2017 Season Review
dog tracks Piling Up The Points
*Georgia is averaging 34.9 points/game this season. *The Bulldogs rank fourth nationally in Red Zone Offense, going 48-for50, including 35 touchdowns. *QB Jake Fromm, the 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year, is 11-1 as a starter including going 16-for-22 for 183 yards and 2 TDs in the SEC Championship Game win over No. 2 Auburn. *Georgia leads the SEC and ranks seventh nationally in Third Down Conversions at 47 percent. *Fromm took over for sophomore Jacob Eason after he went down with a knee injury in the first quarter of the season opener versus Appalachian State. Fromm is a three-time recipient of SEC Freshman of the Week honors. He earned the accolade in victories over #17 MSU, versus Missouri and at Georgia Tech. In the era of RPOs, Fromm has three rushing scores to go with his passing stats. *Fromm is only the seventh true freshman Bulldog quarterback to start a game, including just the second to do it on the road in his first start. Fromm joined Eric Zeier (1991)as the only true freshmen to have their first career start on the road. *Fromm’s first career start came at #24 Notre Dame. Trailing 19-17 with 6:47 left in the contest, he directed a 9-play, 63-yard drive to set up the goahead field goal. He was 3-for-4 for 45 yards during the drive.
Jake Fromm (UGA Career) 2017
*ASU @ #24 ND (W) SU (W) #17 MSU (W) @ UT (W) @ VU (W) MU (W) vs. UF (W) USC (W) @ #10 Auburn (L) UK (W) @ GT (W) SECCG-#2 AU (W) TOTAL
Att
15 29 13 12 15 11 26 7 22 28 14 16 22 230
Cmp TD
10 16 8 9 7 7 18 4 16 13 9 12 16 145
1 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 21
Int
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Yds Sk
143 0 141 2 165 0 201 0 84 2 102 1 326 1 101 0 196 1 184 4 123 1 224 0 183 2 2,173 14
Eff.
168.7 100.5 244.3 270.7 102.4 201.5 192.2 196.9 177.6 113.4 147.4 233.8 172.6 168.2
Jacob Eason (UGA Career)
2016 Att Cmp TD Int vs. *#22 UNC 12 8 1 0 NICH (W) 20 11 1 1 @ MIZZOU (W) 55 29 3 1 @ #23 OM (L) 36 16 0 1 #11 UT (L) 28 17 2 1 @ SC (W) 17 5 1 1 VU (L) 40 27 1 0 vs. #14 UF (L) 33 15 1 0 @ UK (W) 31 17 1 0 #8 AU (W) 31 20 0 0 LA (W) 19 13 2 1 GT (L) 27 14 1 2 ^TCU (W) 21 12 2 0 TOTAL 370 204 16 8
Yds Sk Eff. 131 1 185.9 204 1 147.2 308 4 114.1 137 3 70.9 211 3 140.4 29 1 51.4 346 1 148.4 143 2 91.9 245 0 131.9 208 2 120.9 165 0 165.5 139 0 92.5 164 3 154.2 2,430 21 120.3
2017 Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sk Eff. ^ASU (W) 3 1 0 0 4 1 44.5 @ *UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 @ *VU 3 3 0 0 24 1 167.2 vs. *Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 *Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 @ *Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 7 4 0 0 28 2 90.7 *came in as a reserve; ^sustained a knee injury in 1st Q and left game CAREER
G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD Eff. 19/14 208 377 55.2 2,458 8 16 119.7
2017 SEC Champions
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Chubb, Michel Highlight Bulldog Rushing Attack
*Georgia has compiled a school record 3,426 rushing yards this season, breaking the old mark of 3,352 set in 2014. *All-SEC senior Nick Chubb ranks second in SEC history for career rushing yards with 4,599 and 42 TDs, trailing only Bulldog legend Herschel Walker. He joins Walker as the only Bulldogs to have three different 1,000-yard seasons. Chubb is fourth among active rushing leaders in NCAA FBS. *While Chubb (1,175 yards) went over 1,000 yards for the year against Kentucky, senior Sony Michel needs 52 yards for his second 1,000-yard season. The Bulldogs have never had two 1,000-yard rushers in the same year. *Michel is third in school history with 3,359 rushing yards. *Chubb and Michel are the first Bulldog teammates to each have 1,000-yard rushing seasons in their career. Career Rushing/Receiving For Sony Michel Year G/GS Att. Yds TD LG 2014 8/1 64 410 5 75 2015 13/6 219 1,161 8 66 2016 12/2 152 840 4 42 2017 12/1 131 948 13 74 Total 45/10 566 3,359 30 75
Rec Yds TD LG 7 106 1 33 26 270 3 48 22 149 1 33 5 55 0 32 60 580 5 48
A Look At The Line *Georgia stands 11th nationally in Rushing Offense at 263.5 ypg while Oklahoma is allowing only 144.2 ypg. *Georgia has 36 rushing touchdowns this year, and the school record is 39 set by the 1971 squad that went 11-1. *Georgia has started the same combination at LT, C and RT in 2017 in All-SEC senior Isaiah Wynn (LT), who has been invited to the Senior Bowl, junior Lamont Gaillard (C) and freshman Andrew Thomas (RT). The unit was named a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, given to the nation’s best offensive line. Thomas became the first true freshman to start on the offensive line for the Bulldogs since John Theus in 2012. Junior LG Kendall Baker has started 12 straight games. Redshirt freshman Ben Cleveland has made the last three starts at RG and redshirt freshman Solomon Kindley has five career starts at RG. *The Bulldogs racked up 238 yards versus No. 2 Auburn in the SEC Championship Game and the Tigers were ranked third in the league in Rushing Defense (125.9 yards/game). *In the win over Missouri, Georgia had 370 rushing yards to go with the second-most total yards (696) in UGA history. *Georgia had a season-high 423 rushing yards on 54 carries (7.8 avg.) against Vandy, the sixth most in UGA history.
An Array Of Targets
*Sixteen Bulldogs have caught a pass this season, including eight different players in the win over South Carolina. *Senior Javon Wims leads the team lead with 38 receptions for 631 yards and six touchdowns. *Junior Terry Godwin also has six TDs along with 540 yards on 29 catches. Twelve of his catches have been for 20+ yards. He made an acrobatic one-handed grab for a five-yard TD at No. 24 Notre Dame, which was No. 1 on ESPN SportsCenter’s “Top-10 List.” *Sophomore Mecole Hardman converted to WR from DB after 2016 and is showing his versatility. He tallied 203 all-purpose yards at #10 Auburn. He had his best game of his career against Missouri, accounting for two catches for 71 yards, including a 59-yard touchdown. He scored his first rushing touchdown, a 35-yard scamper, and added 66 return yards on three kickoffs. Also of note, Hardman leads the SEC in Kickoff Returns (27.3) and is third in the league in Punt Returns (10.8) with the league’s most PR yards (216). He made the 2017 AP All-SEC 2nd team as an All-Purpose selection.
2017 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Guide
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