The Zamir White announcement illustrates how much college football has changed since 2017

By Connor Riley

January 14, 2021 at 12:58 pm EST

Auburn v Georgia ATHENS, GA - OCTOBER 03: Zamir White #3 of the Georgia Bulldogs rushes in for a touchdown during the second quarter of a game against the Auburn Tigers at Sanford Stadium on October 3, 2020 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

By Connor Riley

January 14, 2021 at 12:58 pm EST

The Georgia football program is in a very different place now than it was when Nick Chubb and Sony Michel made the same decision that Zamir White and James Cook did.

Cook and White have now both announced they would be returning for their fourth years in Athens, much like how Chubb and Michel did in December of 2016. Cook and White both have cases to be made as draftable running backs this year, just as Chubb and Michel could’ve been taken in the 2017 NFL Draft had they elected to pursue that path.

Chubb and Michel though were not done with Georgia and wanted to improve off an eight-win season in 2016. Even if they never said it out loud, they still had unfinished business with the Georgia program.