2009 Georgia Football Media Guide

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2009 PLAYER BIOS *Saw only action of the season vs. Tennessee *Received the Coffee County Hustle Award at the end of spring practice 2007: Appeared in 12 games with six tackles *Two tackles during Georgia’s 41-10 rout of #10 Hawai’i in the Sugar Bowl *Had a career-high four tackles including 1.5 for a loss vs. Ole Miss *Recipient of the Jack and Joy Davis Football Scholarship *Listed as number two SS at conclusion of spring drills 2006: Redshirted High School: Houston County, coached by Doug Johnson Outstanding Scout Team Special Teams Player….The Atlanta JournalConstitution Class AAAAA All-State First Team DB and Best Safety in Georgia…Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AAAAA All-State Defensive Team as a defensive back…All-Region 1 AAAAA at defensive back…PrepStar Top 200, No.19 overall at defensive back…Rivals. com No. 11 overall safety…Rated 13th in Rivals.com postseason Top 50…First Team All-Middle Georgia and All-Houston County…Selected to the GACA North-South All-Star Team…Region 1-AAAAA Defensive Player of the Year…Recipient of the Golden Helmet Award for MVP of Houston County…Team Captain who played free safety, quarterback, and wingback…Career stats of 193 tackles, 2 interceptions, 22 pass break ups, 5 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, 2 blocked kicks and 174 yards of total offense. Personal: QUINTIN BANKS; Born: March 4, 1988; Major: Arts & Sciences. Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF 2007 12/0 6 2 8 0/0 1.5/4 0 2008 1/0 0 0 0 0/0 0.0/0 0 Total 12/0 6 2 8 0/0 1.5/4 0

FR PBU Int. QBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 Jonathan Batson

2009 GEORGIA BULLDOGS

QB, Sr., 6-4, 259 Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day H.S.

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2008: Member of the scout team. 2007: Transferred to UGA from N.C. State. 2006: (N.C. State): Redshirted. High School: Providence Day, coached by Keith Flynn...No. 76 on the 2005 NC Prep Report Elite 101, which lists the top 101 high school players in North Carolina...No. 10 on the 2005 NC Prep Preseason Top 30 Quarterback List...Named to the 2005 EA Sports Elite 11 Quarterbacks to Watch List...Two-year starter at QB for Providence Day...Served as team captain and led team to state championship game senior year... Threw for a school record 4,100 yards and 41 TDs... Completed 67 percent for 2,030 yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior...All-conference, all-state honorable mention football and baseball...Four-year letterman in baseball, three-year letterman in football. Personal: Born: Dec. 22, 1987; Major: Pre-Business.

41 Roderick Battle DE, Sr., 6-4, 259 Atlanta, Ga. Douglass H.S.

Career Highs: 5 tackles at Kentucky in 2008 2009: Missed spring drills following January shoulder surgery, expected to be ready for the start of fall drills *Recipient of Roger F. and Michael A. Kahn Football Scholarship 2008: Appeared in nine games making seven starts recording 14 tackles and 10 quarterback hurries *Missed the S. Carolina, Arizona State and Alabama games due to a neck injury *Career-high five tackles and two forced fumbles at Kentucky in 2008 2007: Appeared in 13 games (13 starts with 24 tackles) including 4.0 TFL *Had two tackles including a sack vs. No. 9 Florida *Registered a season-high four tackles vs. Oklahoma St. *Recipient of the Roger F. and Michael A. Kahn Football Scholarship *Named Most Improved Defensive End at conclusion of spring drills *Recorded two tackles and one QB sack in annual spring G-Day game

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2006: Appeared in all 13 games with four tackles and two sacks including one sack in Georgia’s 15-12 win over No. 16 Ga. Tech *Registered first sack in win at Ole Miss; Also has six QB hurries *Team went 9-4 including a Chick-fil-A Bowl win *Recipient of Loy D. Thompson, IV Football Scholarship *Recorded one tackle in annual spring G-Day game 2005: Redshirted *Recipient of Loy D. Thompson, IV Football Scholarship *Part of SEC Championship team that went 10-3 High School: Frederick Douglass, coached by Gary Cantrell…Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2004 AAAAA Defensive Player of the Year, AAAAA First-Team All State selection and Super Southern 100…2004 Georgia Sports Writers Association Defensive Player of the Year and AAAAA FirstTeam All State selection…Fox Sports Net All-South third team…SuperPrep All-America and All-Dixie teams…Rivals.com Georgia Top 40, No. 9 overall at weakside defensive end and No. 4 at weakside defensive end in the Southeast…TheInsiders.com No. 13 defensive end in America…Defensive team captain in senior season…Recorded 65 tackles, including 15 sacks and 30 tackles for-a-loss, tallied 25 quarterback pressures, caused 10 fumbles and recovered three fumbles at defensive end as a senior…2004 Douglass High School Defensive Player of the Year…Also played basketball and participated in track and field…Only played in two games as a junior due to a transfer rule…Recipient of the 2002 Ironman Award. Personal: RODERICK BATTLE, JR; Born: Nov. 14, 1986; Major: Sports Management. Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total 2006 13/0 3 1 4 2007 13/13 16 8 24 2008 9/7 9 5 14 Total 35/20 28 14 42

Sacks 2.0/16 2.5/14 0.5/5 5.0/35

TFL FF 2.0/16 0 4.0/17 3 3.5/14 2 9.5/47 5

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60 Clint Boling LT, Jr., 6-5, 297 Alpharetta, Ga. Chattahoochee H.S.

2009: Named Best All-Around Offensive Player at conclusion of spring drills 2008: Named to CollegeFootballNews.com’s All-Sophomore Second Team *Named First Team All-SEC by Associated Press, also Phil Steele’s AllSEC Second Team *Appeared in 12 games making 12 starts *Started at LT vs. No. 22 Vanderbilt, at No. 11 LSU, vs. No. 5 Florida, at Kentucky, at Auburn, vs. No. 18 Ga. Tech and vs. No. 19 Michigan State *Named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (10/13) following win over Tennessee in which UGA tallied 458 yards of total offense; Boling started at right guard but an injury to a teammate forced him to move to left tackle during the game *Started at RG at No. 24 Arizona State, vs. No. 8 Alabama, vs. Tennessee *Started at right tackle against Central Michigan and at South Carolina *Named preseason All-SEC 4th team by Phil Steele 2007: Appeared in 13 games making 11 starts, 10 at RG and one at RT *Freshman All-America First Team by Scout.com and Freshman AllAmerica Second Team by Rivals.com *Named SEC All-Freshman by SEC Coaches and Sporting News *Made first-career start at RT before switching to RG for the final 10 games *Made Bulldog debut vs. Oklahoma St. High School: Chattahoochee…named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Class AAAAA First Team Offense…2006 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 50 In Georgia and Northside All-Area Team…Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AAAAA All-State Team…SuperPrep All-Dixie Team and Top 50 in the Dixie Region…Prep Star All-American…Voted All-Area Player of the Year…UGASports.com #22 Overall prospect in Georgia…Rivals.com Top 10 offensive line and Top 35 overall recruit in Georgia…Scout.com Top 5 offensive tackles in Georgia and No. 71 offensive tackle in U.S…honored as 2004 and 2005 Academic Athlete for Chattahoochee High School Football…started as tight end his sophomore year before moving to offensive line and defensive end his junior and senior years…Led his team to the playoffs his senior season…started for the basketball team…High School Coach: Terry Crowder. Personal: CLINT BOLING; Born: May 9, 1989; Major: Pre-Business/ Accounting.


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