Georgia is loaded at the wide receiver position this year, and that’s even with superstar George Pickens sidelined for the foreseeable future with a torn ACL.
The addition of LSU tight end Arik Gilbert, who will be playing wide receiver for the Bulldogs in 2021, really pushed UGA over the hump as the 6-foot-5, 250 pounder is coming off a sensational freshman year with the Tigers.
That’s why Pro Football Focus says Georgia has the nation’s No. 3 ranked wide receiver duo.
Who is the second player to pair with Gilbert, you may ask? well, as PFF says….pick one.
If wide receiver George Pickens hadn’t torn his ACL this past spring, then the Bulldogs would be 1b to Ohio State for best receiving unit in college football. While they will be without Pickens for the 2021 season, they still have a bevy of talented options to choose from alongside Gilbert. The top candidate to be that No. 2 option is Dominick Blaylock, who has had his career interrupted by multiple serious injuries. Blaylock is recovering from his second torn ACL within eight months but is on the path to being healthy in 2021.
Georgia also returns Kearis Jackson, who looked like he was on track to break out early on in 2020, but his production failed to sustain. He went from a 90.2 receiving grade and 4.69 yards per route run through the first three contests to a 61.3 receiving grade and 1.30 yards per route run in his next seven games. He’s one of several high-ceiling, low-floor players on this team.
And don’t sleep on Arian Smith making a big impact this fall. Smith is a two-sport, world-class track star for his school. He’s going to be a dangerous deep threat one day.
No. 1 was Ohio State with Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson and Clemson at No. 2 with Justyn Ross and Joe Ngata.