Georgia football: 30 greatest players of the Mark Richt era
By John Buhler
- First-Team All-American (2002)
- First-Team All-SEC (2002)
- Four-year starter along offensive line
Jon Stinchcomb is another Georgia great whose brother also played for the program. Stinchcomb committed to the G a few years after his older brother in recent College Football Hall of Fame electee Matt Stinchcomb did. With big shoes to fill coming out of Parkview High School and into Athens, Stinchcomb certainly did that.
While the older Stinchcomb brother never played for Mark Richt, Jon Stinchcomb spent his last two seasons at Georgia playing for the coach of note. Stinchcomb would be a four-year starter along the offensive line for the Georgia program.
Known for his great work on and off the field, Stinchcomb was a two-time Academic All-American and made the AFCA Good Works Team like his older brother. But it was in 2002 when Stinchcomb, and the Dawgs for that matter, really put it all together under Richt.
Georgia would win the SEC for the first time since Vince Dooley was the Dawgs head coach. Stinchcomb would be First-Team All-SEC at offensive tackle. He even was named a Walter Camp All-American for his great final season with Georgia.
Like his older brother, Stinchcomb would be a high draft pick in the NFL. He went to the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Unlike his older brother, Stinchcomb’s NFL career would end up being more successful.
He spent his entire eight-year NFL career playing for the New Orleans Saints. Stinchcomb would reach the Pro Bowl in 2009. That would also be the year that New Orleans won its only Super Bowl to date, as the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.
Though is older brother is one of the best offensive linemen in SEC history, Stinchcomb certainly held his own along the offensive line for the Dawgs under two coaching staffs. Overall, Stinchcomb is remembered fondly for being the best offensive lineman on the 2002 SEC Championship team.