Category: UGA Football

Oscar Delp has found a superstition hack. The 6-foot-5 and 245-pound Georgia tight end has decided that his superstition is to not be superstitious any longer.

“I feel like superstitions, if something messed up, then it’s going to mess my whole game up, so I kind of just cut all of that out,” he said.

A sophomore from Cumming, Ga., Delp was a great prep lacrosse player at West Forsyth High School. In fact, until Delp’s football career took off later in high school, he thought lacrosse was the sport he’d likely play in college.

Delp’s father, Chris, played lacrosse at Rutgers, and his son would have been happy to follow in his footsteps. But then came his junior year of high school, when Delp, being used in numerous ways similar to how Georgia has used star tight end Brock Bowers the past to seasons, caught 43 passes and averaged 17 yards a catch. As a senior, he caught 59 passes for 923 yards.

Coming to Georgia was always going to be an adjustment, especially knowing that the Bulldogs last season had Bowers, who went on to win the Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end, and Darnell Washington, the 6-7 and 270-pound beast. Bowers led the Bulldogs in 2022 with 63 catches, Washington was fourth on the team with 28, and Delp finished his freshman season with five reception. His first career catch was a 28-yarder for a touchdown against South Carolina.

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ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart spoke with the media Saturday afternoon after the team’s second scrimmage and offered the following comments.

Opening Statement
“First off, I want to thank the group from Operation Teammate. We had them post practice and we’ve kind of made it an annual tradition to spend some time with the military families who have been separated from their kids and serve our country. I know they’re not out there for the entire scrimmage because I don’t know that they could handle the heat and being out there that long, but they come towards the end and our players get to interact with them. Certainly, want to thank the people that serve our country and come to our practices so that’s a big plus for our players to get to thank somebody else. I was very pleased with the improvement from scrimmage one to scrimmage two. I thought that last week’s scrimmage was not really up to the standard of what we need. I thought this scrimmage two was probably behind where we’ve been the last two years on scrimmage two but a lot further than where we were on scrimmage one. The progress we made was good but we’re not where we need to be. It was not really hot out there, I thought it was warm but nowhere near what it was the week before, so the competition and the ability to sustain was much better. I was proud of that. I thought the offense started faster, made a few more explosives, but you know how that is in a scrimmage. When that happens, it means that somebody else is giving them up too. We’ve finished up camp. This marks the last of what I consider to be camp. Moving forward, I think we’ll have four, or five maybe, practices over the next eight days. So, there’s more time for recovery, but not time for relaxing. If anything, we’ve got to secure some more spots, a couple spots are still up for grabs, then really hone in on who our special teams and travel roster guys are going to be. We’re two weeks away from kickoff and we’re not where we need to be but we’re competing. I want to see some more improvement, but I did see improvement from scrimmage one to two.”On position groups that excelled this week in practice…
“I can’t say one position group stood out over another in terms of readiness. They came out ready to scrimmage today. There was a lot better energy and enthusiasm, competes, even though they had been through another grind of a week of practice, but just the overall energy and enthusiasm was better. I think it’s easier to do that when you don’t have the heat. So, I don’t think one group stood out over another.”

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The Georgia football team’s 15-0 run last season to the College Football Playoff national championship wasn’t wide receiver Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint’s first taste of perfection. But it was his favorite.

As a senior at Florida football powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Rosemy-Jacksaint and the Raiders went 14-0 to capture the Class 7A state championship. In the fourth quarter of their 28-23 win over Edgewater in the title game, Rosemy-Jacksaint caught the go-ahead touchdown, and later sealed the win with an interception.

So which perfect season was better in Rosemy-Jacksaint’s eyes? Which was more meaningful or fun? And what has he done with all of his championship rings?

During a Quick Chat after practice Tuesday, the fourth-year wideout from Pompano Beach, Fla., talked about all of that and more, including why the best play of his career was his 32-yard touchdown catch against Florida as a freshman in 2020. Yes, that’s the same play during which he suffered a gruesome ankle injury.

Here’s some of what he had to say:

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