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Everything From Head Coach Brent Key After Georgia Tech’s Win Over Duke
It was not always pretty on Saturday night, but Georgia Tech got the 24-14 win over Duke and moved to 4-2 this season. After the win, Yellow Jackets head coach Brent Key spoke with the media and here is everything that he had to say.
Opening Statement…
“I thought it was a really good football game. I mean, that was a good football game all around both sides. Duke has a good football team. I do think that we came out, we played fast, and that’s what I was looking for after the bye week, coming off the bye week to look fresh look like we’re fast again and that’s kind of what we saw in practice during the week that we had our team speed was better again and we saw that tonight of the defense was flying around doing a good job I think they’re improving really every week doing a good job against the run credit to what Tooch is doing and what Jess and Kyle Pope those guys with front seven, uh, you know, got some big stops when they had some they had explosive kickoff return in the second half. Uh, we got to add some good stops in there. You know, they had some, uh, you know, we were playing behind the sticks field position wise. I think we had three or four, uh, drives that started minus 10 minus, you know, three were in the minus nine, I think, and you know, one or two on the minus 10, uh, you know, we got to do a better job in controlling the vertical field position in the football game.
So we don’t get in those holes so much and have the long fields to go. But we were moving the football with nine true possessions and then kneel down at the end of the game in the 22nd possession for halftime. Getting four scores out of three touchdowns and a field goal. We got a little more productive on those things, but we get in the long field. So we had to do a little better job with that. The kids played hard. Thought they played smarter tonight. I really do, other than before halftime on defense, they had those a couple of chunk plays after the penalty on the punt. We’ll take a look at that penalty and see exactly what we need to talk about on Sunday with that one. But other than that, I mean, both teams played really hard. That was a good football game, and really glad to be able to come out on top of that one. I told the guys in the locker room afterwards that it was a– enjoy the win, enjoy every win. But then I challenged every person in the room man to man that when we come back in tomorrow, the first thing we’re going to do in the team meeting starts is we’re going to make sure every person on this football team knows how to sing a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech. There’s a couple of young guys in there that aren’t quite on They aren’t quite on it. So we have a lesson in that first. But a challenge to them all to be just as critical after this game as they were two weeks ago. And to make sure that we improve in the same regard in the next week, because we have a tough stretch coming up. And we have a 12 o ‘clock kickoff on Saturday. I believe it’s 12 o ‘clock or 8 o ‘clock. 12 o ‘clock kickoff, so we’ll be back to business. but really happy, happy for the kids, happy for the coaching staff.”
1. On the team’s performance in the 4th quarter…
“We challenged the guys that it was going to be a second half game where it was a big field position game. I know that Duke really had taken a lot of pride in taking teams in the fourth quarter and winning games in the fourth quarter. But that’s what we have top. Regardless of the outcome of a couple of games, I think our guys have continued to play throughout. And that’s what they did. They kept playing. It was a good execution. I do think at the line of scrimmage think our guys tended and I’ll look at the tape and see it for sure but I thought we started to wear him down a little bit some of those runs early on you know there were three yards four yards two yards you know six yards and they started cracking you know Jamal had a good game run on the football but I thought Chad Alexander he has really hard physical runs there on some big some big downs in there.”
2. On some of the new wrinkles from the offense tonight…
“Yeah we got it a little too constricted the last few weeks and playing in a phone booth a little bit. So we wanted to make sure that we spread it out, worked the field, not just north and south, but east and west as well. We’ve got guys that are explosive with the ball in their hand. And really the biggest challenge of that was Haynes negotiating throw past those defensive ends. I mean, they’re in raised charges up the field, almost the whole game. So that was the challenge. We felt like to be able to do that and spit the ball out there. And I thought those guys, I mean, we didn’t have a lot of long, big passes, but we had some really crucial catches and some crucial situations I thought.”
3. On Chad Alexander…
“Chad had some really good, hard runs. I mean, there was some third down runs in there he had. Ramp got behind his pads. And for a smaller back, he’s got– he’s an explosive guy. And then I thought he showed it to him.”
4. On Jamal Haynes…
“Yeah, I even mentally and emotionally to have to deal with that weekend on a job? Yeah, I mean, anytime you’re not performing the way you’re capable of, it’s tough. But look, it’s not just Jamal. I mean, I thought we played better as a unit up front tonight, and especially in some of the short yard situations, we added a couple of wrinkles in there that helped us. But some of those things were added because we were able to have guys at full speed and fully healthy. But after the game, yeah, I gave them all a big hug and I said, “It was really good to see a 100 % number 11 out there.” Watching practice really from Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, the guys that are banged up at practice, they wear a black jersey. And at the end into practice I went out and I had equipment guys go grab grab his jersey out of his locker and I Took that black jersey off of him for the last period in practice I went through in the garbage can and gave him his white one back. It must be like Superman taking his I don’t think that would have been very wise He’s a He’s a tough kid, we have some tough kids on our team.”
5. On Jordan van den Berg…
“Yeah, he’s been playing better and better each week. Earned the start tonight, through what he had done in the last several games of production he’s It’s not even close that he’s the strongest guy on the football team. I mean, he might be one of the strongest guys in the country. I mean, he’s a powerful, strong guy, but he also has enough agility and quick body quickness to be able to be disruptive. All right, so he’s improving each week. He’s another one that overcame some nagging injuries along the way. And was at full speed tonight, and I think it really helped us out in there.”
6. On how they were able to contain Duke’s rushing attack…
“We filled our gaps, we played the blocks well. I can’t say enough about Jess Simpson and the job he does, coaching technique on the defensive line. He understands the big picture on defense, and he understands the big picture on offense. And he’s a great teacher. For all those years as a head high school coach and a teacher, that shows. And those guys, they’ve become very football smart. So they’re understanding how to play different blocks, different schemes, a couple of the ones that squirted through there for bigger gains were ones that were really on us. We’ll take a look at it and see exactly what we messed up to. So we don’t have that, but I’ve been very proud of get better and better because we have a big challenge coming up next week.”
7. On executing the long drives on offense…
“I mean, I’d like to score one play every time But, no, it’s complimentary football. All right, and, You know, could we line up and throw the ball every play or play the tempo every play, but you know, it is a staff. We meet a lot together. Myself, the coordinators meet on Thursdays and we talk about how to play the game. We talk about how we have to compliment each other. And that’s what it’s about. It’s a football team. It’s not just the offense, not just the defense, not just the kicking game, special teams. We got to play complementary football. And looking at the time of possession– time of possession is not a stat that is truly indicative, always, of winning and losing games. But if it fits into the style of play that you’re playing, it does. It takes away the amount of time they have to ball. But when you’re doing that, you’ve got to score. And at one point, when it was about 10 I mean, we’ve had, you know, several possession, long possessions. I think half time we were saying it was a kind of two to one time of possession, but it was a three point game. So you’ve got to be efficient in those drives as well. And I think that’s, like I said, when I opened up, we’ve got to be a little more efficient in some of those things, along some of those drives and finishing with the points on the board.”
8. On Taye Seymore and Billy Shaw…
“Yeah, Taye earned what he’s, the spot that he’s in. I mean, there was a string in there. I mean, he had pass breaks up, tackle, tackle for loss. I mean, he was all over the field. The big thing we talked about this week was playing fast. We talked about playing Playing fast, not being, you know, hey, Eric is fast. We all know that, right? No, when he kicked off him, he was, but there’s, being fast, there’s playing fast, right? You play fast when you start to, when the game starts to slow down, right? When you start to really know what to do, know what the offense is doing, anticipate things are gonna happen, right? You know, now you’re a step ahead, two steps ahead. So, I think that’s what he’s doing. The more he’s playing, you know, the more experience he’s getting the better he’s becoming. And then, you know,
One of the greatest players to play here, Billy Shaw, and that’s what it was. It was a, just for him, passed away yesterday. And, you know, NFL Hall of Famer, unbelievable career here, unbelievable career in the National Football League. And I believe to this day, he’s still the only person that’s ever, that’s in the NFL Hall of Fame that never played actually in the NFL. And he was in the AFL Buffalo Bills the whole time. Just someone that is 83, 84, and obviously passed away 85, became a good friend. Just someone that Even as he got you know, you know later on and on and he just he would send me Send text messages or we couldn’t talk on the phone and just you know, it just just a good good man and He’s a Tech man, and he did a lot here do a lot for this place and any time somebody stands up at Canton and says that they went to the greatest University in the world You know, they love this place.”
9. On the turnaround at the end of the game…
“No, it was, we really started playing the field position battle. We had, like I said, we had two that were in the minus nine in the first half, one in minus ten, and also, boom, minus nine again. Again, we’re able to punch it out of there, get the ball, flip the field. We’ve got two big stops, a big stop on defense after they went the length. And then we got one. They missed the field goal. So we were able to gain some advantage in the field position. But then, like I said, I think we started to wear them down a little bit, which is a credit. When you see that happen, you see you start to run the ball a little better. and as the game goes on and protect better and stop the run and close coverage more and more. Really, that’s a credit to what these guys do from January. Those are things that are built in the weight room from January, February, and March. Not just in the last week of practice or whatnot.”
10. On the secondary being aggressive…
“Well, they’ve got to continue to be more aggressive, and that’s what they did. They challenged the receivers. That’s something Really, for the last two weeks, we’ve really emphasized. And from this past Sunday’s practice through the week, we got our hands on more balls, had more interceptions, more strips, because it wasn’t just emphasized. It was overly emphasized, every single play. So it’s good to be able to have that happen.”
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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