Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm, shown during last year’s G-Day game at Sanford Stadium, will begin his third spring with the Bulldogs on March 19.Georgia’s fourth spring under football coach Kirby Smart will begin March 19, the school announced Wednesday.
The Bulldogs will have two new coordinators for the NCAA’s 15 allotted workouts, with former offensive coordinator Jim Chaney now serving in the same role at Tennessee and with former defensive coordinator Mel Tucker now the new head coach at Colorado. Each had worked under Smart the past three years, with Smart choosing to replace them by promoting quarterbacks coach James Coley and outside linebackers coach Dan Lanning.
Georgia is coming off an 11-3 season that ended with a heartbreaking loss to Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game and a disappointing defeat to Texas in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs must replace five offensive starters – center Lamont Gaillard, running back Elijah Holyfield, tight end Isaac Nauta, and receivers Terry Godwin and Riley Ridley – and two defensive starters – inside linebacker Juwan Taylor and defensive end Jonathan Ledbetter – from their 28-21 loss to the Longhorns.
Another defensive starter, cornerback Deandre Baker, chose to sit out the Sugar Bowl in order to focus on the NFL draft.
Georgia’s pro day is scheduled for March 20, and its annual coaching clinic is March 28-30. Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin, who was Alabama’s offensive coordinator during the 2014-15 seasons when Smart was in his final two years as the Crimson Tide’s defensive coordinator, will be among the guest speakers.