Much improved receiver room exciting to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s receiver room is much improved as compared to years past, and part of the reason why has been the improvement of Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint individually. Coming into last season, the product of St. Thomas Aquinas had just 11 career catches for 156 yards in two seasons. However, after a breakout year in 2022, one in which Rosemy-Jacksaint finished top-five on the team in receiving, the senior out of South Florida is seen as another weapon in a room full of them.
“I feel like this receiver room now, every position has depth. One, twos, threes, no matter who is in. Whoever is out there, whoever is in the game, we feel they have the full ability and trust to go in there, play at a high level and execute at the level we need them to execute at,” Rosmey-Jacksaint said on Tuesday. “I feel like this year, we have a lot more moving pieces in the receiver room and that is going to be a benefit towards us this year. That’s always a great thing to me.”
Georgia went out and added two transfers at the position – Dominic Lovett of Missouri and Rara Thomas of Mississippi State. Both Lovett and Thomas led their respective SEC squads in receiving last season, hauling in a combined 100 passes for nearly 1,500 yards and 10 touchdowns. They join the likes of Ladd McConkey – who finished first among Georgia wide receivers and second on the team among all pass catchers (behind tight end Brock Bowers) with 58 catches, 762 receiving yards and seven trips to the end zone – Arian Smith, Dillon Bell and of course Rosemy-Jacksaint, plus the Mackey Award winning, All-American Bowers at tight end.
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How does that change what Rosemy-Jacksaint is asked to do? He’s not sure. Early in his career he was on the field primarily for his blocking ability. That earned him the opportunity to run routes and catch passes, which he proved to be more than capable of last season. Adding the talented players could of course change that though.
“Whenever someone new enters, especially in the receiver room, I’ve been here for four years and I always want to welcome everybody. You made it here to Georgia, you family now,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said. “Rara and Dom, they came in and I accepted them with open arms. The whole team accepted them with open arms. They haven’t felt left out or ostracized or anything like that. With me, I just want to bring them in and make them feel like they’re part of the team. Part of the family we have here.”
“My role, whatever role they put, I just try to do my best. If that means blocking or catching the ball,” he continued. “Obviously, everyone here is working every day to get one percent better. That’s what I’ve been working on this offseason. Getting one percent in the passing game, the running game. Any part of my game that needs to be better, that’s what I feel like I’ve needed to work on. Coach B-Mac has done a good job of being on my tail of doing little things right and working harder.”
Georgia, ranked No. 1 in the country according to both the AP and Coaches polls, holds its second scrimmage of the fall on Saturday – one in which the receivers will improve upon a poor performance last week that featured several drops according to head coach Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs open the season at Sanford Stadium on September 2nd against UT-Martin (6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+/SECN+).
