- Source: 2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team was led by Kirby Smart in his eighth year as Georgia's head coach. The Bulldogs entered this season as the two-time defending consensus national champions.
This was also the final year for the East division, as Texas and Oklahoma would join the SEC in 2024.
Georgia began the season as the two-time defending national champions aiming for a three-peat. Georgia produced the longest win streak in SEC history at 29 games. Alabama ended the Bulldogs' 29 game win streak in the SEC Championship game with a 27–24 win. Georgia would not only fail to make the College Football Playoff and play for a third consecutive national title, but the team also became the first to miss the playoffs after being ranked number one going into championship weekend.
With Georgia's 63–3 win over Florida State in the Orange Bowl, the team set a new record for the largest margin of victory of any bowl game result with a 60-point margin, breaking the old record of 58 set during the 2023 CFP National Championship, when Georgia beat TCU 65–7.
Offseason
= Team departures
== Transfer portal
=Outgoing transfers
Sixteen Georgia Bulldogs players via NCAA Transfer Portal during or after the 2022 season.
Incoming transfers
Over the off-season, Georgia added four scholarship players via transfer portal. According to 247 Sports, Georgia had the No. 40 ranked transfer class in the country.
= Returning starters
== Recruiting class
=Georgia signed 26 players in the class of 2023. The Bulldogs' recruiting class ranks No. 2 in the 247Sports and Rivals rankings. 19 signees were ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list. Georgia also signed walk-ons during national signing period.
*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00–.98, four stars= .97–.90, three stars= .80–.89, two stars= .79–.70, no stars= <70)
†= Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, TBD received a four-five star 247Sports Composite rating.
Δ= Left the Georgia program following signing but prior to the 2023 season.
2023 Overall class rankings
2024 recruiting class
2024 overall class rankings
Preseason
= Spring game
=The Bulldogs held spring practices in March and April 2023, with the Georgia football spring game "G-Day" taking place in Athens, GA on April 15, 2023.
= Award watch lists
=Listed in the order that they were released
= SEC media days
=The 2023 SEC Media days were held in July 2023 at TBD. The Preseason Polls were released July 2023. Each team had their head coach available to talk to the media at the event. Coverage of the event was televised on SEC Network and ESPN.
= Preseason All-SEC teams and All-American honors
=Schedule
Personnel
= Coaching staff
=Support staff
Eric Black – Director of Football Creative – Football
Mike Cavan – Director of football administration
Austin Chambers – Assistant director of player development
Jay Chapman – Director of Football Management
David Cooper – Director of Recruiting Relations
Anna Courson - Football Operations Assistant
Chandler Eldridge – Co-director of Football Creative – Design
Hunter Parker - Football Operations Assistant
Bryant Gantt – Director of Player Support and operations
Matt Godwin - Player Personnel Coordinator
Christina Harris – Director of Recruiting Administration
Hailey Hughes - Football Operations Coordinator
Ann Hunt – Administrative assistant to Head Coach
Jonas Jennings – Director of player development
Angela Kirkpatrick - On Campus Recruiting Coordinator
Jeremy Klawsky – Director of Football Technology
Collier Madaleno – Director of football performance Nutrition
John Meshad – Director of Equipment Operations
Chad Morehead – Co-director of Football Creative Design
Neyland Raper – Assistant director of football operations & Recruiting
Logen Reed – Assistant recruiting coordinator
Maurice Sims – Associate director of strength and conditioning
Juwan Taylor - Player Development Assistant
Meaghan Turcotte – Assistant director of football performance Nutrition
Tersoo Uhaa – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
Gage Whitten – Director of Football Equipment and Apparel
Graduate assistants
Garrett Murphy – Defensive assistant
Adam Ray – Special teams Assistant
Jacob Russell – Offensive assistant
Rashawn Scott - Offensive assistant
Analysts
Kirk Benedict
Davis Merritt
Montgomery VanGorder
Darrell Dickey
Brandon Streeter
= Roster
== Depth chart
=True Freshman
= Injury report
=Game summaries
= vs UT Martin (FCS)
== vs Ball State
== vs South Carolina (rivalry)
== vs UAB
== at Auburn (rivalry)
== vs No. 20 Kentucky
== at Vanderbilt (rivalry)
== vs Florida (rivalry)
== vs No. 12 Missouri
== vs No. 9 Ole Miss
== at No. 18 Tennessee (rivalry)
== at Georgia Tech (rivalry)
== vs No. 8 Alabama (SEC Championship)
== vs No. 5 Florida State (Orange Bowl)
=Statistics
= Team
== Individual leaders
=Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown
Special teams
Scoring
Georgia vs Non-Conference Opponents
Georgia vs SEC Opponents
Georgia vs All Opponents
Awards and SEC honors
= All-Americans
=Postseason
= Bowl games/College Football Playoff
=Senior Bowl
East–West Shrine Bowl
= NFL draft
=The NFL draft will be held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit, MI.
Bulldogs who were picked in the 2024 NFL draft:
NFL Draft combine
No members of the 2023 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2024 NFL scouting Combine.
† Top performer
DNP = Did not participate
Georgia Pro Day
† Top performer
DNP = Did not participate
Media affiliates
= Radio
=Athens - WNGC-FM (106.1), WRFC-AM (960), WTSH-FM (107.1)
Atlanta - WSB-AM (750) and WSBB-FM (95.5)
Nationwide (ESPN Radio, Dish Network, Sirius XM, Varsity Network and iHeartRadio)
= TV
=CBS Family – WANF (CBS), CBS Sports Network
ESPN/ABC Family – WSB-TV (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, SEC Network
FOX Family – Fox 5 Atlanta (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN
NBC Family – WXIA-TV/WATL (NBC), NBC Sports, NBCSN
PBS - WGTV/WABE-TV
Peachtree TV - WPCH-TV
Univision - WUVG-DT (Spanish)
Telemundo - WKTB-CD (Spanish)
= TV ratings
=All totals via Sports Media Watch. Streaming numbers not included. † - Data not available.
Rankings
References
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