2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia and were led by fifth-year head coach Kirby Smart. For the first time since 2016, the Bulldogs did not win the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), finishing second behind rival Florida.

2020 Georgia Bulldogs football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 24–21 vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record8–2 (7–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTodd Monken (1st season)
Offensive schemePro Spread
Defensive coordinatorDan Lanning (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorGlenn Schumann (2nd season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
(Capacity: 92,746)
Uniform
2020 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 13 Florida x  8 –2   8 –4  
No. 7 Georgia  7 –2   8 –2  
Missouri  5 –5   5 –5  
Kentucky  4 –6   5 –6  
Tennessee  3 –7   3 –7  
South Carolina  2 –8   2 –8  
Vanderbilt  0 –9   0 –9  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^  10 –0   13 –0  
No. 4 Texas A&M  8 –1   9 –1  
Auburn  6 –4   6 –5  
LSU*  5 –5   5 –5  
Ole Miss  4 –5   5 –5  
Arkansas  3 –7   3 –7  
Mississippi State  3 –7   4 –7  
Championship: Alabama 52, Florida 46
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – ineligible for postseason due to self imposed ban
    Note: Due to COVID-19, the SEC played a conference-only schedule.
Rankings from AP Poll.

Preseason

SEC Media Days

In the preseason media poll, Georgia was predicted to finish in second in the East Division behind Florida. Georgia received the second-most votes (tied with LSU) to win the SEC Championship Game.[1]

Recruiting

Georgia's 2020 college football recruiting class was rated as the best in the country by Rivals.com, 247Sports, and On3. Highly-rated recruits included cornerback Kelee Ringo, defensive tackle Jalen Carter, offensive tackle Broderick Jones and Tate Ratlege, linebacker Mekhail Sherman, and tight end Darnell Washington.

Schedule

Georgia announced its 2020 football schedule on August 7, 2019.

The Bulldogs had games scheduled against East Tennessee State, Georgia Tech, Louisiana–Monroe and Virginia, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4] This was the first season since 1924 that the Bulldogs did not play Georgia Tech.[5]

Georgia played two additional SEC West opponents this season: Arkansas and Mississippi State.[5] The game scheduled against SEC East opponent Vanderbilt was postponed and eventually canceled.[6]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 264:00 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 4
SECNW 37–1016,500
October 37:30 p.m.No. 7 AuburndaggerNo. 4
ESPNW 27–620,524
October 103:30 p.m.No. 14 TennesseeNo. 3
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
CBSW 44–2120,524
October 178:00 p.m.at No. 2 AlabamaNo. 3
CBSL 24–4119,424
October 3112:00 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 5
SECNW 14–312,000
November 73:30 p.m.vs. No. 8 FloridaNo. 5
CBSL 28–4419,210
November 217:30 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 13
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, Georgia
SECNW 31–2420,524
November 287:30 p.m.at South CarolinaNo. 9
SECNW 45–1616,444
December 1212:00 p.m.at No. 25 MissouriNo. 9
SECNW 49–1410,830
January 112:00 p.m.vs. No. 8 Cincinnati*No. 9
ESPNW 24–2115,301
Schedule Source:[6]

Roster
2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 0 Darnell Washington Fr
WR 1 George Pickens So
RB 3 Zamir White  So
RB 4 James Cook Jr
WR 5 Matt Landers  Jr
RB 6 Kenny McIntosh So
WR 7 Jermaine Burton Fr
WR 8 Dominick Blaylock So
WR 10 Kearis Jackson  So
WR 11 Arian Smith Fr
WR 12 Tommy Bush  So
QB 13 Stetson Bennett Jr
WR 14 Trey Blount Jr
QB 15 Carson Beck Fr
WR 16 Demetris Robertson Sr
WR 17 Justin Robinson Fr
QB 18 JT Daniels  So
TE 18 Brett Seither  Fr
RB 20 Sevaughn Clark  Fr
RB 22 Kendall Milton Fr
WR 23 Jaylen Johnson  So
QB 24 Nathan Priestley  Fr
QB 26 Jackson Muschamp Fr
QB 27 Austin Kirksey  Fr
WR 31 Reid Tulowitzky Jr
RB 33 Daijun Edwards Fr
RB 36 Garrett Jones  So
WR 37 Patrick Bond  So
WR 38 Brady Tindall Jr
RB 39 K. J. McCoy Jr
TE 42 Mitchell Werntz Jr
TE 43 Chase Harof Jr
TE 44 Michael Hagerty  Fr
RB 45 Kirk Knisely Fr
WR 46 George Vining  Fr
OL 50 Warren Ericson  So
OL 51 Tate Ratledge Fr
OL 52 Cameron Kinnie Fr
OL 54 Justin Shaffer Sr
OL 55 Trey Hill Jr
OL 57 Daniel Gothard Sr
OL 58 Austin Blaske Fr
OL 59 Broderick Jones Fr
OL 60 Clay Webb  Fr
OL 61 Blake Watson  So
OL 63 Sedrick Van Pran Fr
OL 64 David Vann  Fr
OL 66 Dalton Perry Fr
OL 68 Chris Brown Fr
OL 69 Jamaree Salyer Jr
OL 70 Warren McClendon  Fr
OL 73 Xaxier Truss  Fr
OL 74 Ben Cleveland Sr
OL 75 Owen Condon  So
OL 76 Miles Johnson Fr
OL 77 Devin Willock Fr
OL 78 Chad Lindberg Fr
OL 79 Weston Wallace Fr
WR 81 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Fr
WR 83 Kaustov Chakrabarti Fr
WR 84 Ladd McConkey Fr
WR 85 Cameron Moore Jr
TE 86 John FitzPatrick  So
TE 87 Tre' McKitty GS
TE 88 Ryland Goede  Fr
WR 89 Braxton Hicks Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 2 Richard LeCounte Sr
DB 3 Tyson Campbell Jr
LB 4 Nolan Smith So
DB 5 Kelee Ringo Fr
DB 6 Jalen Kimber Fr
DB 7 Tyrique Stevenson So
OLB 8 M. J. Sherman Fr
DB 9 Ameer Speed Jr
DL 10 Malik Herring Sr
LB 11 Jermaine Johnson II Sr
LB 12 Rian Davis  Fr
OLB 13 Azeez Ojulari  So
DB 14 D. J. Daniel Sr
ILB 15 Trezmen Marshall So
DB 16 Lewis Cine So
LB 17 Nakobe Dean So
LB 19 Adam Anderson Jr
DB 20 Major Burns Fr
ILB 22 Nate McBride Sr
DB 23 Mark Webb Sr
DB 24 Prather Hudson GS
LB 25 Quay Walker Jr
DB 26 Daran Branch Fr
DB 27 Eric Stokes Jr
DB 29 Christopher Smith Jr
LB 30 Tae Crowder Sr
DB 31 William Poole Jr
ILB 32 Monty Rice Sr
OLB 33 Robert Beal Jr. Jr
DB 36 Latavious Brini Jr
DB 38 Patrick Taylor Fr
DB 39 Hugh Nelson  So
ILB 41 Channing Tindall Jr
LB 42 Matthew Brown  So
DB 43 Jehlen Cannady Fr
DL 44 Travon Walker So
DL 45 Bill Norton  Fr
DB 47 Dan Jackson  Fr
DL 54 Cade Brock Fr
DL 78 Nazir Stackhouse Fr
OLB 84 Walter Grant Sr
DL 88 Jalen Carter Fr
DL 90 Tramel Walthour  So
DL 91 Tymon Mitchell  Fr
DL 92 Julian Rochester Sr
DL 95 Devonte Wyatt Sr
DL 96 Zion Logue  Fr
DL 97 Warren Brinson Fr
DL 99 Jordan Davis Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 47 Payne Walker  So
LS 56 William Mote  Fr
K/P 90 Jake Camarda Jr
P 93 Bill Rubright Jr
P 95 Noah Chumley  Fr
K 96 Jack Podlesny  So
K 97 Brooks Buce Jr
K 99 Jared Zirkel Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Todd Monken – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Dan Lanning – Defensive coordinator/outside linebackers
  • Glenn Schumann – Co-defensive coordinator/inside linebackers
  • Scott Cochran – Special teams coordinator
  • Dell McGee – Run game coordinator/running backs
  • Cortez Hankton– Pass game coordinator/wide receivers
  • Tray Scott – Defensive line
  • Matt Luke – Offensive line/assistant head coach
  • Todd Hartley – Tight ends
  • Scott Sinclair – Director, strength and conditioning
  • Rodney Prince – Assistant, strength and conditioning
  • Maurice Sims – Assistant, strength and conditioning
  • Ben Sowders – Assistant, strength and conditioning
  • Tersoo Uhaa – Assistant, strength and conditioning
  • Buster Faulkner – Quality control, offense
  • Jacob Russell – Quality control, offense
  • Duece Schwartz – Quality control, offense
  • Montgomery VanGorder – Quality control, offense
  • Luke Moore – Quality control, defense
  • Roderick Ojong – Quality control, defense
  • Dan O'Brien – Quality control, defense
  • Matt Godwin – Player personnel coordinator
  • Jay Chapman – Director of football management
  • Anna Courson – Assistant, football operations
  • Neyland Raper – Assistant, football operations
  • Jonas Jennings – Director, player development
  • Austin Chambers – Assistant director, player development
  • Mike Cavan – Director of football administration
  • Ann Hunt – Administrative associate to the head coach
  • Christina Harris – Director, recruiting administration
  • Katie Turner – Director, recruiting operations
  • Angela Kirkpatrick – Assistant, recruiting
  • Cameron Lemons – Assistant, recruiting
  • Logen Reed – Assistant, recruiting
  • Bryant Gantt – Director, player support and operations
  • John Meshad – Director, player equipment
  • Jake Stroot – Director, football technology
  • Collier Madaleno – Director, football performance nutrition
  • Meaghan Turcotte – Assistant director, football performance nutrition
  • Greg Meyer – Special teams analyst
  • Eric Black – Co-director, football creative design
  • Chandler Eldridge – Co-director, football creative design
  • Frank Martin – Co-director, football creative design
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 9/1/21

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings


Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP44*44433 (1)455121313111210117
Coaches44*43T43T34551111101010997
CFPNot released98989Not released

Game summaries

At Arkansas
See also: 2020 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Game One – No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs (0–0) at Arkansas Razorbacks (0–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 4 Bulldogs 0 5 221037
Razorbacks 7 0 3010

at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas

  • Date: Saturday, September 26, 2020
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C) • Wind: S 11 mph
  • Game attendance: 16,500
  • TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), D. J. Shockley (analyist) and Tera Talmadge (sideline)
  • Pregame line: Georgia −28 • Odds to win: Georgia 91.8%
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
  • (14:30) UGA – Arkansas fumble through the back of the end zone, safety (Arkansas 7–2)
  • (0:00) UGA – Jack Podlesny 38 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 1:00; Arkansas 7–5)
Third quarter
  • (8:23) ARK – A.J. Reed 25 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 4:15; Arkansas 10–5)
  • (6:00) UGA – George Pickens 19 yard pass from Stetson Bennett, 2-point run good (Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards, 2:23; Georgia 13–10)
  • (3:20) UGA – John FitzPatrick 7 yard pass from Stetson Bennett, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 4 plays, 24 yards, 1:11; Georgia 20–10)
  • (2:53) UGA – Eric Stokes 30 yard interception return, Jack Podlesny kick (Georgia 27–10)
Fourth quarter
  • (11:15) UGA – Zamir White 6 yard rush, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 13 plays, 81 yards, 5:38; Georgia 34–10)
  • (1:23) UGA – Jack Podlesny 38 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:36; Georgia 37–10)
Statistics UGA ARK
First downs1915
Plays–yards89–38767–280
Rushes–yards42–12128–77
Passing yards266203
Passing: comp–att–int28–47–120–39–3
Time of possession35:4624:14
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Georgia PassingStetson Bennett20/29, 211 yards, 2 TD
RushingZamir White13 carries, 71 yards, 1 TD
ReceivingKearis Jackson6 receptions, 62 yards
Arkansas PassingFeleipe Franks19/36, 200 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
RushingTrelon Smith6 carries, 38 yards
ReceivingTreylon Burks7 receptions, 102 yards, 1 TD

No. 7 Auburn
See also: 2020 Auburn Tigers football team
Game Two – No. 7 Auburn Tigers (1–0) at No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs (1–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 7 Tigers 0 3 306
No. 4 Bulldogs 10 14 3027

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

  • Date: Saturday, October 3, 2020
  • Game time: 6:38 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Fair • Temperature: 64 °F (18 °C) • Wind: 5 mph E
  • Game attendance: 20,524
  • Referee: James Carter
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Allison Williams (sideline reporter)
  • Pregame line: Georgia −7.5 • Odds to win: Georgia 57.3%
Game information
First quarter
  • (9:31) UGA – Zamir White 1 yd rush, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 10 plays, 43 yds, 2:56; Georgia 7–0)
  • (4:00) UGA – Jack Podlesny 21 yd field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 59 yds, 3:56; Georgia 10–0)
Second quarter
  • (11:08) UGA – George Pickens 21 yd pass from Stetson Bennett, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 11 plays, 84 yds, 5:26; Georgia 17–0)
  • (6:26) UGA – Zamir White 1 yd rush, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 6 plays, 72 yds, 3:27; Georgia 24–0)
  • (1:38) AUB – Anders Carlson 20 yd field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 65 yds, 4:40; Georgia 24–3)
Third quarter
  • (10:09) AUB – Anders Carlson 45 yd field goal (Drive: 15 plays, 54 yds, 4:46; Georgia 24–6)
  • (5:51) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 yd field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 67 yds, 4:18; Georgia 27–6)
Fourth quarter

No scoring

Statistics AUB UGA
First downs1525
Plays–yards63–21673–442
Rushes–yards22–3945–202
Passing yards177240
Passing: comp–att–int21–41–117–28–0
Time of possession25:5634:04
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Auburn PassingBo Nix21/41, 177 yds, 1 INT
RushingTank Bigsby8 carries, 31 yds
ReceivingAnthony Schwartz8 receptions, 57 yds
Georgia PassingStetson Bennett17/28, 240 yds, 1 TD
RushingZamir White19 carries, 88 yds, 2 TD
ReceivingKearis Jackson9 receptions, 147 yds

Tennessee
See also: 2020 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2021 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
129Eric StokesCBGreen Bay Packers
233Tyson CampbellCBJacksonville Jaguars
250Azeez OjulariOLBNew York Giants
392Monty RiceILBTennessee Titans
394Ben ClevelandOGBaltimore Ravens
397Tre' McKittyTELos Angeles Chargers
5169Richard LeCounteSCleveland Browns
6190Trey HillCCincinnati Bengals

Coaching staff
Name Position Consecutive season at
Georgia in current position
Kirby SmartHead coach5th
Todd MonkenOffensive coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach1st
Matt LukeAssociate head coach / Offensive line coach1st
Scott CochranSpecial teams coordinator1st
Dan LanningDefensive coordinator/Outside linebackers coach2nd
Glenn SchumannCo-defensive coordinator/Inside linebackers coach2nd
Cortez HanktonPass Game coordinator/Wide receivers coach3rd
Dell McGeeRun Game coordinator/Running backs coach2nd
Todd HartleyTight ends coach2nd
Tray ScottDefensive line coach4th
Reference:[7]

References
  1. "Preseason SEC media poll, All-SEC Team announced". SECSports.com. Southeastern Conference. September 23, 2020.
  2. Talty, John (July 30, 2020). "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  3. Dellenger, Ross (July 30, 2020). "Sources: SEC Adopts Conference-Only Schedule With Sept. 26 Start". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  4. Kelley, Kevin (July 30, 2020). "All three Chick-fil-A Kickoff games canceled in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. Dellenger, Ross (August 7, 2020). "SEC's New Schedule: Winners, Losers and... Mizzou". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  6. "2020 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. 2021 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide, p. 2
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