UGA Football: Three-Time Honoree Brock Bowers Headlines Bulldog All-Americans

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia junior tight end Brock Bowers earned unanimous consensus All-America honors for the first time and became just the third Bulldog in school history to be a three-time First Team All-American, according to announcements over the last week.

Bowers, who is the first two-time winner of the Mackey Award (2022-23), joins David Pollack (2002-04) and Herschel Walker (1980-82) as the school’s only three-time First Team All-Americans to headline Georgia’s group of 2023 All-Americans.

Bowers was named a First Team All-American by Walter Camp, Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), AP, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), CBS Sports,  Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Sporting News and The Athletic.

Sophomore safety Malaki Starks was also a consensus All-American after garnering First Team honors from Walter Camp, FWAA, AP, AFCA, CBS Sports,  Sports Illustrated and ESPN and was a Sporting News and The Athletic Second Team selection.

The five All-teams that are used to determine consensus All-America are revealed in the following five teams: Walter Camp, FWAA, AP, AFCA and Sporting News.

Also, junior center Sedrick Van Pran was a Sports Illustrated and ESPN First Team selection and on the Second Team for Walter Camp, FWAA, AP, AFCA, Sporting News, The Athletic and CBS Sports.

Several other Bulldogs earned All-America honors as well.  Junior guard Tate Ratledge was included on the AP Second Team and senior defensive back Tykee Smith was included on the CBS Sports Second Team. Redshirt freshman offensive tackle Earnest Greene III was named to The Athletic’s Freshman All-America Team and first-year place-kicker Peyton Woodring was named to the 24/7 True Freshman All-America Team.

No. 6 Georgia (12-1) continues the 2023 postseason at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium versus No. 5 Florida State (13-0) on Dec. 30.  ESPN will televise the matchup at 4 p.m.

2023 Bulldog All-Americans
Walter Camp: First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks; Second Team – Sedrick Van Pran

Football Writers Association of America (FWAA): First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks; Second Team – Sedrick Van Pran

AP: First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks; Second Team – Tate Ratledge, Sedrick Van Pran

AFCA: First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks; Second Team – Sedrick Van Pran

Sporting News: First Team – Brock Bowers; Second Team – Sedrick Van Pran, Malaki Starks

The Athletic: First Team – Brock Bowers; Second Team – Malaki Starks, Sedrick Van Pran; Freshman All-America First Team – Earnest Greene III

CBS Sports: First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks; Second Team – Tykee Smith, Sedrick Van Pran

Sports Illustrated: First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks, Sedrick Van Pran

ESPN: First Team – Brock Bowers, Malaki Starks, Sedrick Van Pran

24/7: True Freshmen All-America Team – Peyton Woodring