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Georgia safety Richard LeCounte III confirms plans for 2021 season
Georgia S Richard LeCounte III missed the last few games of the 2020 season with injuries suffered during a motorcycle accident.
Thankfully, he’s OK and will soon be back on the football field. The only question was whether he’d do it in a Georgia uniform or in the NFL.
Well, on Wednesday evening, LeCounte confirmed that he was declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft, bringing his Georgia career to an end:
https://twitter.com/LilEasy_35/status/1346933967451090946
In his 4 years with the Bulldogs, LeCounte recorded 176 tackles, 8 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 4 forced fumbles and 6 fumble recoveries.
LeCounte is one of the best safeties in the country, so he’ll be missed in Athens next year. We’ll see where he ends up going in the draft.
DGD…what a great player and representative. He recruited lotta guys for UGa.
Oorah!
Thanks Richie! You are one of the greats.
I have loved Richard ever since he was the first recruit by Kirby at UGA. I bought a Lecounte jersey…however, I was very let down by his choice on Halloween night. He behaved like a street thug with no concern for others by driving an unregistered dirt bike on the road after the Kentucky game and putting himself out of the Florida game, one of the biggest games of his career. He WAS the leader of the secondary and Florida was an elite team in the…passing game (or course) this year. I am very proud of him clawing back for playing time during the end of the year, but he can’t take back his decision to hop on that bike. Guess we will never know what could have happened against Florida. He will have to live with that. Hope that regret drives him to exel at next level, just keep him off two wheeled vehicles.
You have a very broad definition of “thug” if riding a dirt bike on the road makes one that. Did he make a mistake? Yes
Kinda cold. Twenty-something kids make mistakes… I know I did and you probably made many too. Regardless, LeCounte will always be a DGD and one of the best representatives on UGA. He came back for one more year instead of jumping to the league. Personally, I hope he heals fully, balls out in the Sr Bowl and gets the big payday he’s worked hard for.
That was pretty brutal assessment dynasty.
Great player and by all accounts outstanding person. DGD
He already got back on the football field. Kirby ran him out on Cincinnati’s Hail Mary attempt.