Kentucky football: Starting QB Brock Vandagriff prepares to face Georgia, his former team

LEXINGTON — Five minutes after Kirby Smart’s meeting with Brock Vandagriff ended, a conversation in which the latter informed the former he would depart Georgia football and enter the transfer portal, Greg Vandagriff’s phone rang.

“Kirby called me and said, ‘I don’t know if I’ve ever coached a finer kid in my life than your son,'” the elder Vandagriff, Brock’s father, told The Courier Journal.

Greg Vandagriff isn’t only Brock’s father, though. He’s also the head football coach at Prince Avenue Christian, a short drive from the UGA campus in Athens, Georgia. Greg guided Brock during his high school career, one that saw the father-son duo enjoy immense success. Prince Avenue Christian went 33-6 in Brock’s three years (2018-20) as the school’s starting signal caller, capped by winning the Class A Private state championship during his senior season.

Considered a five-star prospect in the 2021 class, Brock had his pick of any college in the country. But he decided to stay close to home, signing with the nearby Bulldogs. While Georgia thrived as a team during Vandagriff’s three-season (2021-23) stint in Athens — Georgia posted a 42-2 overall record, which included back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022 — his personal contributions on game days were few and far between. Stetson Bennett was at the controls for both national title squads. And Carson Beck narrowly vanquished Vandagriff in a competition for the starting job last season.

With Beck returning for the 2024 campaign, and no clear path to more playing time, Vandagriff pondered putting his name in the transfer portal. Speaking with his father, the Vandagriffs were “very systemic” debating the pros and cons, Greg said. The pair followed the same process once Brock entered the portal.

“We absolutely took the top four or five, analyzed them and looked…

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Author : The Courier Journal

Publish date : 2024-09-08 09:11:38

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