Georgia sophomore Brendan Langley started the first four
games at cornerback last season but now is working at
receiver.Wide-eyed true freshmen aren’t the only ones having to adjust as Georgia enters its second week of preseason football camp today.
There is much to learn for sophomore receiver Brendan Langley and redshirt freshman safety Tramel Terry, who were at different positions this time last year. Langley, a 6-foot-1, 181-pounder from Marietta, was a starting cornerback for the first four games last season but moved to receiver in May after spending most of spring at safety under new Bulldogs defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt.
Head coach Mark Richt is urging Langley to soak in as much as possible from receivers coach Tony Ball.
“He’s got to know that it’s a process,” Richt said at a news conference this week. “You can’t just all of a sudden pop up and know everything and know exactly how to do it and to perfect it. It can’t happen that fast, so I am encouraging him that he’s going to be a really good receiver one day and maybe sooner than later, but you’ve got to be willing to pay the price to get there.”
Langley wound up playing in nine games last season. He made 12 tackles, with seven coming in the opening loss at Clemson.