105 players report for Georgia’s preseason football camp
The University of Georgia reported Tuesday night that 105 players reported for preseason football camp. That is the maximum amount allowed by NCAA rule. Unofficially, 76 of those players are on scholarship, which is nine below the NCAA limit.
The Bulldogs will undergo physicals and conditioning tests on Wednesday and several players will be taking final exams from summer semester. Then the first of 28 preseason practices will be held Thursday afternoon. UGA Media Day will be conducted at lunchtime Thursday. The season opener is Sept. 1 against Buffalo.
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59bulldawg
August 1st, 2012
9:15 am
Altamaha, I never realized there were that many. But to answer your question I’d love to be 3 deep at each position with quality.
Destin Dawg
August 1st, 2012
9:15 am
we have a tough schedule…. Missouri, S.C. Florida and Auburn.. all road games… can’t help that Tenn. sucks this year.. Gooo Dawgs !!
Phil McCreavis
August 1st, 2012
9:16 am
Wow…. 105 smelly mutts!
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
9:20 am
I agree with the joke there. And the point. But in reality, its not a matter of numbers. We HAVE the numbers. I’d imagine we have as many OL on the roster as anybody right now, and adding in Feb. (pushing it well over 20). Experience is the thing, we all know that at this point. (except for some who keep incorrectly calling it a numbers issue)
Bama=home of the T-bag special
August 1st, 2012
9:21 am
@Phil McCreavis I hope they stink ,snarl and pee on your leg and then bite you in your fat butt! GATA!
flo-ri-duh
August 1st, 2012
9:24 am
How many walk ons will get a scholarship this year? As long as they are seniors it won’t count towards the numbers in this recruiting class.
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
9:30 am
Not sure anybody is truly 3 deep with at every position. I’d also think that every SEC team has to list a few players at multiple positions to fill out thier actual 3 deep. But I certainly agree with your goal there.
I’d say we have, 12-15 OL on the roster right now, that are potentially good enough talent wise to play in a SEC game. With experience ranging from: a lot more than I think people realize (3 returning starters) to not much.
G-Dawg
August 1st, 2012
9:31 am
I could be wrong, but regarding Penn St players, i think teams are allowed to go over their 85 scholarships just for this year…but will have to make adjustments for it next year.
Dawgsgone
August 1st, 2012
9:33 am
I know we have to take into account injuries, grades, misbehavior and recruiting mistakes but it does seem that we are counting on incoming freshmen every year to play on our O line. That’s a big challenge no mater how good you are in high school. Just wish we had some stability there. Also wish we were experienced at runnign back but the past 3-5 years have been dismal in that regard. Hopefully Marshall and Gurley will start a new trend.
@Butterbean
August 1st, 2012
9:34 am
Thanks for the shoutout to the Dog Nation by bringing up the Ramsey Center, swimming home of gold medalist Allison Schmitt, who did us proud last night in the 200 M freestyle. Missy Franklin, come on to Athens, and continue the great tradition of UGA swimming.
Buzz 2011
August 1st, 2012
9:37 am
Doe tis include the 10 sitting in Clarke County Jails?
UGA Insider
August 1st, 2012
9:53 am
Good luck to the team when practice starts Thursday!
Bama=home of the T-bag special
August 1st, 2012
9:54 am
@Buzz 2011 no it doesn’t but it does count the 40+ players that saw action in the 10th beat down of Bug U in the last 11 tries.
Buckeye
August 1st, 2012
9:55 am
Too funny, theozone.net reports that the dog/Florida game is the most overated game that weekend due the dogs dismal 4-18 record over the last years.
Even funnier, the SEC! SEC! championship is also noted as an overated game because there will be a representative from the SEC! SEC! LEAST.
http://www.theozone.net
WDE
August 1st, 2012
9:56 am
Man I can’t wait for the season to start! Go Dogs!
1eyedJack
August 1st, 2012
9:56 am
“Doe tis include the 10 sitting in Clarke County Jails?”
No wonder those parking decks collapse.
WDE
August 1st, 2012
9:59 am
@Buckeye what’s really funny is a fan of a disgraces program taking shots at UGA, UF or the SEC in general…and after you ran out on the home and home with us…now go play with your sweater vests.
DawginLex
August 1st, 2012
10:04 am
64 Dallas Lee
Buford, GA OG Junior 6-4 300
68 Chris Burnette
Lagrange, GA OG Junior 6-2 313
74 Austin Long
Memphis, TN OT Junior 6-5 302
72 Kenarious Gates
Greenville, GA OT Junior 6-5 328
75 Kolton Houston
Buford, GA OT Sophomore 6-5 291
66 Hunter Long
Memphis, TN OG Sophomore 6-4 295
63 Xzavier Ward
Moultrie, GA OT Freshman 6-7 270
61 David Andrews
Norcross, GA C Sophomore 6-2 291
78 Watts Dantzler
Dalton, GA OT Sophomore 6-7 320
76 Zach DeBell
Tarpon Springs, FL OT Freshman 6-7 285
79 Mark Beard
Adamsville, AL OG Sophomore 6-4 290
71 John Theus
Jacksonville, FL OT Freshman 6-5 305
- Greg Pyke
Baltimore, MD OG Freshman 6-5 310
bodidley
August 1st, 2012
10:12 am
How many are sweating out grades for summer session to be eligble?
Anyone know?
The Bear
August 1st, 2012
10:18 am
@Buckeye your new delta qi name is “Black eye”. I do give you credit for coming into a UGA site and crowing about your pitiful conference and your dislike for the SEC who by the way has won the last 6 consecutive National Championships. But welcome it is good to get a different view.
Just for you” Black eye”
SEC….SEC….SEC get used to it.
One other thing……..Roll Tide!
PaulPaul
August 1st, 2012
10:24 am
Does anyone know the status of Kolton Houston? I read a post the other day he was leaving. I think the line should be good this year after a few games. Those lineman last year did lots of “holler blocking”. They seemed to be standing around hollering for Murray to watch out because they had missed their blocks. We can’t be much worse.
Phil McCreavis
August 1st, 2012
10:35 am
Chick Filet appreciation day! Eat a gamechikin Today!
Pitbull
August 1st, 2012
10:47 am
Here’s to having a great year and beating the tar out of Tech.
My two favorite teams are UGA and whoever is playing Tech.
With regards to Aubarn, here’s my favorite Aubarn joke:
What are the three most common lies told by an Aubarn fan?
3 My doublewide is paid for.
2 I didn’t know she was my sister.
1 Honest officer, I was just helping the pig over the fence.
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
10:47 am
I’m sure any number of the Bama trolls can give us the exact numbers, But as I read Alabama’s roster (reputed to have a strong line again) they have 15 OL, only 8 of which have ever played a snap. . The big difference is: thier starters are all fairly expereinced, and whatever conclusions sombody wants to draw about the overall talent level. But for sure they are not 3 deep at every position with expereinced SEC linemen.
My point being, UGA is not so far off as there seems to be this accepted notion. I actually think we are in better shape depth wise this year as we have been in a while.
Eugene Mendez
August 1st, 2012
11:08 am
I am a football fan and i love your blogs! keep writing!
The Bear
August 1st, 2012
11:17 am
71 Cyrus Kouandjio SO 6-6/311 1L Tackle
75 Barrett Jones SR 6-5/302 3L Center (Outland Trophy winner)
61 Anthony Steen JR 6-3/303 2L Guard
65 Chance Warmack SR 6-3/320 3L Guard
76 D.J. Fluker JR 6-6/335 2L Tackle
Austin Shepherd, Arie Kouandjio , Kellen Williams, Ryan Kelly, Isaac Luatua and Chad Lindsay are all players who will likely be featured on the Crimson Tide two-deep depth chart and have game experience.
Hope this helps(Your favorite Troll)
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
11:33 am
As I said, that’s a pretty envious starting Line-up.
Your SID needs to look at the official roster though, because 3 of those reserves are not shown to be letterman.
Good illustration of how 2 deep, with some being underclassmen, is about as good as even the teams that are thought to have Oline as a strength are realistically..
1eyedJack
August 1st, 2012
12:02 pm
“76 scholly players. Wow. You guys are in for a loooooooong season.”
The rules still only allow for 11 at a time on the field. We’ll be fine.
+19???
August 1st, 2012
12:11 pm
So, UGA has 105 yet Richt wanted 19 additional players??? Sounds like he was gonna have try-outs for the 85 and remove current players off scholarship. SMH
I wonder how those ‘highly-touted’ RBs feel knowing Richt was planning to have them ride the pine behind Silas Redd?
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
12:15 pm
That is about the most pointless argument that gets repeated in here. IF he number of scholarshiped players is what matters most, they could change that to 85 tommorrow. and some of those guys would probably be better than some other players that were recruited at various other places. What matters is talent level ON the field. IF you want to have that debate, start naming names and positions, and let’s have the debate.
The roster Number does have potential concequences, but of those, the results this year are not likely one of them.
Or, keep repeating stuff you read but put no thought into and pretend to have an actual opinion on it. Thats goes for a few Georgia fans too.
59bulldawg
August 1st, 2012
12:32 pm
You know this is where the AJC creates a story where there isn’t one. I think anybody with half a brain realizes that Richt wasn’t trying to sign 19 PSU players. He was just interested in gaging the interest of 19 PSU players and evidently there wasn’t any. The way the article was titled was misleading. But that’s the way the AJC rolls!
Homepage | MrSEC
August 1st, 2012
12:35 pm
[...] 4. UGA had 105 players report for practice yesterday… but only 76 of those players are on scholarship. [...]
76+19 = 95 Not 85
August 1st, 2012
12:40 pm
Somebody need to tell St. Richt to work on his ciphers…the scholarship limit is 85 not 95. Looks like he was using ‘Fuzzy Math.’
Anyway you slice it, to hover like a vulture over 19 players is pathetic! The 25 or whatever he just signed out of HS should be outraged. After giving them all kinds of recruiting promises, Richt was prepared to bring in more bodies ahead of them on the depth chart. Your RBs should be upset beyond measure that he tried to poach Silas Redd. I hope RB Greg Bryant is paying attention…
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
12:44 pm
opps….. somebody did not pass the “half of brain” test at 12:40.
59bulldawg
August 1st, 2012
12:47 pm
Like I said “no story here”! But I have to admit you’re really trying hard to make up one. LOL!
59bulldawg
August 1st, 2012
12:47 pm
LOL!
Bsnall
August 1st, 2012
12:48 pm
I wonder how many players will fail the drug test today. Then again, will they truly tell us if a player failed the test? LOL
RE: AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
12:50 pm
Richt sang Happy Birthday to Keith Marshall – http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2011/mark-richt-sings-happy-birthday-to-a-recruit/
Anything to get the signature of an 18-year-old young man. Looks like ‘Happy Birthday’ changed to ‘Backstabbers’ by the O’Jays. SMH, LOL
One can only wonder what he was planning to sing to Silas Redd??? SMH
59bulldawg
August 1st, 2012
12:54 pm
Don’t matter! Even if they all pass, I’m sure you’ll be happy to make something up! Some of you trolls are working overtime today!
Happy Birthday???
August 1st, 2012
1:00 pm
Isn’t that kind of kookie for a grown man to sing Happy Birthday to an HS senior?? Just askin’
You think old school coaches like Vince Dooley, Woody Hayes, Bo, Lou or Spurrier would doing something like this??
59bulldawg
August 1st, 2012
1:03 pm
No worse than a grown man trying his best to anger folks by making up stuff! Sort of like throwing dung against the wall just to see if any of it will stick! LOL! It’s really more childish than “kookie”. Just saying . . .
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
1:10 pm
Can’t imagine any of those guys skyping a committed recruit of another school for an hour and half either.
And this Keith Marshall guy, where did he sign?
AltamahaDawg
August 1st, 2012
1:11 pm
And YOU are going to lecture on the appropriate action of a “grown man”. sure.
faithfulDawg86
August 1st, 2012
1:55 pm
UGA 24/7 and Chip – part of NCAA ruling says that any team who takes a Penn State player does NOT have to make room; they will be allowed an “extra” scholarship if necessary for this year only.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 1st, 2012
4:05 pm
59 bullDAWG’
All CMR did was what the NCAA mandated as far as PSU players transferring. He was required to notify PSU of the 19 players UGA might want to contact in the near future. Not that he would contact any of them, and so far, there has been nothing said of him actually contacting any of them. After discussions with the staff, UGA decided to go a different route. Not one PSU player was offered a contract and turned it down. As fart as has been reported, not one player was ever contacted by CMR or staff. After evaluating the circumstances, I am sure that UGA decided they would rather stick with their recruiting classes and not go for maybe an immediate fix at some position or another. LSU got a 3rd string QB from PSU, and lame kitten took a one year running back. That may pan out, once he gets into the routine and learns the playbook. If he does good at USC he will be a junior and be gone after one year.
simply the best
August 2nd, 2012
12:39 pm
Go Dawgs! Make it special