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Georgia adds four-star defensive lineman to 2025 class

This commitment brings the Bulldogs’ 2025 class to eleven total commits, including one other defensive lineman in three-star Stephon Shivers.

After landing one of the nation’s top linebackers last week, Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs were back at it on Sunday, adding a new commit to a growing 2025 class. Four-star defensive lineman Christian Garrett announced his commitment to the Bulldogs over Clemson, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, and Southern Cal.

Garrett is originally from Bogart, Georgia, just outside of Athens. He plays high school football at Prince Avenue Christian School, where he recorded 86 tackles, nine tackles-for-loss, and five sacks in his junior season as well as an interception.

Garrett is listed at 6-foot-3, 285 pounds, and is expected to play interior defensive lineman for the Bulldogs while also shifting to end at times. He has developed a strong relationship with defensive line coach Tray Scott, his primary recruiter in the process.

This commitment brings the Bulldogs’ 2025 class to eleven total commits, including one other defensive lineman in three-star Stephon Shivers. This also brings their class to the sixth ranked position according to On3, despite having fewer commitments than four of the five teams listed ahead of them.

Report: Plenty of salary increases for Georgia assistant coaches this offseason

A lot of salary changes since the Dawgs won it all.

Per a report from DawgNation, multiple Georgia assistant coaches have received pay increases this offseason.

Offensive coordinator Todd Monken remains the highest paid assistant on Kirby Smart’s staff and received a $150,000 salary increase – bringing him from $1.1 million annually to $1.25 million.

Defensive line coach Tray Scott received a nice pay raise as well, taking him from $400,000 up to $750,000, DawgNation reported.

29 year outside linebackers coach Chidera Uzo-Diribe, whose hiring was announced in early February, will earn $450,000 per year, DawgNation learned in an FOIA request.

Georgia hired Bryan McClendon as receivers coach to replace Cortez Hankton – who left for the same position at LSU – in January. He is set to earn an annual salary of $700,000, whereas Hankton was earning $550,000 with Georgia in 2021. Hankton’s new deal at LSU is reportedly worth $900,000 per year.

Last year with Oregon, McClendon earned $515,000, according to the USA TODAY assistant coaching salary database.

Co-defensive coordinators Will Muschamp and Glenn Schumann will earn $800,000 per year. Muschamp, who was on Georgia’s staff last season as a defensive analyst was earning a salary of $500,000, while Schumann was making $600,000 as the linebackers coach, a duty he shared with former defensive coordinator Dan Lanning who is now the head coach at Oregon.

According to the USA TODAY Sports database, Georgia had the highest assistant coach salary pool in the SEC in 2021, totaling $7.93 million. At this present time, based on the information UGA provided to DawgNation, Georgia’s assistant coach salary pool equates to $7.475 million, a $455,000 decrease from 2021.

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Tennessee offers 2023 Georgia prospect

The Vols are just the second SEC school to offer this North Gwinnett offensive lineman.

Tennessee will compete with Georgia for the signature of 2023 offensive lineman Kayden McDonald.

The 6-foot-3, 325-pound sophomore from North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia has two SEC offers from Tennessee and Georgia.

 

Although he does not have any official ratings from the 247Sports Composite, the Vols liked his size and upside enough to assign defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley to McDonald as his primary recruiter.

Defensive line coach Tray Scott is Georgia’s main recruiter for the 2023 prospect.

While McDonald could turn into a top prospect in his class, it is still very early in his recruiting cycle. The Vols do not have a prospect committed to the 2023 recruiting class.

Three Georgia football assistants receive pay-raise

Clearly, the powers that be are pleased with these defensive staffers’ collective performance.

Three of Kirby Smart’s staff are set to land hefty pay-raises ahead of the 2020 college football season. For anyone who watched every Georgia game in 2019, it comes as no surprise that all three are on the defensive side of the ball.

Last season, Dan Lanning earned $750,000 as a first-year defensive coordinator. Georgia’s 2019 defense was historically impressive and Lanning is now set to reap the benefits. His salary next season will be $1.25 million, as reported by the Athens Banner-Herald.

That’s an eye-popping increase, adding two thirds of his original contract value to his salary. This ranks Lanning in the ninth spot of the highest-paid defensive coordinators and fifth in the Southeastern Conference.

Given last season’s stout defense, he was certainly being underpaid and thus attracted a slew of offers to be another school’s DC. Georgia’s athletics department proved that they’re willing to go deep into their pockets to keep Dan Lanning around.

Co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach Glenn Schumann is receiving a raise of $50,000. His pay in 2019 was listed at $550,000 annually; the 9.1 percent hike brings Schumann to a clean $600,000 in 2020. He’s done well for himself since making $325,000 two years ago.

Defensive line coach Tray Scott will also be earning $600,000 in 2020. He’s been awarded a $130,000 raise, up from $470,000 in 2019, which was up from his original UGA salary of $400,000 when he arrived in Athens in 2017.

Clearly, the powers that be are pleased with these defensive staffers’ collective performance.

Behind the scenes, Georgia alumnus and director of player development Jonas Jennings is the benefactor of a $100,000 pay bump, bringing him from $306,000 to $406,000 per year.