Florida QB vs Georgia pass D
Georgia · moderatePhilo / Jones Jr.
Philo comp. / YPA70.5% · 9.0
Philo TD–INT9–3 · 1,341 yds
Jones Jr. season407 yds · 4–2
Jones at Texas22/35 · 155 · 2–0
Georgia coverage
Pass yds allowed185.0/g
Opp. pass efficiency114.3
Points allowed15.9/g
Bolden (S)Questionable (Fri. report) · 22 tkl · 1 INT
Read: Philo’s raw line is genuinely good — second in the SEC in completion rate. Delta, Fri. Oct. 30: Friday night’s SEC availability report upgraded BOTH quarterbacks from questionable to probable, and Gators Online reported Philo has been named the starter — his first action since the shoulder injury kept him out at Texas. Jones Jr. was turnover-free in his first start at Texas, but for 155 yards at 4.4 per attempt; Georgia’s pass defense is the best either Florida quarterback has faced.
Georgia QB vs Florida pass D
Georgia · moderateGunner Stockton
Comp.117/158 · 74.1%
Yards / att.9.9 · 1,570 yds
TD–INT16–4 · rating 185.9
PFF grade90.1 · passing 88.1
Florida coverage
Pass yds allowed266.6/g*
Team INT4*
At Texas (Week 7)173 yds · 5 sacks
Points allowed28.3/g
Read: Stockton’s worst game of the season — two interceptions and a late fumble against Auburn — is Florida’s template, and the Gators’ five-sack day at Texas showed a pass rush that can hurry him. But season-long, Florida’s coverage is the leakiest unit in this game (*through Week 6), and Stockton’s brief Auburn exit was clarified by Smart as a shoulder stinger, not a concussion — he returned that day and the bye has let it settle.
Florida RBs vs Georgia front
Florida · slightJadan Baugh and company
Baugh rushing135 · 763 · 13 TD
Baugh per game / carry109.0 · 5.7
Team rush~200/g*
At Texas46 att · 158 yds
Georgia front
Rush yds allowed57–75/g*
Per carry allowed2.5*
Vs Auburn (Week 7)192 yds allowed
Team sacks22
Read: The season-long numbers say Georgia’s run defense is elite (*through Week 6) — but Auburn’s quarterback-led ground game just hung 192 rushing yards on it, and Baugh is an AP Midseason All-American with a 50.6% breakaway rate and 36 missed tackles forced through Week 6. Florida’s clearest path is 25-plus Baugh carries; Duke Clark (ankle) was out at Texas and, after a questionable listing Wednesday, was ruled out on Friday night’s report, leaving Evan Pryor and London Montgomery behind Baugh.
Georgia RBs vs Florida front
Georgia · slightGeorgia rushing
Yards / game~198
Phillips Jr.47 · 348 · 7.4/carry
Walker~6.8/carry*
FrazierReturned vs Auburn
Florida front
Rush yds allowed126.4/g*
Per carry allowed~3.9*
At Texas (Week 7)99 yds allowed
Team sacks22
Read: Georgia’s committee has been banged up all year — Chauncey Bowens (foot) was downgraded from questionable on Wednesday to out on Thursday’s availability report, missing his third straight game — and Phillips Jr. at 7.4 per carry and Nate Frazier’s return (Frazier was not listed on the report) give it fresh legs after the bye. Florida’s front stiffened at Texas (99 rushing yards allowed), yet Missouri and South Carolina both ran through it earlier in October.
Florida WR/TE vs Georgia DBs
Florida · slightGators pass catchers
D. Wilson26 rec (team lead)*
Brown III (Questionable, knee)17 · 271 · 2 TD*
B. Stockton (Questionable, Fri.)23 · 258 · 2 TD*
Dippre (TE)2 TD at Texas
Georgia DBs
Pass yds allowed185.0/g
Bolden (S)Questionable (Fri.) · missed Auburn
Green (S)Out (ankle)*
Team INT4*
Read: Florida spent the bye healing this exact room: Vernell Brown III has missed three straight games (knee), but Friday night’s report moved the room the wrong way — Brown III was downgraded from probable to questionable after Gators Online reported a minor knee setback cost him the last two days of practice, while Bailey Stockton (who played slowed at Texas) improved from doubtful to questionable. At full strength against a Georgia safety room missing Tyriq Green and possibly KJ Bolden (Smart Monday: “I really don’t know”), this is Florida’s one skill-position edge — and it shrinks if Brown sits again.
Georgia WR/TE vs Florida DBs
Georgia · slightBulldogs pass catchers
Pass offense263.0/g*
Dandridge4 · 88 vs Auburn
Taylor4 · 110 · 1 vs Oklahoma*
Luckie (TE)TD vs Auburn
Florida DBs
Pass yds allowed266.6/g*
Johnson2 INT*
Team INT4*
At Texas (Week 7)173 yds allowed
Read: Georgia spreads it around — no single Florida corner can be avoided, and Thomas Blackshear remains out while Isiah Canion was upgraded to questionable on Wednesday’s report, without thinning the rotation that produced against Auburn (Dandridge 88 yards, Taylor 64). Florida’s secondary takes the ball away just often enough, and its Week 7 form was its best of the season, to keep this from being a bigger edge.
Florida OL vs Georgia DL
Georgia · slightGators protection
Sacks allowed8*
At Texas1 sack allowed
HonorJoe Moore midseason roll
Run-block grade70.2*
Georgia pressure
Team sacks22 · 5 vs Auburn
WilsonTeam LB leader
ColeTeam-high pressures*
Yds / play allowed4.2*
Read: Florida’s line is its best unit and just held Texas to one sack, but it cracked for three sacks and 11 tackles for loss in the two games before that. Georgia’s pressure is distributed — five different Bulldogs recorded sacks against Auburn — and whoever starts at quarterback for Florida will feel it on third-and-long.
Georgia OL vs Florida DL
Georgia · slightBulldogs protection
Sacks allowed8 · ~1.1/game
TFL allowed2.67/game*
At Alabama1 sack · 206 rush yds
3rd-down offense54.7%*
Florida pressure
Team sacks22 · 5 at Texas
GrahamGame-icing strip-sack
McCray1.5 sacks at Texas
TFL at Texas11
Read: Florida’s front is the Gators’ defensive strength — Myles Graham’s strip-sack of Arch Manning sealed the Texas upset — but Georgia’s line is the SEC’s best protection unit (first in the SEC in tackles for loss allowed through Week 6) and Marcus Harrison’s clearance keeps it intact. Stockton’s 2.51-second average time to throw does the rest.