Georgia QB-turned-WR Logan Gray to transfer
Georgia quarterback-turned-wide receiver Logan Gray plans to transfer to another school for his final season of football eligibility after graduating from UGA in May.
According to UGA, Gray told coach Mark Richt that he wants to play at an undetermined school closer to his Columbia, Mo., home while pursuing a Master’s degree. He will complete his bachelor’s degree in speech communication at Georgia this semester.
Gray’s departure means Georgia will head toward the 2011 season without three wide receivers from last season’s team. A.J. Green left school early to enter the NFL draft, and Kris Durham completed his eligibility.
After redshirting in 2007 and serving as a backup quarterback in 2008 and 2009, Gray competed for Georgia’s starting quarterback job in spring practice last year. He was moved to receiver after Aaron Murray won the No. 1 quarterback job.
Gray considered transferring before the 2010 season but opted to remain at UGA. He played in all 13 games last season, starting none and catching nine passes for 105 yards and one touchdown.
Gray said in a statement Tuesday that he hopes to play his final season “where my family can attend all of my games.” He thanked Richt “for giving me the opportunity to be a Bulldog the last four years and [for] sticking beside me throughout the whole experience.”
“I would also like to thank my teammates for everything,” Gray said. “They are like another family to me, and I know I will be close to several of them for the rest of my life.”
Richt wished Gray well, saying in a statement: “I want to express sincere appreciation to Logan for his many contributions to our program the last four years. He’s been an asset to our team and program as both a player and student, and we wish him nothing but the very best.”
Coming out of high school, Gray was ranked the nation’s No. 7 quarterback prospect by ESPN. As a quarterback at Georgia, he completed five of 12 passes for 31 yards and two interceptions — all in 2009.
Under NCAA rules, a football player who transfers to pursue graduate studies for academic reasons can be eligible to play immediately at his new school, rather than having to sit out a year as is ordinarily required.
Rebuilding the receiver rotation will be a high priority for Georgia before next season. The Bulldogs’ top returning receiver is Tavarres King, who started five games and caught 27 passes for 504 yards and three touchdowns last season.
The Bulldogs return three other wide receivers with limited college experience –- Marlon Brown, Israel Troupe and Rantavious Wooten –- and one who redshirted as a freshman last season, Michael Bennett. In addition, Chris Conley — a 2011 recruit – enrolled this semester and will participate in spring practice. The Bulldogs are expected to sign several receivers to letters of intent this week.
Georgia also expects major pass-catching contributions from a deep group of tight ends, including Orson Charles and Aron White.
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February 1st, 2011
2:33 pm
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ga
February 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
outplayed Murray in 3 spring games? Based that on stats or lets see, one is a fr. who will get better and better and better, you get my point, the other (gray)is a band aid. Got a degree without having to do much. Great for him. Best of luck!
Rontavious,Dontavious,and Bubbatavious
February 1st, 2011
2:36 pm
That Logan kid sure could dance on the sidelines though.
ew ew Bucky Blew
February 1st, 2011
2:39 pm
The kid couldnt even throw a good screen pass.
Thanks Logan!
February 1st, 2011
2:41 pm
It was fun watching you play Logan and I felt for you in that no win situation against UF in 09 when spikes got that pick 6 but admired your determination and fight on the field and hope the very best for you! Good Luck. GO DAWGS!!
CK
February 1st, 2011
2:53 pm
“Gray’s departure means Georgia will head toward the 2011 season without three wide receivers from last season’s team.” — This happened to Auburn after last year too. It seemed to work out fine for them.
Ringleader
February 1st, 2011
2:58 pm
Gray was a special “favorite” of CMR…………..and the entire team knew it. That has been part of the problem for the last ten years. The best player is not on the field, but the favorite is. Who else would have a punt receiver with no intention of making a return ever. And then, we do not rush the punter, ever.
RxDawg
February 1st, 2011
2:59 pm
Best of luck to you Logan. This Dawg fan is also a fan of yours and I’ll be pulling for ya.
gomdawg
February 1st, 2011
3:00 pm
L. Gray, thanks for being a true Dawg. GOOD LUCK WHERE EVER YOU GO WE WILL REMEMBER
YOU.
timbo
February 1st, 2011
3:01 pm
UGA and GT both suck. You two schools talk so much sh*t, you would think that one of you would be at least half way decent. At least Tech has smart students. UGA is full of idiots. Need proof, compare the two blogs, and see which ones are smarter. No wonder people make fun of the south! Good for Logan, he got out of this backward state with a degree. Now go to another school and get an education.
NewnanDawg
February 1st, 2011
3:01 pm
Best of Luck to Logan – met him a few times and he was a fun kid that worked hard and loved his team; Maybe he can play in a competitive, but slightly smaller conference that will allow him a lot more time on the field to close out his career in front of family and friends.
Go Dawgs!
and yet another talent unfulfilled...
February 1st, 2011
3:03 pm
Logan Gray…another talent gone to waste…here in lies what is wrong with this program…Fray had sub 4.5 40 speed and also had zero chance of ever being the starting QB at UGA, yet the coaching staff made no attempt to utilize his size, speed, and talent. It wasn’t until LG stated to make waves that “he moved himself” to wide receiver. This guy had the size, speed and knowledge to make an outstanding FS or CB, even more so than the wide receiver that he eventually became. Would he have been happy being switched to another position(?) may be, if he was told that he had no chance of being a starting QB, but telling him that he had the size, speed, knowledge, and overall make-up to become a SEC caliber player at a different position. I’m sure that a Saban, Miles, Spurrier, and a few other coaches who could sell this change for the his good and the good of the team. If any athletic player is riding pine and knows the only way to get on the field is to switch positions, well either they make the most of the opportunity, or they transfer and follow their dream of playing the position of their choosing. Glad LG had the wherewithal to look out for his best interest last year, and again taking the bull by the horns and getting away from this mess called UGA football. Have at it and the best to you Logan.
UGA Law Dawg
February 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
Well, our team GPA just fell a full point. Good Luck Logan!
RxDawg
February 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
@MoDawg
February 1st, 2011
12:53 pm
Excellent post, I agree 100%.
Ugabuga
February 1st, 2011
3:11 pm
What? Now, who’s gonna fair catch punts & not return them?
Stanky
February 1st, 2011
3:14 pm
Good Luck to Logan – and thanks for eagerly being a member of the Dawg nation. Your efforts are appreciated and respected.
DawginLex
February 1st, 2011
3:16 pm
Good luck to Logan.
He can only go D-1A right? Otherwise he has to sit a year unless the NCAA allows a special waiver?
Looks like he wants to play QB at a school in MO that competes with GA Southern, Delaware etc.
Good for him.
boots
February 1st, 2011
3:20 pm
Good luck to him and his future. We all appreciate his attitude and heart. It does free up another scholarship, so maybe some good comes out of it for both Logan and the Dawgs.
UGAY " Nuff Said"
February 1st, 2011
3:21 pm
Enter your comments here
Delbert D.
February 1st, 2011
3:24 pm
Israel Troupe needs to step up and catch 8 or 9 balls. I mean after all, he is a 4-star from the 2007 class, same as Logan Gray.
Oconee Dawg
February 1st, 2011
3:25 pm
Another true bulldog Mr. Logan Gray!!! Thank you for setting examples for the other dawgs. We will miss you but may God bless you and I wish you the best of everything as you move forward. We will miss you as part of the receiving corp at UGA. You would have gotten a chance to play a lot with all the other receivers gone. Again good luck you are a real person with a lot of character. Oconeedawg
NFL Bound
February 1st, 2011
3:26 pm
So what? He wasn’t very good anyhow.
Reality Check
February 1st, 2011
3:34 pm
DawginLex, if he earns his degree if he works on his masters some where else he can use that rule and be immediately eligible at another D-1 school. I think the only rule is the program must not be offered at UGA.
Big Dick
February 1st, 2011
3:36 pm
Logan Gray will be missed. I hope the coaching staff sees the talent of Malcom Mitchell as a reciever. He caught 5 passes in the Under Armour All American game. One for a 49 yard touchdown. But, he will probably be redshirted as a corner.
FanSince59
February 1st, 2011
3:38 pm
If I were Gray,I would not have hung around this long. I would have been gone last year. He’d would have been better off for it. As it is, he has wasted 3 out of the 4 years of his elligibility.
MississippiDawg
February 1st, 2011
3:39 pm
Logan was not the result of poor recruiting…as one earlier post mentioned. He was the #7 HS QB in the Nation and an ESPN 150 player. He simply came in behind Stafford and then lost out to Cox and then Murray. D1 Football is like that. I bet he goes D2 or Mid major D1 and he could compete for a starting QB job..A lot of programs will be happy to have him. We have much more talented WR’s and TE’s than him – time to use them Bobo!!
Willl
February 1st, 2011
3:41 pm
Logan is an example of a Bulldog I will always admire, one who came to UGA to play a game AND ALSO to get an education!
Logan is also an example of why those who get so excited about recruiting must temper that excitement with a healthy dose of reality.
Logan was rated at one of the 10 best high school quarterbacks coming out of high school. At UGA, the recruit watchers were beside themselves over landing this “can’t miss, future hall of famer” who would lead the Bulldogs to the promise land of another national championship.
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
3:42 pm
Logan wasn’t a major contributor, don’t know whether it was lack of opportunity or talent. He had the credentials when he came in. Wish him a lot of luck finishing his football career and onto whatever he chooses after that.
If half the posters here had the class Logan had the world would be a better place.
Apples II Oranges
February 1st, 2011
3:44 pm
Miss Dawg,
The kid had talent, but it was not a fit for the type of offense Richt runs. It is widely known he is a pro style guy, where Gray coming out was either the #1 or #2 Spread Offense QB in the nation. That is where the issue is. So in essence it is poor recruiting, if you do implement a system that will allow the kid the best shot at playing QB with his skill set.
Mr. SEC
February 1st, 2011
3:48 pm
We should had saw this coming; Logan Gray was good at what he did,”Fair Catch Signals”. He did add a few receptions on offense this past season, BUT this is another problem CMR will not have to deal with next year. L. Gray has carried around a chip on his shoulder this season because he was not the starting QB. He made the statement at the begining of the season that he would do what ever it took to help the team! But his sense of not being in the spotlight at QB was like a cancer, even CMR had to talk him into staying with the team. His attitude help add fuel to the fire that helped a program come apart. As far as playing for anothe D-1 school somewhere else, No, I hope you don’t. You are no better than these who thought they could enter the draft early, only to find out they were not ready. You can not be considered a true Dawg untill the end of your eligibility in my opinion; you are wanting to bow out in a cowardly, pouting way. We gave you a free education, what did you give us, nothing! Grow up, you got beat out of your position by a better player. We do not need any more trouble spreading cancer at UGA.
Good Luck in your education, but you do not have my best wishes to ever play college football again!
I pitty the business that ever hires you for a position; if they decide to hire someone else with greater skills than you, I guess you will go to the break room and pout!
Paul
February 1st, 2011
3:53 pm
Good luck Logan. Thanks for the years and for being a class act. You will always be a Bulldawg.
Summit Dawg
February 1st, 2011
3:53 pm
Thanks Logan for four dedicated years as a “Dawg!”…..Best of luck to you and your family, hope it all works in your favor!
Booger
February 1st, 2011
3:55 pm
Nice to see a UGA player graduating and going to grad school instead of jail.
Mountain Dawg
February 1st, 2011
3:56 pm
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! NEVER has UGA wasted so much tiime and effort in trying to make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear.
A fine young man
February 1st, 2011
4:01 pm
Logan is a fine young man. Football is only a 4 to 8 year proposition for 98% of the participants, from say the 5th-10th grade and then maybe through the 12th. He is nearing that end and actually extended his career by 4 years and in the SEC. Great effort.
He is multi talented and he will be missed.
Logan, good luck to you in life.
UGA man class of 71 & 73
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
4:04 pm
Apples II Oranges, I think you hit the nail on the head. Mountain Dawg, why do you even bother?
CPJ Fan
February 1st, 2011
4:07 pm
UGA: Where 4 star players go to waste their talents. http://georgia.scout.com/a.z?s=135&p=8&c=1&nid=1842501
jsd
February 1st, 2011
4:08 pm
Nice pick six in the FLA game a year ago. SEE YA!!!
SClanding
February 1st, 2011
4:10 pm
Boy another hit for UGA receiving corp.
UGA is going to be ugly on offense next year. At least they have Aaron Murray, but have no WRs, average runningbacks and lost the core of a suspect OL???
But not to worry the annual greatest recruiting class in the history of college football will have UGA fans predicting another MNC next season.
Add to these the losses on Def and UGA most likely not going to reach the current years 6-7 record???
how2fish
February 1st, 2011
4:10 pm
Best of luck Logan !! DGD!!
CPJ Fan
February 1st, 2011
4:11 pm
Note to all 4 and 5 star players. Read these comments by these loving and adoring fans here. This is the way they will be talking about you too in three or four years. You’ll never read this trash about GT players.
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
4:11 pm
jsd, I guess you’ve never made a mistake in your life huh?
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
4:12 pm
CPJ Fan, could that be because Tech doesn’t get 4 and 5 star players, so we would never know one bust from the next?
CPJ Fan
February 1st, 2011
4:14 pm
We’ve had them. They are ALL in the NFL Mobile Dawg
Apples II Oranges
February 1st, 2011
4:15 pm
All 2 of them
beebee from tech
February 1st, 2011
4:18 pm
6-7 bwaaa Haaaa Haaaaaaaaa!!!
at least we got a good (QB went down) excuse!
Mobile Dawg
February 1st, 2011
4:18 pm
CPJ Fan, you really like sporting your ignorance huh? It’s amazing because academically GT is really a pretty good school. But then you didn’t say GT Fan, you said CPJ. How many of his “recruits” are in the NFL?
nash
February 1st, 2011
4:20 pm
isreal troup is still on the team? wow how did that happen
Uh...what?
February 1st, 2011
4:21 pm
Mountain Dawg…what was wasted? Logan was the model student athelete.
NCDAWG
February 1st, 2011
4:25 pm
Thanks for being a Damn Dood Dawg – you should have been playing QB more often early on. Good Luck!!!