Georgia
Trump’s 90-minute speech at Atlanta rally splits attacks between Harris, Georgia governor
(Georgia Recorder) — Former President Donald Trump came to Atlanta Saturday to deliver a sharp rejoinder to Vice President Kamala Harris’ high-energy rally four days prior — and to attack popular Georgia elected Republicans.
“Your Governor, (Brian) Kemp, and (Secretary of State Brad) Raffensperger, they’re doing everything possible to make 2024 difficult for Republicans to win,” he said. “What are they doing? I don’t know. They’ve got something in mind, you know, they’ve got a little something in mind. Kemp is very bad for the Republican Party.”
Trump’s speech at Georgia State University’s downtown convocation center marks his fourth visit to Georgia this year – the last one was to participate in the CNN debate, where President Joe Biden’s poor performance started the chain of events that led to the current president’s decision not to seek re-election and Harris’ ascension as the Democrats’ presumptive nominee.
That decision, made last month with just over 100 days left before the election, upended the race as Democrats’ celebrated a swell of enthusiasm and Republicans scrambled to recalibrate their attacks on Harris instead of Biden.
Trump sought to tie Harris to Biden Saturday and paint her as an extreme leftist, attacking her positions on the southern border, guns and public safety.
“She was the worst border czar, she was the worst czar in history,” he said, referring to an informal and unofficial title. “Kamala’s radical ideas belong in a San Francisco commune filled with far-left freaks, but they do not belong in the White House. They do not belong in the United States of America. This November, Georgia is going to tell Kamala that we will not let her turn America into a communist country.”
He also insulted Harris’ intelligence, calling her “dumb” and “low IQ.”
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More debate fallout
Democrats have been cranking up the pressure on Trump to debate Harris after the former president backed out of a debate originally planned when Biden was still seeking another term.
The Democratic National Committee unveiled a confrontational digital ad campaign in battleground states, starting in Atlanta, to press Trump to debate Harris. When Harris was in Atlanta Tuesday, she challenged Trump to bring his criticisms of her to the debate stage and “say it to my face.”
Trump announced Saturday morning on social media that he has proposed an alternative debate arrangement that would move the debate from ABC to Fox News and be held before a live audience. The Harris campaign has been trying to hold Trump to the original debate plan.
“We’re doing one with Fox — if she shows up, I don’t think she’s going to go,” he said Saturday. “She can’t talk. She can read a teleprompter, I’d give her about a six on a scale of 10. Six. For talking, I’d give her less than a one. We need people that can talk.”
But Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who is a Dallas Democrat known for verbal sparring with Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, told reporters in Atlanta Saturday that she thinks Trump is all bluster and has no intention of debating Harris.
“When you think about it, the scariest thing for Donald Trump is to deal with any prosecutor, especially a Black woman prosecutor,” Crockett said, referring to Harris’ background as a San Francisco district attorney and California state attorney general.
There’s also the new age contrast in the race, with Harris’ rise to the top of the ticket enabling Democrats to flip the script on Republicans who questioned Biden’s mental fitness. Harris is about two decades younger than Trump.
“Now we get to focus in on all your crazy rants about Hannibal Lecter or sharks or whatever it is you that want to talk about. You end up being the crazy old uncle on the stage,” Crockett said. “So, I just don’t think that he’s going to do it. I think that he knows that he can’t talk about policy. When he does talk about policy, he loses.”
Trump has also attempted to paint Harris as a dishonest opportunist, but his recent comments casting doubt on her racial background were widely panned as racist at a recent convention for Black journalists.
Harris’ father is a Jamaican-American Black man, and her mother was an Indian-American woman. Trump has cited that Harris has been referred to as both Black and Indian-American throughout her political career in what many see as an attempt to paint her as disingenuous with the Black voting community.
A Trump party
A line of Trump supporters decked out in red MAGA hats and shirts bearing the former president’s face stretched for blocks outside the downtown Atlanta venue. Some wore shirts with the iconic photo of Trump after last month’s attempt on his life with the slogan “Fight, fight, fight.”
Among the crowd was Jajuan Moore, a truck driver originally from Los Angeles who now lives in College Park just south of Atlanta.
Moore, who is Black, said Trump’s comments about Harris’ race don’t bother him, and neither do statements about immigrants taking “Black jobs.”
“Donald Trump, he may say some things, but I don’t care. I’m glad he’s a proud white man, he should be a proud white man of his race, like I’m a proud Black man, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that.”
Moore said one of his favorite of Trump’s accomplishments during his first term was the COVID-19 stimulus checks.
“He was the first politician to give me something when I needed it the most,” he said. “I was struggling so bad. And you know what? He came through for the American people. He said I’m going to do what’s right. I’m going to do what I can, and he did what he did.”
Two stimulus checks came during Trump’s administration, totaling $1,800 per income tax filer and $1,100 per dependent child. A third payment came through Biden’s American Rescue Plan, paying out $1,400 per taxpayer and $1,400 per dependent child.
As Moore spoke from a crowded curbside, passersby cheered and chanted. The weather was hot but the mood was festive as merchants set up stalls or roamed the crowds offering all kinds of Trump shirts, hats, buttons, plushies, drinkware, lanyards and commemorative coins.
Zoe Simmons, a Gainesville University of Georgia student, stood in line with her parents and two sisters for over two hours before the doors opened. She said it was her fourth Trump rally, and she was there for the culture and atmosphere.
“Everyone is excited to be here. Everyone loves America, and it’s just like, as a young person, that’s nice to see. You don’t see that a lot on college campuses anymore,” she said.
Her father, Courtney Simmons, who works in education, said winning Georgia against Harris will be more difficult than defeating Biden.
“She’s certainly more, I wouldn’t say qualified, but she’s more aware of what’s going on,” he said. “She’s younger, she’s a person of color. I think those are all the things that Democrat voters are looking for. Hopefully moderate voters aren’t looking for that, but they may be. I think there’s also an undercurrent of anti-Trump.”
Courtney Simmons said he was almost as excited to see Trump’s new running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, as he was to see Trump.
“I love his story. I mean, I think that is the American dream. That’s the American story.” he said. “So hopefully that’ll resonate with that demographic, that impoverished mountain demographic that probably doesn’t vote as often. Maybe they will.”
The speech marked the first Georgia campaign stop for Vance, who sought to set the stage for Trump with his own criticism of Harris.
Trump, Vance attack Harris on immigration
Vance said that Harris put a halt to construction of a wall along the southern border, a project that Trump famously began during his presidency. However, he assured the audience that immigration would be addressed swiftly under a Trump-Vance administration.
“If you’re in this country illegally, start packing your bags, you go home in six months!” Vance declared.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative firebrand and one of Trump’s fiercest allies, also sought to tie Harris with immigration, maintaining that immigration at the U.S-Mexico border is a failure of the Biden-Harris administration. Greene argued there was peace under Trump, highlighting the February murder of 22-year-old college student Laken Riley in Athens, Georgia. A Venezuelan man who entered the country illegally has been charged with her murder.
“Laken Riley is one name and face that is a victim murdered by an illegal alien, but there are many Americans that are victims from illegal alien crime, rape, and murder. She’s just one name that we know here in Georgia,” Greene said.
“Loyalty is protecting Laken Riley, not allowing an illegal immigrant to take her life,” Vance said in an effort to acknowledge that Riley’s death was not quickly forgotten among Georgians.
Trump also evoked the killing of Riley.
“Kamala is responsible for the death as though she was standing there watching it herself,” he said.
Trump pledged to “begin the largest deportation operation in American history” on the first day of his second term if re-elected.
Dredging up the past
Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Biden in 2020 after years of Democratic gains in metro Atlanta, winning with less than 12,000 votes. He has continually asserted without evidence that his loss was the result of foul play, as he did from the stage Saturday.
A Fulton County trial of Trump and 14 remaining co-defendants over alleged election interference has ground to a halt amid efforts to boot District Attorney Fani Willis over a romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade and a Supreme Court decision establishing a new standard for presidential immunity.
Trump criticized Gov. Brian Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a social media post even before the rally. Kemp and Raffensperger, who are Republicans who resisted Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election results, pushed back on X.
“Georgia’s elections are secure,” Raffensperger wrote in a post Saturday. “The winner here in November will reflect the will of the people. History has taught us this type of message doesn’t sell well here in Georgia, sir.”
Kemp encouraged Trump to focus on the future instead of the past.
“My focus is on winning this November and saving our country from Kamala Harris and the Democrats – not engaging in petty personal insults, attacking fellow Republicans, or dwelling on the past,” Kemp said. “You should do the same, Mr. President, and leave my family out of it.”
A Trump-endorsed GOP candidate, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, challenged Kemp in 2022, but Kemp ended up beating Perdue by 52 percentage points. Kemp went on to beat Democrat Stacey Abrams to secure a second and final term as governor.
Trump’s comments about Kemp, in particular, were widely panned by notable Georgia Republicans who quickly took to social media to voice their dismay.
“The Trump rally in Atlanta makes it more likely Kamala Harris wins. He’s his own worst enemy,” said conservative radio host Erick Erickson.
Battleground Georgia
Georgia Democrats said Harris has the momentum to chalk up a repeat presidential win in the Peach State.
Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams, an Atlanta Democrat who chairs the Democratic Party of Georgia, said Georgia Democrats are working to turn the new energy on their side into action on the ground. Williams and Crockett spoke to campaign volunteers in downtown Atlanta who were being trained on door-to-door canvassing.
“Our vice president is fighting for our freedom to vote. She’s fighting for economic freedoms. She’s fighting for our reproductive freedoms. And those are the conversations that matter to Georgians on the ground, and that’s what we’re going to do for the next 90 days here in battleground Georgia,” Williams told reporters Saturday.
Next week, Harris is scheduled to make her 16th visit to Georgia since being sworn in, stopping by Savannah as part of a swing state tour with her yet-to-be-announced vice presidential pick.
Polls still show Trump with an advantage in Georgia, though Harris’ position has improved over that of her boss and the presidential race in Georgia is seen as competitive.
Real Clear Politics’ polling average showed Trump with a 3.8% lead over Biden in Georgia ahead of Biden’s withdrawal late last month. Against Harris, Trump’s advantage drops to 2% in the average, which includes polls from July 9 through 30.
“After Texas, Georgia is on my mind,” Crockett told Harris campaign volunteers Saturday.
“We understand that our collective freedoms are running right through Georgia,” she added. “I need y’all to understand that while I know Democrats say every election is the most important election of our lifetime, I’m here to tell you that this is absolutely the most important election of our lifetime.”
Georgia Recorder Deputy Editor Jill Nolin contributed to this report.
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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