Georgia releases depth chart ahead of showdown with Texas

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia is all set to take on its third opponent of the season that is currently tanked inside the top 10. Texas is in town for the first time ever. Kickoff is set for 7:45 p.m. ET on ABC, but before that goes down, DawgsHQ is offering a look at the depth chart per the official flip card.

Quarterback

1. Gunner Stockton
2. Ryan Puglisi
3. Ryan Montgomery
4. Colter Ginn OR Hezekiah Millender

Running Back

1. Nate Frazier
2. Chauncey Bowens
3. Dwight Phillips
4. Cash Jones
5. Bo Walker
6. Roderick Robinson
7. Josh McCray
8. Micah Bell

Wide Receiver – X

1. Colbie Young or Noah Thomas
2. CJ Wiley
3. Thomas Blackshear

*** Young will not play in this game. He has been out since suffering a broken bone in his lower leg in the 43-35 win over Ole Miss. Georgia has turned to Thomas as its starting X-receiver in each of the past two games.

Wide Receiver – Z

1. Dillon Bell or London Humphreys
2. Talyn Taylor
3. Landon Roldan
4. Jeremy Bell

*** Taylor is still out after suffering a broken collarbone prior to Georgia’s first game in October. He could return to action by the end of the regular season.

Receiver – Slot

1. Zachariah Branch
2. Sacovie White-Helton
3. Tyler Williams

Tight End

1. Oscar Delp
2. Lawson Luckie
3. Jaden Reddell
4. Elyiss Williams
5. Colton Heinrich

*** Luckie was hit hard at the end of the first half in Starkville and didn’t play the rest of the way. Georgia listed him as probable on Wednesday but, on Thursday, he wasn’t on the availability report at all. He’s good to go for this one.

Left Tackle

1. Monroe Freeling
2. Bo Hughley
3. Jahzare Jackson

Left Guard

1. Micah Morris
2. Daniel Calhoun
3. Dontrell Glover

Center

1. Drew Bobo
2. Cortez Smith

Right Guard

1. Juan Gaston
2. Michael Uini OR Jamal Meriweather

*** Dontrell Glover is the starter at right guard. He has been Georgia’s guy at that position for several weeks now. He’s also rotating in at left guard with Gaston rotating in at both right guard and right tackle.

Right Tackle

1. Earnest Greene III
2. Bo Hughley
3. Nyier Daniels

Georgia defense

Defensive end

1. Gabe Harris or Joseph Jonah-Ajonje
2. JJ Hanne
3. Justin Greene

Defensive line

1. Christen Miller
2. Xavier McLeod
3. Josh Horton
4. Jordan Thomas

Defensive line

1. Jordan Hall
2. Elijah Griffin
3. Nnamdi Ogboko
4. Nasir Johnson

*** Hall suffered a season-ending knee injury in the win over Florida. Georgia tapped him to start the first eight games of the season. McLeod got the start against Mississippi State.

OLB

1. Quintavius Johnson
2. Elo Modozie OR Kris Jones
3. Isaiah Gibson OR Darren Ikinnagbon OR Chase Linton

ILB

1. CJ Allen
2. Justin Williams
3. Terrell Foster
4. Anthony Kruah

ILB

1. Raylen Wilson
2. Chris Cole
3. Terrell Foster
4. Zayden Walker

*** Walker saw some action on third down against Mississippi State. Georgia used him to rush from the edge and drop into coverage.

Left Cornerback

1. Daniel Harris or Ellis Robinson IV
2. Jontae Gilbert

*** With Demello Jones banged up, Harris saw significant action at cornerback against Mississippi State for the first time since week three. Jones is no longer on the availability report after being a game-time decision last week.

Right Cornerback

1. Daylen Everette
2. Demello Jones
3. Dominick Kelly

Strong Safety

1. KJ Bolden
2. JaCorey Thomas
3. Zion Branch

Free Safety

1. Kyron Jones or Adrian Mattox

Star

1. Joenel Aguero
2. Jaden Harris
3. Rasean Dinkins

Punter

1. Brett Thorson
2. Drew Miller

Place Kicker/Kickoff

1. Peyton Woodring
2. Connor Ferguson
3. Liam Badger

Long Snapper

1. Beau Gardner
2. Will Snellings

Kick Return

1. Zachariah Branch and Cash Jones
2. Sacovie White-Helton and Jeremy Bell

Punt Return

1. Zachariah Branch
2. Sacovie White-Helton
3. Talyn Taylor