Georgia
A Snob’s Guide to the Georgia Coast
The coast of Georgia doesn’t do kitsch—at least not to the degree of the neighboring Carolinas. Its rugged barrier islands, wild salt marshes, and dense maritime forests aren’t quite as conducive to charmingly tacky beach towns and endless rows of rental homes. Instead, it holds tight to a sense of privacy—protected by boundaries both natural and man-made—and an enduring connection to the raw beauty and slower pace that have defined the region for centuries.
And even though this part of the world has historically been a magnet for larger-than-life names like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Kennedy, a mere Southern version of New England this is not. “The integrity of the barrier islands is really something special in Georgia,” says jewelry designer Gogo Ferguson, who is a member of the Carnegie family (who were long-time stewards of Cumberland Island).
Some of this land—which comprises Cumberland, Jekyll, and Little St. Simons—remains privately owned. Some of it is only accessible by boat. Some has been transferred to the state or the National Park Service. Whatever slice of these 110 miles coastline you choose, there are no bad options—you will want to return again and again anyway—though a plan helps. Here’s ours.
Contrarian Wisdom: Summer might feel like the most obvious time to visit, but you’ll be met with the oppressive Southern heat and humidity (and the pesky bugs). Instead, come down in the spring or fall, when the air is less sticky and the crowds less dense.
For the Solitude Seeker
The natural world has the upper hand on Cumberland Island, which is the largest of Georgia’s barrier islands but also one of the most untamed. On this 17-mile-long strip—made up of national seashore, beach ecosystems, salt marsh, and maritime forest—wild horses run free, daily rhythms are influenced by the tide, and you can spend days strolling the coast or weaving beneath live oaks on a bike and never once cross paths with another human. (Cumberland is accessible only by private boat or passenger ferry, which currently limits visitor access to 300).
You will eventually come across signs of civilization, of course, both past and present. “There’s a balance between the natural history and the cultural history,” says Ferguson, who grew up exploring the island “under the tutelage” of her grandmother, Lucy Carnegie Ferguson, granddaughter of Thomas M. Carnegie (Andrew’s brother), who purchased land on the island in the late 19th century. You can see this interplay at the vine-covered Dungeness ruins, which used to be the Carnegie mansion from 1884 to 1959, until a fire left only stone and brick.
In the centuries before the Carnegies arrived, the island moved through various identities—from Timucuan homeland to Spanish possession, then British military base and eventually a Sea Island cotton plantation. Archaeological data even shows human presence dating back to 2,000 BCE. One of the most recognizable relics of this layered past is the First African Baptist Church—the one-room structure was rebuilt in the 1930s, though the church’s roots go back to 1893.
And yes, this is the place where JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette got married in 1996. Ferguson, who knew John since his days at Brown and even designed the couple’s wedding rings, helped make it happen. “They looked at a lot of places, but logistically, it made a little more sense to be on Cumberland,” she tells T&C. “I just thought if we do it properly, we can pull it off without any media, and by God, we did it.”
Old money charm is the vibe at Greyfield.
You can visit the church—and the island—in a day (take the Lands and Legacies tour for the highlights), but to really surrender to Cumberland’s languid flow of time, an overnight stay is highly recommended, especially since the last ferry back to the mainland leaves promptly at 4:45 p.m. There are campsites, but Greyfield Inn is the crown jewel (and the only hotel). The 15-room, two-cottage Carnegie-owned-and-run property is the epitome of unfussy luxury, where you can easily spend hours hiking and birdwatching around the property, rocking on the porch, and getting your fill of locally sourced seafood and the fresh harvest from the inn’s garden.
For the Sporting Set
The Cloister at Sea Island.
Sea Island’s reputation precedes itself. For nearly 100 years, the destination—which is both the barrier island and a privately owned resort community—has cultivated a cultish loyalty. So if it feels like everyone knows everyone, you’re not imagining it. “It was, and still is, generational,” says Wheeler Bryan Jr., Sea Island’s historian. Repeat guests have their favorite fishing spots on the marshes, their preferred horses for rides on the private stretch of coast, and their regular orders at the River Bar—and they’re on a first-name basis with the staff at the beach club and shooting school.
There are a number of accommodation options here, from the Sea Island cottages to the Lodge or the Inn, both on nearby St. Simons Island, but the Cloister is very much the beating heart of the marque. Designed by Addison Mizner, of Palm Beach and Boca Raton fame, the Spanish Mediterranean-style building balances its grand and historic reputation with good old-fashioned Southern hospitality. It also has the best sunset views over the Black Banks River.
For such a small island—just 5 miles long and 1.5 miles at its widest—Sea Island feels vast, thanks in large part to the range of activities suited for those of a sporting persuasion. “Our golf is extraordinary, and we are home to two PGA Tour courses and one of the best golf performance schools in the country,” says Bryan, who also recommends a cruise on the Sea Island Explorer, horseback riding on Rainbow Island, and a visit to the 5,800-acre Broadfield Sporting Club to try your hand at falconry. Or just luxuriate in Sea Island’s particular brand of leisure: “There is something about the sand on the beach, the marsh swaying in the breeze, and the shrimp cocktail in the dining room.”
Contrarian Wisdom: Golfers will be in heaven along the Georgia coast, thanks to its healthy sprinkling of championship courses, but you don’t need a low handicap to make the most of your trip. Opportunities for birding, horseback riding, fishing, and hiking are just as plentiful—and scenic.
For the Amateur Historian
Newport may have been the preferred summer retreat of the Gilded Age elite, but in the winter, the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Astors, and Morgans migrated south to Jekyll Island, where the scene centered around its eponymous private club. Some loved it so much they stayed for several months. “For over half a century, they shaped the island to their tastes,” says Andrea Marroquin, curator at Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum. They brought their architects with them too, commissioning the likes of Horace Cleveland to do their gardens and landscaping, and Carrère and Hastings and Charles Alling Gifford to build their “cottages.” These are now sprinkled around the 240-acre Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District, which you can explore via the Landmark Trolley Tour.
Jekyll Island’s chapter as a private club was, in the grand scheme of things, relatively short-lived. In 1947, Georgia purchased the island and opened it as a state park the following year. In the ’80s, the historic clubhouse was transformed into a hotel: the Jekyll Island Club Resort.
Jekyll Island Club Resort.
In its modern incarnation, that old aura of hyper-exclusivity has given way to what Marroquin describes as a “unique balance of preservation and access. Development is limited, historic sites are protected, and large portions of the island remain natural.” Yes, there is enough infrastructure to support the community as a vacation destination—from tee times at Jekyll Island Golf Club to live music, fresh seafood, and frozen cocktails at The Wharf—but it’s also incredibly easy to immerse yourself in the quiet that blankets the salt marshes, maritime forests, and ethereal places like Driftwood Beach, with its ancient, sun-bleached tree trunks scattered and half-buried in the sand. Driftwood will make for a dramatic photo backdrop, though it’s not so much for swimming and sunning—for that, go to Great Dunes.
For the Aspiring Naturalist
Although you’re never more than a quick ramble from nature on the Georgia coast, Little St. Simons Island—a private barrier island with an all-inclusive guest lodge that is only reachable via ferry from St. Simons—is a full immersion into undeveloped territory. Alligators, snakes, egrets, and loggerhead turtles are common sightings, and fishing tackle, binoculars, and bug spray are absolutely essential.
“Little St. Simons is here today, the way it exists, because a little over a hundred years ago, there was a gentleman fishing on what we call Mosquito Creek,” says Jamie Pazur, general manager of the Lodge on Little St. Simons Island. He reported his findings—an island teeming with cedar trees—back to his bosses at Eagle Pencil Company, who bought the island in 1908 with the intention of turning the wood into pencils. The warped trees were deemed unusable for the drawing utensils, so instead, Eagle president Philip Berolzheimer purchased the island from his employer and turned it into a private retreat for his family. Fast forward to 2015, when the current owners, the Paulson family, placed the island into a conservation easement with the Nature Conservancy.
“The island is now protected forever; nobody can ever mess with it,” Pazur says. “What we offer to guests is the ability to see what a piece of this coast looked like since the beginning of time—and a promise that we’re going to keep it that way.”
There are 32 rooms spread out over a collection of homes and cottages at the Lodge at Little St. Simons Island.
At any given time, there are a maximum of 32 guests across the 16 rooms at the Lodge, with 11,000 surrounding acres to explore. The breakfast bell signals the start of the day, “adult summer camp” style. Over family-style pancakes or eggs Benedict, the resident naturalists will chat with you about the day’s activities, whether it’s kayaking along tidal creeks, shelling along the seven miles of beach, joining a truck tour of the wildlife blinds, or attending a discussion on owls or sea turtles. If you’d rather grab a fishing pole or go for a solo hike, the Lodge has everything you need for that, too—picnic lunch included.
As for what to pack, the vibe is casual: technical fishing shirts, a flannel for chilly nights, boots you aren’t afraid to get a little pluff mud on. “We don’t do any dressing up out here,” Pazur. “It’s not fancy.”
Lydia Mansel is a travel journalist based in Virginia. She’s a frequent contributor to Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, and Southern Living, among other publications, and she specializes in destinations across the American South and West, as well as the United Kingdom.
ATHENS, Ga — Behold, in all the usual glory, the Georgia football team: elite of the elite, two-time defending SEC champion, expected to contend for a national title. And behold the attention on this same team: not much, to the point of being overlooked, including by many of its fans.
Georgia held its spring game Saturday, and official attendance was 31,012, the lowest-attended spring game of Kirby Smart’s tenure, other than the pandemic-restricted game five years ago. The two upper sections of Sanford Stadium, full a decade ago for Smart’s first G-Day, were empty Saturday.
Part of it was outside factors: The hot weather. The devaluing of spring games throughout college football. Other things to do in Athens, including the annual Twilight bike race. Maybe the middle school Science Olympiad state competition on campus drew some away.
But part of it is the state of things for this Georgia team: No drama. No quarterback competition. No new coordinators. No worries about the program slipping. The drama, it’s assumed, won’t come until December and will revolve around whether this team can break a three-year drought of at least reaching the national semifinals.
But right now? Eh.
“I don’t like drama, so that’s a good thing,” quarterback Gunner Stockton said, smiling.
The best comparison for the current Georgia program might be from another sport but the same state: the Bobby Cox-era Atlanta Braves.
It was just a given that the Braves would be good, and they normally would be, with 11 straight division titles at one point. There would be offseasons when rivals would make more noise, and then spring training would roll around, and Cox would tell reporters (like me): “I like this team.” And sure enough, the Braves would go win the NL East by 10 games.
Then they’d flame out in the postseason, which, to be fair, was a crapshoot, as the expanded College Football Playoff is developing into, to Georgia’s chagrin. But no program has been to the CFP as many times (four) as Georgia in the past five years. And this year’s team is easily preseason top 10.
This can make for a boring spring. The most interesting thing to happen was probably Stockton’s passing being called “dog doo” by former NFL receiver Steve Smith, and Smart shooting back, “Do your homework.” Even that was mild enough that neither was asked about it Saturday, at least specific to Smith. The subject of Stockton airing it out hangs over this team. But it’s a relatively minor issue within a team that seems to have plenty else going for it.
Georgia’s defense, which has been hit or miss the past couple of years, should be back to being very good. There’s the usual array of talent but now also plenty of experience. It won’t be as great as the 2021 version — none will be in this era — but it can be dominant.
Georgia’s offense should at minimum be efficient: Stockton enters his second full season as the starter, has two game-changing tailbacks in Nate Frazier and Chauncey Bowens, an experienced offensive line and some good pieces at receiver and tight end.
The questions that would take this team from good to great …
Explosive passing
There are two issues here:
1. Georgia lost six of its top seven players in receiving yards and didn’t add a star transfer like it did last year with Zachariah Branch, who set the school record with 81 catches.
2. Stockton was inconsistent throwing downfield. He was fantastic at Tennessee and in the first Ole Miss game. He seemed afraid to air it out in other games, though, including the second Ole Miss game.
Returning starter Gunner Stockton said he’s working to improve his pocket presence and footwork. (Dale Zanine / Imagn Images)
On the receiver front, Georgia did add Isiah Canion from Georgia Tech to be an outside, possession-type receiver. Otherwise, Georgia spent its money retaining young receivers — sophomores Talyn Taylor, CJ Wiley, Sacovie White-Helton and Thomas Blackshear — and hoping they pop this year.
Between them, senior receiver London Humphreys and tight ends Lawson Luckie, Elyiss Williams and Jaden Reddell, there might not be a Branch or Brock Bowers, but there are plenty of options.
“They’ve got to grow up,” Smart said. “We’ve got guys that can make plays if given the opportunity. Gunner can get the ball to them.”
Stockton showed he could do that last year — but not every week. He needs to not be tentative or over-reliant on his scrambling ability. To that end, Stockton said he’s working on his pocket presence and footwork. But he also cautioned it’s not just about slinging it downfield all the time.
“Every explosive play isn’t a 50-yard bomb downfield; it’s just getting the ball to your playmakers,” he said. “And I think we’ve got the playmakers to do that.”
It is a deep group. But unless one emerges as a clear No. 1, the way Branch and Bowers were, it will be on Stockton to find the right ones on the right plays. That might make it hard to be explosive every week, even though Stockton said that’s the goal.
“It’s hard to do that,” he said. “But it’s what we’re here for.”
Pass rush
Does everyone remember Trinidad Chambliss scrambling free and hitting game-changing plays in the Sugar Bowl? That wasn’t a one-off. Georgia had the fewest sacks — 20 — in the SEC last year. Sacks might not be the best measure of a pass rush, but that number is still bad and reflected the defense’s weakness.
Will that turn around? One positive is that Gabe Harris Jr. is healthy; Harris was coming on last year as a factor before being hurt in December and could have helped keep Chambliss in check. But spring brought some bad news with an ACL injury to edge rusher Amaris Williams, an Auburn transfer who had a chance to get major snaps. Still, there are options, such as junior Que Johnson, and the secondary could be good enough to buy time for the pass rush.
Smart seems optimistic.
“Pass rush is something that’s done as a group, not just one person,” he said, mentioning linebacker Chris Cole stepping up and defensive linemen doing better at getting a push. “That’s something you always want to get better at, but I’m very pleased at where we are.”
Smart didn’t exactly invoke Cox’s “I like this team.” But he essentially said it. Normally fairly critical, he said there was only one practice this spring, out of 12, that he didn’t like. Otherwise, he loved the team’s approach.
“They enjoy it; they compete,” Smart said.
Left tackle Earnest Greene III is one of the few remaining pieces from the national championship teams. He was a true freshman in 2022. Though not exactly comparing it to that team, Greene sees something about this 2026 version.
“The competitive nature of this team seems a little bit different,” Greene said. “It goes back to the first (spring) scrimmage. Usually, the first scrimmage is more one-sided; the next time, the other side shows up. This year, both scrimmages have been going neck-and-neck at each other. So I can just tell from that we have a real competitive squad.”
So the vibe of this team, Greene was asked, is no drama, but in a good way?
“Yeah, definitely,” Greene said. “You try to have your team be like that every year.”
So far, this Georgia team is pulling it off. But there’s a long way until September.
And then December.
ATHENS — Georgia will hold its annual spring game on Saturday, April 18. Below you can find live updates, the score and rosters for the 2026 G-Day game.
Georgia will have the red team, featuring the first team offense and second team defense, taking on the black team, which will be the first team offense and second team defense.
Georgia football live updates, highlights, roster for 2026 G-Day game
Seventh Drive Black- Red 17, Black 7
Hezekiah Millender completes a short pass to Jeremy Bell for 2 yards. Millender goes back to Bell for a gain of 10 yards. Then, Jae Lamar rushes to the left for 4 yards. Millender is sacked by Khamari Brooks for a loss of 7 yards. On 3rd & 13, Millender passes to Brayden Fogle for 32 yards. Jae Lamar picks up 5 yards on the ground. Team Black picks up the first down on a 7 yard reception by Will Taylor. Then, Bo Walker carries for a 2 yard gain. On the 10 yard line, Jae Lamar picks up 9 yards to put his team on the 1 yard line. Millender keeps for a TD.
Third Quarter
Sixth Drive Black- Red 17, Black 0
Hezekiah Millender completes a short pass to Bo Walker for 4 yards. Then Millender completes another pass to Ethan Barbour for 20 yards. After back to back it to back incomplete passes, Harran Zuriekat in brought in to kick a 48 yard FG which he narrowly misses.
Sixth Drive Red- Red 17, Black 0
Gunner Stockton completes a short pass to Craig Dandridge complete for 8 yards. Stockton attempts to get it to Dandridge again but it is incomplete. Josh Horton receives an offsides penalty which gives team Red the first down. Back to back incomplete passes by Gunner Stockton ends the drive for the Red Team.
Fifth Drive Black- Red 17, Black O
Todd Robinson picks off Ryan Montgomery’s pass intended for Ethan Barbour
Fifth Drive Red- Red 17, Black O
10 Plays 65 Yards, 5:10
The drive begins with a Ryan Puglisi incomplete pass intended for Elyiss Williams and the next play sees another incomplete pass intended for CJ Wiley. Team red picks up the first down thanks to Puglisi’s 32 yards pass to Talyn Taylor. Dwight Phillips Jr see back to back carries for a totaly gain of 3 yards. On 3rd & 7, Chauncey Bowens rushes to the left for 10 yards. On the 20 yard line, Puglisi completes a short pass to Elyiss Williams for 2 yards. Then Ryan Pugli’s pass to Jaden Reddell is good for 16 yards and a first down to put Team Red at the 4. Dwight Phillips Jr rushes up the middle for 3 yards. On 2nd & 1, Dwight Phillips Jr finds the endzone.
Fourth Drive Black- Red 10, Black 0
Ryan Montgomery’s pass intended for Ethan Barbour is incomplete. Dante Dowdell rushes to the left for a gain of 27 yards. Montgomery’s pass to Jeremy Bell is complete for 4 yards. On 2nd & 6, Bo Walker carries up the middle for a gain of 4 yards followed by another Walker carry for no gain. The drive ends after an incomplete pass intended for Talyn Taylor.
Fourth Drive Red- Red 10, Black 0
Chauncey Bowens rushes up the middle for a gain of 4 yards. Ryan Puglisi scrambles to pick up 1 yard. On 3rd & 5, Puglisi’s passed is tipped by Justin Greene.
Third Drive Black- Red 10, Black 0
On the first play, Jeremy Bell rushes for 35 yards but Lincoln Keyes draws a holding penalty. Then, Bell rushes again but there is no gain. On 3rd down, Montgomery’s pass intended for Ethan Barbour is incomplete.
Third Drive Red- Red 10, Black 0
8 Plays, 67 Yards, 4:32
Gunner Stockton’s pas intended for Craig Dandridge is incomplete. Chauncey Bowens breaks loose for an 18 yard rush. After an imcomplete pass intended for Talyn Taylor, Stockton completes a pass to Dwight Phillips Jr for 19 yards. Bowens takes a tackle for loss that brings the Red team back to the 32. Jaden Reddell gets involved with a 23 yard carry. On 1st & 9, Chauncey Bowens rushes up the middle for a gain of 2 yards. The Red Team scores on a 7 yard reception by Jaden Reddell.
2nd Quarter
Second Drive Black- Red 3, Black 0
Ryan Montgomery completes a pass to Kaiden Prothro for 2 yards followed by another pass to Prothro for 7 yards. On 3rd & 1, Bo Walker fumbles.
Second Drive Red- Red 3, Black 0
8 Plays, 67 Yards, 4:40
Stockton completes a pass to Isiah Canion followed by Dwight Phillips Jr carries for a 2 yard gain. Dwight Phillips Jr breaks loose for an explosive run of 15 yards. Then, Stockton completes a pass to Craig Dandridge for 33 yards. On the 16 yard line, Chauncey Bowens picks up 4 yards. Bowens gets the ball on the next play but there is no gain. On 3rd down, Stockton keeps but is short of the 4th down so Peyton Woodring is brought in to kick a 26 yard field goal which he makes.
First Drive Black- Black 0, Red 0
The first play sees an incomplete pass by Ryan Puglisi, intended for Ethan Barbour. Then, Nnmadi Ogboko gets the sack against Puglisi for a loss of 4 yards. On 3rd down Puglisi completes a pass to Jeremy Bell but it is short of the first down.
First Drive Red- Red 0, Black 0
The first play for the red team sees Nate Frazier rush for 5 yards. Then, Gunner Stockton pass to Chauncey Bowens is complete for yards. After an incomplete pass intended for Isiah Canion, Dwight Phillips Jr rushes for 7 yards. On 3rd down, Gunner Stockton keeps but is short of the first down.
1st Quarter
12:45 p.m. ET update: Couple of Bulldogs look like they won’t play today. As Georgia compeltes pregame warmups, wide receiver Sacovie White-Helton, linebacker Raylen Wilson and cornerback Demello Jones were not seen going through warmups. Cornerback Gentry Williams is in a white non-contact jersey, as is linebacker Zayden Walker. Both were dealing with shoulder injuries coming into today.
On the offensive line, Zykie Helton was working as the first-string right guard, with Juan Gaston at right tackle. Jah Jackson is also expected to play with the first-team offensive tackle.
11:30 p.m. ET: Georgia has released the rosters for the 2026 G-Day game. You can see them below.
RED TEAM
0 — Sacovie White-Helton
1 — Talyn Taylor
3 — Nate Frazier
4 — CJ Wiley
5 — Chauncey Bowens
6 — Isiah Canion
7 — Lawson Luckie
8 — Landon Roldan
10 — Zayden Walker
10 — Elyiss Williams
11 — Darren Ikinnagbon
12 — Ja’Marley Riddle
12 — Ryan Puglisi
13 — AJ Kruah
13 — Tyler J. Williams
14 — Gunner Stockton
15 — Khamari Brooks
15 — Ryan Montgomery
16 — London Humphreys
18 — Caden Harris
20 — Dwight Phillips Jr.
22 — Todd Robinson
23 — Tyriq Green
23 — Jaden Reddell
27 — Balke Stewart
28 — Walter Blanchard
28 — Jordan Smith
29 — Isaiah Gibson
32 — Jaylan Morgan
33 — PJ Dean
35 — Elijah Littlejohn
36 — Daniel Okonkwo
38 — AJ Lonon
39 — Will Snellings
41 — Carter Luckie
42 — Nick Abrams II
45 — Terrence Penick
48 — Duncan Carpenter
50 — Cortez Smith
52 — Valdin Sone
55 — Zykie Helton
55 — London Seymour
63 — Dontrell Glover
64 — Jahzare Jackson
71 — Earnest Greene
73 — Juan Gaston
74 — Drew Bobo
82 — Craig Dandridge
82 — Colton Heinrich
91 — Peyton Woodring
92 — Preston Carey
94 — Henry Bates
95 — Nnamdi Ogboko
96 — JJ Hanne
97 — Wade Register
BLACK TEAM
0 — Gabe Harris
1 — Ellis Robinson IV
2 — Thomas Blackshear
2 — Zion Branch
3 — Quintavius Johnson
4 — KJ Bolden
5 — Raylen Wilson
7 — Khalil Barnes
8 — Demello Jones
9 — Ethan Barbour
9 — Chris Cole
11 — Jeremy Bell
16 — Maurice Hayes
17 — Golter Ginn
17 — Amaris Williams
18 — Bryson Beaver
19 — Hezekiah Millender
19 — Justin Williams
20 — Zech Fort
22 — Donte Dowdell
24 — Braylon Conley
24 — Bo Walker
25 — Jake Bobo
25 — Jontae Gilbert
26 — Micah Bell
26 — Gentry Williams
27 — Rasean Dinkins
27 — Jae Lamar
30 — Terrell Foster
31 — Kyron Jones
31 — Wade Penn
36 — Jackson St. Clair
37 — Ben McElreath
41 — David Lalaian
44 — Jordan Hall
45 — Eli Barrow
46 — Danny Curan
47 — Will Taylor
51 — Malachi Toliver
52 — Michael Uini
53 — Zach Lewis
54 — Waltclaire Flynn
60 — Henry Peagler
65 — Dennis Uzochukwu
66 — Tyreek Jemison
67 — Clinton Barlow
69 — Graham Houston
70 — Daniel Calhoun
72 — Ekene Ogboko
75 — Mason Short
76 — Marcus Harrison
78 — Tate Helms
79 — TyQuez Richardson
80 — Kaiden Prothro
81 — Josh Horton
83 — Brady Holbert
84 — Dallas Dickerson
85 — Chase Linton
85 — Ryan Mosley
87 — Lincoln Keyes
88 — Brayden Fogle
88 — Nasir Johnson
90 — Elijah Griffin
90 — Drew Miller
91 — Justin Greene
94 — Xzavier McLeod
98 — Connor Ferguson
99 — Joseph Jonah-Ajonye
99 — Harran Zuriekat
Georgia will be without a few key players on Saturday, as outside linebacker Amaris Williams and cornerback Ellis Robinson are not expected to play due to injury.
Georgia spring game: How to watch 2026 G-Day online
This game will not be streamed over traditional cable. You can still watch the game if you have a cable subscription to ESPN. Visit the WatchESPN tab on ESPN’s homepage and find the game on either ESPN+ or SECNetwork+. Click here to watch the game.
Below is a video walking through how to watch the game.
Georgia spring game game time for 2026 G-Day
The Georgia spring game starts at 1 p.m. ET.
Georgia spring game TV Network for 2026 G-Day
The Georgia spring game will be broadcast on SECNetwork+/ESPN+.
Georgia spring game radio options for 2026 G-Day
The G-Day scrimmage can be heard loclally on WNGC 106.1, 95.5 WSB and WXKT 103.7. G-Day will also be distributed to all network affiliates and the game will be available on the Georgia Bulldogs app.
Georgia spring game rosters for 2026 G-Day
*These have not been released by UGA yet. This section will be updated as soon as the rosters are available.
WR Ted Hurst
- Height: 6’4”
- Weight: 206 lbs
- Class: Senior
- School: Georgia State
- Hands: 9 ¾”
- Arm length: 32 ⅝”
- 40-yard dash: 4.42s
- 10-Yard Split: 1.55s
- Vertical Jump: 36 ½”
- Broad Jump: 11’3”
- STATS
An unranked recruit out of Johnson High School in Savannah, Georgia, where he enrolled at Valdosta State and played two years at the small school before transferring to Georgia State in 2024.
He was a three star recruit in the transfer portal; the 211th wide receiver, and the 1,624th player. Hurst was raised in a military family and his brother, Darrell Myers Jr. was a wide receiver for Valdosta State when they won the 2018 Division II National Championship.
Hurst dominated the smaller level of competition and caught 61.1% of his contested catches during his two years at Georgia State. He dropped 14 passes (drop rate of 9.7%) and his average yards per reception was 15.4-yards with an 14.8-yard aDot and a 2.18 yards per route run number.
Hurst had an excellent 2026 NFL Scouting Combine and has quietly been a “sleeper” during the draft process.
Strengths
- Elite size + fluidity combination
- Solid thickness + muscle definition + excellent AA
- Excellent size/speed/fluidity combination
- Long strider with IMPRESSIVE acceleration and stop/start
- Has an explosive second gear
- Above-average change of direction + excellent explosiveness on in-breaking routes
- Swift transitions on the vertical plane
- Quickly gets his numbers back to the QB on curls/comeback
- Excellent ability to gear down on the vertical plane
- Very good ball skills – tracks and secures deep balls well
- Concentration is great – can pluck away from his frame
- Has acrobatic catch ability
- Wide catch radius with above-average hands
- Solid YAC ability
Weaknesses
- Limited route tree
- Route nuance and pacing could improve
- Solid YAC ability, but won’t consistently make NFL defenders miss
- Not much special teams in his past
- Was not used much as a run blocker
Summary
Ted Hurst possesses a rare blend of size, speed, and fluidity. He has an elite ability to smoothly transition/break on routes within the vertical plane (comeback/curl); he has great hip bend and explodes out of his breaks with above-average suddenness.
Hurst has traits that any WR coach would love to develop + his ball-skills are great. He’s a developmental option with a high ceiling, but his route running, timing, and ability to consistently beat NFL athletes must be refined and/or proven. He’s a high upside traits pick that may find his way into Day 2.
GRADE: 6.22
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