It’s a question Georgia’s inside linebackers have been asked since January, so why should early August be any different?
How are you going to replace Roquan Smith?
“It’s easy,” Juwan Taylor told reporters following Monday’s practice. “Everybody has their own type of game.”
Taylor, a 6-foot-1, 218-pound senior from Hollywood, Florida, became the first Georgia inside linebacker to address the subject during preseason camp, and it’s highly likely that he will not be the last. Smith is the only linebacker in Bulldogs history to win the Butkus Award, racking up 137 tackles and 14 sacks for last year’s Southeastern Conference champions.
Smith was the No. 8 selection of the NFL draft in April, tabbed by the Chicago Bears, and Georgia third-year coach Kirby Smart has been preaching since that no individual player or players should expect to replace him.