Georgia has built a reputation for uncovering walk-ons who end up mattering, and Will Taylor is making a strong case to be the next one in that line.
The senior wide receiver has already worked his way into the mix on offense this season while also logging snaps on kickoff coverage. Taylor, a Cambridge High School product, still hasn’t recorded a college reception, but Georgia’s staff clearly trusts him to do real work when his number is called.
After the Western Kentucky game, Kirby Smart had plenty to say about him.
"He's the best guy for the job," Kirby Smart said after the Western Kentucky game. "He's one of the toughest, best competitors.
You ask any guy on the team who had the most explosives in camp. He blocks, he runs, he catches, he's consistent, he understands his assignment.
He's a good special teams player. I mean, he's a really good player."
Taylor’s path has been the long, steady kind. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound receiver came to Georgia in 2023 as a first-team GHSA Class 5A All-State player at Cambridge.
He didn’t play as a freshman, then got on the field against UMass the next year. He appeared in one game again in 2025, and this season he has played in all three games for the Bulldogs.
Lawson Luckie said Taylor’s work has been obvious for a while.
"I'm glad to finally see him get some shine, and there's still more in the tank," Luckie said. "I still don't think the world has really seen what Will Taylor's done in practice for these few years.
He's been on the field but he hasn't really gotten to show it yet, and I'm excited for when that day comes. I don't know when it will be, but it's coming."
Taylor’s role has grown quickly. He was on the field early in Georgia’s Week 2 game against Western Kentucky, then played 11 snaps the next week at Arkansas. Smart said Taylor handled the X position well, something that could matter if Isiah Canion can’t go on Saturday.
That trust is coming from more than just a depth-chart necessity. Smart went so far as to call Taylor one of Georgia’s better wideouts, which says plenty in a room loaded with talent.
"We don't go out there and say, 'What is your star rating?' We go out there and say, 'Who wins in one-on-one?
Who blocks well? Who can execute their assignments?'"
Smart said. "This guy's as talented a player as we got, and he's under-recruited.
He makes plays every day at practice. I love watching him.
He's a competitor."
Georgia linebacker Terrell Foster, another designated student-athlete, sees the same thing. For Foster, the DSA path is about buying into the process and climbing from the scout team upward, and he said Taylor fits that mold.
"Will Taylor is a baller," Foster said. "He shows up, tries to perform, tries to make the plays that are offered to him, and he does that. So, I mean, now that he's gotten an opportunity on special teams, it's like, you kind of see that journey start to fulfill itself as it happens."
Georgia has a history of finding in-state players who turn into more than practice bodies, and Taylor looks like the latest to push his way into real game action.
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