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Georgia football preseason practices opened under sweltering conditions Thursday afternoon with a heat advisory in the area.
Temperatures pushed near the mid-90s and the heat index was at 105 as Carson Beck began his first preseason as the established starting quarterback. It wasn’t until Aug. 19 last year that the now fifth-year senior was named the starter.
The Bulldogs opened camp with 120 players, according to coach Kirby Smart.
“I’m fired up about that,” Smart said. “That’s a good number for us. As you know in the future, it won’t be that. We’ve got good depth in camp and we’re looking forward to creating some mental and physical adversity through the heat and through practices to kind of start to form our team.”
Roster limits starting next season are set to be at 105 in college football as part of a settlement agreement of three antitrust cases concerning the compensation of college athletes.
Cornerback Daylen Everette seemed to embrace what’s ahead this month.
“This is a time to lock in and really just prepare for the season,” he said.
Observations from Georgia’s first day of practice open periods
➤ Watched mostly the offense on this day. Let’s start with the wide receivers since it was announced earlier in the day that Rara Thomas was dismissed.
Here’s how they went through drills.
Dillon Bell went first at the “X” outside receiver position followed by Colbie Young, Nitro Tiggle and walk-on Will Taylor.
On the other side of the field was Arian Smith first, followed by London Humprheys, Michael Jackson III and walk-on Walter Blanchard.
Dom Lovett was the top slot receiver, followed by Anthony Evans III, Sacovie White and walk-on Brandon Moody.
➤ Stanford transfer tight end Ben Yurosek is starting as the No. 3 tight end behind Oscar Delp and Lawson Luckie.
They were doing a drill that…
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Author : Athens Banner-Herald
Publish date : 2024-08-01 19:38:08
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