Georgia is setting up for another typically no-nonsense Kirby Smart spring: practice opens Tuesday, March 17, with 15 total workouts (Tues/Thurs/Sat rhythm), scrimmages April 4 and April 11, and G-Day on April 18. And for added Athens irony, UGA Pro Day is March 18—the day after spring practice begins—so it’ll be a busy two-day stretch for coaches, players, and NFL eyes.

Georgia enters spring looking like a reload, not a rebuild program—because that’s what it has become. The 2025 team went 12–2, won the SEC Championship (28–7 over Alabama), and then fell in a CFP quarterfinal Sugar Bowl shootout to Ole Miss (39–34).

So the baseline is high: you’re not “trying to get good” in spring—you're trying to get sharper, deeper, and meaner at the line of scrimmage.

The biggest spring themes (from today’s vantage point)

1) Chemistry on offense (especially the pass game).
Georgia put up 32.1 points per game in 2025, solid but not “unstoppable video game” territory by modern UGA standards. Spring is about finding the next clean rhythm—timing routes, protection calls, and who becomes “the guy” when it’s 3rd-and-7 and the stadium’s holding its breath.

2) Portal pieces that fit the Georgia mold.
UGA’s January portal haul included WR Isiah Canion (Georgia Tech), DL Amaris Williams (Auburn), and CB Braylon Conley (USC)—the kind of additions that can stabilize two-deep competition fast if they hit the ground running.

3) Defensive front identity and depth.
Georgia’s championship formulas always start up front: strain, rotate, suffocate. Spring will tell the story of which young linemen are ready to play “real snaps” and which veterans are ready to become the next names you don’t enjoy seeing if you’re an opposing offensive coordinator.

The calendar that matters

• Spring practice begins: March 17, 2026

• Pro Day: March 18, 2026

• Spring scrimmages: April 4 and April 11, 2026

• G-Day: April 18, 2026

A quick “radio-call” closer (in the spirit of old-school Georgia football)

Right now—Feb. 28—it’s all hope and homework. But come March 17, hope turns into pads poppin’, feet churnin’, and coaches barking like it’s personal. Georgia’s not searching for a standard. Georgia is the standard—and spring ball is where they sharpen it.