Category: UGA Football

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia head coach Kirby Smart has been voted the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year while Brock Bowers has earned the title of SEC Freshman of the Year, according to a recent announcement following the votes of the league coaches.

In his sixth season as head coach, Smart has guided the No. 3 Bulldogs to a 12-1 record and the program’s fourth SEC Eastern Division title since 2017.  Later this month, Georgia will play No. 2 Michigan in its second College Football Playoff Semifinal since Smart’s arrival.  Smart was also the 2017 SEC Coach of the Year when the Bulldogs advanced to the CFP National Championship Game.

This marks the 13^th SEC Coach of the Year for a Georgia football head coach voted on by the coaches.  Smart is the fifth Bulldog coach to garner this honor.

Bowers, a native of Napa, Calif., posted the fourth 100-yard receiving game of his first season after hauling in a career-high 10 balls for a career-high 139 yards and a score during the SEC Championship Game showdown with Alabama last weekend.  He owns the UGA single season touchdown record for a tight end with 11.  His 11 scoring catches also ties the school record for touchdown receptions in a season (WR Terrence Edwards, 2002).

Bowers also owns the single season receiving yards for a tight end (791) on 47 catches, which is now just two catches short of tying the school’s single season record for tight end catches.  He is one of only two freshmen nationally to be ranked in the top 11 in total receiving touchdowns with 11 and he is the top tight end on that national list.

This marks the seventh SEC Freshman of the Year for the Bulldogs voted on by the coaches.  Current New York Giant Jake Fromm (2017) was the last Georgia player to earn this accolade.

In addition, the Bulldogs had a total of 10 players named to the All-SEC First Team and Second Team, including five First Team selections.  Bowers, senior DL Jordan Davis, senior DL Devonte Wyatt, junior ILB Nakobe Dean and senior P Jake Camarda were all named to the First Team.

Senior OT Jamaree Salyer, senior OG Justin Shaffer, sophomore DL Jalen Carter, senior DB Derion Kendrick and junior S Lewis Cine were included on the Second Team.

On Thursday, the Freshman All-SEC Team is expected to be announced.

The No. 3 Bulldogs will face No. 2 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.

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia senior defensive lineman Jordan Davis and junior linebacker Nakobe Dean have been named two of four finalists for the 2021 Lott IMPACT Trophy, according to an announcement from the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation.

Davis, a native of Charlotte, N.C., and Dean, a native of Horn Lake, Miss., join Michigan senior defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson and Utah senior linebacker Devin Lloyd as the four finalists.  The Lott IMPACT Trophy goes to the defensive IMPACT (Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, and Tenacity) player of the year.

Former Bulldog All-American and College Football Hall of Fame inductee David Pollack won the inaugural Lott Trophy in 2004.  Since then, Jarvis Jones (2012) has also been a finalist for the honor.

This year’s Lott winner will be announced Dec. 12 in Newport Beach, Calif.

Davis and Dean have helped Georgia (12-1, 8-0 SEC) lead the nation in scoring defense (9.5 points per game), rank second in total defense (254.3 yards per game) and third nationally in rushing defense (81.7 ypg).  Davis anchors the interior line with 28 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks while Dean is tied for the team lead with 61 stops, including a team-leading 8.5 tackles for loss and five sacks and has two interceptions and a forced fumble.

Davis was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trohpy and is a finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the Outland Trophy, the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Senior CLASS Award (https://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/football_2021).  The winners of the Walter Camp, Outland and Bednarik awards will be announced live on Thursday during the 31^st annual Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN from 7-9 pm ET.

Dean has already secured the 2021 Butkus Award, was a finalist for the Wuerffel Trophy and was captain of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.  In addition, Dean was named to the SEC Community Service Team.

The No. 3 Bulldogs will face No. 2 Michigan in a College Football Playoff 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.

How the Bulldogs in the NFL fared in Week 13:

Rams 37, Jaguars 7
    Leonard Floyd, OLB: Floyd rolled up three tackles, including half a sack, for the Rams.
    Sony Michel, RB: Michel rushed 24 times for a season-best 121 yards (the third-best total of his career) and a touchdown and he caught three passes for eight yards for Los Angeles.
    Matthew Stafford, QB: Stafford went 26-of-38 for 295 yards and three touchdowns for the Rams. He stands second in the NFL with 30 touchdown passes and third with 3,611 passing yards.
    Tyson Campbell, DB: Campbell had four tackles for Jacksonville.

    Chiefs 22, Broncos 9
    Deandre Baker, DB: Baker had four tackles and defended a pass for the Chiefs. Sunday’s game marked Baker’s first action since Week 6.
    Mecole Hardman, WR: Hardman hauled in a 12-yard pass for Kansas City.

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ATHENS — The third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are in the College Football Playoff for the second time and will play second-ranked Michigan in the Capital One Orange Bowl semi-final game on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

The semifinal game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, between the third-ranked Bulldogs (12-1) and the Big Ten champion Wolverines (12-1).   It will be televised on ESPN and broadcast on the ESPN Radio Network.

Georgia and Michigan have only met twice before with both meetings taking place in Ann Arbor: 1957 (Michigan 26, Georgia 0); and 1965 (Georgia 15, Michigan 7).

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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia junior Nakobe Dean has become the second Bulldog to win the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s best collegiate linebacker.

Dean, a native of Horn Lake, Miss., garnered 34 percent of the weighted vote and 52 percent of the first-place votes to secure the award.  He was chosen from the other finalists consisting of Utah’s Devin Lloyd, Wisconsin’s Leo Chenal, LSU’s Damone Clark, Cincinnati’s Darrian Beavers and Wyoming’s Chad Muma, according to an announcement from the Butkus Foundation.

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Georgia 12-1 , 8-0

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 Alabama 12-1 , 7-1

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