The one position that arguably held Georgia back the most last season was wide receiver. The wide receiver group last year led the nation in drops, which makes running an offense at a high level next to impossible.
Entering the 2025 season Kirby Smart and his staff made sure to completely revamp their wide receiver room. This includes adding two of the best wide receivers in the Transfer Portal while also bringing in some talented receivers out of the 2025 high school recruiting class.
All accounts point to each of these new receivers adjusting very well at Georgia, but UGA's scrimmage from this past weekend saw true freshman wide receivers CJ Wiley and Talyn Taylor especially stand out.
"Freshman receivers CJ Wiley and Tayln Taylor both flashed, playing well enough for those watching to believe they will factor into the game plan along with veterans Branch, Thomas and Colbie Young," Mike Griffith shared via dawgnation.com.
2 true freshman WRs expected to play a lot this fall
The top three wide receivers on Georgia's roster this season who most likely will be the starting group are Zachariah Branch, Noah Thomas and Colbie Young. When fall camp began most assumed this group would have to carry a big load for the offense and not receive much help from the rest of Georgia's wide receivers. Wiley and Taylor however showed this weekend during Georgia's scrimmage that this isn't the case.
Both Wiley and Taylor showed that they will be able to make big plays this fall for Georgia and that the UGA offense won't have to rely on the three veteran receivers as much as people originally expected.
These two freshman most likely will not become starters this season, but they will be called upon early and often this year to make big plays to help Georgia's wide receiver room bounce back from their struggles in 2024.