QB Gray meets with Richt; no decision yet on transfer (UPDATED)
(Updated 8 p.m.)
Logan Gray, Georgia’s No. 2 quarterback, met Monday with coach Mark Richt to discuss his status on the team and the possibility of transferring to another school.
Gray remained with the Bulldogs as of Monday night, associate athletics director Claude Felton said, but “he is weighing options for the remainder of his playing career.”
The uncertainty about Gray’s future surfaced four days after Richt revealed the Bulldogs’ post-spring depth chart, which has Gray, a junior, behind redshirt freshman Aaron Murray at quarterback.
Richt’s dismissal of Zach Mettenberger from the team on April 18 left Murray and Gray as the only quarterbacks in the Georgia program until recruit Hutson Mason arrives this summer from Marietta’s Lassiter High.
So if Gray decides to transfer, that would leave a true freshman, Mason, as Murray’s apparent backup in the fall.
There was no indication Monday night that Gray has made a decision. He was not available for comment.
Gray has two years of eligibility remaining at Georgia but, under NCAA transfer rules, would have only one year to play if he moved to another Division I-A school. He would retain two years of eligibility if he transferred to a school in a lower division.
Richt said last week that Murray’s spot atop the depth chart does not guarantee he will be the starter in the Sept. 4 season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Gray, from Columbia, Mo., was Georgia’s backup quarterback last season but played minimally behind senior starter Joe Cox.
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shawn
April 27th, 2010
4:34 am
Sadly Devin Burns should be in Athens already and not have been treated the way he was and we would have an insurance policy if Gray happens to leave. We really messed it up with Carver(Columbus).
Lane Pimpin
April 27th, 2010
5:52 am
Logan Gray is smart. If he stays in Athens he will become like Eric Zeier and a rapidly growing group of Dawg QBs who have the distinction of never beating the Gators. Get out now, Logan while you still have the chance!
comments are closed
April 27th, 2010
6:23 am
Im Still Banned on Bill Kings blawg. Aw phooey. I bet his last poll vote on the dawgs would dramatically change now with all of the arrests,suspensions and possible departures. UGA football has been a laughing stock now for a long while.
Junkyard Jailbirds
April 27th, 2010
6:30 am
Sure hope everything cools down for a while here in Athens. Jail blotter is about to run out of ink with all the arrests .
Dawg #5
April 27th, 2010
6:37 am
C-YA GRAY !! Best news since Bryan Evans ran out of eligibility !! Murray is the man #11 !!
Bulldog59
April 27th, 2010
6:38 am
I heard this rumor on Sunday but no one (AJC, Bleacherreport.com, etc.) would confirm it.
This issue started last year. Gray, and the Bulldog Nation, were told that he would be used in certain situations and run certain offensive sets. None of which occurred. Gray came in when we were down 20+ points late in the game, when everyone, including UGA VII knew we had to throw the ball. Of course, no success when the D knows the play in advance.
Now, he is one play (injury) away from being the starter, but that’s of little consolation to him at this point. We’ll see what happens…. don’t look for any of the walk-on/backups to be any help, nor will Hutson Mason, at least not until at least mid-season. Mason will need quite a bit of time to learn the offense.
Obummer is a clown too
April 27th, 2010
6:45 am
Looks like UGA needs a bailout.
Lane Pimpin
April 27th, 2010
6:47 am
This is good news for the poodles because it give Richt an excuse when John Brantley racks up 400 yards in the air and the Gators pick off four Murray throws. Richt can observe that “it would have been better if we could have put in another QB on a day when Aaron did not have his good stuff.”
gomdawg
April 27th, 2010
6:50 am
NICK WILLIAMS IS A GREAT QB. OUT OF BAINBRIDGE LEAD HIS TEAM TO STATE PLAY OFF
A HARD RUNNING AND GREAT PASSER.
Urban Meyer
April 27th, 2010
6:50 am
If Gray were my son or even those guys that were suspended I would punch some of you red neck UGA fans in the mouth by all of these mean comments being said..
the flats
April 27th, 2010
7:10 am
continuing to unravel….sure enjoying this
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
7:18 am
Erk, can’t really deliver any disclipline to a football player much louder than kicking them off. I would say thats the ultimate and I am pretty sure that they heard it when their stuff was sitting outside the locker room. What would you have Richt do? Follow them around campus for few weeks hollering at them even after they arent on the team for good measure?
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
7:21 am
flats, see now that’s the difference. You hope UGA unravels so the jackets might beat them every now and then , while UGA fan are pretty confident our team could beat the jackets in thier prime.
UA Alum92
April 27th, 2010
7:23 am
Wow! Four arrests since March and now a 21-year-old holding the program hostage. Time to seriously start questioning whether CMR can right the ship.
Clarke County Sheriff Ira Edwards
April 27th, 2010
7:29 am
We have begun installing a practice field behind the Clarke County jail. This will allow all incarcerated UGA players to still participate in drills and practice. We are doing this as a personal favor to Coach Richt, who is going to start a prison ministry for the players as well. As football season approaches, we will work with Coach Richt to allow players probation to play on Saturdays whenever possible. I say its Great to be a Georgia Bulldog……except when you are locked up in my jail. Go Dawgs!
roll tide
April 27th, 2010
7:30 am
Sell the Lake House. Your place is with the program in Athens, not Lake Oconee. Sell the Lake House. We’re getting ripped off. thamks again for James Carpenter and Chance Warmack. And also for Moving Kiante Tripp and Bean Anderson.
Juan Carlos Diego Raul Sanchez
April 27th, 2010
7:32 am
If Gray stays long enough – he will get arrested for possession, battery, solicitation, and most likely impersonation of a talented quarterback…GOOOOO AWAY
Botox Boy
April 27th, 2010
7:33 am
Last week Botox Boy said at a Georgia Booster Meeting-”You’re dadgum right that we are going to beat Florida.” Now Missionairy Position Man(I’m referring to global travels) did not specify the year or the sport,however, when you start sounding like a senile guy from the Panhandle of Florida, i would say that does not bode well.
AND can we start to realize we are “suppose” to be an “elite program” and check ALL the other “elite programs” in the land and they are ALL concerned about reaching and possibly winning National Championship games. Their supporters are not orgasmically supportive of a coach averaging 10 wins a year when the school last won a Championship in last months of James Earl Carter’s Presidency.
Right??
Botox dad
April 27th, 2010
7:40 am
I was fond of little Timmy Tebow Too………
Jim Doanan as in Doans Pills
April 27th, 2010
7:42 am
This fooball program has become worse than the Quincy Carter days. Please Markie boy and grow a larger pair!
Jim Doanan as in Doans Pills
April 27th, 2010
7:43 am
“‘football”
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
April 27th, 2010
7:46 am
Its official……Shreveport will be holding the first annual UGA Bulldog appreciation day on Saturday June 26th. The UGA Bulldogs have done so much for the local economy by appearing in the Independence Bowl so many times over the past several years. Wahlid Patel, who owns the local Motel 6, said his business has increased steadily thanks to the fans from Georgia. He added he does wish they would not pack 12 into a single room though. We know UGA fans will support the team again as they trek to Shreveport in December once again. Buy your UGA Appreciation Day tickets @ http://www.shreveportchamber.org/. Go Doggies!!!
I Will Follow You. No Matter Where.
April 27th, 2010
7:47 am
I wonder if Orsen Charles still thinks it was a good idea to go to an institution because his “male friend”, Aaron Murray< was going there? Well, at least Marky Mark demonstrated he knows what is important by telling young master Orsen–By the way, who names kid Orsen in 1990?—"Son, you come to Georgia and you can wear # 7 and PLAY with Aaron."
Wow!!!
I Will Follow You. No Matter Where.
April 27th, 2010
7:49 am
Did any of you guys ever select a school based on some guy from Tampa? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
NCAA
April 27th, 2010
7:51 am
At least he ONLY had to promise Charles a number. That was getting off easy.
Shreveport Shorty
April 27th, 2010
7:57 am
Come on back to Shreveport UGA fans–we’ve got the purtiest women this side of the mississippi, the coldest PBR in louisiana and the that motel 6 near the freeway is the finest in the land! We’ll welcome you back next december in a big parade—we’ll start getting that PBR on ice right now!!!!
Richt - nice guy, bad coach
April 27th, 2010
7:57 am
Richt has lost control. The tail is wagging the dawg. He will not survive 2010.
Tech Stinger
April 27th, 2010
8:00 am
The new UGA motto: 3 arrests and a cloud of dust!
Jaw Dawg
April 27th, 2010
8:00 am
Remeber a freshman in 78 coming in to rally Georgia for a big win against GA TECH. He didn’t have such a bad career. So give this situation a rest. It’s why most of you posters are not coaches, because you don’t know football. Pretenders!
Jay Leno
April 27th, 2010
8:02 am
Not even I can compete with this!!…It’s getting quite comical in Athens! Oh my, you can’t make this stuff up folks!
Numerous players arrested, kicked off team, in jail, or transferring….seems like everyone is jumping ship on ol’ Captain Richt!
POAD
April 27th, 2010
8:05 am
Stop Please Stopp my sides are killing me. HHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHA I can’t stop Laughing. Is this the comment page for a sports article or an audition page for comedy writers? More arrested, 1 considering to transfer, and BoZo is one the HOT SEAT for not knowing to coach QB’s? Stop your KILLING ME. AHHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
59bulldawg
April 27th, 2010
8:10 am
Thought this kid was a team player!
Forgot It Was That Bad
April 27th, 2010
8:11 am
Has it really been since Carter that we on a National Championship? Since then I believe these teams have won one outright or shared:
USC
LSU
Florida
Texas
Oklahoma
FSU
Miami
Ohio State
Penn State
Michigan
Colorado
BYU
Georgia Tech–What the Hell??
Clemson–Clemson!!!!!
I’m not feeling “elite.”
Jeff
April 27th, 2010
8:20 am
Here is the core of our problems- we get all these highly rated QBs and only one can play….you dont see UF with this problem….or Bama. Why do we need 3-4 blue chip QBs in the same class or two?
jerry
April 27th, 2010
8:26 am
Richt seems to have been under the impression that anyone he fingered for a coordinators position could do the job, qualified or not. Maybe he let his faith based personal philosophy bleed over into his business decisions.
bulldogmaniac
April 27th, 2010
8:28 am
dont whine and threaten to leave because you havent WON the job yet.
I think that he feels that he should just get the job because he has been there the longest.
Go outplay Murray and WIN the job, dont expect it to be handed to you!
Forgot It Was That Bad
April 27th, 2010
8:30 am
ugadawgz, Wouldn’t you like to win a National Championship so that we can stop the BS. Florida does not quote their bowl record under Meyer. They show kids the crystal trophies.
Would you PLEASE look at the schedules Georgia has played since Richt got here. I think you will agree with the disparity between our talent and who we played that he damn well better have averaged the wins he did. That’s why we NEVER hear Richt in conjunction with the NFL. Have you ever wondered about that? NEVER have to worry about our coach going to the NFL–Is that a good thing, when you consider the number of coaches who have been mentioned for NFL positions??
Forgot It Was That Bad
April 27th, 2010
8:31 am
Jerry, NO?????????????????????????????????
Dawg!!
April 27th, 2010
8:35 am
Ok i like the new QB! MURRY WILL WIN IT ALL!!!
David
April 27th, 2010
8:37 am
The walls are crumbling at Ga. However, keep believing in Richt. We Bama fans like it like that.
Maybe Richt is not the saint you think he is. The dude does like the mirrow.
CLEVON LITTLE
April 27th, 2010
8:39 am
Can you blame him?? I don’t. Would you want to be a bench warmer for 4-5 yrs? You bust your tail for nearly 12-months out of the year, every year, then you hardly ever play??? I’d at least like to go to a school somewhere -even a smaller school, and have fun for at least a yr or two. It does put us in a bad position, but it is what it is.
True Red & Black
April 27th, 2010
8:40 am
We don’t need this type of selfish player. If he had talent, I could understand his prima donna attitude. Get out of Athens and down to Remerton. He was a good high school player but this ain’t high school son. At the least, CMR should suspend him for conduct unbecoming of a Bulldog!
True Red & Black
April 27th, 2010
8:42 am
I heard Buffalo has been courting Richt. I don’t know why. He can’t control his college players.
Forgot It Was That Bad
April 27th, 2010
8:44 am
The University of Buffalo???????????
Scout.com
April 27th, 2010
8:44 am
Looks like it might just be Murray the Midget! Good luck with that!
Dawg!!
April 27th, 2010
8:44 am
Now True can you control college kids??? I don’t think so… Hhaha!!!
POAD
April 27th, 2010
8:46 am
CONDUCT UNBECOMING a DAWG? What he hasn’t been arrested yet or he can’t leave for the draft?
Real V Dawg
April 27th, 2010
8:47 am
If UGA’s offense doesn’t produce big this year, Bobo must go! He’s overmatched.
GaGator
April 27th, 2010
8:49 am
Jeff
April 27th, 2010
8:20 am
Here is the core of our problems- we get all these highly rated QBs and only one can play….you dont see UF with this problem….or Bama. Why do we need 3-4 blue chip QBs in the same class or two?
I’ll tell you why Richt stock piles QB’s. He knows his coaches aren’t the best and hopes
one of the kids can excell all by himself with out much coaching. See M. Stafford, he would have been a 1st round NFL choice if he had played at Slippery Rock–Georgia needed him, he didn’t need Georgia.
It still amazes me why all these QB’s go to Georgia though——-just don’t get it.
Paddy
April 27th, 2010
8:51 am
Our Mojo lost its ammo!