Georgia football releases preseason depth chart
Georgia just released it’s post-spring depth chart on Monday afternoon. There were virtually no surprises, though in some areas such as offensive line is becomes very apparent how severe the lack of depth is. Two walk-ons are among the two-deep there.
Following is the entire list. Let’s hear your thoughts . . .
2011 GEORGIA PRE-SEASON DEPTH CHART
(starters in bold)
OFFENSE
SE 15 Marlon Brown (6-5, 222, Jr.)
82 Michael Bennett (6-3, 208, RFr.)
28 Israel Troupe (6-1, 222, Sr.)
19 Michael Erdman (5-10, 191, RFr.)
85 Greg Lanier (6-1, 189, Sr.)
25 Rhett McGowan (6-0, 190, RSo.)
18 Evan Wells (6-1, 174, Fr.)
LT 71 Cordy Glenn (6-5, 348, Sr.)
67 Hugh Williams (6-5, 254, RFr.)
LG 72 Kenarious Gates (6-5, 328, So.)
75 Kolton Houston (6-5, 291, RFr.)
64 Dallas Lee (6-4, 300, RSo.)
C 60 Ben Jones (6-3, 316, Sr.)
58 Ben Reynolds (6-2, 255, RSo.)
RG 68 Chris Burnette (6-2, 313, RSo.)
73 Brent Benedict (6-5, 312, RFr.)
RT 79 Justin Anderson (6-5, 342, Sr.)
74 Austin Long (6-5, 304, RSo.)
TE 7 Orson Charles (6-3, 241, Jr.)
81 Aron White (6-4, 239, Sr.)
88 Arthur Lynch (6-5, 272, RSo.)
QB 11 Aaron Murray (6-1, 211, RSo.)
14 Hutson Mason (6-3, 196, So.)
16 Christian LeMay (6-2, 198, Fr.)
2 Parker Welch (6-3, 204, RFr.)
10 Greg Bingham (6-4, 223, RFr.)
FB 89 Bruce Figgins (6-4, 272, Sr.) OR
46 Alexander Ogletree (5-10, 224, So.)
42 Dustin Royston (5-11, 242, RSo.)
22 Drew Wilson (6-2, 206, So.)
27 Greg Mulkey (6-3, 230, Fr.)
TB 4 Caleb King (5-11, 224, Sr.)
30 Carlton Thomas (5-7, 163, Jr.)
20 Brandon Harton (5-6, 174, RSo.)
24 Ken Malcome (6-0, 226, RFr.)
36 Wes Van Dyk (6-0, 203, Jr.)
23 Alex Parsons (5-10, 194, RSo.)
FLK 12 Tavarres King (6-1, 192, Jr.)
17 Rantavious Wooten (5-10, 185, Jr.)
31 Chris Conley (6-3, 202, Fr.)
80 Taylor Bradberry (6-3, 192, Jr.)
29 Jamal Payette (6-3, 183, Fr.)
INJURED
65 John Bodin (6-6, 321, Jr.)
31 Chris Young (6-1, 230, RSo.)
77 Trinton Sturdivant (6-5, 310, Sr.)
DEFENSE
DE 93 Abry Jones (6-3, 309, Jr.)
56 Garrison Smith (6-3, 294, So.)
98 Candler Cook (6-3, 234, Sr.)
N 99 Kwame Geathers (6-6, 350, RSo.)
96 Michael Thornton (6-1, 287, RFr.)
DE 94 DeAngelo Tyson (6-4, 306, Sr.)
85 Derrick Lott (6-4, 303, RSo.)
SAM 29 Jarvis Jones (6-3, 241, RSo.)
33 Chase Vasser (6-3, 227, RSo.)
90 Matthew DeGenova (6-1, 236, Sr.)
24 Jamel Allen (6-2, 226, Jr.)
WILL 83 Cornelius Washington (6-4, 260, RSo.)
95 Reuben Faloughi (6-5, 255, RSo.)
88 Ricky Lowe (6-7, 258, Jr.)
MIKE 45 Christian Robinson (6-2, 226, Jr.)
35 Michael Gilliard (6-2, 220, Jr.)
41 Brandon Burrows (6-3, 240, RFr.)
58 Taylor Maxey (5-10, 220, Fr.)
49 Jason Veal (5-11, 220, Sr.)
MO 9 Alec Ogletree (6-3, 236, So.)
22 Richard Samuel (6-2, 243, Jr.)
30 Jeremy Sulek (6-1, 209, Sr.)
48 Kosta Vavlas (6-0, 219, RFr.)
42 Cory Campbell (5-10, 210, RFr.)
50 Robert Davis (6-2, 214, So.)
CB 19 Sanders Commings (6-2, 217, Jr.)
10 Jordan Love (6-0, 190, RSo.)
5 Blake Sailors (5-11, 186, RSo.)
15 Eric Elliot (5-9, 188, Sr.)
28 Corey Dunson (6-0, 196, RSo.)
CB 2 Brandon Boykin (5-10, 183, Sr.)
1 Branden Smith (5-11, 176, Jr.)
20 Derek Owens (5-9, 166, So.)
4 Luis Capella (5-10, 176, RSo.)
SS 36 Shawn Williams (6-1, 220, Jr.)
25 Marc Deas (6-1, 197, RFr.)
11 Connor Norman (5-10, 208, RFr.)
12 Austin Herod (5-10, 191, RSo.)
FS 18 Bacarri Rambo (6-0, 218, Jr.)
23 Jakar Hamilton (6-2, 205, Sr.)
INJURED
92 Dexter Morant (6-7, 245, RFr.)
44 T.J. Stripling (6-6, 222, So.)
SPECIALISTS
P 13 Drew Butler (6-2, 214, Sr.)
97 Adam Erickson (5-10, 168, RFr.)
91 Scott Eichler (5-11, 184, Jr.)
90 Ethan Jackson (5-11, 182, Fr.)
PR 2 Brandon Boykin (5-10, 183, Sr.) OR
1 Branden Smith (5-11, 176, Jr.)
PK 57 Blair Walsh (5-10, 192, Sr.)
32 Brandon Bogotay (6-3, 207, Sr.)
99 Jamie Lindley (5-11, 177, Jr.)
KOR 2 Brandon Boykin (5-10, 183, Sr.)
1 Branden Smith (5-11, 176, Jr.)
30 Carlton Thomas (5-7, 163, Jr.)
SN 69 Ty Frix (6-0, 213, Jr.)
94 Billy Johnson (6-0, 239, Jr.)
H 13 Drew Butler (6-2, 214, Sr.)
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258 comments Add your comment
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
10:57 am
You guys quoting Murray’s overall stats are clueless. It’s what you do against the good teams that matter. Murray’s had 6 shots to beat a winning team, lost to every one of them. Murray’s also played 6 games against ranked teams, averages less than 1 td a game. Out of Murray’s 24 td’s, you guys do realize only 5, 5 td’s, came against ranked teams?? Nothign special about that, I’d agree, Mason, Lemay, anyone, really gives you a better shot to compete against the better teams. Lemay 7 Mason seemed clutch in the 4th quarter on G-Day. I’d love to see them both get the shot they earned. But I know they won’t, Murray’s Richt’s favorite player, Murray wasn’t benched for the 4 to game against Florida, so you know he won’t be benched for anything else..
Real Dawg Fan
May 24th, 2011
10:59 am
My 2 cents:
Every1 take it easy. This depth chart holds only an ounce of weight. I think we have a few exceptional freshman that will contribute immediately and some injuries listed that are healed that will shift up and down…if this was the final depth chart, then we could panic, right now…woooosaaahhh!
Chip Towers
May 24th, 2011
11:02 am
al.com: Mike Slive is introducing legislation at the SEC meetings next week in Destin that would hard cap signees at 25. It may not pass, but it’s the next step after 2009’s 28/25 rule.
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
11:02 am
tide roll
May 24th, 2011
10:58 am
What if Cordy decides a future in the NFL is more important than risking injury and decides to protect himselg by not going 100% ? What if Bean doesn’t respect the new OL coach and shows it by not giving full effort? What do you do then? Having legitimate depth goes beyond covering for injuries, it effects a player’s motivation to perform as well.
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what if you quit obsessing over our offensive line?
Players aren’t going to try so they have a better shot at the NFL?
You don’t think NFL scouts watch film?
Remember comments about players before the draft like “he wasn’t taken as high as thought because he took plays off in film study”??
do I have to teach you everything?
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
11:03 am
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
10:57 am
You guys quoting Murray’s overall stats are clueless. It’s what you do against the good teams that matter. Murray’s had 6 shots to beat a winning team, lost to every one of them. Murray’s also played 6 games against ranked teams, averages less than 1 td a game. Out of Murray’s 24 td’s, you guys do realize only 5, 5 td’s, came against ranked teams?? Nothign special about that, I’d agree, Mason, Lemay, anyone, really gives you a better shot to compete against the better teams. Lemay 7 Mason seemed clutch in the 4th quarter on G-Day. I’d love to see them both get the shot they earned. But I know they won’t, Murray’s Richt’s favorite player, Murray wasn’t benched for the 4 to game against Florida, so you know he won’t be benched for anything else..
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James/joey/sTANLEY is back. The anti-murray Troll
Macho Man
May 24th, 2011
11:04 am
DawgInLex,
Saying our wide receivers are good enough is a stretch. The depth of the o-line and the poor WR core are our biggest problems.
Ted Striker
May 24th, 2011
11:04 am
JMar — Shame on you for criticizing a DGD because they don’t meet your arbitrary standards. How many snaps have you played for UGA?
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 24th, 2011
11:04 am
Tide Roll,
playing the what if game is for kids. What if Alabama experiences another tornado and this time the campus is destroyed. See what I mean. Life is not based on what ifs. It is based on expectations and usually they are positive.
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
11:04 am
Love to see Hutson Mason or Lemay get a shot at Gamecoacks or Gators. Don’t think Aaron Murray is the man for the job at quarterback. Very clean cut kid, just loses too much. Doesn’t inspire the team. I like Mason, a lot. Lemay, man, looked terrific on game winning drive on Spring game. Eeverybody’s right about Aaron Murray, good kid, tends to play porrly against good teams. Some guys have the “it” thing, Lemay/Mason.
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
11:06 am
macho man,
Branden smith
Tavarres king
Michael Bennett
Marlon Brown
Orson charles
Those are good enough to generate catches and points.
The key to the season is the defense. Drop the PPG from 22 to 14 or 15 and the Dawgs win the East.
BIG JOE
May 24th, 2011
11:08 am
WHAT?? We have these guys as backups???
LT = 67 Hugh Williams (6-5, 254, RFr.)
C = 58 Ben Reynolds (6-2, 255, RSo.)
We BETTER hope no one gets hurt or tired the entire season.
Real Dawg Fan
May 24th, 2011
11:10 am
@Elliott
I agree with Murray’s winning PCT against winning teams LY but lets not forget, he was a freshman, if he starts off TY poorly, then we can talk Lemay/Mason, until then, he is MY starting QB
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
11:11 am
Hopefully, the offense will actually score this year against ranked teams, did good against bad teams, over 40 points a game, choked against good teams, under 16 a game. Auburn’s defense was lousy, but they scored a lot of points, so it didn’t matter.
Macho Man
May 24th, 2011
11:12 am
DawginLex,
I disagree. Branden Smith can’t catch, Bennett has never played, and Brown is slow and timid. Charles is all-world and King may rise up and have a great season similar to what Durham did last year but that’s a question mark.
Agree to disagree.
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
11:13 am
No, I disagree, Murray threw over 75% of his td’s against horrible teams. Only threw 5 td’s against ranked teams.
Murray’s worst game was game #13 in the Bowl game against UCF. Murray got WORSE with experience.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 24th, 2011
11:14 am
Elliot,
Did Murray start at RB? Did he block for the offense? Did he play cb or safety? You can’t blame a loss or a win on one man entirely. It is a team effort, both winning and losing. Murray did just fine as a RS Freshman and he will do well this year, provided he has some support at RB and the line. Last year, he tried a little too hard at times, to carry more weight on his shoulders than he should have and win games, to compensate for where other members of the team weren’t up to pare. In other words, he tried to make things happen, and sometimes over played his role.
Get off his back, as he has earned the starting QB’s job and if our O line and RB’s can get up to speed, he will be good again.
Can you actually say, that when Murray was trying to beat UF, and got a little careless trying to do too much, that Mason would have come in that situation and won the game?
GO DAWGS
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 24th, 2011
11:14 am
Yep it was squarely Murrays fault they lost those 6 games. Football is obviously not a team game, just a game based only on how the QB preforms, or does not. Tell me though, did I miss Murray lining up at Saftey early in the season getting torched? Did Murray have the Goal Line fumbles against SC and MSU? Did Murray have the late fumble against Colorado? Nice easy target when you are QB1 at a bigtime program but some of you are taking it to far.
AltamahaDawg
May 24th, 2011
11:14 am
Fortunetely Greene had a couple of years experience before having to deal with a line like the 03′ version.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 24th, 2011
11:15 am
Rocket Science,
Ditto!!! LOL!
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
11:16 am
I think Murray’s a good clean cut kid, will make a great accountant, he just chokes at QB against good teams, QB and football and leadership ain’t his thing. But he seems like a real nice kid.
Elliott
May 24th, 2011
11:18 am
The offense did better with Joe Cox than Murray, it was the same offense, except at QB. Murray was the difference. Wins went down, rushing went down 90+ yards with Murray at QB, etc.
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
11:21 am
Macho man,
I have been saying for months that everyone gets all worked up about bobo and the play calling etc while ignoring the reason for our growing losses each year.
We are going to run the same pro style offense that we have run for the past 10 years. When we block and execute, we score around 2-3 TD’s per game and 2-3 FG’s per game.
The defense is the problem. BVG gave up 14-15 points a game, we lost 10 games in 4 years and gave up 30 points once while running the same offense we run now.
2005-2010, we gave up 16 PPG increasing to 22 PPG last year while running the same offense.
Defensive improvement from 22 PPG to 15 PPG=WINNING
AltamahaDawg
May 24th, 2011
11:21 am
GUYS! why argue with the same idiot time and time again? He doesn’t care what Murray did, he couldn’t care less who the back up is, or who plays on your team. What he cares about is seeing quick he can get under your skin in your own blog, and he ends up controlling the conversation more days than not.
UGA Insider
May 24th, 2011
11:27 am
Some of you need to come back to earth. We basically have the same offensive line as last year and they were the league’s worst. NO signs of improvement at GDay game. We looked pathetic!
At rb King and Malcome are average backs who are no threat to break any long runs like a Dyer of a Lattimore…… CMR has already started to use the infamous “he’s got to pick up his pass blocking skills better” excuse as I predicted on Crowell.
Other than King at flanker we don’t really have any playmakers that I see in practice at receiver. We have done a bad job of evaluating talent at that position. We are short and small. Go look at Carolina’s receivers. They don’t recruit you unless you are 6-4.
I say this is a rebuilding year because by the end of the season you will have 6 or 7 true freshman starting all over the field and probably a few on the OLine. You can’t win in this league doing that.
tide roll
May 24th, 2011
11:30 am
Chip, This has been my contention since signing day. you have the makings of a dream team ( LeMay, Crowell, Jenkins, etc.) at every position except where it matters most, your Offensive Line. The 9th rated OL in the SEC per rivals is no dream team. This lack of depth will affect how physical your offense can be. These limitations affect the very things you need to do on offense to win in the SEC!
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
11:31 am
Insider,
Is Watts Dantzler a candidate to offer some immediate help on the OL?
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
11:32 am
About what?
About Dantzler?
Why is it a joke because he is white?
Let’s go ahead and put your real agenda on the table.
The center from Ole Miss is on the Remington List. So is Ben Jones. Why don’t you mention him? Because he is white?
tide roll
May 24th, 2011
11:33 am
DAWGinLEX: You’re joking right?
tide roll
May 24th, 2011
11:43 am
Congratulations to Ben Jones. I’d rather have A.J. Hawkins though. I’d also rather have Brandon Shell than Watts Dantzler, and Brandon Greene than John Theus. Better athletes and tougher too.
Better Dawgs!
May 24th, 2011
11:46 am
Tide roll: nobody cares.
This is a very big and physical oline coupled with a nasty D, the Dawgs are in good shape.
goodnessgracious
May 24th, 2011
11:47 am
Mett would have beaten out Murray last year, make no mistake about it. But he help out the controversy by committing sexual assault. There is no competition this year at QB. Murray had a great season last year. He looked lost in a few games but overall a great season. Mason is a solid back up at best, but you have love the gun slinger. LeMay is a stud and future QB but they will make him RED shirt this season and learn the system. When the team is his look out.
Better Dawgs!
May 24th, 2011
11:48 am
Insider Troll: you input is garbage. If our offense is as good as last year with a top d in the league UGA will win atleast 10 next season.
The haters are scared that UGA is back, I understand your concern.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 24th, 2011
11:52 am
Elliot,
You just proved my contention that you just don’t like Murray, not that you know anything about football. Rushing was down 90 yards plus and that is the QB’s fault. Darn, I guess I forgot to mention that Murray was the running back last year and fumbled away two games as well. Darn, Murray might as well give it up. You will get too tired trying to lay all those positions in a series.
AltamahaDawg
May 24th, 2011
11:52 am
Hmmm, didnt realize that anyone wasn’t being down to earth about this season.
Mean Machine
May 24th, 2011
11:53 am
Chip,
Why does O-line continue to be an issue at UGA? No other school in the SEC has the rash of injuries, dismissals, and AWOLs on the Oline like UGA does. This goes back to Callaway when he was here, and it continued with Searels (who was heralded as the best O line coach in the country). Is there an inherent flaw in the type of OL that UGA is recruiting? Could it be due to the style of offense, that seems to be more finesse, east-west type plays, than a north-south, aggressive run-oriented attack? I’ve grown tired of the soft, undisciplined, unmotivated, unidentifiable brand of football at UGA. Will we see a noticeable change this year? Right now, the O-line that UGA is going to trot out there, leads me to believe this year is going to be another grease-fire! This is the same O line (minus their best 2 in Sturdivant and Boling) that couldn’t push their way through a paper bag! Can Friend make that much of a difference?
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 24th, 2011
11:53 am
lay=play
Jimmy Crack
May 24th, 2011
11:59 am
A scrambling quarterback will offset many offensive line deficiencies. QB movement and our run blocking will sustain us throughout the year.
BUT
Without a juggernaut offense, which we don’t have, the defense has to rise up and make stops all over the field. Without an improvement on defense we lose anyway.
UGA Insider
May 24th, 2011
12:00 pm
No, Dantzler is projected to redshirt.
Joey
May 24th, 2011
12:06 pm
DIL, the D was mediocre in several games last season, but you can’t blame it for the SC, MSU, and UCF games.
Those losses were on Bobo’s patented 3-and-out-playcalling. And remember the debacle in overtime vs UF.
I just hope Grantham just ends the big plays against the D, especially on 3rd downs.
Terry
May 24th, 2011
12:10 pm
Tide roll, Out of all the teams BAMA and UGA played they only average 5 point more per game, your team was ranked #1, and was suppose to have the best run offense in the Country, and only average 5 more points per game against the same opponents, if it wasn’t for your defense, Y’all would have lost more than three games last year, so don’t go talking about how great a offensive line Bama has, when they didn’t score but 5 more points per game than a team with a Freshman QB and a New Defense.
Alabama ————————————————————–UGA————————————————-
Auburn 28, Alabama 27————————————-Auburn 49, UGA 31
Alabama 30, Mississippi State 10—————– UGA 12, Mississippi State 24
Alabama 41, Tennessee 10—————————- UGA 41, Tennessee 14
South Carolina 35, Alabama 21———————-South Carolina 17, UGA 6
Alabama 31, Florida 6————————————-UGA 31, Florida 34
Alabama 24, Arkansas 20——————————–UGA 24, Arkansas 31
———-29—————-Points average per game—————24———
DawginLex
May 24th, 2011
12:11 pm
so none of the true freshmen will play OL?
The we must move others around right?
Candidates?
Figgins
Lynch
We better be getting them or somebody some reps to backup the first teamers.
AltamahaDawg
May 24th, 2011
12:14 pm
Not sure who Carolina calls “flanker” since they don’t list that position, But 70% of thier WR are not 6-4. And over half of thier depth chart is 6′ and under. Georgia has every bit the size in the Receiver Corp as SC does. In fact on average I believe UGA is taller and heavier at that postion.
Better Dawgs!
May 24th, 2011
12:16 pm
Lex: we have 6 incoming linemen. Two or three will make for solid back ups this season. Also, injuries to the others will subside. We will be fine at this position. With a very solid TE core that will help the run game UGA is in good shape. IC, CK, and KM will be one of the better backfields in the league too. Coupled with a nasty D, UGA is in great shape for years to come.
GATA!
jtfalcfan
May 24th, 2011
12:18 pm
Why the comments about “utter failure” for Israel Troup @JMar?
How classess. He’s a Dawg. Every Dawg cannot and will not be a superstar, but he one of us nonetheless.
Just classess calling a kid a “failure” because he didn’t meet your “lofty” expectations.
Save that stuff for those who don’t care to be a Dawg… like Washaun….
Burt
May 24th, 2011
12:27 pm
I think the rushing game getting 90 yards less was due to Aaron Murray not audibling correctly, as it was the same offensive line, and the same running backs as Joe Cox had, there’s no other place to point to. Also, Murray couldn’t keep defenses honest with deep ball threat like Cox did. For whatever reason, same offensive line & running backs did great with Cox, and terrible with Murray.
kb
May 24th, 2011
12:30 pm
Elliott, You continue to show your ignorance. Uga offense in 2010 averaged 398.00 yard per game compared to 361 in 2009.Scoring was up from 28.9 per game in 2009 to 32.1 points per game in 2010.
2010 was a bad year get over it.
Dawg4Life
May 24th, 2011
12:32 pm
Looking at our depth makes me really believe we’ll win the East this year and probably win the SEC with an outside shot at our 6th National Championship.
Think about it – Murray is easily the best QB in the league and IC will be the best running back in the league once he steps on the field. Our OL took some hits but we have the depth witht he big uglies.
Go Dawgs!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
May 24th, 2011
12:33 pm
IC will be the best running back in the conference once he steps on the field? WOW! Look I am a Dawg fan but damn that is a crazy comment,lol! Trent Richardson, Lattimore, the kid from Arkansas and Dyer all have to be looked at ahead of IC. Thats what all Dawg fans should really want. Dont put all that pressure on the kid,lol. Best back in the conference, good grief.
Dawg4Life
May 24th, 2011
12:37 pm
Lowcountry – IC was the best high school back in the state that has the most HS football talent in the country. Those other guys won’t be able to carry his jock after this season – mark my words.
And if you say – he’s only done it in HS, you don’t know Georgia high school football, I do. I played in Cobb and would have been a Dawg but got injured.
Spokesman for the SEC East
May 24th, 2011
12:37 pm
Murray may be 6′1″ in his high heels.