Georgia appears to have squeezed in one more name on the roster, and this one comes with a familiar face for Bulldogs fans.
According to a report from Rusty Mansell of UGAsports.com, Georgia has added wide receiver Cole Speer.
Speer has spent the last four seasons in Athens and made his biggest impact on special teams. He blocked a punt in last year’s SEC championship game, one of the more notable plays attached to his Georgia tenure.
A Calhoun, Georgia native, Speer has caught 5 passes for 56 yards across his four seasons with the Bulldogs. He did not record a reception last season.
The move comes after Speer picked up an extra year of eligibility when a Colorado judge temporarily granted all 2022 signees a fifth year of eligibility.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart had already left the door open for a possible late roster move, while also noting the Bulldogs’ roster cap of 105 players.
“We’re always at or around the 105 limit,” Smart said. “That technically could be changing all the time.
It’s not like a defined target in time that we’re at this or this. We’re always open to bringing on a new player if we have room.
And if we don’t have room, then we can’t do that, and we’re stuck at it.”
The addition lands in a wide receiver room that has drawn plenty of scrutiny this offseason, with Georgia needing to replace five of its top six pass catchers from a year ago.
Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo pointed to the amount of production that has left the offense and said the Bulldogs are still sorting out their identity.
“We lost a lot of production,” Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. “A lot of that production was Zachariah Branch.
We lost a lot of experience last year with some skill players, the four receivers and the tight end. That’s what we’re in the midst of doing right now, trying to find out who we are, the best way for us to move the ball offensively, to control the game, to be explosive.”
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