G-Day: 3 things to look out for in Georgia’s spring game

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Georgia football is back in action on Saturday before the long summer break. For just a few hours, we’ll get our first real look at the Bulldogs’ 2024 roster until the season opener versus Clemson on Aug. 31.

Georgia’s sidelines won’t look the same in 2024 after the departure of key staffers Fran Brown, Dell McGee and Bryan McClendon. Additionally, support staffers Scott Cochran and Darrell Dickey left this offseason.

UGA moved quickly to solidify its staff ahead of spring, adding defensive backs coach Donte Williams, co-defensive coordinator/ safeties coach Travaris Robinson, wide receivers coach James Coley and running backs coach Josh Crawford.

The transfer portal hit the Bulldogs hard, with 21 players electing to play elsewhere, the most of the Kirby Smart era. On the other hand, UGA added eight players of its own via the portal and signed 28 recruits in the No. 1 recruiting class.

The most critical part of the offseason is the return of star quarterback Carson Beck. He’ll be back at the helm of the Mike Bobo offense as a senior. Beck’s play last season has garnered Heisman Trophy and potential No. 1 NFL draft pick hype as of late.

Here’s 3 things to lookout for on G-Day

There’s no shortage of talent on the outside, but who steps up?

Smart gave us some insight this spring into his opinion of Beck and the new offense. He acknowledged that the Bulldogs will only go as far as Beck takes them, and to do that, Georgia needs to give him more freedom to make plays.

“Early in the year last season, we probably did try to protect him too much,” Smart said. “But then you see nothing ever really affects him and know you’ve just got to let the cat go play because we were either going to make it or not make it on his back. As the year went on, he got better and better, but we were probably a little too slow…

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Author : UGA Wire

Publish date : 2024-04-11 17:06:21

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