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2025 NFL Draft: Carolina selects Georgia RB Trevor Etienne in 4th round

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Trevor Etienne
Georgia running back Trevor Etienne (1) celebrates a touchdown during UGA’s win over Texas at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

One of the heroes of Georgia’s 2024 SEC Championship game victory over Texas has been taken in the 2025 NFL Draft. Trevor Etienne, after just one season in Athens, has been selected by Carolina with the 114 overall pick (4th round).

Etienne started his college football career at Florida where he spent two seasons. The Louisiana native impressed Georgia during those two seasons. As a freshman he amassed 719 yards and six touchdowns on 118 carries. He also returned 17 kickoffs for 421 yards and caught nine passes for 66 yards.

The 2023 season saw him build on those numbers. He carried the ball 131 times for 753 yards and eight touchdowns while catching 21 passes for 172 yards and a score. Etienne entered the transfer portal at the end of that season and Georgia was his No. 1 choice from the jump. The Bulldogs had recruited him coming out of high school and were the clear landing spot once he left Gainesville.

Etienne quickly earned the respect of his coaches and teammates despite an off-field incident during his first spring practice. He missed the 2024 season opener due to a reckless driving arrest but he became a big part of the offense in week two.

His first game as a Bulldog came against Tennessee Tech where he had five carries for 78 yards. Etienne went on to tote the football double-digit times in the next five games but suffered a rib injury against Florida that slowed him for the rest of the regular season. He played the following week at Ole Miss but exited that game early.

Georgia had three more regular-season games at that point and Etienne missed all of them. He returned for the Bulldogs’ rematch with Texas in the SEC Championship game. After lighting the Longhorns up for 87 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the first matchup at their place, Etienne piled up 94 yards and two more scores against them in the title game. That includes the walk-off, game-winning score in the first overtime. In all his only season at Georgia saw him set a career high eight nine touchdowns while rushing for 609 yards on 122 carries.

“Everything that we heard about Etienne before he got here has held true,” Kirby Smart in March of 2023. “He’s a tremendous leader, he’s a high-character kid. He immediately surges into a leadership role because he’s not a first-year player. He’s been in our league, he’s been in our conference, he has standards and expectations and he’s high character, and he’s proven that in the time he’s been here.”

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