With the 2023 college football season fast approaching, Yahoo Sports is rolling out our annual Top 25. We revealed Nos. 11 through 25 in three parts and are now counting down from No. 10 to No. 1 in the days leading up to the official start of the season on Aug. 26.
Even after two consecutive national titles, comparisons to Nick Saban are going to be inescapable for Kirby Smart. But if Smart’s team can do what any Saban team hasn’t in 2023, Smart will have a great case to be college football’s new standard bearer.
Beck, a four-star recruit in the class of 2020, saw playing time in seven games a season ago thanks to Georgia’s dominance and threw for 310 yards on 35 pass attempts. He was competing with former five-star recruit Brock Vandagriff for the starting quarterback job, but it seemed like a formality weeks before Beck was officially named the starter that he would be the No. 1 QB in Week 1.
Beck will also be working with a new offensive coordinator this season. Former Georgia quarterback and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo is back for a second stint running the offense after Todd Monken’s departure to the Baltimore Ravens.Kenny McIntosh is off to the NFL but the Bulldogs bring back Daijuan Edwards and Kendall Milton in the backfield. They should each surpass 100 carries in 2023.
The offensive line should be very good once again with the return of guards Xavier Truss and Tate Ratledge and center Sedrick Van Bran. While Georgia does need to replace both of its starting tackles, there’s little reason to worry given the depth the Bulldogs have up front.Five Georgia defenders were selected in the 2023 NFL draft after eight were picked in 2022. And there’s still a ton of talent back for this season.
The defensive line returns just one starter in Nazir Stackhouse but Smart’s defense rotates defensive linemen so much that being a starter isn’t as significant as it is at other programs. Mikel Williams led the Bulldogs with 4.5 sacks in 2022 and could have a bigger role along with Chaz Chambliss and Warren Brunson could also be bigger parts of the rotation.
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