Brennan Jackson saw the best of tight end Benjamin Yurosek up close for two of his best games at Stanford. His scouting report on the tight end may explain why Georgia football is bringing Yurosek in for the 2024 season.
“Very ruthless at the point of attack,” said the second team All Pac-12 defensive end from Washington. “He was a guy that all week we kind of had to key in and know where he was at. A lot of the offense went through him.”
Yurosek had five catches for 99 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown in 2021 against Washington State, and a team-high eight catches for 99 yards in 2022 against the Cougars.
“We felt like we are getting a really talented, experienced, mature body type,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “We need that at that position.”
Yurosek announced he was transferring to Georgia on Feb. 9, the latest of seven transfers added this offseason. He’s the only one not practicing with the team this spring since he won’t arrive until the summer.
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The move to add Yurosek, Smart said, gives Georgia experience (35 games over four seasons), size (6-foot-4 and 242 pounds) and speed (14 carries for 114 yards) at a position that he said Georgia knew “we were going to be short there,” with Pearce Spurlin taking a medical DQ because of a congenital heart condition.
Junior Oscar Delp is coming off a season in which he had 24 catches for 284 yards and three touchdowns and Smart called him “a proven player with toughness. He said sophomore Lawson Luckie “is having a really good spring so far.”
Freshmen Jaden Reddell and Colton Heinrich have to come along fast, Smart said.
“They need all the reps they can get,” Smart said. “They just need…
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Publish date : 2024-03-22 08:07:46
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