ATHENS \u2014 Quintavius Johnson remembers Georgia\u2019s past two losses to Ole Miss, and he has the emotional scars to prove it. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust that feeling knowing we fell short after all the work that we put in,\u201d Johnson said of the post-game locker room after the Rebels ended the Bulldogs season last year in the CFP Sugar Bowl quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven going back to my freshman year, playing in Mississippi, getting the field stormed, it gives us a chip (on the shoulder) as younger guys and people coming up in this program \u2014 it gives us a chip.\u201d<\/p>\n
The No. 2-ranked Bulldogs have a chance to avenge the Sugar Bowl loss and score what would be Kirby Smart\u2019s first head coaching victory in Vaught Hemingway Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Johnson, who triggered the most pivotal play in Georgia\u2019s 27-8 win over Florida with a strip-sack hit that led to Chris Cole\u2019s 66-yard fumble return for a TD, said the defense must once again play as one.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s knowing this defense is a one, 11-man job,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s trusting my teammates to do their job while I do mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnson said the fact UGA ranks seventh in the nation with 3.25 sacks per game (26 through eight games) after totaling 20 in 14 games last season reflects assignment football.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just all rushing as a unit and knowing that we\u2019ve got a job in this rush,\u201d said Johnson, tied for third on the team with three sacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that (job) is for you to get to the throwing shoulder, or the quarterbacks\u2019 feet \u2014 just affecting the quarterback with the pass rush \u2014 we know we have guys in the secondary that can play ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at which current Georgia players were part of the past two losses to the Rebels, 28-10 in Oxford in 2024, and 39-34 in the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl last season:<\/p>\n
Sugar Bowl Snap Count<\/p>\n
Offense, Special Teams (ST) <\/p>\n
Earnest Greene lll 74 at RT<\/p>\n
Gunner Stockton 74 at QB, 7 on ST<\/p>\n
Dontrell Glover 64 at RG, 7 on ST<\/p>\n
Lawson Luckie 41 at TE, 1 on ST<\/p>\n
Juan Gaston 36 at RG, 7 on ST<\/p>\n
London Humphreys 33 at WR, 8 on ST<\/p>\n
Nate Frazier 28 at RB<\/p>\n
Ethan Barbour 7 at TE<\/p>\n
Sacovie White-Helton 4 at WR, 8 on ST<\/p>\n
Elyiss Williams 3 at TE<\/p>\n
Talyn Taylor 2 at WR<\/p>\n
Jaden Redell 2 at TE, 6 on ST<\/p>\n
Landon Roldan 1 at WR, 8 on ST<\/p>\n
Defense, Special Teams<\/p>\n
KJ Bolden 72 at FS, 12 on ST<\/p>\n
Rasean Dinkins 60 at CB, 8 on ST<\/p>\n
Quintavius Johnson 58 at ED, 16 on ST<\/p>\n
Ellis Robinson IV 48 at CB, 3 on ST<\/p>\n
Joseph Jonah-Ajonye 48 at DE<\/p>\n
Chris Cole 48 at OLB, 15 on ST<\/p>\n
Elijah Griffin 43 at DT, 5 on ST<\/p>\n
Demello Jones 43 at CB, 4 on ST<\/p>\n
Raylen Wilson 32 at LB<\/p>\n
Josh Horton 17 at DT<\/p>\n
JJ Hanne 12 at DE, 7 on ST<\/p>\n
Zayden Walker 12 at LB, 10 on ST<\/p>\n
Justin Williams 12 at LB, 19 on ST<\/p>\n
Nnamdi Ogboko 10 at NT, 5 on ST<\/p>\n
Justin Greene 6 at DE<\/p>\n
Chase Linton 5 at LB, 7 on ST<\/p>\n
Special Teams Only<\/p>\n
Michael Uini 7 on ST<\/p>\n
Jahzare Jackson 7 on ST<\/p>\n
Bo Walker 8 on ST<\/p>\n
Peyton Woodring, 15 on ST<\/p>\n
Terrell Foster 12 on ST<\/p>\n
At Ole Miss 2024 Snap Count<\/p>\n
Offense, Special Teams<\/p>\n
Earnest Greene lll 49 snaps at LT, 1 ST<\/p>\n
Lawson Luckie 33 snaps at TE<\/p>\n
Nate Frazier 28 snaps at RB<\/p>\n
London Humphreys 23 snaps AT WR<\/p>\n
Drew Bobo 16 snaps at RG, 6 ST<\/p>\n
Defense, Special Teams<\/p>\n
Raylen Wilson 29 at MLB, 1 ST<\/p>\n
KJ Bolden 26 at FS, 2 ST<\/p>\n
Chris Cole 20 at LB, 17 ST<\/p>\n
Jordan Hall 5 at DT<\/p>\n
Quintavius Johnson at ED, 11 ST<\/p>\n
Gabe Harris Jr. at ED, 3 ST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATHENS \u2014 Quintavius Johnson remembers Georgia\u2019s past two losses to Ole Miss, and he has the emotional scars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[22386,38998,399,681,9599,398,396,397,34455,335552,378609,7702,99,378608],"class_list":["post-904717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-ajc-freelancer","tag-dawg","tag-football","tag-georgia","tag-mississippi","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-ole-miss","tag-pom","tag-poy2024","tag-sec","tag-sports","tag-top10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}