Position By Position Breakdown: Notre Dame vs. Georgia
By Matt Clark
Wide Receiver
Georgia Bulldogs-Tyler Simmons 6’0″, 200 pound, senior, 3 star recruit out of Powder Springs, GA.
Two receptions for 21 yards in three games this year. Has been limited with a shoulder injury.
Georgia Bulldogs-George Pickens 6’5″ 200 pound, freshman, 5 star recruit out of Hoover, AL.
Nine receptions for 162 yards and one receiving touchdown in three games in 2019.
Georgia Bulldogs-Demetrius Robertson 6’0″, 190 pound, junior, 5 star recruit transfer from University of California.
Six receptions for 44 yards and two receiving touchdowns, two rushes for 29 yards in three games in 2019.
Georgia Bulldogs-Dominick Blaylock 6’1″, 195 pound, freshman, 4 star recruit from Marietta, GA.
Seven receptions for 160 yards and two receiving touchdowns in three games in 2019.
Notre Dame Irish-Chase Claypool 6’5″, 230 pound, senior, 4 star recruit out of Abbotsford, BC.
Nine receptions for 190 yards and one receiving touchdown in two games in 2019.
Notre Dame Irish-Chris Finke 5’9″, 185 pound, graduate student, former walk-on from Dayton, OH.
Three receptions for 59 yards and a receiving touchdown in two games in 2019.
Notre Dame Irish-Lawrence Keys III 5’11”, 160 pound, sophomore, 4 star recruit out of New Orleans, LA.
Four receptions for 35 yards and zero receiving touchdowns in two games in 2019.
Notre Dame Irish-Javon McKinley 6’2″, 220 pound, senior, 4 star recruit out of Corona, CA
Three receptions for 96 yards and two receiving touchdowns in two games in 2019.
Advantage-Georgia
Georgia lost their three top wide receivers to the NFL draft before the season. In addition, they also dismissed their top wide receiver (and projected first round draft pick), JJ Holloman, before the season stemming from an assault allegation. The Bulldogs lost their other starting receiver, Kearis Jackson, to a broken hand.
Despite all of those losses, Georgia remains stacked with talent at wide receiver.
Demetrius Robertson has been projected as a potential first round draft pick in the upcoming draft. He possesses elite speed and may be the fastest player in college football, possessing the ability to take the top off of even the best college football defenses.
The Bulldogs also feature two standout freshmen wide receivers in Pickens and Blaylock. Pickens has great route running ability, a big athletic frame, huge vertical leaping capabilities and excellent hands, making him the perfect red zone target for Fromm.
Blaylock, the son of former NBA guard Mookie Blaylock, is the ideal slot receiver, as he is quick with a great deal of shiftiness in the open field. Notre Dame may posses the advantage in experience over their Georgia wide receiver counterparts, but the pure athleticism and speed of the Bulldog receiving group gives them the overall advantage in this game.