Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray stretches before a game in the 2012 season.ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia fans won’t have as much Aaron Murray to like this season.
The fifth-year senior quarterback has dropped weight this offseason and plans to keep it off. Murray was listed last year at 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, though he may have been slightly bigger.
“I’ve probably lost about 10 pounds, so I’m now around 203 or 204,” Murray said Thursday as the Bulldogs began preseason practice.
Murray said his weight-room numbers went up this summer while his body fat dipped from 14 to 9 percent. The leaner look is not as much about exercise — Murray gets plenty of that — as improved eating habits.
“I haven’t had junk food in like two months,” Murray said. “I loved those Sour Patch Watermelons. That was my weakness, but I haven’t had those in forever and have forgotten what they taste like, which is a good thing.”