ESPN analyst names Georgia OL as SEC’s best true freshman so far in 2025
By Sydney Hunte
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Georgia is on the verge of returning to the College Football Playoff for the third straight season. The only blemish on the Bulldogs’ record has been on Sept. 27, a 27-24 loss to Alabama in Athens.
Since dropping that one to the Crimson Tide, Kirby Smart‘s team has won six in a row. They’re all but guaranteed to make it seven straight with Charlotte coming between the hedges in Week 13 before traveling to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to face Georgia Tech — and could be right back there for the SEC Championship Game and, potentially, the Peach Bowl for a CFP semifinal.
Part of what’s been helping the Dawgs click in 2025 has been a key member of their front five. Offensive guard Dontrell Glover, a former four-star recruit from the Atlanta area, is a true freshman, but has fit right in to the rotation for Georgia.
And that’s been due to injuries to other players, notes ESPN’s Billy Tucker, who ranked Glover as currently the No. 8 freshman in the country:
Injuries across the line, including to (freshman Juan) Gaston, left the Bulldogs unsettled up front early in the season. Glover’s emergence in the interior was the calming force Georgia needed. The Bulldogs ripped off six straight wins after beating Texas on Saturday night and they have averaged 33 points per game during that stretch. …
Glover has been the best freshman guard in the country and has been instrumental in giving QB Gunner Stockton a clean interior pocket while opening plenty of holes for the Dawgs’ rushing attack.
Glover’s certainly emerged as a talent on the Georgia offensive front. By all accounts, it looks as though the Dawgs are set in that particular guard spot for at least the next couple of seasons.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
