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Kirby Smart tells incredible story of when he learned Brock Bowers was different
By Keith Farner
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Brock Bowers has had a dynamic impact on the Georgia offense this season, and the Napa, California native is different in a lot of ways.
Kirby Smart described on Wednesday when he realized Bowers was different, and it came long before his sensational freshman season. Bowers this season is Georgia’s leading receiver through 13 games, with 47 catches for 791 yards and 11 touchdowns.
“Early on. I mean, he came, when we recruited him, I thought he was different than a typical freshman,” Smart said. “This was a guy that would put his phone up and go run up a mountain or a hill out in Napa and sprint up the hill and back down the hill and send video of it. Like he was wired differently. During COVID, we would challenge recruits to send us video of them working out, and he embraced that. Like he worked out every day. He competed every day. He sent video of going to throwing sessions with friends, and you knew right away this guy had some great one-step quickness. Played tailback in high school, could hand him the ball and he could do special things with it.”
Smart said Bowers has all the traits of what Georgia is looking for, and then combines them.
“When you combine good size and speed with great work ethic, you tend to get a good player,” Smart said. “But we felt pretty good that he was a special player while we were recruiting him, and then during the spring he made some flash plays that we knew he was going to be a good player.”
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
