No more Terry Godwin. No more Mecole Hardman. No more Ahkil Crumpton. Their departures have the Georgia coaches searching for new guys to play slot receiver. According to Georgia’s leading returning receiver Jeremiah Holloman, Kearis Jackson is the man at slot receiver right now.
Head coach Kirby Smart echoed that sentiment for Jackson, and went a bit further, saying a hamstring injury kept Jackson from playing more than four games. Thanks to the NCAA’s new redshirt rules adopted last year, Jackson enters 2019 as a redshirt freshman. Jackson ranked No. 130 overall as a high school prospect in the 2018 class by 247Sports Composite.