Georgia Bulldogs‘ wide receiver room took a huge hit last fall when Colbie Young was suspended from the team following his arrest on misdemeanor charges.
Those charges have since been dropped, and Young is back with the team full-time, which meant fans and others were able to see him in action on Saturday at G-Day.
And all it took was one acrobatic touchdown catch over defensive back Daniel Harris for Georgia insider Rusty Mansell to fire off a post on Twitter that said, “Colbie Young is going to have a big year for UGA.”
Young had one touchdown and made several impressive catches from Gunner Stockton and Ryan Puglisi throughout the scrimmage.
Head coach Kirby Smart is very pleased with what he has seen from Young, especially on 50-50 balls.
“Yeah, he gives you problems outside,” Smart said following G-Day. “You’re going out there and there’s not a lot of defense you can have for a guy that gets the ball at the highest point and goes up. It forces DBs to have a really good ball skill set. They’ve got to have great balls, the hands to go up and attack the ball and play the ball high in the air. The ball-playing skills of the DBs sometimes are not that of a receiver. And Colbie has made a lot of plays this spring on those 50-50 type balls.”
Young saw action in five games for the Bulldogs in 2024, hauling in 11 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns.
Fans can expect his comeback season to be bigger and better.