Kirby Smart estimated that about half his Georgia football roster is preparing for their first year with the team, either coming out of high school or the transfer portal.

And looking over the early returns in spring practice, the Bulldogs head coach laments that some of his prospects aren’t exactly the kind to take being coached too hard.

Some of them, he has said, almost feel offended by the idea.

“We have a lot of guys that put their hands up, they’re offended when you coach them,” Smart told reporters about some players’ attitude recently.

“We’ve had multiple NFL coaches come through here, go to practice, and they talk about how their players love to be coached, they love to be given a nugget, a technique that might help them play longer. Some of our guys are offended by it.”

He added: “‘You’re coaching me hard? You’re telling me I’ve got to play with effort?’ Some of them, I guess, have never been held to that standard. That standard’s not going to change here.”

Coaching will be something Georgia’s players have to take more of as the program embarks on a new era of sorts following the departure of quarterback Carson Beck.

With him goes much of the Bulldogs’ stability on the offensive side of the ball after he led the program to a 24-4 record and an SEC championship in his two years as starter.

After winning two straight national championships in 2021 and 2022, Georgia failed to qualify for the College Football Playoff in 2023 and lost in its first CFP game in 2024.

And while Smart still commands one of college football’s premier rosters, it appears he has some work to do getting them more receptive to being led.

“We have to coach it. That’s what they pay us to do. Coach them,” he said.

“They have to be willing to receive coaching, and on the whole, my whole preach after practice was, we got a lot of guys that put their hands up. They’re offended when you coach them. I’m not talking about the freshman, I’m talking about in general.”

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Take two!

The Georgia sorority sister who went viral for her glamorous mugshot photo landed in legal trouble — and in front of a jail camera — again Sunday when she was booked on a pair of new charges, according to records.

Lily Stewart, 20, was arrested just two weeks after she was initially pulled over and placed in custody on a speeding charge that was later dismissed.

The University of Georgia student, who is a member of the Alpha Chi sorority, was hit with fresh charges of obstruction of a law enforcement officer and loitering/prowling after she was arrested by campus police around 5:30 a.m., according to jail records from the Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office.

Both charges are misdemeanors. More information about the circumstances around her arrest was not immediately known.

Stewart flashed a smile in her Sunday morning booking photo and appeared to wear prison garb, according to the pictures obtained by TMZ, which first reported on the sorority girl’s second arrest.

The coed was cut loose from detention later that morning after posting more than a $4,000 bond, according to jail records.

Her attorney, Stephen Morris, declined comment in an email to The Post Sunday evening about the new charges, but confirmed the speeding charge from March 8 has been dismissed.

Stewart lit up social media when her mugshot from her first arrest quickly went viral last week with the college student leaning into the newfound attention by posting her favorite comments on her TikTok page.

“I think it’s hilarious. I don’t know what all the hype is about. I just took a mugshot and went on with my day,” she told The Post last week.

“I love all the comments poking fun at me, saying, ‘She was on her way to Lululemon’ or ‘She must have had to [pee] really bad.’”

Stewart’s pristine jailhouse photo was a result of having her hair and makeup done for the birthday party she was trying to zoom to before she was stopped by a Georgia State Patrol officer.

“I was going to a friend’s birthday in Milledgeville, [Ga.] — and I had just gotten ready not long before, so that’s maybe why my makeup and hair still looked good,” she said.

Can the return of Colbie Young to Georgia’s wide receiver room help boost the Dawgs’ offensive production in 2025?

The Georgia Bulldogs, like many college football teams, are heading into their 2025 season with a lot of questions. But more of the more pressing questions coming from its fanbase surrounds the team’s offensive production. For many reasons, the Dawgs’ 2024 season was apart from the norm as far as offense goes, and the team is looking to get back on track in 2025. One player who could help the Dawgs this season is wide receiver Colbie Young.

Young appeared in five games during the Dawgs’ 2024 season before a suspension cut his first year with the team short. When available, he played primarily the “X” position and was an extremely reliable asset in catching “50/50” balls.

Following his suspension, Young’s absence was in a significant way during the back half of the 2024 season as numerous pass catchers were forced to play unfamiliar roles, contributing to the handful of woes the Dawgs’ offense experienced. His return to the Bulldogs’ roster in 2025 could have a massive effect on not just the production but the continuity of Georgia’s offense as a whole.

Early spring reports indicate that Young has emerged as a leader in the Bulldogs’ wide receiver room and suggest that the college football veteran is extremely focused. While Young alone will not be the driving factor of Georgia’s offensive success in 2025, the return of his skillset and leadership indicates that the Bulldogs’ offense is trending in the right direction.

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