Georgia lost six of their top seven pass catchers from the 2025 season. They now have to rely on young, inexperienced players to pick up the slack this year, but so far in fall camp they haven’t progressed as much as fans and the media have hoped. This means Kirby Smart may have to be strategic with how he wants to attack the passing game, and that could mean true freshman Kaiden Prothro could be relied on more than the average freshman is during their first season in college.
Kaiden Prothro could be the answer for a struggling Georgia WR room
Prothro isn’t your stereotypical freshman tight end. He stands at 6’6’’ and can tower over most defensive backs, and that height has caused Mike Bobo to already have him taking most of his reps out wide as a wide receiver.
Prothro played out wide in high school too, so this shouldn’t be a huge adjustment for him. Adjusting to the college game overall comes with its challenges though, and even he is yet to break through during camp.
“It’s understandable to expect some growing pains with a group that is inexperienced,” Connor Riley said via dawgnation.com. “They don’t yet fully know what it takes to be successful football players at this level.”
Not only has Prothro not fully broken through yet, but neither has guys like Talyn Taylor or CJ Wiley who are widely expected to be big contributors at wide receiver this season.
“But it’s been a fairly quiet fall for the likes of Talyn Taylor and CJ Wiley,” Riley continued. “Freshman Craig Dandridge had some nice moments at the start of camp, but he was reportedly in a black non-contact jersey this past Saturday. It helps that London Humphreys, in his third year at Georgia, has performed well this fall. Georgia also likes what it has in Isiah Canion and Sacovie White-Helton, who both enter their third seasons of college football.“
The lack of impressive play from Georgia’s receivers could give Prothro an opportunity to be utilized more. Sure he hasn’t been one of the stand out players throughout all of camp, but if Bobo and Smart use him right he could be a matchup nightmare who shows flashes of what Brock Bowers gave Georgia a few years ago.
Kaiden Prothro’s brings an element to Georgia’s offense they haven’t had since Brock Bowers
Brock Bowers was one of the most unique tight ends Georgia has ever seen. He could dominate as a traditional tight end while also being able to split out wide and run routes like a receiver too.
Georgia was able to exploit him throughout his three years in Athens, so much so that he was one of the biggest reasons why Georgia won two national titles while he was in college.
Prothro reportedly has some work to do as a blocker before he can be a traditional tight end, but Georgia could use him out wide in a similar fashion to Bowers. Opposing defenses struggled even slowing Bowers down let alone stopping him, and Georgia could find similar success with Prothro as early as this year.
It wouldn’t be fair to expect Prothro to have the career that Bowers did, but if he can be even a little like him that could go a long way for a Georgia offense riddled with inexperienced receivers.
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