While meeting with the media in Atlanta as a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, Georgia safety J.R. Reed discussed the Sugar Bowl and if he will play.
Reed confirmed that he will indeed be suiting up in red and black in New Orleans.
“The Dawgs are playing and I’m still a Dawg,” Reed told the Athens Banner-Herald’s Marc Weiszer.
Last season, Bulldog cornerback Deandre Baker caught some heat after sitting out the same game to avoid risking injury.
Baker went on to be a first round NFL Draft selection by the New York Giants.
As for Reed, though, he said he and his family discussed it but thought it was best to play and represent his university one final time.
Georgia safety J.R. Reed, in Atlanta as a finalist for Thorpe Award, said he will play in Sugar Bowl after talking about it with his parents. “The Dawgs are playing, and I’m still a Dawg.” pic.twitter.com/yJXKl9KFjN
— Marc Weiszer (@marcweiszer) December 11, 2019
Georgia will have both safeties for the Sugar Bowl, as Richard LeCounte expressed the same sentiment after the SEC Championship Game loss.
“I’m definitely going to play in the bowl game,” LeCounte said. “The next thing I’m looking forward to is what happens in the bowl game.”