Friday was for the pups.
Georgia continued preparation for its Liberty Bowl matchup on New Year’s Eve against Central Florida, but Friday morning’s workout overlapped with commencement ceremonies for the fall semester. Fifteen players missed the practice because of graduation, including starters such as tackle Josh Davis, defensive end Demarcus Dobbs and linebackers Akeem Dent and Darryl Gamble.
Backup tight end Aron White was the student commencement speaker.
The absence of so many veterans allowed the younger Bulldogs to move up the depth chart temporarily and get more repetitions.
“Today’s the day we probably do that the most,” coach Mark Richt said. “Actually, that was the largest group that we’ve had [graduate] since I’ve been at Georgia. A lot of our guys missed this practice, so we didn’t do any kicking game. We did a little fundamental work, a little skeleton, a little 11-on-11, and then we scrimmaged for the rest of practice. It was a perfect day to do that.”