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Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:38 pm
These are the 2025 snap counts for each player on 2026 roster (excluding a couple of walk ons with negligible snap counts). The data comes from a website called PuntAndRally.com. It's a very nice site if you haven't checked it out.
UGA offense totalled about 1000 total plays in 2025 and the defense totalled about 850 plays.
NAME _____________________ POS _________ SNAPS
Robinson, Ellis _____________ DB_C ________ 499
Jones, Demello ______________ DB_C ________ 374
Conley, Braylon _____________ DB_C ________ 201
Williams, Gentry ____________ DB_C ________ 178
Gilbert, Jontae _____________ DB_C ________ 6
Harris, Caden _______________ DB_C ________
Fitzpatrick, Justice __________ DB_C ________
Jones, Kyron ________________ DB_N ________ 209
Dinkins, Rasean _____________ DB_N ________ 172
Green, Tyriq ________________ DB_N ________
Riddle, Ja'Marley ___________ DB_S ________ 730
Bolden, KJ __________________ DB_S ________ 725
Barnes, Khalil ______________ DB_S ________ 522
Branch, Zion ________________ DB_S ________ 231
Morgan, Jaylan ______________ DB_S ________ 11
Okonkwo, Daniel _____________ DB_S ________ 7
Robinson, Todd ______________ DB_S ________ 0
Stewart, Blake ______________ DB_S ________
Fort, Zech __________________ DB_S ________
Smith, Jordan _______________ DB_S ________
Harris, Gabriel _____________ DL_E ________ 443
Jonah-Ajonye, Joseph ________ DL_E ________ 326
Greene, Justin ______________ DL_E ________ 60
Luckie, Carter ______________ DL_E ________
Lonon Jr., Anthony __________ DL_E ________
Johnson, Quintavius _________ DL_ED _______ 549
Williams, Amaris ____________ DL_ED _______ 210
Ikinnagbon, Darren __________ DL_ED _______ 29
Gibson, Isaiah ______________ DL_ED _______ 20
Linton, Chase _______________ DL_ED _______ 9
Brooks, Khamari _____________ DL_ED _______
Dean, Pierre ________________ DL_ED _______
McLeod, Xzavier _____________ DL_N ________ 272
Ogboko, Nnamdi _____________ DL_N ________ 127
Johnson, Nasir ______________ DL_N ________ 18
Sone, Valdin ________________ DL_N ________
Griffin, Elijah _______________ DL_T ________ 363
Horton, Josh ________________ DL_T ________ 173
Hall, Jordan ________________ DL_T ________ 153
Hanne, JJ __________________ DL_T ________ 132
Seymour, London ____________ DL_T ________ 3
Carey, Preston ______________ DL_T ________
Wilson, Raylen ______________ LB __________ 550
Cole, Chris _________________ LB __________ 423
Williams, Justin _____________ LB __________ 225
Walker, Zayden ______________ LB __________ 75
Foster, Terrell _______________ LB __________ 74
Kruah, Anthony ______________ LB __________ 4
Penick, Terrence ____________ LB __________
Littlejohn, Elijah ____________ LB __________
Abrams II, Nick _____________ LB __________
Bobo, Drew __________________OL_C ________ 721
Toliver, Malachi ____________ OL_C ________ 244
Flynn, Waltclaire ___________ OL_C ________ 0
Glover, Dontrell ____________ OL_G ________ 766
Uini, Michael _______________ OL_G ________ 159
Calhoun, Daniel _____________ OL_G ________ 72
Smith, Cortez _______________ OL_G ________ 68
Short, Mason ________________ OL_G ________ 16
Richardson, Tyquez __________ OL_T ________ 752
Greene, Earnest _____________ OL_T ________ 497
Gaston, Juan ________________ OL_T ________ 496
Jackson, Jahzare ____________ OL_T ________ 96
Harrison, Marcus ____________ OL_T ________ 24
Uzochukwu, Dennis ___________OL_T ________ 0
Ogboko, Ekene _______________OL_T ________
Lewis, Zachary ______________ OL __________
Helton, Zykie _______________ OL __________
Houston, Graham _____________OL __________
Jemison, Tyreek _____________ OL __________
Stockton, Gunner ____________ QB __________ 954
Puglisi, Ryan _______________ QB __________ 79
Montgomery, Ryan ____________QB __________ 6
Ginn, Colter ________________ QB __________ 0
Millender, Hezekiah _________ QB __________ 0
Beaver, Bryson ______________ QB __________
Frazier, Nate _______________ RB __________ 356
Dowdell, Dante ______________ RB __________ 278
Bowens, Chauncey ____________ RB __________ 277
Phillips, Dwight _____________ RB __________ 51
Walker, Bo __________________ RB __________ 43
Bell, Micah _________________ RB __________ 0
Lamar, Jae __________________ RB __________
Luckie, Lawson ______________ TE __________ 529
Williams, Elyiss _____________ TE __________ 131
Reddell, Jaden ______________ TE __________ 127
Barbour, Ethan ______________ TE __________ 41
Heinrich, Colton ____________ TE __________ 24
Keyes, Lincoln ______________ TE __________
Fogle, Brayden ______________ TE __________
Prothro, Kaiden _____________ TE __________
Canion, Isiah _______________ WR __________ 567
Humphreys, London ___________ WR __________ 470
White, Sacovie ______________ WR __________ 94
Wiley, CJ ___________________ WR __________ 70
Roldan, Landon ______________ WR __________ 51
Taylor, Talyn _______________ WR __________ 31
Blackshear, Thomas __________ WR __________ 22
Bell, Jeremy ________________ WR __________ 13
Williams, Tyler _____________ WR __________ 0
Dickerson, Dallas ___________ WR __________
Mosley, Ryan ________________ WR __________
Dandridge, Craig ____________ WR __________
UGA offense totalled about 1000 total plays in 2025 and the defense totalled about 850 plays.
NAME _____________________ POS _________ SNAPS
Robinson, Ellis _____________ DB_C ________ 499
Jones, Demello ______________ DB_C ________ 374
Conley, Braylon _____________ DB_C ________ 201
Williams, Gentry ____________ DB_C ________ 178
Gilbert, Jontae _____________ DB_C ________ 6
Harris, Caden _______________ DB_C ________
Fitzpatrick, Justice __________ DB_C ________
Jones, Kyron ________________ DB_N ________ 209
Dinkins, Rasean _____________ DB_N ________ 172
Green, Tyriq ________________ DB_N ________
Riddle, Ja'Marley ___________ DB_S ________ 730
Bolden, KJ __________________ DB_S ________ 725
Barnes, Khalil ______________ DB_S ________ 522
Branch, Zion ________________ DB_S ________ 231
Morgan, Jaylan ______________ DB_S ________ 11
Okonkwo, Daniel _____________ DB_S ________ 7
Robinson, Todd ______________ DB_S ________ 0
Stewart, Blake ______________ DB_S ________
Fort, Zech __________________ DB_S ________
Smith, Jordan _______________ DB_S ________
Harris, Gabriel _____________ DL_E ________ 443
Jonah-Ajonye, Joseph ________ DL_E ________ 326
Greene, Justin ______________ DL_E ________ 60
Luckie, Carter ______________ DL_E ________
Lonon Jr., Anthony __________ DL_E ________
Johnson, Quintavius _________ DL_ED _______ 549
Williams, Amaris ____________ DL_ED _______ 210
Ikinnagbon, Darren __________ DL_ED _______ 29
Gibson, Isaiah ______________ DL_ED _______ 20
Linton, Chase _______________ DL_ED _______ 9
Brooks, Khamari _____________ DL_ED _______
Dean, Pierre ________________ DL_ED _______
McLeod, Xzavier _____________ DL_N ________ 272
Ogboko, Nnamdi _____________ DL_N ________ 127
Johnson, Nasir ______________ DL_N ________ 18
Sone, Valdin ________________ DL_N ________
Griffin, Elijah _______________ DL_T ________ 363
Horton, Josh ________________ DL_T ________ 173
Hall, Jordan ________________ DL_T ________ 153
Hanne, JJ __________________ DL_T ________ 132
Seymour, London ____________ DL_T ________ 3
Carey, Preston ______________ DL_T ________
Wilson, Raylen ______________ LB __________ 550
Cole, Chris _________________ LB __________ 423
Williams, Justin _____________ LB __________ 225
Walker, Zayden ______________ LB __________ 75
Foster, Terrell _______________ LB __________ 74
Kruah, Anthony ______________ LB __________ 4
Penick, Terrence ____________ LB __________
Littlejohn, Elijah ____________ LB __________
Abrams II, Nick _____________ LB __________
Bobo, Drew __________________OL_C ________ 721
Toliver, Malachi ____________ OL_C ________ 244
Flynn, Waltclaire ___________ OL_C ________ 0
Glover, Dontrell ____________ OL_G ________ 766
Uini, Michael _______________ OL_G ________ 159
Calhoun, Daniel _____________ OL_G ________ 72
Smith, Cortez _______________ OL_G ________ 68
Short, Mason ________________ OL_G ________ 16
Richardson, Tyquez __________ OL_T ________ 752
Greene, Earnest _____________ OL_T ________ 497
Gaston, Juan ________________ OL_T ________ 496
Jackson, Jahzare ____________ OL_T ________ 96
Harrison, Marcus ____________ OL_T ________ 24
Uzochukwu, Dennis ___________OL_T ________ 0
Ogboko, Ekene _______________OL_T ________
Lewis, Zachary ______________ OL __________
Helton, Zykie _______________ OL __________
Houston, Graham _____________OL __________
Jemison, Tyreek _____________ OL __________
Stockton, Gunner ____________ QB __________ 954
Puglisi, Ryan _______________ QB __________ 79
Montgomery, Ryan ____________QB __________ 6
Ginn, Colter ________________ QB __________ 0
Millender, Hezekiah _________ QB __________ 0
Beaver, Bryson ______________ QB __________
Frazier, Nate _______________ RB __________ 356
Dowdell, Dante ______________ RB __________ 278
Bowens, Chauncey ____________ RB __________ 277
Phillips, Dwight _____________ RB __________ 51
Walker, Bo __________________ RB __________ 43
Bell, Micah _________________ RB __________ 0
Lamar, Jae __________________ RB __________
Luckie, Lawson ______________ TE __________ 529
Williams, Elyiss _____________ TE __________ 131
Reddell, Jaden ______________ TE __________ 127
Barbour, Ethan ______________ TE __________ 41
Heinrich, Colton ____________ TE __________ 24
Keyes, Lincoln ______________ TE __________
Fogle, Brayden ______________ TE __________
Prothro, Kaiden _____________ TE __________
Canion, Isiah _______________ WR __________ 567
Humphreys, London ___________ WR __________ 470
White, Sacovie ______________ WR __________ 94
Wiley, CJ ___________________ WR __________ 70
Roldan, Landon ______________ WR __________ 51
Taylor, Talyn _______________ WR __________ 31
Blackshear, Thomas __________ WR __________ 22
Bell, Jeremy ________________ WR __________ 13
Williams, Tyler _____________ WR __________ 0
Dickerson, Dallas ___________ WR __________
Mosley, Ryan ________________ WR __________
Dandridge, Craig ____________ WR __________
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 4:49 pm
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Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:24 pm to wdhalgren
You can take Ameris Williams off your list
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:04 am to wdhalgren
A bit of experience
Posted on 7/1/26 at 10:07 am to wdhalgren
We're number 8 in the Bill Connelly returning experience thing after being 105th last year and still finishing #3 in the final CFP poll.
Barring injuries at quarterback or cornerback, I think this is shaping up to be a vintage Kirby Smart Georgia team.
Barring injuries at quarterback or cornerback, I think this is shaping up to be a vintage Kirby Smart Georgia team.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:27 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Georgia's 2026 returning experience is more heavily influenced by roster retention (as opposed to portal) than most teams I've looked at. Teams are still learning which way to lean (if they have a choice): roster retention and development, or cull the roster and reload via the portal every year.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 1:21 pm to wdhalgren
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Georgia's 2026 returning experience is more heavily influenced by roster retention (as opposed to portal) than most teams I've looked at.
We only had 4 or 5 players from our 2-deep roster transfer out. That has to be top 10 nationally. Also didn't have as many players drafted as usual. Put these two things together and 2026 is looking incredibly promising.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 1:40 pm to wdhalgren
It seems like retain and develop offers a lot more margin of error that relying primarily on the portal. If a team is counting on being able to find everything it needs every year, a few misses can be catastrophic. Retain and supplement via the portal can at least get a team to a "good enough is good enough" level.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 4:11 pm to FaCubeItches
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It seems like retain and develop offers a lot more margin of error that relying primarily on the portal. If a team is counting on being able to find everything it needs every year, a few misses can be catastrophic. Retain and supplement via the portal can at least get a team to a "good enough is good enough" level.
I agree with what you're saying, but looking at the numbers some programs seem to be more aggressive about turning over roster. Texas is one that caught my eye this year. From what I can tell they lost about the same number to NFL/graduation that UGA did. In the portal, they lost about 10 more and added about a dozen more than we did. The result is that their 2026 roster played a total of 18,100 snaps in 2025, but 7334 (41%) of those come from portal pickups. Our 2026 roster played a total of 16.228 snaps in 2025, with 3438 (21%) of that coming from the portal.
Some of that turnover may have been intentional. Texas can definitely afford to play it that way if they choose. Whatever the reason, Texas' 2026 roster (returners and portal additions) played significantly more 2025 game snaps that UGA's roster, but UGA's 2026 returning players had significantly more 2025 game snaps (12.790) than Texas' returning players (10,766).
In the past, I would definitely have given more weight to Georgia's more homegrown roster, but Texas added a lot of game experience and the last couple of cfb seasons' outcomes make me hesistant to dismiss the logic of doing it that way if a program can afford it.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:15 pm to wdhalgren
I guess the caveat would be total snaps vs snaps against championship caliber players? Also, I wouldn’t underestimate the value of being in the same system with the same teammates over a period of time.
I like Kirby’s approach, we’ll just have to see how it plays out.
I like Kirby’s approach, we’ll just have to see how it plays out.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:48 pm to SquatchDawg
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I like Kirby’s approach, we’ll just have to see how it plays out.
I like Kirby's approach too. I like seeing the same players for more than one season. Teams with consistently high turnover will have to dumb down their schemes so all the new players can get up to speed in one offseason.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 7:15 pm to wdhalgren
I think Kirby’s approach is the right one but the climate of CFB makes it extremely difficult to convince players to wait their turn and practice while they see examples of their peers transferring and getting playing time right away. It still amazes me how Indiana was able to do what they did. I think Cignetti must be a helluva coach giving the amount of turnover in the program. He’s very good at teaching his system and coaching his players up to win in any given situation.
I know I’m extremely biased but I think Kirby Smart and Cignetti are the top two coaches in CFB right now. Interesting that they’re going about it in two different ways, but I trust coach Smart to do the right thing. I’m just so grateful to have been here and to watch how he’s taken this program to the highest level. We should never take that man for granted!
I know I’m extremely biased but I think Kirby Smart and Cignetti are the top two coaches in CFB right now. Interesting that they’re going about it in two different ways, but I trust coach Smart to do the right thing. I’m just so grateful to have been here and to watch how he’s taken this program to the highest level. We should never take that man for granted!
Posted on 7/18/26 at 12:10 pm to MSGADawg5988
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the climate of CFB makes it extremely difficult to convince players to wait their turn and practice
Since players are constantly moving around, development is becoming a lost art. Everybody's scouring the portal for experienced players who already know the fundamentals and just need to get up to speed on scheme. Unfortunately, that makes UGA players a target because other coaches knows Kirby's guys are well coached.
The risk for UGA is that we can't (IMO) afford to pay top dollar for HS talent or portal talent/experience. But, I think Kirby will field competitive teams and that's enough to keep me interested. On the bright side, maybe it will weed out some of the perennial "Nattie or bust" UGA fans, but the rival trolls will probably persist.
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:25 pm to wdhalgren
The focus should be on gap integrity
Put a hat on a hat
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Put a hat on a hat
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:29 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Happy late Julys eve
For those that don’t know, months are thirded into thirds by ten days
The first ten is the early, the middle ten the mid, and the last 10 is late
And yet zero fever pitch for college football. Which is minutes away So sad
For those that don’t know, months are thirded into thirds by ten days
The first ten is the early, the middle ten the mid, and the last 10 is late
And yet zero fever pitch for college football. Which is minutes away So sad
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:29 pm to Jefferson Dawg
I remember my first Brooks Austin video.
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:34 pm to deeprig9
You have to leave the few a riddle
Oh shite. It’s the 19th. And tomorrow is the 20th
Hat on a hat
Oh shite. It’s the 19th. And tomorrow is the 20th
Hat on a hat
Posted on 7/20/26 at 1:15 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Did you buy your annual Lindy's and read it at the beach this year?
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