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Monty Rice
6'1" | 227 lbs | Fr.
Madison, Alabama
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Dawgs in the Draft: What to know about former Georgia MLB Monty Rice
ATHENS — Several former Georgia players will hear their name called in the 2021 NFL Draft, which begins on April 29.  DawgNation will profile potential UGA draftees leading …
Mike Griffith
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Nakobe Dean: Georgia football ‘working for something bigger than every one …
ATHENS — Nakobe Dean is the man in the middle of a rapidly improving Georgia football defense. The Bulldogs can’t improve fast enough, for Dean, including himself.
Mike Griffith
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Nakobe Dean continues to impress Kirby Smart, even while dealing with …
When thinking of players who were either going to break out or shine this spring, you wouldn’t have picked Nakobe Dean.
Connor Riley
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WATCH: Monty Rice shares how Kirby Smart leads, Georgia football improves
ATHENS — Georgia’s start to spring football has Monty Rice’s blood flowing, the two-year team captain longing to be back out on the field with his former teammates.
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Former NFL scout has surprising Georgia player omissions in Top 5 position …
ATHENS — Georgia football could be looking at a record NFL draft class, but projections for where many of the outgoing Bulldogs will go are all over the map.
Mike Griffith
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4 Georgia players projected in first 3 rounds of draft, per NFL.com
ATHENS — Georgia football is projected to produce at least one first-round draft pick for the fourth-straight year under Kirby Smart.
Mike Griffith
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Mark Webb racks up 5 stops in Senior Bowl, DJ Daniel tight in coverage
ATHENS — Georgia safety Mark Webb made five tackles, three of them solo, continuing to make a strong case he can play safety in the NFL with his Senior Bowl performance on …
Mike Griffith
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Former Georgia football team captains differ on Jamie Newman
ATHENS — When it comes to Jamie Newman, Georgia fans and even former team players are going to have to agree to disagree.
Mike Griffith
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DJ Daniel biggest winner of Georgia players entering Saturday Senior Bowl
ATHENS — Georgia football made headlines when a record seven Bulldogs were selected for the Senior Bowl, and the former Bulldogs have stayed in the news all week in Mobile, …
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Jamie Newman on decision to leave Georgia: ‘No regrets …. still love …
ATHENS — Jamie Newman said back in September that he was opting out of the 2020 season at Georgia because of Covid concerns, and on Thursday he revealed that a family member …
Mike Griffith
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Georgia’s Mark Webb raises eyebrows at Senior Bowl with nifty interception
ATHENS — If there’s one Georgia football player who needs to make the most of his Senior Bowl opportunity it’s Mark Webb.
Mike Griffith
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Senior Bowl weigh in: Georgia’s ‘Big Ben’ Cleveland posts Goliath numbers
ATHENS — The six Georgia football players at Senior Bowl went through Tuesday’s weigh-ins and looked the part of measuring up.
Mike Griffith
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Wake Forest helmet for Jamie Newman at Senior Bowl after ‘tremendously …
ATHENS — Jamie Newman traveled a long road to get to the Senior Bowl this week in Mobile, Ala., graduating from Wake Forest and then spending eight months on the Georgia …
Mike Griffith
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Richard LeCounte not among Georgia players arriving for Senior Bowl
ATHENS — Georgia players arrived at the Senior Bowl on Saturday for the first day of testing and quarantining, but safety Richard LeCounte was not among them.
Mike Griffith
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5 takeaways from historic Peach Bowl comeback, glance into Georgia …
ATHENS — The biggest fourth-quarter comeback of the Kirby Smart Coaching Era will not be remembered as the prettiest, but it was certainly the grittiest.
Mike Griffith
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Kirby Smart shares back-up plans for key starters missing bowl game
ATHENS — The biggest holes in the Georgia lineup in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl look to be at cornerback and middle linebacker.
Mike Griffith
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Kirby Smart talks retention, Mel Kiper lists Bulldogs among top 10 at …
ATHENS —  The Wednesday early signing day was and is one of the most important moments of the year, representing the future foundation and decidedly upward trend of the No. …
Mike Griffith
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Georgia football could produce record number at Senior Bowl
ATHENS — Georgia had one of the most experienced teams in college football this season, and it’s showing up with the possibility of a record Senior Bowl class this season.
Mike Griffith
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James Cook entering game against Florida with ‘all the confidence in the …
For the past two games, Georgia’s leading pass catcher hasn’t been a wide receiver or tight end. It’s been James Cook who has emerged as the top passing weapon for the …
Connor Riley
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Kirby Smart updates injury status of Georgia stars George Pickens, Jordan …
ATHENS — Kirby Smart remains hopeful Georgia football stars Jordan Davis and George Pickens can play in Saturday’s pivotal showdown in Florida.
Mike Griffith
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Why another freshman wide receiver could have a breakout game against …
Against Alabama, one Georgia freshman wide receiver had a breakout game of sorts with Jermaine Burton catching his first career touchdown.
Connor Riley