Georgia football took center stage at the 2025 SEC Media Days on Tuesday. Kirby Smart and the three Bulldogs also in attendance answered a lot of important questions at the event that only added to the hype heading into the 2025 season.
So let's jump right in and discuss the three biggest stories from Media Days on Tuesday.
Kirby Smart preaches relationships over NIL transactions
Considering how much NIL has taken over college football, Smart was obviously asked about how he and Georgia handle the NIL space in recruiting. Smart's response to this question unsurprisingly went viral in the college football world.
Smart said that Georgia "sells relationships over transactions" meaning that they look for players who don't care about how much NIL money they make. Obviously being competitive with their NIL offers is still important, but Smart and Georgia are not looking for the players whose main focus is making as much money as possible.
Kirby Smart provides 7 injury updates
One of the most exciting updates for Georgia fans from Media Days came in the form of seven injury updates. Five of the updates shared on Tuesday were great news as Daylen Everette, Christen Miller, Monroe Freeling, Jaden Reddell and Quintaivus Johnson are all back to full health after suffering injuries during the spring.
Unfortunately there were two injury updates that were not as good as punter Brett Thorson has not recovered yet from tearing his ACL in the SEC Championshp game. He is expected to make his return sometime next season, but he likely will not be back in time for week one.
Last but not least there is corner Ondre Evans who also tore his ACL during the spring. Evans has a lot longer to go in his recovery than Thorson, so much so that Smart didn't even share a timeline for his return on Tuesday.
Georgia's QB competition isn't over yet
When Gunner Stockton was announced as one of Georgia's three players attending Media Days, everyone took that as confirmation that Stockton will be UGA's starting quarterback this fall. Smart however confirmed on Tuesday that this is not the case. In fact, he came right out and said that Stockton and redshirt freshman Ryan Puglisi are still battling every single day.
On top of that, Stockton also shared that Smart has not told him yet that he has won the starting job. So it appears Georgia fans are going to have to wait even longer to find out who Georgia's quarterback will be this fall.