2018 Georgia Football Sugar Bowl Media Guide

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player bios

2018 SEC East Champions

WARREN ERICSON Suwanee, Georgia North Gwinnett High School OL Fr. 6-4 315 HS

50 2018 Saw his first collegiate action vs. Vanderbilt...also played vs. UMass and Georgia Tech...enrolled at UGA in January of 2018 and participated in spring drills. High School North Gwinnett, coached by Bill Stewart...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #349 overall prospect nationally and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #231 overall prospect nationally, #12 offensive guard, and the #27 overall prospect in Georgia... Rivals.com four-star prospect, #230 overall prospect nationally, #14 OG and #28 in the state...led North Gwinnett to a 14-1 record, the Region 7-7A title and the GHSA Class 7A State title in 2017, along with a No. 2 ranking in Georgia and No. 22 ranking nationally...NGHS offense averaged 223.9 rushing yards per game and 180.7 passing yards per game in 2017.

azine five-star prospect, ranked #2 nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...ESPN.com five-star prospect, #1 overall nationally, the #1 QB and #1 in the state...Rivals.com five-star prospect, #2 overall, #1 QB-DT and #2 in Georgia...MVP of the 2017 Elite 11 Quarterback Competition...totaled 4,187 passing yards, 41 passing TDs, 2,096 rushing yards and 28 rushing touchdowns in two years as a starter at Harrison...2018 Mr. Georgia Football by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta...named the AJC and AP 2017 Class 6A Offensive Player of the Year, in addition to being named First-Team AllState by both...semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club’s 2018 National High School Player of the Year Award...2018 Player of the Year by the Cobb County Touchdown Club...2017 Preseason AJC Super 11...named a 2017 Preseason First-Team All-American by both the USA Today and MaxPreps... led Harrison to a 10-2 record and a second-round berth in the GHSA Class 6A State Playoffs in 2016...2016 AP Class 6A Second Team offense...also played SS and 2B for the Harrison varsity baseball team. Personal Full name: JUSTIN SKYLER FIELDS...Major: Business...recipient of the Davis Family Foundation Scholarship. Career Passing Stats Year G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds. INT TD Eff. LG 2018 12/0 27 39 69.2 328 0 4 173.72 57 UM Career Rushing Stats Year G/GS Att. Yards Per/Att. Per/Gm. TD LG 2018 12/0 42 266 6.3 22.2 4 47 UM

Personal

JOHN FITZPATRICK

Full name: WARREN ERICSON...Major: Sport Management...recipient of the Griffin Athletic Scholarship.

Atlanta, Georgia Marist School

JUSTIN FIELDS

TE Fr. 6-6 230 HS

Kennesaw, Georgia Harrison High School

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QB Fr. 6-3 225 HS

1 * 2018 Coaches Freshman All-SEC Team *

Career Highs * 121 passing yards vs. UMass, 2018 * Long TD pass of 57 yards vs. UMass, 2018 * 7 completions vs. Austin Peay, 2018 * 8 att. vs. APSU, MTSU, UMass, 2018 * 7 rushes vs. UMass, 2018 * 100 rushing yards vs. UMass, 2018 2018 Has played in 12 of 13 games thus far...completed 27 of 39 passes this season for 328 yards and four TDs...also Georgia’s fifth-leading rusher, with 266 yards on 42 carries and four TDs...1st UGA quarterback since 1999 (Q. Carter vs. Ky.) to rush for 100 yards in a game when he carried seven times for an even 100 vs. UMass...completed six of eight passes for 71 yards and one TD vs. Middle Tennessee...had rushing TDs of 12 and 15 yards vs. Tennessee... also rushed three times for 31 yards vs. MTSU...completed seven of eight passes for 63 yards and also rushed three times for 33 yards in season opener vs. Austin Peay...rushed six times for 26 yards at Kentucky, including a pair of key successful third-down conversions in the fourth quarter...enrolled at UGA in January of 2018 and participated in spring drills. High School

2018 Has seen action in the Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee games. High School Marist School, coached by Alan Chadwick...247Sports.com four-star prospect...ranked as the #17 tight end nationally, #316 overall prospect nationally and the #36 prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #147 nationally, #5 TE and #17 in the state...tabbed as one of the “Biggest Movers” in the Rivals.com rankings, in which he jumped 89 spots to #131 nationally between August and December...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #346 nationally and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team... ESPN.com three-star prospect and the #11-ranked TE...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA Georgia First Team...helped lead Marist to a 14-1 season and GHSA Class 4A runner-up finish in 2017...AJC 2017 All-State Class 4A First Team offense, as well as the AJC’s All-Metro (DeKalb County) Team...hauled in 29 passes for more than 400 yards receiving and three TDs his senior season while also playing defensive end for the War Eagles... made five tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack in the state championship game... named to the GACA North 2016 All-State Class 4A First Team defense as a defensive lineman...also played soccer and basketball at Marist. Personal Full name JOHN WILLIAM FITZPATRICK...intended major: Finance... recipient of the Devore Family Football Scholarship.

Harrison, coached by Matt Dickmann...247sports.com five-star prospect... Ranked as the #2 overall prospect nationally, the #2 prospect in the Southeast, the #1 dual-threat QB and the #2 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Mag-

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