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2018 SEC East Champions
High-Powered Offense
* Georgia is on pace to have one of the best scoring averages in UGA history this season. The Bulldogs have scored 40+ points in seven games this year and are averaging 39.2, which is second in the SEC and 13th nationally. The 2014 team owns the school record at 41.3 ppg. * The Bulldog offense has scored 61 touchdowns in 2018 while the defense and special teams have each chipped in two scores. * Against top-ranked Alabama, Georgia tallied 454 yards of total offense and 28 points versus a unit that was ranked third nationally in scoring defense. The Tide had trailed for just 70 seconds all year before Georgia led them for 35 minutes and 23 seconds in the SEC Championship Game. * Georgia piled up 516 yards of total offense in the 27-10 victory over #24 Auburn. This was the most yards the Tigers had given up since Oklahoma had 524 in the 2016 Sugar Bowl.
Efficient Signal Callers
* Jake Fromm, a 2018 Manning Award finalist, is 23-4 as a starter, including 8-4 versus Top 25 teams. * He is on pace to set the school record for Completion Percentage at 68.4. He leads the SEC and ranks 8th nationally. Georgia’s school record is 67.9 by Hutson Mason in 2014. * The Warner Robins, Ga., native is ranked third nationally in Passing Efficiency at 175.81, which would be a school record. In the regular season finale versus Ga. Tech, Fromm had a career-high four TD passes. Against top-ranked Alabama, he had a streak of 10 straight completions, which tied an SEC Championship Game record. * His three TD passes versus #9 Florida all came on third downs covering 12, 16 and 24 yards. He was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after going 17-for-24 for 240 yards and three TDs. * Georgia also has freshman QB Justin Fields. After enrolling in January, he has seen action in 12 games and is 27-for-39 with 328 yards and four scores and four rushing TDs. Fields also has 266 yards on 42 carries and is averaging 6.3 yards a carry. * Fields became the first Bulldog QB to have 100 yards rushing in 20 years when he did it versus UMass on Nov. 17 (Quincy Carter tallied 114 against UK in 1998). Fields, who was 5-for-8 for 121 yards and two touchdowns against UMass, also became the first Georgia QB to lead his team in rushing in a game since D.J. Shockley in 2005 against Boise State (85 yards). * In his career, Fromm has led his team to two comebacks when trailing at the half. One of Georgia’s signature wins came with his 2018 Rose Bowl Game performance after the Bulldogs trailed #2 Oklahoma 31-17 at the half and rallied to a 54-48 win in double overtime. Georgia trailed 45-38 with 3:22 remaining in the game before Fromm directed a game-tying drive. * Fromm’s first career start came last year at #24 Notre Dame. Trailing 19-17 with 6:47 left in the contest, Fromm directed a nine play, 63-yard drive to set up the go-ahead field goal. He was 3-for-4 for 45 yards during the drive.
Jake Fromm (UGA Career) 2017
*App. State @ #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) ROSE #2 OU (W) CFP NC #4 UA (L) 2017 TOTAL
Att Cmp TD Int Yds Sack
15 29 13 12 15 11 26 7 22 28 14 16 22 29 32 291
10 16 8 9 7 7 18 4 16 13 9 12 16 20 16 181
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143 141 165 201 84 102 326 101 196 184 123 224 183 210 232 2,615
0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 2 4 20
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168.7 100.5 244.3 270.7 102.4 201.5 192.2 196.9 177.6 113.4 147.4 233.8 172.6 152.6 108.7 160.1
2018 Att Cmp TD Int Yds S Austin Peay (W) 16 12 2 0 157 0 @ #24 USC (W) 18 15 1 1 194 2 MTSU (W) 12 10 3 0 128 2 @ MIZZOU (W) 23 13 3 1 260 0 UT (W) 22 16 0 0 185 3 VU (W) 23 17 3 0 276 0 @ #13 LSU (L) 34 16 1 2 209 3 vs. #9 ^UF (W) 24 17 3 0 240 1 @ #9 UK (W) 20 14 1 0 113 0 #24 AU (W) 20 13 2 1 193 0 UMASS (W) 5 5 1 0 106 0 GT (W) 16 13 4 0 175 0 SECCG #1 BAMA (L) 39 25 3 0 301 2 2018 TOTAL 272 186 27 5 2,537 13 CAREER TOTAL 563 367 51 12 5,152 33 *Jacob Eason started in the opener and was injured on the third series
Eff. 198.7 181.1 255.4 185.8 143.3 217.8 96.6 196.1 134.0 169.1 344.1 255.6 154.3 175.8 167.7
Sharing The Load In The Ground Game
* Sophomore D’Andre Swift (1,037 yds.) and junior Elijah Holyfield (956 yds.) aim to become the latest Bulldog duo to each have 1,000-yard seasons. Most recently Nick Chubb (1,345) and Sony Michel (1,227) did it in 2017. Swift became the 14th Bulldog in school history to have a 1,000yard season during the matchup versus #1 Alabama. It has now been done 20 times. * Against #24 Auburn, the Bulldogs went over 300 yards on the ground and had a 100-yard rusher for the third straight game. In the SEC East clinching road win over #9 Kentucky, both tailbacks went over 100 yards as the Bulldogs tallied 331 yards. * Swift registered a career-high 186 yards and a score on 17 carries (10.9 avg) and had four catches for 43 yards against AU and was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week. * Swift went for 156 and two scores and was named the Offensive Player of the Week while Holyfield had a career-high 115 and a score versus #9 UK. Name D’Andre Swift Elijah Holyfield TOTAL
GP/GS Atts. Yds. 13/5 155 1,037 13/8 147 956 13/13 302 1,993
Avg. 6.7 6.5 6.6
TDs 10 7 17
Next Man Up On The Line
* The Bulldog offensive line, coached by Broyles Award semifinalist Sam Pittman, has been named a finalist for the Joe Moore Award given to the nation’s top unit. Georgia leads the SEC in Rushing Offense at 251.6 yards/game. * Georgia has started four different alignments on the OL but the same unit for the past three games. It has featured Andrew Thomas/freshman Cade Mays (LT), redshirt sophomore Solomon Kindley (LG), senior Lamont Gaillard (C), redshirt sophomore Ben Cleveland/Mays/freshman Trey Hill (RG) and redshirt freshman Isaiah Wilson (RT). Wilson is the only lineman from the group who has not missed a snap due to injury.
Spreading The Wealth
* Junior Riley Ridley leads the wideouts with 39 catches for 509 yards and nine touchdowns, which is tied for second in school history. Junior Mecole Hardman checks in with 33 receptions for 529 yards and six scores. * QB Jake Fromm connected with nine different receivers versus topranked Alabama, including hitting TB D’Andre Swift for a career-high six catches for 63 yards and a score. * Versus #24 Auburn, junior WR Tyler Simmons caught his first career TD pass to give Georgia a 13-10 edge during the 27-10 win. Simmons followed that performance up with a 49-yard touchdown run and a career-long 87-yard scoring catch against UMass. * Hardman had a career day at #24 South Carolina, hauling in six catches for 103 yards, including a 34-yard touchdown. This was Georgia’s first 100-yard receiver since the 2016 Liberty Bowl versus TCU (Isaiah McKenzie, 4-103). * Sophomore Jeremiah Holloman has 23 catches for 387 yards and five scores including two versus #9 UF.
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