Georgia redshirt junior snapper Trent Frix, who played at Calhoun High School, is among three Bulldogs who have been awarded scholarships by first-year coach Kirby Smart.
Also now on scholarship are senior split end Kenneth Towns and senior outside linebacker Tommy Long.
“Those three guys have done a tremendous job for our program,” Smart said in a news conference following Tuesday afternoon’s two-hour practice in full pads. “There are a lot of deserving walk-ons out there, so I am always hesitant. It is a hard decision on who you give those scholarships to, because there are a lot of deserving guys out there who are really giving great effort and playing with toughness and doing the things that we ask them to do.
“It’s hard to just single out three guys, because there are certainly others that are out there helping us out.”
The 6-foot, 215-pound Frix played in six games in 2013 after spending a year at the Air Force Academy prep school, redshirted in 2014 and played in 10 games last season. He is the younger brother of Ty Frix, who was Georgia’s snapper from 2009 to 2012.