Georgia Football: 5 takeaways from Bulldogs’ 2018 season

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs reacts to a penalty during the third quarter against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs reacts to a penalty during the third quarter against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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2. Where’s the deep threat?

Riley Ridley and Isaac Nauta might be leaving early but neither qualifies as a deep, big play threat. He averaged 13 yards per reception which is well below the Crimson Tide’s Jerry Jeudy who averaged 18 and 19 yards per catch the past two seasons. Sophomore Jeremiah Hollomon, standing 6-foot-2, averaged 17.4 yards per catch and logged five scores in 2018.

It’s a great quality for an offense to be able to move the football on time consuming drives. There’s no doubt there. However, every offense needs a big play threat and big time player. If you think back over the years the championship caliber programs have had players like Percy Harvin (Florida), Calvin Ridley and Deon Cain (Clemson). Those players could break out and score at any moment giving the offense a quick strike and momentum shift.

Georgia needs that player. Hopefully they already have him in Athens as Hollomon is an elite threat in the making. In recruiting, 2018 wide receiver Kearis Jackson and five-star prospect Dominick Blaylock will be on campus this summer. One of those players needs to fill the Jeudy role of vertical threat to offset the tight ends and tough running game the Bulldogs employ.