Georgia football has the most first-team All-SEC selections
No SEC team had more first-team selections than Georgia's 10. The Bulldogs have four first-team defenders, which is the most of any team in the conference. Impressively, Georgia has six first-team specialists, which compose the entire All-SEC first-team special teams unit.
Georgia's offense has just three All-SEC selections including no first-team selections. The media is not exactly overconfident in Georgia's offense this fall. Projected UGA starting quarterback Gunner Stockton did not make an All-SEC team as expected.
Georgia is predicted to finish second in the 16-team SEC behind Texas, who are the media's most popular SEC championship pick. Georgia begins SEC play in Week 3 of the 2025 college football season as the Dawgs hit the road to play the Tennessee Volunteers.
Georgia Bulldogs on the All-SEC offense
Georgia Bulldogs on the All-SEC defense
Georgia Bulldogs on the All-SEC special teams
Follow UGAWire on Instagram or Threads for more Georgia football coverage!
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
USA Today
8 minutes ago
- USA Today
Indiana Fever sign Chloe Bibby amid Caitlin Clark injury absence
As Caitlin Clark continues to rehab a right groin injury, the Indiana Fever added to their roster. Indiana signed Australian forward Chloe Bibby on Friday morning to a seven-day contract. Bibby, 27, played in five games across two stints with the Golden State Valkyries during this 2025 WNBA season. During the preseason Bibby appeared in two games, averaging 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. After re-signing with the Valkyries on June 15, Bibby played five games with the team before being waived on June 30. During her second stint with the team, Bibby averaged 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Bibby's best performance came against the Indiana Fever on June 19 when she scored 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting. The 6-foot-2 forward knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in that 88-77 win over Indiana. Bibby also grabbed three rebounds, assisted once and came away with a steal in the Valkyries' win. 'Spacing the floor, that's part of our philosophy, right? ' Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase told reporters after that June 19 game. 'So, she fits in really well with the fact that she's a big that can space the floor. But then, you know, on the other end, she's really physical. She can get rebounds. So yeah, Chloe is like a Swiss Army knife.' Bibby also helped her national team, the Australia Opals, to a gold medal in the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia World Cup earlier this month. Two years prior, Bibby also guided the Opals to a bronze medal in the 2022 FIBA World Cup in Sydney. Bibby also has extensive overseas experience, including being named the Polish League MVP while with the AZS AJP Gorzow Wielkopolski in the 2023-24 season, and MVP of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto in Spain with the Spar Girona in the 2024-25 season. During her collegiate career, Bibby spent three seasons at Mississippi State before playing her final two seasons at Maryland where she averaged 13.2 and 11.9 points per game during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, respectively. Bibby was a second-team All-Big Ten selection at Maryland in 2022 and honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2021. 'I'm just competitive,' Bibby told Matthew Walter of 'I think over the years, with having that and growing that confidence in my shot to where if I get it and I'm open, and I know that's the right shot, I'm gonna shoot it, and I feel confident with that… I'd love to have a stint in the W, I'd like to be here full time. That's obviously a goal, it's the best league in the world for a reason." Indiana had an open roster spot after beginning the season with just 11 players. In the WNBA, seven-day contracts may be signed in the season's second half. Under a seven-day contract, players earn the prorated minimum base salary. Players can sign up to three seven-day contracts with a single team, but can sign with multiple teams during that time. The seven-day contract affords WNBA teams flexibility when they might not want to commit to a guaranteed contract, though teams can also elect to sign those players to a rest-of-season contract at any point. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
USA Today
8 minutes ago
- USA Today
Valkyries' Kayla Thornton to miss rest of WNBA season after knee surgery
Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton's renaissance season has been cut short. The Valkyries announced that Thornton successfully underwent surgery on Friday, July 25 after suffering a right knee injury in practice, effectively ending Thornton's career-best campaign and dealing a devastating blow to the Valkyries' hopes of becoming the first expansion team to make the playoffs in its inaugural season in nearly three decades. The news comes nearly a week after Thornton participated in the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, where she recorded 15 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and one steal off the bench for Team Caitlin Clark. It marked the 10-year veteran's first All-Star nod of her career, and she's the first player to be named an All-Star as a member of a first-year team since Candice Dupree for the Chicago Sky in 2006. VALKYRIES: Setting new standard for WNBA expansion teams with early success The UTEP alumna played for the Washington Mystics (2015) and Dallas Wings (2017-22) before winning a Commissioner's Cup and WNBA championship with the New York Liberty in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Thornton was a role player on the Liberty in 2024, averaging 5.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 20.2 minutes of play per game on the championship roster. But that all changed when Thornton was drafted in the expansion draft by Golden State in December. Thornton quickly became the No. 1 option on the Valkyries, playing a team-high 30.1 minutes per game. Although expectations are typically low for expansion teams early on — the Atlanta Dream went 4-30 in their inaugural season in 2008, while the Chicago Sky went 5-29 in 2006 — the Valkyries jumped to an unprecedented 10-9 start and are the third expansion team in WNBA history to pick up its 10th victory in 20 games or less. Thornton led the Valkyries in scoring through 22 games (all starts) and averaged a career-high 14 points per game, besting her previous high of 10.4 points per game in 2019 by nearly four points. She also set career-highs in rebounds (7) and steals (1.3), leading the team in both categories. "It goes beyond basketball. She's a tremendous person. She's someone that you wanna be around all the time," teammate Kate Martin said after Thornton dropped a career-high 29 points in a win over the Chicago Sky on June 27. "She's a great leader in the locker room and a great friend, so it's really fun whenever she's all of that, but also a phenomenal basketball player. "You can learn a lot from KT And how she plays and I'm just really glad she's getting all the success she's getting. She deserves it and I'm thankful that I'm her teammate." How Thornton's injury affects Valkyries playoff chances The Valkyries have fallen on hard times and dropped five of their last six games heading into the All-Star weekend. Thornton's season-ending injury marks a significant loss, and it's only going to get tougher. Golden State opens the second half of the season with a matchup against the Dallas Wings at home on Friday, July 25, before going on a five-game road trip to face Connecticut (July 27), Atlanta (July 29), Washington (July 31), Chicago (Aug. 1) and Las Vegas (Aug. 3). The Valkyries (10-12) are currently ninth in the standings and would miss the playoffs if the postseason started today. Golden State is looking to become the first expansion team to make the playoffs in its inaugural season since the Detroit Shock in 1998. The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
New York Post
8 minutes ago
- New York Post
Cardinals' Ryan Helsley ‘90 percent' sure he will be traded before deadline
Ryan Helsley's days in St. Louis are numbered. At least, according to him. The Cardinals closer told The Athletic on Thursday that he's expecting to be dealt before Thursday's deadline after years of his name in trade rumors. 'I would say it's 90 percent I go, 10 percent I stay,' Helsley said. 'It's a little bit different this time. The likelihood is probably as great as it's ever been for me to get traded.' Helsley, 31, has been one of the most dominant relief pitchers in baseball in recent years. Since 2022, Helsley has the second-best ERA (2.04) and fifth-best strikeout percentage (32.8 percent) among relievers with at least 200 innings pitched over that period. St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Ryan Helsley (56) celebrates after the Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres at Busch Stadium. Jeff Curry-Imagn Images This season, the two-time All-Star has a 3.09 ERA with 20 saves and 39 strikeouts in 35 innings. But with the Cardinals struggling to stay in the National League playoff picture, it appears that they may move on from the flame-throwing right-hander, who is set to become a free agent this winter. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ryan Helsley throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. AP St. Louis is 53-51 heading into Friday's play, sitting nine games back of the Brewers in the NL Central and 2 1/2 games back in the wild-card race. 'From a front office perspective, I think they saw what they wanted to see,' Helsley said. 'Do you sell, where this is a two or three-year rebuild? Or do you just solely take this as a rebuild year?' Despite anticipating his departure, Helsley made it clear that he wants to continue playing for the only big league franchise he's ever known. 'There are so many different scenarios you can do. But I want to stay here. I want to help us win here, with the Cardinals.'
