Georgia’s defense doesn’t face as many questions as it did a season ago. The Bulldogs bring contributors back from last year’s defense at all three levels, with some having the potential to go from good to great with improvement.
That’s the level the Georgia defense is trying to reach in 2023. The Georgia defense was good last season, ranking 5th in points allowed and 15th in yards per play. Those numbers dipped from the legendary 2021 defense, which in some ways to be expected given the turnover.
Georgia can pump those numbers up and inch closer to what it did in 2021 this season. If it is to do that, it will need many of its second-year players to make the leap from good to great.
On the defensive line, the most obvious candidate is Mykel Williams. Georgia’s top-ranked signee in the 2022 signing class made an instant impact as a freshman. He led the team with 4.5 sacks and encouragingly played his best ball at the end of the season. His sack against Ohio State left tackle Paris Johnson was one of the more impressive individual moments of the season. The Arizona Cardinals took Johnson with the No. 6 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
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