The Georgia Bulldogs will be without talented wide receiver George Pickens today at Kentucky.
The Georgia Bulldogs will be without talented wide receiver George Pickens today at Kentucky. Pickens is Georgia’s No. 1 wide receiver and is a key piece in Georgia’s passing offense.
Pickens is injured and did not make the trip to Lexington, Kentucky. He’ll be missed, especially in the red zone. Kirby Smart and Georgia will look for players like Jermaine Burton, Demetris Robertson, and Kearis Jackson to step up in his place.
The Kentucky Wildcats have a good secondary, so this game could be closer than some of the experts think. Stetson Bennett and the Georgia Bulldog offense will have to look elsewhere for explosive plays in the passing game.
ATHENS, GA – OCTOBER 03: George Pickens #1 of the Georgia Bulldogs beats Roger McCreary #23 of the Auburn Tigers for a touchdown during the second quarter of a game against the Auburn Tigers at Sanford Stadium on October 3, 2020 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
Pickens is out with an upper body injury. He’ll hope to play next week against the Florida Gators.
Georgia WR George Pickens didnât make the trip to Kentucky, a source confirms to The Athletic. Pickens dealing with an upper body injury.
The sophomore is second on the team in catches and receiving yards.
Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Demetris Robertson will be a breakout player in the SEC during the 2020 season.
A respected college football analyst, Dr. SEC, believes that Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Demetris Robertson will be a breakout player in the SEC during the 2020 season. Robertson breaking out would be huge for Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs.
Georgia’s number one wide receiver entering into the 2020 season is clearly George Pickens. If Pickens can find a partner in crime, like Robertson, then Georgia should have a deadly aerial attack.
Robertson may be projected to breakout, but he still has to earn some respect before folks know his name:
Coming in at No. 10 for my 2020 SEC Breakout Players is @d_rob4 from UGA. Robinson had high expectations when he arrived in Athens and this will be the year he reaches those expectations. Read why I believe he will make that jump. https://t.co/XjyQli9tWMpic.twitter.com/hzvOklooCt
Robertson caught three touchdowns and hauled in 30 passes for 333 yards last season. Those numbers are far from the best of his career. Before coming to Athens, Robertson starred for the California Bears. As a former five-star recruit, Robertson has the talent.
Robertson suffered a severe leg injury during his sophomore season at Cal. He should be 100% again and will look to have a huge senior season. He’s also a threat in the run game. He’s the favorite to win the number two wide receiver spot next season.
Watching the Last Dance doc has Georgia football players thinking about winning the CFB national championship this year.
Whether it be the older folks reliving the greatest era of NBA basketball or the younger fans finally getting to see how special Michael Jordan really was, ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance’ documentary was exactly what America needed during the coronavirus pandemic.
We may not have experienced the same rush of emotions that we do when watching live sports, but this evoked a different kind of emotion. Seeing how badly Jordan wanted to win and then seeing the passion pour out of him when he did win struck a chord with fans and athletes.
As for Georgia defensive end Malik Herring, a senior, he is longing for that feeling that Jordan had when he won his sixth title in 1998. He also made mention of LeBron James, who is considered to be his generation’s Jordan, and referenced LeBron’s first title in 2012 with the Heat.
“Seeing Jordan get his sixth ring and Lebron get his first ring. Their emotions is everything. I just want that feeling man I swear I do,” Herring wrote on Twitter.
Herring was a member of that 2017 team that came so close to bringing a national championship back home to Athens. He was a freshman at the time, and has had to live with that bitter feeling since that day.
Since, Herring and Georgia have fought and fought but have not been able to return to the College Football Playoff.
Seeing Jordan get his sixth ring and Lebron get his first ring. Their emotions is everything. I just want that feeling man I swear I do đ
And then there’s wide receiver Demetris Robertson, also a senior, who transferred to Georgia after that 2017 season.
As a member of the Dawgs, he’s come close as well, losing to Alabama in that heart-breaking 2018 SEC Championship Game and then making it to Atlanta last year just to lose to LSU in a blowout.
“Time to get ours this year,” Robertson said, in response to Herring’s tweet.
Both Herring and Robertson return for one last dance at UGA in 2020, and they don’t want to leave with anything less than a national championship.
Demetris Robertson came out of high school as a five-star recruit. He transferred to Georgia from California.
Demetris Robertson, Wide Receiver (#16):
Class: Senior
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190 pounds
Hometown: Savannah, Georgia
High School: Savannah Christian
Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Demetris Robertson came out of high school as an elite five-star recruit according to most sources. He elected to attend California, where he was spectacular in 2016.
In fact, as a true freshman at Cal, Robertson broke DeSean Jackson’s freshman receiving yards record and Keenan Allen’s receptions record. Robertson caught 50 passes for 767 yards and scored seven touchdowns. These remain the best marks of his career.
During his sophomore season, Robertson suffered a season ending lower body injury. He played in two games before medically redshirting, then transferring to the University of Georgia. Robertson was immediately eligible at Georgia in 2018, where he played in nine games where he rushed for 109 yards on four carries.
Robertson saw more playing time last season, but didn’t match his production at Cal. He hauled in 30 passes for 333 yards and scored three TDs in 2019.
He’s a break-out candidate to watch in 2020, especially with Dominick Blaylock’s torn ACL. He’s expected to start at wide receiver opposite George Pickens. He’ll contribute to the run game as well.
Robertson looks quite difference in a California Golden Bears’ jersey:
Sep 17, 2016; Berkeley, CA, USA; California Golden Bears wide receiver Demetris Robertson runs the ball against the Texas Longhorns in the second quarter at Memorial Stadium. Cal won 50-43. Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
Can wideout Demetris Robertson finally breakout for Georgia football?
Or the life and times of D-Rob. The relative successes and limitations of Demetris Robertson last football season could be viewed as allegory for the Georgia passing offense as a whole. While he had some bright spots, he didn’t put up big enough numbers to be considered a national championship caliber starting wideout.
Back in March of 2019, head coach Kirby Smart was quoted as saying, “I think D-Rob’s stepped up.” But as the Georgia passing offense struggled, Robertson caught just 30 balls for 333 yards, with three touchdowns. He led the team with 3 catches in the Georgia-Auburn slugfest win on the plains.
The Savannah native signed with Cal out of high school and earned 2016 FWAA Freshman All-American status by catching 50 passes for 767 yards, with seven touchdowns. In 2017, Robertson caught seven passes for 70 yards before being injured and accepting a medical redshirt. He decided to transfer to his home state and UGA, where he could play immediately.
Log jammed in the deep lineup behind Jeremiah Holloman, Mecole Hardman, Riley Ridley and when-healthy Terry Godwin, Robertson was only thrown to twice with no competitions in 2018. He ran for 109 yards on four rushes, including a 72-yard score.
Sep 1, 2018; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Demetris Robertson (16) breaks tackles to run for a touchdown against the Austin Peay Governors during the first half at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
The would-be biggest play of the UGA football season was robbed from him in 2019. Desperate for a late score, Jake Fromm found Roberston in the end zone in the Georgia-Carolina game, as the Sanford Stadium crowd erupted. In Athens myself at the time, I had chills as I recalled the famous Larry Munson line aloud, “The stadium is worse than bonkers.”
With some questionable at best game management head coaching decisions afterward and a rare miss by kicker Rodrigo Blankenship, the Bulldogs somehow found a way to lose to the downtrodden Gamecocks in double overtime. At that point, it was the biggest upset across the national college football landscape and may have ultimately cost UGA an at-large entry into the College Football Playoff, if all other things were equal. Georgia finished the final CFP rankings in slot #5 for a second consecutive season.
D-Rob has struggled with drops at times but is a smart wideout, generally aligning correctly and running the right routes, which his wide receiving core teammates did not do enough last season. Georgia left way too many points on the field in 2019, relying so heavily on D’Andre Swift’s running and the height and strong positioning play of grad transfer wideout Lawrence Cager. When those players were not healthy, outgoing offensive coordinator James Coley and quarterback Jake Fromm had no consistent answers.
Sep 17, 2016; Berkeley, CA, USA; California Golden Bears wide receiver Demetris Robertson (8) runs the ball against the Texas Longhorns in the second quarter at Memorial Stadium. Cal won 50-43. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
Could 2020 be a breakout year for the (6-0, 190) speedy fifth-year senior, who once showed so much promise as a true frosh in the Golden State? Can new UGA coordinator Todd Monken get more guys open in space?
