ATHENS, GA – The Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart shared details about how the team is doing during fall camp and how they will be preparing for the 2025 season.
“I am excited to be here and excited to get started again,” Smart said. “This is year 10 for us, and I am pleased with the offseason work ethic of this team and the summer program. We had some outstanding testing numbers that I’m really excited about for our guys. We did our traditional combine, and then we also did a lot more non-impact cardio. We’re trying to get guys in shape without putting mileage on some of their feet. We’re probably the healthiest we’ve been starting into a camp in terms of looking at the last five years and in terms of guys that were out or were limited with soft tissue injuries.”
Smart’s enthusiasm for the team’s youth and hunger this season is strong.
“We’ve talked about that at [SEC] Media Days, but we are hungry. We got a team that’s fun to coach. We go out to practice each day, and they’ve been enthusiastic. They’ve been out there working out, just doing all the things you ask. Like I said, a lot of them haven’t had an opportunity to play, and now this is their opportunity.“
Georgia is projected to be one of the three top teams in the SEC to land a berth in the College Football Playoffs (CFP). The goals for camp are to have physical and mental toughness daily. At the same time, creating great habits and being consistent, along with getting the proper physical recovery, is key.
Smart also recognized that the team has demonstrated accountability among themselves, along with developing synergy with each practice and cultivating unity on and off the field to be one team, one mission, and one sound.
