The 2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team was led by Kirby Smart in his eighth year as Georgia's head coach. The Bulldogs entered this season as the two-time defending consensus national champions.
This was also the final year for the East division, as Texas and Oklahoma would join the SEC in 2024.
Georgia began the season as the two-time defending national champions aiming for a three-peat. Georgia produced the longest win streak in SEC history at 29 games. Alabama ended the Bulldogs' 29 game win streak in the SEC Championship game with a 27âÂÂ24 win. Georgia would not only fail to make the College Football Playoff and play for a third consecutive national title, but the team also became the first to miss the playoffs after being ranked number one going into championship weekend.
With Georgia's 63âÂÂ3 win over Florida State in the Orange Bowl, the team set a new record for the largest margin of victory of any bowl game result with a 60-point margin, breaking the old record of 58 set during the 2023 CFP National Championship, when Georgia beat TCU 65âÂÂ7.
The Georgia Bulldogs football team drew an average home attendance of 92,746 in 2023.
Sixteen Georgia Bulldogs players via NCAA Transfer Portal during or after the 2022 season.
Over the off-season, Georgia added four scholarship players via transfer portal. According to 247 Sports, Georgia had the No. 40 ranked transfer class in the country.
Georgia signed 26 players in the class of 2023. The Bulldogs' recruiting class ranks No. 2 in the 247Sports and Rivals rankings. 19 signees were ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list. Georgia also signed walk-ons during national signing period.
<small>*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00âÂÂ.98, four stars= .97âÂÂ.90, three stars= .80âÂÂ.89, two stars= .79âÂÂ.70, no stars= <70)</small><br> <small>â = Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, TBD received a four-five star 247Sports Composite rating.</small><br> <small>ÃÂ= Left the Georgia program following signing but prior to the 2023 season.</small>
2023 Overall class rankings
2024 overall class rankings
The Bulldogs held spring practices in March and April 2023, with the Georgia football spring game "G-Day" taking place in Athens, GA on April15, 2023.
<small>Listed in the order that they were released</small>
The 2023 SEC Media days were held in July 2023 at TBD. The Preseason Polls were released July 2023. Each team had their head coach available to talk to the media at the event. Coverage of the event was televised on SEC Network and ESPN.
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
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First Team
Second Team
Third Team
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True Freshman
<small>Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown</small>
Georgia vs Non-Conference Opponents
Georgia vs SEC Opponents
Georgia vs All Opponents
The NFL draft will be held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit, MI.
Bulldogs who were picked in the 2024 NFL draft:
11 members of the 2023 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2024 NFL Combine.
â Top performer
DNP = Did not participate
All totals via Sports Media Watch. Streaming numbers not included. â - Data not available.