 6A Football, and played in the Un-der Armour All-American Football Game. Analysts say Dean has been an impactful player and is the unquestioned leader of the Bulldogs, whose defense is currently ranked number one, allowing only 297.1 total yards per game,and only 5.5 points per game. “I am just having fun with the team and working hard,” Dean said. Dean said it means a lot to him to be able to give back to Horn Lake. The Hope Com-munity Center, Inc. of North Mississippi pro-vides a variety of safe, fun, and exciting after school activities and events for youth of all ages. “Giving back is in my blood,” Dean said. “My mother had me giving back since I was growing up. We did this day called The 12 Days of Christmas where we did 12 Days of Service leading up to Christmas. So giving back is in my blood and continues to stay with me.” Horn Lake Football Head Coach Mitchell Harville, who first coached Dean in seventh and eighth grade, said he is pleased to see Dean excelling at such a high level at Geor-gia. “It’s been exciting watching him his entire time with Georgia,” Harville said. “From the time he got there as a freshman. He walked in there and he has been able to do so much.”

A Legacy of Giving Brings Nakobe Dean Back to Horn Lake Harville said it was clear early on that Dean was a spe-cial player. “He was typically the best player on the field and the favorite player on the team,” Harville said. “His intensity was far above anything you’ve ever seen. You would watch him and you saw him trans-form into what he became. You just knew there wasn’t a hurdle that he wasn’t going to be able to get around.” Dean said he still follows the Eagles and will be on the sidelines tonight as they take on the Hernando Tigers in Hernando. “I will be rooting them on,” Dean said. “One of the

things our class talked about leaving here was we wanted to leave a legacy. I will never forget where I came from - North Mississippi and Horn Lake.” Allstate is donating $10,000 $1 to this year’s Allstate AFCA Good Works Team non-profit of their choice.



By: John FriersonPublished Sept. 9, 2021

ATHENS — Channing Tindall has an energy about him. When he walks in the room, you immediately get the sense that he’s happy to be there and happy to talk about anything and ev-erything. Tindall, a senior inside lineback-er from Columbia, S.C., and the rest of the No. 2-ranked Georgia football team were certainly happy after last Saturday’s season-opening 10-3 win over then-No. 3 Clemson in the Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte, N.C. The defense held the Tigers without a touchdown and to just 2 rushing yards. Tindall had three tackles in the win. By Monday, of course, Georgia had turned its attention to Saturday’s home opener against UAB. During a Quick Chat after practice Tuesday, Tindall talked about moving on mentally to the next game, his mom’s cooking, attending Georgia after growing up in Gamecocks country, and much more. Here’s some of what he had to say: Frierson: How long does the good feeling of a win over a team like Clem-son stick around? Tindall: That night and that Sunday, it’s really good. But as soon as Monday comes around, it’s time for the new opponent, it’s time to get ready. You transfer your head — we went over a lot of UAB on Monday, so it’s time to get on to the next team. You can’t soak in the moment, that’s when things start to go wrong. Frierson: What’s something you could eat every day and never get tired of it? Tindall: My mother’s from Beaufort, S.C., and we are a heavy seafood family, so crab legs, calamari, any type of oyster, any type of seafood. I love fried shrimp and cala-mari, I could eat that every day. One of my favorites that’s not seafood is Outback’s Kookaburra wings with some bleu cheese. I ask Miss Collier (Director of Football Performance Nutrition Collier Ma-daleno) every time we cater that food if we can please have some Kookaburra wings with bleu cheese. Frierson: How are you in the kitchen? Can you cook? Tindall: I cook a little bit, a man’s meal, pasta [laughs]. I love that spaghetti, meatloaf, some rice, love beans, but nothing too huge. I’m still learning.

Frierson: When did you know that foot-ball was for you and that you had a future in it beyond being a good high school player? Tindall: I want to say that when I was around 6 years old, my father took me out to the football field. They just wanted me to do extracurricular activities so I wouldn’t just stay at home, and I was like, no, I just want to stay home, why are you making me do this? I went out there and I tried it, and I actual-ly didn’t like it. After a couple of days I was like, I’m going to just stick with it and see if I like it. Then the games start coming around and I was an offensive lineman back then, so it wasn’t as enjoyable for me. But then I moved to defense and I played defensive end. That’s when I was like, OK, this is something I could start doing. That’s when the change happened for me. Doing from Pop Warner to middle school, I was like, what do I have to do to make this team? I’m willing to do anything. My dad used to take me out to North Springs Park, close to my area in Columbia, and we used to practice constantly, every day. It stuck with me all the way through high school and it helped get me to this point. Frierson: What other sports did you play growing up?

Quick Chat: Channing Tindall Tindall: People tried me at everything just to see what I like so I’ve done swimming, ten-nis, soccer, track and field. One of my favorites outside of football was track and field, doing the shot put and discus, and I liked tennis. I might play tennis during the off-season; my dad and my grandfa-ther were big recreational tennis players. Frierson: Who is the fun-niest guy on the team? And maybe I need to adjust that to, who is the funniest guy on the team besides Jordan Davis?

Tindall: Ahh, that’s who I was going to pick [laughs]. JD is defi-nitely No. 1 but if I had to choose outside of JD, this is going to be biased but I’m going to say (fellow inside linebacker) Rian Davis. He is hilarious to me. We’re very close and spend a lot of time together in the inside linebacker room, and being funny just comes naturally to him. It’s not anything he has to think about, he’s just funny. Frierson: Do you have a play that stands out in your mind,

from any sport, as the best play or favorite play you’ve ever made? Tindall: A big play that sticks out in my mind when you first asked me that was my freshman year when we played Alabama. They put me in the game and I got a sack against Tua (Tagovailoa). That really stuck out to me because during my freshman year I was really trying to work hard, and I finally felt like I got my opportunity and helped the team out Frierson: When you grow up in an SEC city and you go to another SEC school, is there blowback from your decision? Did you hear about it a lot from people around Co-lumbia? Tindall: I hear it from people to this day. We just went against Clemson and it was like, “Good luck tonight but I’m going for Clem-son,” so it’s not just Columbia, it was Clem-son too. I feel like you’re going to get that every-where, going from school to school, but it’s nothing I’m worried about. I made the deci-sion I thought was best for me. I didn’t want to stay home; I felt like I’d been in Columbia and wanted to see and experience something else.


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By: Chip TowersAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished Dec. 2, 2021

ATHENS — Georgia’s in-clusion as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award went almost unnoticed, coming out as it did in the middle of Thanksgiving week. But there the Bulldogs were, mentioned among 12 other teams in the annual des-ignation of the best offensive lines in college football Also under consideration this year are Air Force, Arkan-sas, Appalachian State, Baylor, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Oregon State, and Wisconsin. Whether line coach Matt Luke’s Georgia group will lift that coveted trophy at season’s end is hard to tell at this point. But if part of the selection committee’s criteria is resiliency and versatility, then the Bulldogs should be a slam dunk. Georgia’s offensive line certainly has played consistently well all season, and that’s good. But take a minute to consider all the adversity the unit has faced since gathering for preseason camp in August: • Warren Ericson, set to start at center this season, broke his left (snapping) hand just a week into preseason camp. That immediately sidelined Ericson and elevated redshirt fresh-man Sedrick Van Pran into the starting role. Van Pran will start his 13th consecutive game Saturday against Alabama in the SEC Cham-pionship game. • On the second play of the first offen-sive series of the first game against then-No. 3-ranked Clemson, starting right guard Tate Ratledge, who’d earned the position with a dominating preseason camp, suffered a Lis-franc injury in his right foot. Not only was lost for the game, but for the entire season. Ericson, then standing on the sideline with his injured hand still in a small cast, was sent in to play right guard. The 6-fot-4, 305-pound junior will start his 12th consecutive game Saturday. • Georgia’s offensive line was cruising right along heading into Week 10 of the season. Then Jamaree Salyer, the senior left tackle who really wanted to play guard, went down in practice with sprained foot. That was three days before the Missouri game. Salyer didn’t play in that one or the following three.

Reports are that he’s been able to practice this week and possibly could play Saturday. But … • Broderick Jones has played exceedingly well in Salyer’s absence. A 6-4, 315-pound redshirt freshman, Jones hasn’t been as per-fect as Salyer on assignments and technique. But he’s considered an athletic upgrade and was being groomed to step into the spot well before Salyer went down. • Meanwhile, Xavier Truss has been work-ing at both left tackle and right guard. At 6-7, 330 pounds, Georgia coaches have been try-ing to get find a way to get Truss up to speed enough to get him into the lineup. He’s now officially the Bulldogs’ sixth man on the line and is pushing Ericson for time at right guard. That Georgia’s offense rolls smoothly into Saturday’s game against Alabama with all that mixing and matching going on along the front deserves some kind of commendation. “That is 100 percent a testament to coach Luke,” Van Pran said Wednesday night. “Coach Luke definitely goes out of his way to make sure that we’re over-prepared for all situations in games. A lot of the times we kind of take it for granted how much he does for us. Coach Luke is awesome. He’s great. He gets us prepared for every look. So, I 100 per-cent have to give that credit to coach Luke.” They’ve been known to make some room for Georgia’s skill players as well. The Bull-dogs generally don’t get mentioned among the nation’s high-octane offenses, but they’ve been able to burn pretty clean all season. Bama is ranked No. 5 nationally in scoring at 42.7 points per game. But there sits Geor-gia right behind them at No. 6 (40.7 ppg).

Georgia’s Line Has Paved Way to Offensive Success Alabama gets a lot of no-tice for its passing game, and it’s impressive at 341.8 yards per game. But the Crimson Tide’s line also has given up 35 sacks this season, or 2.9 per game. They allowed seven to Auburn alone. That’s nearly as many as the eight Georgia’s given up all season. At .67 per game, that’s No. 2 in the nation, be-hind only run-oriented Army. Bulldogs quarterback Stetson Bennett, who has been sacked only six times, is very appreciative. “That’s why we recruit great offensive linemen, to protect me,” Bennett said when asked about facing Al-

abama’s exceptional pass rush Saturday. “I know they’ll be ready.”They have been all year. The Joe Moore com-mittee has taken notice.



By: Seth Emerson, The AthleticPublished Sept. 8, 2021

ATHENS — The Georgia defense is loaded with five-star prospects, a testament to the recruiting powerhouse Kirby Smart built, and the reason the Bulldogs stuffed and cuffed the Clemson offense. Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting. Well … not totally true. Yes, there are five-stars: Six of them played on defense in the 10-3 season-opening win. And of the seven sacks, six of them were made by those former five-stars.But that’s only part of the story of how the Georgia defense was built. The pick-six, the only touch-down of the game, was scored by Christopher Smith, who was ranked No. 306 overall in his class, hardly played his first two Georgia sea-sons, and was joined in the secondary by two former three-star recruits.Jordan Davis, the senior nose tackle who has racked up awards for how he played against Clemson, was another three-star, a discovery of Georgia’s defensive line coach when he held another job. Oh, and there’s a walk-on who played 25 percent of the defensive snaps. The Georgia defense, and the way it was built, are a testament to not only recruiting but developing, and more than a little luck. “I always say, ‘everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time’ no matter if you’re a five-star or walk-on. If you love the game and are will-ing to put in the work at Georgia, you will find yourself on the field,” said junior linebacker Nolan Smith, who was the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2019 class, but is just one piece in a very diverse defense. Davis is the most prominent — but not only — example of Georgia not simply relying on top-end recruits. He was spotted in Charlotte as a sophomore by then-North Carolina defensive line coach Tray Scott. When Scott was hired by Georgia he stayed on Davis, and convinced Kirby Smart that they had an under-valued find in Davis. Though Smart, based on what he saw, didn’t sound like he needed much convincing. “It shocked me that he was not, I guess pur-sued heavier,” said Smart in 2019, recalling how Davis’ agility for his size was so impres-sive. “He was in the Charlotte area and he was recruited by good schools but I think a lot of people thought he might be an offensive tackle

because he played some of that in high school and he was really athletic. But we just saw nat-ural talent, natural ability, intelligent kid, great mom. Just a wonderful kid.” Davis had the one sack by a non-five-star in Georgia’s win, but his ability to draw blockers opened things up for the others: Linebackers Nakobe Dean (two sacks), Nolan Smith and Adam Anderson (one sack apiece) and end Travon Walker (one sack.) But even all those players didn’t start until at least their second year at Georgia, and Anderson had to wait until this, his senior year. That’s the benefit of great recruiting — it creates depth and leads to vet-eran starters. How deep is Georgia on the edge? So deep that other edge players who began their ca-reers at Georgia are now starting elsewhere: Jermaine Johnson (Florida State) and Brenton Cox (Florida.) So deep that none of the five top-100 defensive players from the 2021 class saw action on Saturday. They’re deep enough at edge rusher that MJ Sherman, the No. 33 overall player in the 2020 class, is fourth on the depth chart. There’s a tendency to devalue Georgia’s secondary and focus only on the front sev-en being elite, and that could still end up be-ing true. But the secondary played very well against Clemson: QB DJ Uiagalelei dropped back 52 times, and was pressured (including sacks) 21 times, and only completed 19 passes for 180 yards. Smith had the pick-six, and Bri-ni had a pass breakup in the end zone. “We are trying to sell a team sport and a team game and there is no greater example than Chris Smith running down the field with the ball and Brini right beside him,” Smart said. “Both didn’t play great, they played good, they didn’t play great. But, they played like

How Georgia Built its 2021 Defense: The Foundation Around the 5-Starsthey played because they got the experience last year.” Brini and Speed were both lower-ranked three-stars in the 2017 class — and were still ranked ahead of Eric Stokes, who became a starter earlier and a first-round pick this past spring. Then there’s Dan Jack-son, who walked on two years ago out of North Hall High School in Gainesville, Ga. He started gaining notice on the scout team, and by this spring had ascended to second on the depth chart. When Georgia went to a three-safety lineup against Clemson, Jackson was the third safety, appearing in 15 plays and making a tackle. “Dan came to us and

wanted to walk on,” Smart said. “We certain-ly thought he was a good high school player, watched his tape and thought he could help us. Didn’t realize that he would help us this quick-ly.” Attrition at safety — Major Burns transfer-ring and freshman David Daniel getting hurt — played a role. But Georgia has to be ecstatic to plug in a walk-on in such a big game and not get burned for it. There’s some luck in that, or perhaps de-sign. There’s perhaps some luck in the NCAA granting extra years to players like Devonte Wyatt, the defensive lineman who had two batted balls against Clemson. The D-line could eventually add back Julian Rochester, who will be in his sixth year and has been around long enough that he originally committed to Mark Richt. And in the middle of the defense is not only Dean, the former five-star often compared to Roquan Smith, but also two players who were Smith’s teammates in 2017 — Quay Walker and Channing Tindall — and are now sharing time. Walker was a top 50 recruit, Tindall bare-ly outside the top 100, and here they are as se-niors, having waited all this time, and content to split snaps. Examples of recruiting, devel-oping, and luck. “UGA defense has always been good, in my eyes,” Tindall said. “Regardless of who’s out there, it’s a standard that we’re all trying to carry on as a tradition. It was good when Tae (Crowder) was here, when Monty (Rice), Roquan, you’ve got some legends that were playing here, who are in the league now. We don’t want to let them down and we don’t want to let ourselves down, so we’re just going to keep pushing.”


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Quick Chat: Devonte WyattGeorgiaDogs.comBy: John FriersonPublished Nov. 18, 2021

Somehow, it took until late in his fourth season at Georgia for Devonte Wyatt to get a chance to sit down for a Quick Chat. Better late than never. A 6-foot-3 and 315-pound defensive lineman from Decatur, Ga., Wyatt, Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter have all emerged as star interior defenders this season for the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs’ top-rated defense. Sometimes they make plays by getting the man with the ball on the ground — Wyatt has 27 total stops — and other times they disrupt the offense and allow their teammates to get the tackles. During our Quick Chat after practice Tuesday, Wyatt talked about his close friendship with the mountainous Davis (6-6, 340), seeing Davis and Carter play-ing on offense, his favorite Thanksgiving dish, and much more. Here’s some of what he had to say: Frierson: How would you describe your friendship with Jordan Davis? Wyatt: Jordan is my brother; we came in together and we just started connecting and started spending a lot of time with each other. We’ve built a relationship that can’t be broken. I think a lot of it is that when we came in a lot of people doubted us. He wasn’t a five-star (recruit), I wasn’t a five-star. There was just so much doubt that people had about us and we both just kept on picking each other up. He motivated me and I motivated him, and our bond just became tight, really tight. I really love him as my brother and we’re going to be together forever. Frierson: How much fun are you guys on the defensive line having? I know it’s a tough, physical position, one without much glamour, but it looks like you’re having a lot of fun. Wyatt: We’re having a lot of fun, that’s the main thing, but we’re not done yet. We’re not done yet, I can tell you that much. Right now, we’re keeping our head down and staying humble. We’re not trying to get our head boosted up or anything like that. We’ve still got games ahead of us; we’ve got an oppo-nent in front of us and we’ve got to handle our business. But it’s been a fun season as it’s been going along, though. Frierson: When you and Jordan go out to eat, does the restaurant have to bring in extra staff to handle that large of an order? Wyatt: [Laughs] With me and J.D., we can order a lot. But starting through the summer,

we’ve been trying to lose a little weight, and we’ve lost a lot of weight together. Now that we can go to restaurants, that’s the reason we lost the weight. When we go out to eat, to a team dinner or something, we can order anything we want and it won’t be a problem. But we can definitely eat — we can eat a whole lot [laughs]. Frierson: I know Jordan was trying to lay off the Swedish Fish. What is your thing that you’ve had to cut way back on? Wyatt: I’d say juice, I was a big juice person. I love juice and I would drink juice for every-thing. Orange juice, any type of juice, Minute Maid juices, I laid off of sodas too, that was a big thing. I also tried to lay off of fried food too. I lost a lot of weight from the start of Covid, like 30-something pounds. Frierson: Do you ever wish you were out there in the jumbo package on offense with Jordan and Jalen Carter? Wyatt: I don’t feel left out or anything. I’m cheering right there with the crowd. I’m a big supporter of it. I’m definitely happy for them, especially when Jalen scored his first touchdown (last season against Tennessee). When I know they’re going out there, I know we’re fixing to do something. I actually was on it (the jumbo package) before. I never actually got into the game but we’ve practiced it before. It was no big deal to me but I love when I seem then go out there. When they go out there, I get hyped. Frierson: We’ve got Thanksgiving coming up next week, so what is your favorite Thanks-giving dish? Wyatt: My momma cooks up a lot of great stuff but I think it’s the macaroni that’s my fa-

vorite. I can’t ever pass on the macaroni. There’s a lot of good stuff: she cooks macaroni, collard greens, and for dessert it’s the peach cobbler. The peach cobbler is the best dessert she makes, ever. Those are my three dishes right there. Frierson: How are you in the kitchen? Can you cook? Wyatt: Oh, no, I let my momma do that. She does all the cooking. [Laughs] I’d burn the house down. I will help my momma go shopping, though, I’ll do that. Frierson: Who is the funniest guy on the team? Your buddy Jordan is the most popular answer by a mile, but I’m guess-ing there are some other guys that you’re thinking of as well. Wyatt: Jordan is definitely funny — he’s No. 1. Other than Jordan, I’d say Nolan (linebacker Nolan Smith Jr.). Nolan’s so funny. Frierson: I don’t think his name has come up yet. And he’s like a super brilliant en-

gineering student too, right? Wyatt: Nolan is really funny, man. I don’t know why nobody has said his name yet. If you sit with Nolan, he’ll have you dying laughing. Frierson: What is your best play ever? When you hear “best play” is there one that comes immediately to mind? Wyatt: I think about my first year here, when I got my first sack against Texas (in the Sugar Bowl). It was my first sack of my Georgia career, that’s something that you’ll never forget. I was getting a lot of snaps in that game, too. You’ve got to work hard to get a sack. It’s not easy to get sacks when you’re an interior defensive lineman. It’s not.



By: Jeff Sentell, DawgNationPublished Oct. 13, 2021

ATHENS — Ladd McConkey was named as the SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday for his game against Auburn. Go ahead and add it to the Rolodex of wonderful peaks scaled by the for-mer Mountaineer at North Murray High School in Chatsworth.Georgia offered him a scholarship 16 days before he was set to sign on the tradition-al signing day in February of 2020. They were the first Power 5 program to do so. That seems fortuitous these days.McConkey caught six passes for 135 yards to help whip the Tigers. He had a 45-yard explosive and then came back with a 60-yard touchdown catch to spark the 34-10 road win at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Want to know something crazy about his whole recruitment? Well, how ‘bout 10 crazy things about McConkey and his recruitment? 1. If Georgia had never offered, Ladd McCon-key would have wound up playing for the Chatta-nooga Mocs. Crazy, huh? Instead of busting up Auburn for 135 yards, he would’ve been a one-man wrecking crew against Virginia Military Institute. With all due re-spect to the Mocs, he would’ve altered the outcome of that 37-34 loss to VMI this past weekend. Chattanooga was the likely scenario outlined by his former high school coach this week in a Daw-gNation conversation rewinding the McConkey re-cruitment. “He was probably going to go play at UTC if things didn’t work out with Georgia,” North Murray coach Preston Poag said. “That’s how it was. You know how recruiting is. These schools say this and that but nobody really handed him a legitimate offer. They gave him a real offer.” It was a superb evaluation by both receivers coach Cortez Hankton and new offensive coordina-tor hire Todd Monken there. All told, it might soon rank up there in Jordan Davis territory. McConkey had zero stars by his name when UGA offered him. Davis was a 3-star of considerable merit playing in the Charlotte Metro area. McConkey is now second at UGA in catches (16), yards (280) and is locked in a three-way tie for second on the team with two touchdown receptions with Jermaine Burton and AD Mitchell. That factoid leads us to ....... 2. After the UGA offer, his coach heard from some FCS schools. They told him Ladd would never play at Georgia. “I remember a lot of these [Divsion] I-AA schools saying when he was offered by Georgia,” Poag said. “They were saying ‘Man, he’ll never play at Georgia’ and I said: “Yes he will’ and they would say ‘he is just too small to play at Georgia’ and ‘he will never play’ and I kept on saying ‘yes he will’ because I know Ladd and how he can play.” “But he’s so small,” they would say. “He can play, man,” was what Poag always coun-tered with. They sort of got their feelings hurt a little bit, he

said. “It is funny now how it has all worked out,” Poag said. “I mean Georgia has got a steal. Those FCS schools would really have gotten a steal if they would have been able to sign him.”“I was watching Auburn the other day. Ladd is better than all of the other receivers that Auburn has. Au-burn never stepped foot in there in our school to talk about him playing for them. Which sounds bad, but they were not the only ones. Auburn is not the only big school we can say that about here with Ladd.” Give Vanderbilt some credit. That program was the lone SEC school that stepped up late for McCon-key with a real offer. The Commodores even hosted him on an official visit. 3. At the time of his offer from UGA, he didn’t have a lot of options. Georgia offered McConkey on January 20, 2020. That was his first SEC offer. The timing wasn’t ideal. It is keen to look back on it. That’s the time of year when UGA and other Power 5 schools extend preferred walk-on offers to talented players in the senior class. McConkey’s tweet clarified it was a full scholar-ship offer. We might have only seen 2-3 future UGA signees since Smart arrived in Athens deemed it nec-essary to qualify that about their offer. That was so folks won’t start thinking of a PWO. That has only happened here lately At the time, he had zero stars for his ranking. He would wind up as a 3-star WR, the No. 121 player in Georgia, the No. 169 WR in the country and the No. 1161 overall player for the 2020 cycle.Seems a little low now, huh? When Georgia came with the offer, it was about a week after his official visit to Army. That trip came after official visits to Chattanooga and Jacksonville State. Maybe that’s why he plays so hard for the Bull-dogs. Or maybe it is just Ladd. “He just has that it,” Poag said. “To be able to play. Make plays. No stage is too big. Nothing both-ers him. He’s got that. Does it surprise me? No. But I didn’t know it would be this quick. That was because Georgia had so many good receivers.” 4. We could have broken some Volunteer hearts

The Crazy Story on Where Ladd McConkey Was Headed Before his UGA Offerearly with this, but we wanted to give the midsection of this top 10 a little oomph. When McConkey got that offer from UGA, DawgNation went to Chatsworth to see what the fuss was about.“It was kind of surreal,” Ladd McCoskey said back then while describing that offer. “Exciting moment. It was really crazy for me and my family. We just try to take ev-erything in and take a big deep breath but it really was crazy. It was definitely a blessing and it was a special moment.” This was the talk-of-the-town at the local meat-and-three. “Did you see Kirby Smart came to town this week? Georgia offered that McConkey boy at North Murray. Georgia! Their head coach was here and was so down-to-earth and humble. He must have posed for pic-tures the whole first half of the basketball game on Monday night. He even stayed the whole game. I even saw him taking a picture with that Tech fan who goes to our

church. That one Tech fan!” “He seemed really nice. You never know. One of those coaches that mommas and their boys might want to play for him one day. But then those coaches from Georgia went to their house. Do you think they knew the McConkeys are Tennessee fans? Do you think Ladd’s mom hid all their UT stuff when they came over and had pizza after the game?” “Georgia is a really good offer. But I hear Ten-nessee is still his No. 1 school. The Bulldogs have a shot, but if Tennessee ever offers, I think he will go play up there.” That was the gist of what was being said. Some of it even right. But not all of it. The Vols were his team. McConkey said back then if they were to offer, it would be “something special” that he’d have to think long and hard about. “He probably would have gone to Tennessee if they would have offered him,” Poag said. “He sure loved Tennessee growing up.” Jim Chaney, the UT offensive coordinator at the time, came down to Chatsworth to see him. Yet he was in and out in 30 minutes. Tops. He didn’t take any pictures or see the UT stuff in the McConkey home. The early power move was made by Smart with his visit and the Georgia offer coming in strong. It was a name-brand offer, but also his only one Power 5 scholarship offer to that point. “You’re talking about the in-state SEC team that has finished in the top 5 for the last four years,” Mc-Conkey said then. “That’s really something there.” When Georgia offered, he did take an unofficial visit up to Knoxville. The thinking was the UGA of-fer provided leverage. The Bulldogs were in jugger-naut shape with their roster. Tennessee was on the rebuild. If Georgia needed McConkey, then surely the Vols could use him, too. McConkey went up to Knoxville. Got the tour and talked to the staff. But left without an offer. The footnote is this: He’d probably be second on the Vols in catches, yards or touchdown receptions, too. But it looks like the Vols could use him. It looks like Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma could use him, too.


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5. Ladd McConkey played his senior year at or around 160 pounds. His size, or lack thereof, was a big thing that threw a lot of schools off on McConkey. We can un-derstand that there even despite the vast playmaking ability and explosive combine times. Despite that slight weight total, what he did show in abundance was quick-twitch athleticism and wig-gle. That 4.12 time in the 5-10-20 pro agility shuttle is what you’d want to see a first-round skill position projection in the NFL Draft do at the combine. When 5-star CB signee Kelee Ringo saw Mc-Conkey’s film reel on social media, he was quickly impressed by what would be his future teammate. The clip wasn’t against Ringo, but he still saw his vast potential off a few camp reps. McConkey had enough to impress the nation’s top-ranked CB prospect at the time.6. He’s listed on the UGA roster at 185 pounds. Does that mean he has lost a step? Despite adding on an additional 30 pounds of Scott Sinclair armor, Poag thinks that McConkey is now even faster. “I think he’s just as fast looking at him,” Poag said. “That’s just his game. You know that double move at Auburn? He did that for me, too. He’s mov-ing. If they clocked him at 22 miles per hour now, that’s pretty dang fast.” “What hurt him in high school was the fact he was a dang good basketball player, too. He never had time to gain weight. He’d go from football, the playoffs and then right on into basketball. Soon as that was over we were doing football. So he never really had time to just concentrate on lifting and gain weight. So that’s really helped him at Georgia.” 7. Did Ladd McConkey put up numbers in high school? Most definitely. McConkey was named the Class AAA Offensive Player of the Year after his senior season. In fact, he was named the Class AAA All-State QB for the 2019 season. Be on the lookout for a trick play involving him throwing it at some point in his UGA football career. McConkey was set to play receiver his senior year. That was his best college shot. At the time, the other QB candidate wasn’t too dedicated. So Poag asked McConkey if he would play that position in-stead. “He said ‘Coach I will play where ever you want me to play’ and that’s the type of kid he is,” Poag said. 8. What do his UGA teammates think of Ladd McConkey? The buzz on social media for Ladd from his teammates can be summed up with one succinct phrase: Nobody works harder. Kirby Smart shared a story about James Cook recently involving McConkey. Ladd’s name came up when Cook was asked to name the teammates he respected the most on the team. Cook brought up McConkey. “From a young age, Ladd has always had a knack for making big plays,” Poag said. “Growing up, he always played a couple of grades up. He’s now got-ten bigger and stronger and he has always been really fast. I timed him at a 4.3 something on a hand time in the summer before his senior year.” 9. Ladd McConkey has always been up to the moment. “I knew if he got a chance,” Poag said. “He was going to show them.”

McConkey got his chance this season because he did very well in practice. On the scout team. That’s what he used that redshirt freshman year for in 2020. To be honest, Poag thought this was the year Ladd would make his mark as a punt returner. Maybe an occasional big play as a slot receiver. “My message to him was when he got the chance and whatever chance he got, he had to show them,” Poag said. “If he got his chance, I knew he was go-ing to show them. He just never gets frazzled about stuff like that.” McConkey wasn’t a quarterback. He still led North Murray to its best season in history in 2019. The Mountaineers went 11-2 and reached the quar-terfinals of the state playoffs. His boys even beat their rival for the first time. Before this year, North Murray had never pulled within three touchdowns of Calhoun. The Moun-taineers whipped them by 24 points during his senior year. He punted and held for kicks, but also lined up as a defensive back (four INTs and three Pick-6s) and returned kicks. He was a big spark. Everywhere. Ev-ery quarter. “He is playing with a chip on his shoulder,” Poag said. “Ladd will never say a whole lot about his re-cruiting process. But it ticked him off, man. About the recruiting process. He won’t say a whole lot about it. But I think it hurt him. The only thing that kept coming up was his size. He was like ‘Man, I can do a lot of different things’ with coaches. He could fly. Not just like a bird, but he could fly and just cut on a dime.” McConkey could run the 40 in 4.5 seconds, but his GPA was even higher than that. Smart told him back in January of 2020 how unusual that feat was among his signing class. He also ran track in high school but was only two or three meets. Despite that, he was able to clock an impressive 10.85 clock time in the 100 meters. It was his very first meet. Things like that just seem to happen out of the blue for him. 10. How did his former high school coach re-act to that 60-yard touchdown grab against Au-burn? Poag doesn’t usually get worked up watching games, but this was McConkey. He has a very mod-ern 2021 story here. He was in the bedroom watch-ing the game. His wife was in the den.His stream was ahead of the game his wife was watching in the other room. There was a delay on the TV. “I started yelling and screaming and my wife was in the den,” Poag said. “She was like ‘Are you kid-ding me?’ when I started carrying on and I told her ‘No I wasn’t kidding’ when he made that play. It was delayed and then she saw it.” It was just one more Ladd McConkey story. So humble. When he visits his old team, Poag said you could not tell if he was a star at UGA or if he never was going to play. “Ladd has always been a guy to love,” Poag

said. “The hardest worker. My best leader. I always just said if he ever got the chance, he’d show them. That’s what I have always thought.” Despite all of that, we saved the best Ladd Mc-Conkey story for last here. Let’s go back to the day UGA offered McConk-ey. It was January 20, 2020. When DawgNation went to see him after his UGA offer, it was Ladd who brought up that date’s significance to his family. Some might call it ironic. Others will say fate. It might hinge on how often they hit their knees as a reflection of their faith. It all sank in the morning after Smart came to North Murray. That was the day he offered the se-nior QB to be a slot receiver for Todd Monken’s new scheme. That was the topic in the McConkey home the morning after Smart saw him play basketball and a late pizza dinner. It was the morning after his mother might or might not have hidden the UT coasters that resided in her living room. It was an audience of two. McConkey and his Mom. Discussing a whirlwind Monday. “You realize what yesterday was with that,” Brittney McConkey kind of said but kind of asked a question at the same time. “Right? You do realize what day that was, right?” McConkey had only written the date “1-20-16” on his towel before every game since he lost his grandfather to cancer on that very day. “She said that was the day,” Ladd McConkey said then. “That was special. That was crazy.” The biggest offer of his football career came four years after that day. “It did. It really did,” McConkey said. “It’s cra-zy. I know. … It was definitely something. I realized it and then I went ‘Whew’ because that was really something. That really means something.” His grandfather, Vic McConkey, was a big Ten-nessee fan. McConkey said back in 2020 that he was “probably jumping up and down in his grave” about every bit of it all. “He was really special,” Ladd McConkey said. “He was one of my biggest fans. Every single game. He was there. He told me when I was messing up and didn’t play my best and he told me when I played great. He was definitely a big part of my life.”



Quick Chat: Kearis JacksonGeorgiaDogs.comBy: John FriersonPublished Oct. 15, 2021

Kearis Jackson hasn’t yet been unleashed as a wide receiver yet this season. Limited by an injury, Jackson has returned punts for the No. 1-ranked Georgia football team but he has only seven catches for 67 yards through the Bulldogs’ first six games, after catch-ing 36 passes for 514 yards and three touchdowns in 2020. A 6-foot and 200-pound redshirt junior from Fort Valley, Ga., Jackson has been around long enough for him to join the Quick Chat three-timers club. He’s used to the silly questions about his favorite food or movie, so for this conversation, conducted after practice Wednesday, we covered some new ground. During our Quick Chat, he talked about being in his fourth year in Athens and being a couple of months from graduation. He also talked about leadership and his experi-ences as a student representative on the UGA Athletics Board of Directors and SEC Football Leadership Council. Here’s some of what he had to say: Frierson: Do you feel like you’ve been here a long time, or is it all just flying by quickly? Jackson: Honestly, it feels like I’ve been here forever. But it’s a good thing. Not only do I feel like I’ve been here forever, but it’s flying by. I’m just trying to take advantage of every opportunity. With me being able to graduate in December, it’s a huge accomplishment for me, my coaches, my family, everyone. It’s exciting. Frierson: What does it feel like to be so close to graduating, which is one of the biggest accomplishments you can have at your age? Jackson: My biggest thing, I’ll be done with school. I love football and once I can get school out of the way, I’ll be able to just focus on football like I want to. I know how I felt graduating from high school but graduating from college is huge. I’ll be the first one in my family to graduate from a big institution like this, so it’s a great achievement. Frierson: Along with football and school, you’ve been involved with the UGA Athletic Board and the SEC Football Leadership Coun-cil. Where did those things come from? Were you involved in a lot of student activities like that in high school?

Jackson: When I was in high school I was able to speak at different things because I wanted to be a motivational speaker. At a young age, I was able to speak at a fifth-grade graduation up in Atlanta and I was able to speak at different elementary schools around my area, being able to use my voice as a platform.Every time I go home, I try to be a positive influence on somebody’s life, whether I’m going to an AAU basketball practice or go talk to a youth football team. Whatever it is, I’m trying to impact the community in some way. Frierson: What was it like speaking at your first Athletic Board meeting, when you’re there with the top people at the University of Georgia and within the athletic department? Jackson: I remember my first Board meet-ing, it was on a Zoom. It was after a practice and I was sitting in the locker room [laughs], and I was like, how can I prepare my mind to be able to speak in front of these people? Once it started, it became natural to me and I was like, I’ve been here before. I was just being myself, and afterwards, it was like, you’ve got something special in you. Frierson: I know the Georgia Way program helps get student-athletes comfortable meeting with important and successful people, so did that help? Jackson: I feel like the Georgia Way, the University of Georgia, everything that this university has provided me with has prepared me for anything I’m doing. Things like going to the SEC Leadership Council, as a sophomore going to Birmingham and talking to the SEC Leadership Council committee, Commissioner

(Greg) Sankey, everybody like that — it was a very eye-opening opportunity. It made me a better speaker and it brought more confidence to myself to be able to speak in front of large crowds and things like that. I appreciate being able to use my platform at things like that and being able to represent the University of Georgia. Frierson: When you first got here, did you ever imagine you’d be doing that kind of thing? Jackson: Definitely not. I couldn’t imagine myself doing those types of things, but they actually brought out an-other side of me that’s been really good. Frierson: You strike me as a natural leader. Do you embrace that role in the locker room and on the field? Jackson: I definitely embrace that role because a lot of guys look up to me, especially in the receiver room since I’m the oldest. They look at me as a guy that’s

going to be respectful and that’s going to lead them in the right way. Frierson: I asked you a couple of years ago who the funniest guys on the team were and you said Divaad Wilson and Netori Johnson. Those guys are gone and there have are a lot of new guys that have become teammates since then, so who is the funniest guy now? Jackson: The funniest guy, 2021 version? There are a lot of funny guys. If I need a good laugh, it has to be in the receiver room. I’d say Jackson Meeks because he’s really funny and I treat him like my younger brother. Anything he does just cracks me up. I’d also say J.D. (Jordan Davis), just because of the way he carries himself. He’s very athletic in what he does joking around and stuff. Whether he’s dancing or singing or whatever, he’s always funny. Frierson: As a very good athlete yourself, what do you think when you see Jordan Davis run around and play football at 6-foot-6 and 340 pounds? Jackson: J.D. is probably the biggest hu-man I have ever seen move that fast, play that fast and run that fast. I think it was the South Carolina game when we were all captains and there’s a picture of us standing there at the 50-yard line. I was like, look at me on the left, look at J.D. and look at Channing (Tindall), and J.D.’s like a big mannequin standing there in the middle. I was like, I’m going to frame this in my house one day.


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Quick Chat: Kelee RingoGeorgiaDogs.comBy: John FriersonPublished Nov. 2, 2021

Kelee Ringo has one of the best pic-tures a Georgia football player can have. The redshirt freshman defensive back is on the field with his mom, Tralee Hale, after the Bulldogs’ win over Kentucky, both of them wearing big smiles. More significantly, Hale is dressed head-to-toe in pink, including her hair, and is wearing pink Spike Squad shoulder pads. Diagnosed with breast cancer a cou-ple of years ago, Hale spent the Kentucky game cheering with the Spike Squad and the UGA Paint Line, which had “TRALEE STRONG” spelled out on their backs, the letters in black and the skin painted pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Ringo, from Tacoma, Wash., though he went to high school in Scottsdale, Ariz., has started the past five games and his five pass breakups are tied for the team lead. During a Quick Chat after practice Tuesday, he talked about seeing his mom with the Spike Squad, his days as an elite junior sprinter (10.43 seconds in the 100 meters), Halloween, and much more.Here’s some of what he had to say: Frierson: What was it like to have your mom cheering with the Spike Squad and see her name spelled out at the Kentucky game? Ringo: It was great, honestly. I wasn’t even the first one to notice that. I looked over at the student section during a TV timeout and one of my teammates said, “Isn’t that your mom’s name (spelled out) over there?” I was like, wow, that’s crazy. I wasn’t actually able to see my mom over there with them but when I saw the pictures it was a very great moment for me. Seeing so many people cheering for her throughout her battle with cancer has meant a lot to me and I really appreciate Dawg Nation for that. Frierson: What first got you into football? How did you get started? Ringo: I remember going into second or third grade, I was already doing track and things like that, racing kids outside, just normal things that kids would do. Me being faster than a lot of the other kids that I grew up with, I felt like I had an opportunity to do something. Playing football outside at the park was a great hobby of mine, and one day I was playing with some older kids and I was doing things that a lot of the other kids wouldn’t expect me

to be able to do. After that day, I went back to my grandmother’s house and I was like, I want to play football. That was a great feeling for me and after that day it took off. Frierson: You obviously had very good track speed, so was there ever a point where you thought, if I put in the work in track then maybe this can lead to something special? Ringo: Yes, sir, most definitely. As you said, if I put in the work then this definitely can lead to something special. I tried to be coachable and tried to use my speed at different times. When I first started playing football, I was playing safety and was able to cover the field because I was fast, and also playing running back. They were like, give him the ball and let him do what he wants to do. Frierson: What did you learn about yourself or football while redshirting last year following surgery? I’m guessing that was the first time you’ve ever spent a lot of time on the sideline. Ringo: Previously, I’ve never had to sit out for any type of injury, especially throughout an entire season. It was definitely a chance to sit back and appreciate the game more, definitely, because I didn’t have the opportunity to step out there on the field. It was a great thing for me to go through and I feel like it made me stronger mentally and physically. Frierson: We just had Halloween the other day, so what is your favorite Halloween candy? Ringo: Candy in general, I like Snickers, I like the little (Spongebob Squarepants) Krabby

Patties, 3 Musketeers, Smarties — I’ve liked Smarties since I was a kid. I’d kill the Smarties first thing. I like lollipops, too. Frierson: Reese’s usually comes up No. 1 ... Ringo: Reese’s, yes, yes. Frierson: I actually like the Hal-loween fun-sized Snickers better than the full-sized bar, which I think is actually too dense. Ringo: Facts, facts, yes. You have to break it off to be able to get to it. Frierson: Do you have a favorite costume that you’ve ever worn? Ringo: Spiderman — I was proba-bly Spiderman more times than I wasn’t Spiderman throughout my time dressing up as a kid. I remember when I was a child, when I’d walk into my kitchen in Washington, there was an (archway) and I would almost crawl up the wall. I’d look down almost as if I was Spiderman. As I got taller and grew more, my body wasn’t able to fit anymore. I loved

being able to crawl up the wall and look around like I was Spiderman. Frierson: Who is the funniest guy on the team? Ringo: Ooh, there are a lot.Frierson: There’s one obvious answer, the guy with the large personality who’s also the largest person most of us have ever seen. Ringo: Jordan Davis, yes. Frierson: Is there anyone else that comes close? Ringo: Chris Smith is pretty funny, Ameer Speed — a lot of my defensive backs, guys that I’m around most of the time. Latavious Brini is also really funny. Frierson: How valuable is that during a long season, having a room and a team full of guys that get along and make each other laugh? Ringo: It’s greatly valuable, the relation-ships that you have with each other and learning stuff about different people that you’re with almost throughout your entire day and entire week. It’s definitely a good thing to enjoy being around each other and it will definitely be a great memory to have. Frierson: If you could be great at anything for a day, just to experience it, what would it be? Ringo: If I could possibly get paid for it, I’d like to be an NBA player. I can only imagine being able to come up the court and not miss at all, like ever, where you’re like, people can’t stop be at all [laughs]. That’s definitely something I think about from time to time, for sure.



Dan Jackson is latest walk-on to make a mark with Georgia BulldogsBy Chip TowersAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished Oct. 3, 2021

ATHENS -- Just who is Dan Jackson?If you were watching Georgia’s game against No. 8 Arkansas this past Saturday, then you at least know that he wears No. 47 for the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs and blocked a punt in the 37-0 victory at Sanford Stadium. But Jackson was making an impression at UGA long before his perfectly-time sprint through the middle of the Razorbacks’ punt formation resulted in a Georgia’s third touchdown of the first quarter. “Ah, Dan,” junior defensive tackle Travon Walker said, a grin stretching across his face. “Dan is one of those guys that, ever since he first came here, has always worked hard, never complained about anything. You never hear him say anything negative. He’s one of those guys that’s just always positive, always around the locker room smiling, always there to pick you up. He’s a great teammate. “Seeing him block that punt, that was awesome!” Dan Jackson is the son of Joe and Valencia Jackson of Gainesville, Ga. His father is a dentist and his mother also works in the family practice there on Limestone Parkway near the shores of Lake Lanier. Dan is one of three boys in the Jackson house-hold. Sam is the oldest. Like Dan, Sam was MVP of the North Hall High football team. He has already graduated from UGA and is now attending dental school himself. Will is the youngest. He’s a junior at North Hall, where he is trying to follow in his older brothers’ footsteps as a football and baseball player. However, he is currently recovering from an ACL injury. He watched Saturday’s game at Sanford Stadium on crutches. As for Dan, he was one of the most talented football players David Bishop has ever coached at North Hall. He played both ways for the Tro-jans as a running back and defensive back and also returned kicks. Jackson accounted for 1,785 all-purpose yards, 26 TDs and four interceptions as a senior. Bishop spent the better part of Dan’s final year at North Hall trying to convince anybody who would listen that his pupil was worthy of a college scholarship offer. Alas, none were forthcoming. “The spring before his senior year he was probably 5-foot-11, maybe 160 pounds,” Bishop said. “He had excellent speed, but he was just skinny. Over the summer, he just blossomed. His body changed, his strength went through the roof. I pushed him hard with Air Force, but when they came and visited him, they saw the skinny guy.” After Jackson was named Region 7-AAA Player of the Year and played in the GACA All-Star game, the Air Force Academy reevaluated its decision. They finally stepped up with an offer

two days before Jackson was supposed to enroll at UGA for summer school. But after going to bed thinking he was going to accept the Falcons’ offer – which comes with a postgraduate enlistment requirement – Jackson woke up the next morning realizing he wanted to go to Georgia as planned. For that, the Bulldogs are extremely thankful. “All he does is give everything he’s got every single day,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “I love the kid, he’s done a great job, the kid deserves a dang scholarship and soon as we can get one from him, we’re going to try and do that.” Three years later, the Georgia walk-on is 6-1 and is closing in on 200 pounds. Smart said Jackson runs a legitimate 4.5-second 40-yard dash, which is what first grabbed his attention, and he studies film like he’s preparing for a mechanical engineering final. Saturday’s blocked punt perfectly encapsu-lated everything Jackson brings to the table for the Bulldogs. Arkansas was having to punt from its own 8. Jackson didn’t show he was coming after the kick until the last second, then he timed up his rush perfectly. Getting a running start from the left flank of the defensive secondary, he accelerated through a gap the line of scrimmage just as the ball was snapped. Halfway into the Arkansas end zone, Jackson leapt just as an upback caught up with a shoulder. Jackson’s outstretched fingertips caught the ball milliseconds after it left the foot of Arkansas punter Reid Bauer. Jackson knew he’d blocked the kick but couldn’t located the ball before it bounded back down to earth. Georgia’s Zamir White saw it, though. The Bulldogs’ starting running back pounced on it a

yard from the back line of the end zone. An already deafening din inside Sanford Stadium grew even louder as the Georgia took a 21-0 lead with 2:18 still remaining in the first quarter. On the opposite end of Sanford Stadium, Jackson’s family struggled to figure out what just happened. “I was on the wrong side of the field,” said Joe Jackson, who was sitting in the West End grandstands with the rest of the players’ parents. “I had a hard time seeing it, but I could tell by the crowd’s reaction that something good happened. Then I saw it on the replay board. It just never gets old watching that replay.” Jackson’s entire family was there to enjoy the moment. Now that Dan has assumed a regular role with the Bulldogs, they try to make it to every game, home and away. In addition to being a special-teams starter, Jackson is also listed as Georgia’s backup to Lewis Cine at free safety. He has played in every game this season. He enters Saturday’s game at Auburn with seven tackles and a quarterback pressure.

“We’re just enjoying the ride with him,” Joe Jackson said. “We’re just happy for him that his hard work is paying off. Dan has a lot of people praying for him. And, you know, that’s the thing; you just don’t know how long you’re going to stay healthy and be able to contribute. So, we just pray for his safety and health. And Dan knows that’s where it all comes from. So, he just relies on his strong faith to get him through the rigors of each day.” Jackson is a redshirt sophomore, so he has at least two more years remaining with the Bulldogs. He had an interception in the G-Day Game last April, so the thinking within the team is there are more big plays within him. “Dan’s one of the hardest working guys I know and also one of the best guys I know,” said Georgia snapper Payne Walker, a fellow walk-on. “He’s just a guy who comes in every day and gets his work done. He keeps his head down, doesn’t say a lot. Dan’s never had a problem with doubting himself. He’s very confident, shows up and shows out.” For Jackson, the blocked punt and the regu-lar playing time are bonuses. But his father said making such plays is really not Dan’s primary motivation. “I tell you, Dan is just so thrilled to get such great coaching,” Joe Jackson said. “I mean, he’s getting to learn from these great coaches every day and he knows he’s so blessed just to get to go through this experience. Being a walkon and getting trained by the best of the best, he’s just trying to soak it all up learn all he can and just give it his all.”


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Quick Chat: JT DanielsGeorgiaDogs.comBy: John FriersonPublished Sept. 23, 2021

ATHENS -- As you might expect, Georgia quarterback JT Daniels has a favorite football movie. What that movie is, which he revealed during a Quick Chat after Wednesday’s practice, you probably wouldn’t expect. It’s not “Remember the Titans” or “Friday Night Lights.” It’s not “The Waterboy” or “The Longest Yard,” two football comedies with Adam Sandler, or even the original “Longest Yard” with Burt Reynolds. No, Daniels’ favorite football film stars Andy Dick. Seriously. A redshirt junior from Irvine, Calif., the 6-foot-3 and 210-pound Daniels in the two games he’s started this season has completed an exceptional 45 of 61 pass attempts (73.8%), for 438 yards and three touchdowns. All three of those TD passes came in last Saturday’s 40-13 win over South Carolina, with the scores going for 43, 38 and 4 yards. Daniels won all four of his starts in 2020 and has won both this season heading into Saturday’s game at Vanderbilt. During our Quick Chat, he talked about movies, throwing to wideout George Pickens, his ability to remember plays, and much more. Here’s some of what he had to say: Frierson: Do you have a favorite football movie? Daniels: I want to say that “Division III: Football’s Finest” is all of our quarterbacks’ fa-vorite football movie. It’s R-rated and definitely not one for the kids. I had a Netflix account and it just came up on there. “Division III: Football’s Finest” — if you’ve never seen it, it’s the most criminally underrated sports movie ever. It’s hilarious. I do remember watching “Remember the Titans” when I was a kid, and as a kid that was probably my favorite football movie. Frierson: What was it about “Division III: Football’s Finest”? I’ll admit that I haven’t heard of it before now. Is it a comedy? Daniels: It’s Andy Dick. It’s a complete joke movie, a crazy, psycho coach being super funny while coaching a Division III football team. It’s awesome. Frierson: Do you read many books about football? Are there some good quarterback autobiographies that stick with you? Daniels: I read but not a lot about that. I watch stuff, like “The Football Life” on NFL Network. I also spend a lot of time on YouTube. “The Brady Six” is on YouTube and I’ll watch

that before games sometimes. Frierson: YouTube has everything, of course, so will you watch the collection videos, like every touchdown Peyton Manning ever threw?

Daniels: In high school I used to watch, someone put up every pass that Tom Brady ever threw, so I’ve seen every Tom Brady pass.For my pregame, Trevor Moawad was one of my best friends and had been since I was an eighth-grader, and he had his production team make videos for me. I would watch those before every game.[NOTE: Moawad was a Los Angeles-based sports psychologist who worked with Daniels for many years, and also did some work with Georgia after Kirby Smart took over as head coach. Moawad died earlier this month at age 48 after battling cancer.] Unfortunately, I’ll never get another one. The last one I got, right before the Clemson game, was an all-time great one. I watched that before South Carolina and I’ll say I’m going to watch that before every game for the rest of my life. Frierson: Do you do anything before games because of superstitions or ... Daniels: I have no superstitions whatsoever. I used to be, growing up, I always had super-stitions. I really don’t know what it is that got me completely out of it. It was probably that we weren’t very good my freshman year in college (at USC) and I did the same superstitions that I always had, so clearly they didn’t work or mean anything. Frierson: If I asked you what was your best pass ever, is there one that immediately comes to mind? Daniels: The first one that came to my mind

was, unfortunately, the only catchable pass I’ve ever seen George not catch, which is crazy because he’s got the best ball skills I’ve ever seen. Since I’ve been in college, he’s the best — probably the best football player I’ve ever seen. It was Mississippi State (last season), second-and-10, and I actually didn’t get us in the right protection. Someone came free and I had to spin, step up, and threw a deep post to George over a safety. It’s the one that he didn’t catch and I’ve never seen someone so surprised they didn’t make a circus catch. Frierson: Are you like Rams coach Sean McVay in that you can remember pretty much every play from every game you’ve been a part of? Daniels: I probably remember almost every drive since my sophomore year of high school. Frierson: Is that valuable or is it almost

too much in your head? Daniels: I think it’s very valuable. Well, is it really that valuable? I’m not sure, but I do have some sort of photographic memory when it comes to that. I’m photographic when it comes to football but that’s about it. I can see it once and I’ll never forget it. Frierson: Have you watched the Peyton and Eli Manning version of “Monday Night Football”? As a guy that can’t get enough football, it would seem right up your alley. Daniels: I’m sure I would like it because they’re so entertaining but I don’t ever watch football on TV, though. I don’t remember the last time I watched a whole game. I watch soccer and basketball. Soccer’s my favorite sport and basketball’s up there. I don’t watch football on TV but I do watch a lot of NFL stuff on the NFL Films breakdown that we have. And I’ll watch highlights on YouTube now and then. I really don’t know what it is but I will watch soccer before I watch football, 10 out of 10 days.



UGA TE Brock Bowers is Finally Back on a Football Field. Playing Games Runs in the Family

By Marc WeiszerAthens Banner-HeraldPublished April 13, 2021

ATHENS --The first real college foot-ball game for UGA’s 16 early enrollees won’t come until September, but Saturday’s G-Day will probably feel awfully close for Brock Bowers. His last game was 17 months ago. The tight end from Napa, Calif., was hoping to play as a high school senior, but when his home state still hadn’t started its pandemic-delayed season by January, he decided to enroll at Georgia. “He was devastated,” said Warren Bowers, his father. “They kept moving the bar so he was pretty wound up, upset, disappointed and frustrated. That’s the last thing you need going into your senior year, right? You want to have a good time and be the big kid on the block. It was a shame.” They bounced the idea of doing what other soon-to-be college players that had no fall football did — move to a state where games were still played. They talked about picking up and moving to Athens and playing with another member of UGA’s 2021 signing class, quarterback Brock Vandagriff at Prince Avenue Christian, or playing for Warren’s friend who coaches at a school in Reno, Nev. They decided to stay put in Wine Country — the closest winery to them is the Fontanella Family Winery — and see whether Napa High’s season would be played before Bowers had to leave for Georgia. It didn’t. Bowers, rated as the nation’s No. 3 tight end prospect by the 247Sports Composite, spent the fall doing workouts with a personal trainer, John Cortese, during the COVID-19 shutdown. “He was driven to get better,” his father said. Bowers graduated and is now rooming with Vandagriff and linebacker Chaz Chambliss, another freshman, at Georgia. His parents flew with him in January to help move him into UGA and are returning this week for the spring game. Their daughter, Brianna, is also a college athlete, playing outfield for the softball team at Sacramento State about an hour away. Brock and Brianna followed their parents’ path in the same sports that they excelled in at Utah State. Mother DeAnna was inducted into that school’s athletics hall of fame in 2016 after

an All-American pitching career. Warren was a three-time All-Big West center at the school. That made playing games at home rather competitive. “We were pretty intense, let’s put it that way,” Warren said. “From everything from front yard football to friggin’ Easter egg hunting.” Bowers, listed at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, looked to be on a basketball path, but that changed when he went to The Opening regional and ran a 4.55 40 and recorded a 40.2-inch vertical jump. In the next week, he had an offer from Nevada. Oregon State was on board weeks later, then other offers started piling up. After he went to a Southern Cal camp, the Trojans offered, then other schools jumped aboard, including Georgia that September. Bowers, who had 39 catches for 1,098 yards with 14 touchdowns as a junior, committed to the Bulldogs last August. He liked Athens’ small town feel and the energy of the Georgia coaches, including position coach Todd Hartley His father is on the coaching staff at Napa High, which is playing a five-game spring season that started in the state March 5. Brock is catching his former teammates by watching the games on a live stream. “He’s staying up a little too late on Friday nights before Saturday’s scrimmages to watch them play,” his father said. It apparently hasn’t affected him much. Coach Kirby Smart offered his early impres-sion of Bowers after Georgia’s first spring scrimmage April 3 after Bowers already was

generating buzz in the closed practices. “He’s a talented guy, he’s bright and learn-ing quickly; he’s got some speed and burst, he has great hands,” Smart said. “He’s got a ways to go in the blocking game in terms of the run game, but that’s something he’s going to develop. He’s got toughness.” That 4.55 speed has shown up on the practice field. “Brock, he’s an excellent player,” safety Christopher Smith said. “He’s a smart route runner and has a good amount of speed. A couple of times he done broke ankles on me. I had to speed it up a little bit to catch him and hold him down. I didn’t know that he was that fast. Brock’s a great player, really level-headed. All he wants to do is work and compete.” His parents — Warren is a president of a construction firm and DeAnna a math teacher — are ready for cross-country trips to see Brock play the next few seasons. They bought a condo in downtown Athens. Georgia already has some big targets at tight end in sophomore Darnell Washington

and John Fitzpatrick. Bowers appears to be a strong candidate for touches now as well. “This kid lined up at tailback in high school and made plays,” Smart said, “so he’s used to carrying the ball.”


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Zamir White’s Journey From Two Weeks to Live to Georgia’s Star Back and Beyond

By Mark Schlaback & Marty SmithESPN.comPublished Oct. 29, 2021

ATHENS, Ga. -- Shanee White was 14 years old when she became pregnant with her first child. At six months, a doctor told her that her baby, a boy, weighed just one pound and advised her to abort the pregnancy. Her grandmother, Nancy White, quickly overruled the doctor. “We’re not going to terminate the preg-nancy,” she said. “No matter what’s wrong with him, he’s going to be born.” Shanee, already overwhelmed about hav-ing a child while still in high school, urged her grandmother to listen to the doctor. “The doctor is not God, so he doesn’t have the last say,” her grandmother told her. “If he takes one breath, he’s going to take it.” Shanee’s baby was born on Sept. 18, 1999. Although he had grown to about seven pounds, he had a cleft lip and cleft palate. The next day, after his body temperature dropped and he was losing weight because he wouldn’t eat, he was transferred to a hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Doctors there told Shanee that her son might not live for another two weeks. “I was just sitting there staring,” Shanee said. “I just looked at him for a long time like, ‘What am I going to do?’” Today, the baby boy that was given just two weeks to live is the leading rusher on the No. 1-ranked college football team in the country. Zamir White not only survived, he grew to become a five-star recruit, a Georgia Bulldogs fan favorite affectionately known as “Zeus” and a poten-tial NFL draft choice in 2022. And, more importantly, he has become an inspiration for children who were born with the same medical condition as him. But it wasn’t always easy. After three months in the hospital, Zamir survived and finally got to go home for the first time. When Nancy White’s great-grandson finally came home, she fed him with a medicine dropper to keep him nourished. At six months, he underwent surgery to repair his cleft lip. Then there was another invasive procedure to repair the cleft palate, which is a hole in the roof of the mouth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in every 1,600 babies is born with cleft lip and cleft palate in the U.S. “It’s difficult to look at your child,” Shanee said. “I kept asking, ‘What did I do?’ They told me it was nothing that I had done. You just have to keep praying about it.” Shanee’s baby boy had other health problems. He spent his second Christmas in the hospital for surgery to repair leaking kidneys. He had another surgery for a hernia, and a few years later doctors transferred bone from his hip to his mouth to further correct his lip and palate. Doctors put tubes in his ears to reduce infections as well. “They would take him into one surgery and bring him out to another one,” said Louise Pegues,

Shanee’s aunt. “He got so used to going to the hospital that when his mama was driving, he was like, ‘No, I don’t want to go.’ He knew the route.” Despite the frequent surgeries for young Zamir, Shanee didn’t second guess to Nancy’s advice. “I’m just glad I listened to my grandma,” she said. “I didn’t want to have a child in high school. It wasn’t something that was planned, but it happened and he’s here, and I love him to death.” Once Zamir was home from the hospital, Nancy White ordered her granddaughter back to school and took over his care. Zamir was walking before he was 1 and was running soon after. His great-grandmother had one rule: he couldn’t go farther than she could see. “She wouldn’t let him out of her sight because she knew if he got a step ahead, she couldn’t catch him,” Pegues said. “I had to run him down one day and had a hard time. I didn’t know a boy could run like that.” As if Zamir’s health problems weren’t enough, the family was hit with another crisis in 2003. Nancy’s mobile home caught on fire, and Shanee rescued her great-grandmother and toddler son, leading them through the smoke and flames. “When Shanee tried to go back in to get some of their things, Nancy wouldn’t let her go,” Pegues said. “They lost everything.” The family moved into another house and eventually to an apartment, which is where Zamir stayed until he left for college in Athens. When Zamir was six years old, his family signed him up for football at a recreation league in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Almost immediately, his coaches noticed he was different from everyone

else. One of them, Richard Bailey, told Shanee that her son would one day be playing in the NFL. “He told me the truth that day,” Shanee said. “I don’t know what he was actually envisioning, but I thought the man was crazy, honestly.” Zamir’s father went to prison shortly after he was born, and he has never had much of a relationship with him. So, Shanee’s uncle, Anthony Pegues, stepped in as a father figure. One day, when Zamir was still in elementary school, he told his Uncle Anth, “I want to be great.” “The greatest player I ever saw was Walter Payton,” Anthony told his great-nephew. “You got to know what greatness is. Now, we’re not talking about an average player. You said you want to be the very best. So when you say that, you’ve gotta live it and you gotta eat football. You gotta really want this.” Almost every day, Anthony worked out with Zamir, whether it was running, doing push-ups and situps, throwing the football or learning the gaps in the offensive line. “I just did like any uncle would do for [his] nephew,” Anthony said. “We practiced together. We prayed together. Basically, we did everything a father figure would do for his child.” While school was sometimes a challenge so-cially, especially after his great-grandmother died, Zamir found his calling on the football field. Between those lines, other kids wouldn’t

tease him about the scars on his face or his slurred speech. Out there, he was just like everyone else -- only better. “Football means everything to me,” said Zamir, who has 400 rushing yards with eight touchdowns for the Bulldogs going into Saturday’s game against Florida. “It’s just a safe space for me [where] I can get away from everything I’ve been through. It’s just like therapy for me. I love football.” As a freshman at Scotland High School in 2014, Zamir started the season as the third-string tailback. He scored a 53-yard touchdown the first time he touched the ball, and then supplanted the starter, a senior, after only two games. By his junior season, he was among the most heavily recruited players in the country, with Alabama, Georgia, LSU and others pursuing him. As a senior in 2017, he ran for 2,086 yards with 34 touchdowns in 11 games, averaging 14.1 yards per carry. He left high school as the fifth all-time leading rusher in North Carolina history with 7,169 yards. “I’ve been doing it a long time and coached a bunch of [FBS college] football players,” said Scotland High coach Richard Bailey. “I’ve never had a kid work harder than him. And he never missed a practice, never missed a workout. I’ve never heard him complain. It’s always great when your best player is your hardest worker.” Scotland High seemed to be on its way to win-ning a Class 4A state championship during Zamir’s senior season, but then he was injured in the final minutes of a 63-26 victory against Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in the second round of the playoffs. Zamir wasn’t even


2021 feature storiescarrying the ball when he was hurt, and he didn’t think much about the injury when he limped off the field. Georgia’s team doctors diagnosed him with a torn ACL in his right knee during a visit to campus the next day. Georgia coach Kirby Smart said he never hesitated in still taking Zamir after the injury. “This is a five-star talent, an unbelievable kid, but he has a 10-star character,” Smart said. “He’s got this undeniable love for the game and just affection for others that we knew this guy was going to be a special part of our program. And an ACL is repairable, it’s going to get well.” Then, in another cruel twist of fate, Zamir tore the ACL in his left knee on a noncontact play while covering a punt in practice at Georgia in August 2018. “That one hurt me because I had just gotten back, and I was like, ‘Finally, my groove is back,’’’ Zamir said. “I was out there practicing and scrimmaging with the guys. It was crazy.” Georgia running backs coach Dell Mc-Gee said Zamir’s medical challenges as a child helped him come back from two serious knee injuries within a year. Former Bulldogs running backs Nick Chubb and Todd Gurley, who suffered torn ACLs during their college careers, also encouraged Zamir during his rehabilitation. “I just think it added to his ability to cope with outside factors,” McGee said. “It showed a lot of resiliency. Just that mindset of nothing’s too big, I can overcome anything, any obstacle. I think all of that from his childhood growing up helped with those issues that he’s overcome.” After redshirting as a freshman, Zamir played behind current Detroit Lions tailback D’Andre Swift in 2019, running for 408 yards with three touchdowns. Last season, he took over the starting job and ran for 779 yards with 11 scores in 10 games. After the season, because of Zamir’s history of knee injuries, McGee said he encouraged him to enter the NFL draft. “I thought he should have, just because of the surgeries,” McGee said. “You don’t want to see him get injured again during his senior year. At least you’ve got some trail [left] on your tires, but he had faith in his abilities. He had faith that he wanted to improve his draft stock. He also had faith in Coach Smart and this team, and he wanted to do something special.” It would have been easy for Zamir to leave. His hometown of Laurinburg is one of the poorest cities in North Carolina. The town of about 15,000 residents has a poverty rate of 33.8%, about three times as high as the national average. The median annual income is $30,862, less than half the national average. According to the National Center for Edu-cation Statistics, all but three of the 1,353 students enrolled at Scotland High in the 2019-2020 school year were eligible for free lunches. When Zamir left for Georgia, his mother told him, “You’ve got to do something with yourself. You can’t stay here. It’s not an option for you to live here in Scotland County. You can’t. You’ve got to leave here.” Shanee, now 36, knows the plight of Laurin-burg’s residents all too well. She graduated from high

school, went to college and earned a master’s degree in criminal justice at Fayetteville State University. She works for the state’s Department of Public Safety as a corrections officer. “We’ve got so many good kids and we have so much talent that comes through Scotland High School,” she said. “They just fall victim to the streets and all the stuff that’s going on around here. I don’t want my son to be a statistic to that. I go to work every day, and I see a lot of guys in prison. That’s not what we’re doing.” Shanee and her daughter, Zimora McClain, still live in Laurinburg. Zamir wants to get to the NFL to help them leave, too. “For my mom to go back to school and believe in herself, after having me so early, and seeing her keep fighting no matter what, I’m proud of her,” Zamir said. “That’s something I’ve got to pay her back for. I know she’s not expecting it. My mother doesn’t care about material things, but my goal is to make it to the NFL and support my mother, sister and aunts for what they did for me.” Zamir is paying back in other ways, too. He has worked closely with Extra Special People, an Athens organization that works with people with differences. He also has encouraged young people dealing with cleft lip and cleft palate whenever he can. Jimbo Floyd and his wife, Jenny, learned their first child, James, had a craniofacial abnormality during an exam in the 36th week of her pregnancy. Doctors induced labor right away, and James was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate on March 20, 2009. Jimbo took James and his younger brother, Henry, to a Georgia football practice two years ago. Jimbo, an insurance agent in Gainesville, Georgia, grew up with Smart and reached out about his sons meeting Zamir. After practice, Zamir threw the football with James for about 15 minutes. Zamir also whispered something to James that he still won’t share with his brother and parents. “I wish I knew,” Jimbo said. “I can’t describe the smile on his face when Zamir finished talking. He was beaming with confidence and excitement. He immediately struck up a friendship with my son.

It was 15 minutes out of a day, but for my son, it meant the world to him.” Ashley Collins, a Bulldogs fan from Decatur, Georgia, met Zamir in the lobby of an on-campus hotel before a football game in 2019. Only a couple of months earlier, Collins and her husband, Casey, had been told that their youngest daughter, Harper, would soon be born with a craniofacial difference. “I almost told him about it, but I knew I couldn’t break down and cry in front of a kid who was about to play in a big football game,” Collins said. Like Shanee, a doctor had advised Ashley that she could terminate her pregnancy, but that it would have to be done soon under Georgia’s abortion law. “Already knowing Zamir’s story at the time and then kind of relating it, you’re thinking, ‘Well, what if his mom had done the same thing?’” Ashley said. “This is not a life-threatening condition. They’re going to have a good, sustainable life and be normal. For anyone to have even suggested that was

mind-blowing and shocking.” Harper was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate in January 2020. Now nearly two years old, Harper has undergone two surgeries and is thriving. Ashley hopes her daughter will meet Zamir one day, and she has been searching for a toddler-sized No. 3 Georgia jersey on the internet. “To see the impact he has and being so open about it, it really has given us a lot of inspiration,” Ashley said. “He hasn’t let it stop him from over-coming and being great. He is such a light. We love Zamir and feel such a connection to him.” Smart said he’s proud of the impact Zamir is having on kids with similar conditions. “He’s embraced it most of his life now,” Smart said. “So when he sees a young man or young woman with the same thing, they admire him. I’ve watched kids walk up to him and just light up, and he lights them up because he’s so charismatic.” For now, Zamir is focused on helping Georgia beat Florida and winning the SEC. That would give the Bulldogs a chance at trying to end their 41-year drought without a national championship in the College Football Playoff. And they’ll do it while riding the back of a 22-year-old man who wasn’t supposed to live beyond two weeks. “I always felt like God gave him a chance,” Bailey said. “I think he felt like he owed it to God and his family and everybody to just make the most of his talent and the most of his opportunity. I get chills thinking about it. But I really do think that part of his drive is, ‘I’m not going to cheat this opportunity. I’ve been given a lease on life.’” Zamir is making the most of that chance. Doctors have recommended yet another surgery that would involve breaking his jaw and realigning it. So far, he has been reluctant to go through yet another procedure. “I’m fine the way I am,” Zamir said. “I know I’m perfect in God’s eyes, and that’s all that matters to me.”

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