UGA Football: Bowers Named Finalist For Shaun Alexander Freshman Of The Year Award

ATHENS, Ga. — Bulldog true freshman tight end Brock Bowers has been named one of five finalists for the fourth annual Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, according to an announcement from the Maxwell Football Club.

Bowers, a native of Napa, Calif., is the only 2021 finalist from the Southeastern Conference.

The winner of the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year  award will be unveiled Jan. 10, 2022. The formal presentations of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Harrah’s Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 18, 2022.

Bowers was a USA Today, ESPN and The Athletic First Team All-American and was the SEC Freshman of the Year in his first year with the Bulldogs.  He has a team-best 47 catches for 791 yards and 12 touchdowns (11 receiving, one rushing). The Mackey Award semifinalist has tied the UGA record for receiving touchdowns in a season (Terrence Edwards, 2002).

The No. 3 Bulldogs will face second-ranked Michigan in a CFP Semifinal in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 31.  Kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., will be at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.

UGA Men’s Basketball: Georgia Falls to East Tennessee State, 86-84

86
 ETSU 8-5,0-0 SoCon
84
Georgia 5-7,0-0 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
ETSU 48 38 86
Georgia 39 45 84

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats ETSU UGa
FG% .531 .483
3FG% .520 .412
FT% .278 .778
RB 32 39
TO 8 13
STL 7 5

ATHENS, Ga. – Despite a valiant comeback effort, the University of Georgia men’s basketball team dropped an 86-84 result to East Tennessee State Wednesday evening before 6,418 spectators at Stegeman Coliseum.

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