As a reporter’s question began about the youth of Georgia’s offensive line, Kirby Smart closed his eyes in thought.
There were two true freshmen, a redshirt freshman and two sophomores playing for the majority (after senior Lamont Gaillard suffered a hyperextended knee in the first quarter) of the Bulldogs’ 34-17 SEC East-clinching win over Kentucky. It took Smart a second or two to believe it.
“Crazy,” he said, a compliment to position coach Sam Pittman for his work. “It makes me nervous that they’re out there, but I also like having good players out there.”
It turns out that’s the case across the Bulldogs’ roster as many of its key contributors are underclassmen.