PHILADELPHIA – It’s Atlanta versus Georgia on Monday night.
Kind of.
Football fans in the state are well familiar with the “Philadelphia Bulldogs.” The Eagles have gobbled up seemingly every Georgia product they can over the past few years. They have five Bulldogs on defense, three of whom – linebacker Nakobe Dean and defensive linemen Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter – are starters. Edge rusher Nolan Smith and cornerback Kelee Ringo also play roles.
“Not only do we push each other on the field, but also off the field,” Dean said. “We’ve been able to vent to each other when we’re going through other stuff just in life. We have that immediate vent we can go to right there. We can go over to Nolan’s house and everybody is just chilling. We sit there on Saturday and just watch Georgia football and talk for a couple hours about how we feel, how we’re doing outside of ball, and then with ball. You just have that immediate comfort because we already know each other.”
Carter added: “It’s been very cool. Every year they’re adding someone else and someone else. We just had another guy from Georgia get on the practice squad, (receiver) Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint. He plays offense but he’s a Georgia boy, so it’s still all good.”