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Micah Morris is going through his fifth spring with Georgia football.
The photo the offensive guard sees above his locker is still the one when he first arrived as a 17-year old from Camden County High in January of 2021.
“Half the time, I don’t know who that guy is,” he said. “Just maturing, thinking about all the great times I’ve had here. All the good memories, the locker room, the camaraderie, the jokes, the friendships, the bonds that I’ve built here.”
With it came a couple of national championships.
Morris is the only player that remains from the 20-player 2021 Georgia signing class that ranked fourth in the nation.
“Anytime Coach (Kirby) Smart looks for an older guy, it’s always my name that comes up,” he said.
Morris and running back Cash Jones, who came to Georgia as a walk-on, are the only remaining players from Georgia’s 2021 national championship roster.
There are no starters left from the Bulldogs’ 2022 national championship team but seven players who saw action in the game remain: Morris, safety JaCorey Thomas, tight end Oscar Delp, running back Branson Robinson, cornerback Daylen Everette, wide receiver Dillon Bell and punter Brett Thorson.
“The standard at Georgia is to win a national championship, to win it all,” Delp said. “We don’t go into a season thinking that’s not going to happen. I think every year I’ve been here I think I should have had a national championship.”
Georgia was kept out of the College Football Playoff in 2023 after going 12-0 in the regular season and then losing to Alabama in the SEC championship game. Its 2024 season ended in the CFP quarterfinals with a loss to Notre Dame.
“After the game, everyone was like, ‘We left so much on the table,’” junior tight end Lawson Luckie said. “Everyone knows that this year, and we’ve got such a young…
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