What has changed for Georgia between 2025 and 2024

Kirby Smart has been at Georgia long enough that questions at fall camp have morphed from: “What is your vision for the program?” to “What keeps you motivated at this point in your career?” A decade in one place will do that.

Much of what Smart says behind a microphone still reflects what he first said in December of 2015. Other things adjust with a new Georgia team every year. Here are some quick comparisons between Thursday’s first news conference of fall camp and the one from 2024.

Injuries

2025: “We are probably the healthiest we have been going into a camp in terms of looking at the last five years.”

2024: Smart began with a list of eight injury updates.

‘Off-the-field’

2025: The only mention was internal discipline of Jahzare Jackson following his recent arrest.

2024: Kirby Smart opened the 2024 fall camp news conference with the announcement that Rara Thomas was no longer with the team.

Georgia team depth

2025: “Our numbers are still pretty good.”

2024: “We’ve got good depth in camp.”

Goal of fall camp

2025: “Camp is meant to be a grind, physical toughness, focus, stamina. Can you stay awake in a meeting? Can you lock in?”

2024: “I don’t know how this team is going to respond when things get hard, when things get tough, when guys start complaining to each other. That’s what camp is.”

Defensive line

2025: “I want to see improvement. I want to see experience. I want to see depth building.”

2024: “You never have enough defensive lineman. It’s important we establish depth.

Other notable Georgia quotes

2025: “We have a team that is fun to coach.”

2025: When asked about the biggest change on the field in his decade as a head coach: “The demand and decision making that is put on the quarterback.”

2024: “We don’t think about expectations.”

2024: “We can’t develop leadership at the top unless you start with kids on the inner part of the roster. A key to our success is mindset over muscle.”