ATHENS, Ga. – North Carolina senior receiver Mack Hollins led the nation last season with 24.8 yards per catch.
The Georgia Bulldogs will have to deal with him for only a half.
Hollins has been suspended for the first two quarters of Saturday’s Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic as a result of being ejected for helmet-to-helmet targeting in the second half of last December’s loss to Oregon in the Russell Athletic Bowl. The 6-foot-4, 215-pounder is also a three-year captain on special teams.
“We’ve been preparing for that this whole camp,” North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said this week in a news conference. “The biggest deal for us is that he’s a starter on all four special teams, so you’re talking about four different units you’re having to prepare for. That’s been more difficult than preparing offensively.
“We’ll have the next receiver step up. We’ve got a lot of guys playing the position.”