Category: UGA Football

ATHENS, Ga.——Georgia senior safety Christopher Smith and junior defensive lineman Jalen Carter were named Associated Press First Team All-Americans, according to an announcement Monday.

Georgia (13-0), the Southeastern Conference champion and top seed in the College Football Playoff, is one of three programs to have more than one player on the team and the only one to have a pair on defense.

Last week, Carter and Smith were named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) All-America first team while sophomore tight end Brock Bowers made the FWAA first team and Walter Camp second team.

Carter, a native of Apopka, Fla., was a Rotary Lombardi Award finalist.  Despite starting only seven games because of an early season knee injury, he has 29 tackles, including seven tackles for loss (TFL) and three sacks, to go with two forced fumbles and 25 quarterback hurries. Over the last six games, he has accounted for 24 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, three sacks and a pair of forced fumbles.

Smith, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.  He has started all 13 games, leads the squad with three interceptions and ranks fourth in tackles with 50.  In the SEC Championship Game victory over LSU, Smith returned a blocked field goal 96 yards for a touchdown, had three tackles, including a TFL, and an interception.

The AP All-America Team has been among the five teams used to formulate the NCAA’s annual consensus All-America team, which will be announced later this week.  Since the 2002 season, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the FWAA, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation have joined the AP as the five designated selectors by the NCAA.

The Bulldogs take on No. 4 Ohio State (11-1) in the CFP Semifinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 31.  ESPN will televise the matchup at 8 p.m.

ATHENS, Ga.——Georgia senior safety Christopher Smith, junior defensive lineman Jalen Carter and sophomore tight end Brock Bowers were named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) FBS Coaches’ All-America First Team while sophomore linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson was included on the Second Team, according to an announcement Wednesday.

Georgia (13-0), the Southeastern Conference champion and top seed in the College Football Playoff, led all schools with three first-team selections.  Carter checked in as a Second Team selection in 2021.

Smith, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.  He has started all 13 games, leads the squad with three interceptions and ranks fourth in tackles with 50.  In the SEC Championship Game victory over LSU, Smith returned a blocked field goal 96 yards for a touchdown, had three tackles, including a TFL, and an interception.

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ATHENS, Ga.——Georgia senior safety Christopher Smith, junior defensive lineman Jalen Carter, sophomore linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson and sophomore tight end Brock Bowers were named Sporting News All-Americans, according to an announcement Tuesday.

Georgia (13-0), the Southeastern Conference champion and top seed in the College Football Playoff, led all schools with three first-team selections in Smith, Carter and Dumas-Johnson. Bowers was named to the second team.

Smith, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.  He has started all 13 games, leads the squad with three interceptions and ranks fourth in tackles with 50.  In the SEC Championship Game victory over LSU, Smith returned a blocked field goal 96 yards for a touchdown, had three tackles, including a TFL, and an interception.

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How the Bulldogs in the NFL fared in Week 14:

    RAVENS 16, STEELERS 14
    Ben Cleveland, OL: Appeared on 14 offensive plays, recovering a fumble to allow the Ravens to retain possession. and four special teams plays.
    Justin Houston, OLB: Registered one quarterback hurry for Baltimore.
    Nick Moore, LS: Snapped on three field goals, three punts, and one extra point for the Ravens.
    Roquan Smith, ILB: Had six tackles, including a sack, and intercepted a pass for Baltimore. Stands seventh in the NFL with 120 tackles.
    George Pickens, WR: Caught three passes for 78 yards for the Steelers. Ranks third among NFL rookies with 590 yards.

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ATHENS, Ga. — Fresh off of their second Southeastern Conference title during the Kirby Smart era, the Georgia football team had 13 selected to the All-SEC football team, according to a league announcement Tuesday.

Sophomore tight end Brock Bowers, junior offensive tackle Warren McClendon, junior defensive lineman Jalen Carter, senior safety Christopher Smith and senior place-kicker Jack Podlesny (PK, kickoff specialist) were all named to the First Team.

The Second Team selections included senior quarterback Stetson Bennett, redshirt sophomore receiver Ladd McConkey, junior tight end Darnell Washington, redshirt sophomore Sedrick Van Pran, junior defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse, redshirt sophomore defensive back Kelee Ringo and junior long snapper William Mote.

The SEC’s individual awards will be released on Wednesday and the Freshman All-SEC Team will be released on Thursday.

The top-seeded Bulldogs (13-0, 8-1 SEC) take on No. 4 Ohio State (11-1, 8-1 Big 10) in the College Football Playoff Semifinal Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 31.  ESPN will televise the matchup.