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Georgia football OL named among top players in CFB

This Georgia lineman will be high on NFL draft boards next spring…

We are just 17 days away from Georgia’s season opening matchup versus Clemson on Sept. 4 in Charlotte.

Bleacher Report has released a list naming the best returning college football players for the 2021 season. First on the list is Georgia senior guard Jamaree Salyer.

Oct 27, 2018; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Jamaree Salyer (69) works out prior to the game at TIAA Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

David Kenyan wrote,

“Jamaree Salyer, a 5-star lineman in the 2018 class, has showed off fantastic versatility at Georgia. After logging backup snaps at four positions as a freshman, Salyer earned a couple of starts at right tackle in 2019. Last year, he opened nine of UGA’s 10 games at left tackle and shifted to left guard for the Peach Bowl against Cincinnati. And in 2021, he might be the starting center. Salyer has developed into an exceptionally reliable blocker whom Georgia can move around to fill whatever need is most pressing. There’s a strong chance he’ll land All-America recognition this fall.”

Salyer decided to return for his senior season when he could have been a NFL draft pick this spring. His return not only helps solidify Georgia’s front, it gives the Dawgs a huge leadership presence in the locker room.

This year Salyer earned the 2021 Dick Copas Leadership Award given by the UGA student-athlete advisory committee on top of earning preseason All-SEC honors, All-American honors from Phil Steele and second-team All-American honors via Walter Camp and Pro Football Focus.

Salyer’s versatility will land him on top of NFL draft boards next spring. The Atlanta native has played right tackle, center, left guard and most recently left tackle all at a high level of production.

 

Georgia has one on PFF’s list of ‘top-10 returning CFB o-linemen’

UGA football OL Jamaree Salyer checked in on Pro Football Focus’ list of the top returning college football linemen.

Georgia offensive lineman Jamaree Slayer checked in at No. 5 on Pro Football Focus’ list of the top-10 returning offensive linemen in college football for 2021.

That No. 5 national ranking puts him at third in the SEC as well.

From PFF:

Salyer had “breakout” written all over him in 2020 after shining on limited reps all across the line in previous seasons. The 2018 four-star — who ranked 10th nationally, according to 247Sports — excelled in his first full season in a starting role, posting an 81.2 PFF grade. Salyer earned grades above 77.0 as both a pass blocker and a run blocker, something only 10 Power Five tackles accomplished this past season.

Salyer, who started nine games at left tackle in 2020 before moving to guard for the Peach Bowl, was ranked as the highest-graded left tackle in the SEC in 2020, with a score of 88.9, per PFF.

He showed growth as the season progressed and closed out his year with an impressive hot streak, ranking No. 2 among all Power Five offensive linemen in pass-blocking grade over his last four games (90.6). Salyer is capable of playing anywhere on the line at an extremely high level. He proved that in 2018 and 2019 before cementing it in Georgia’s bowl game against Cincinnati when he played at left guard and didn’t give up a single pressure on over 40 pass-blocking snaps.

Salyer has logged 36 appearances in his college football career.

He came to UGA as a five-star offensive guard recruit out of Atlanta, Georgia, where he played high school ball at Pace Academy with Andrew Thomas for three seasons before coming to Georgia.

Georgia football Twitter reacts: OL Jamaree Salyer is returning

Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Jamaree Salyer is returning for another season at the University of Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Jamaree Salyer is returning for another season at the University of Georgia. His return gives Georgia a big boost in offensive line experience. Salyer has logged 36 appearances in his college football career.

Salyer came to the University of Georgia as a five-star offensive guard recruit out of Atlanta, Georgia. Salyer started at left tackle for the first nine games of the 2020 season and then played left guard in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

Salyer played high school football at Pace Academy with Andrew Thomas for three seasons before coming to Georgia. Salyer will hope to be as well regarded as his high school teammate when his career in Athens is over. Salyer is technically a junior, so he could comeback for another season.

Here’s how Georgia football Twitter reacted to the news (announcement among the reaction):

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Georgia football players take to Twitter to try and save CFB season

Following the postponement of the Big Ten and PAC-12 football seasons, Georgia football players took to Twitter to express their opinions.

Following the somber news of the Big Ten and PAC-12 postponing their fall sports due to COVID-19 safety concerns, a number of Georgia football players took to Twitter in an attempt to voice their opinions on playing this season.

Malik Herring, James Cook, Jamaree Salyer and Justin Shaffer were some of the Dawgs players who tweeted out the trending movement among athletes: #WeWantToPlay.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart supported his players stance and gave them retweets on their posts.

The 2020 college football season could be hard to salvage with two of the five Power Five conferences opting out of the season, but that isn’t stopping players from expressing themselves.