Senior Georgia running back Kendall Milton is a key piece of the Bulldogs’ backfield that will have a change a pace inn 2023 after the departure 2022’s leading rusher Kenny McIntosh to the NFL.
At 6-foot-1, 220 pounds, Milton has the size of punishing runner and has shown the breakaway speed needed to lead a tailback room. Milton racked up 592 yards on 85 carries with eight touchdowns in 2022, despite missing two games due to injury.
College Sports Wire recently ranked the top returning Southeastern Conference running backs with Milton named at No. 7.
“The best way to help out a new quarterback is to have a good running game to lead on. The Bulldogs have that with Kendall Milton returning for his fourth season in Athens and coming off his best season from a production standpoint. Milton will lead a stable of running backs that include Daijun Edwards and Branson Robinson.”
Senior Daijun Edwards, UGA’s second-leading rusher in 2022, also returns along side sophomore Branson Robinson.
The Bulldogs also added four-star running back Broderick Robinson in the 2023 recruiting class and dipped into the transfer portal for former Tennessee running back Len’Neth Whitehead.
Redshirt freshman Andrew Paul is currently not cleared for play due to an ACL tear in fall camp last year.
The trio of Milton, Edwards and Branson Robinson should provide plenty of issues for opposing defenses behind a stout Dawgs offensive line.