Chris Smith reveals why Georgia's secondary calls itself 'The Mob,' how the unit exemplifies that mentality

Georgia‘s road to yet another undefeated regular season and trip to the SEC Championship game this Saturday was highlighted by strong defensive play throughout the entirety of the year. One cornerstone of their top-ranked defense is their secondary, nicknamed The Mob, which senior defensive back Christopher Smith explained leading up to the title game.

“Well, yeah, first of all, our nickname, we call ourselves The Mob,” Smith said. “It’s a certain mentality and a family feel that Coach brought to us when he got here. It just stands for more opportunity to build your brand. It also stands for, when we go out there, we want to be at the top of our game.”

The Bulldog’s mob mentality has worked out for them both historically and especially this season, leading the nation in fewest points allowed per game this season with 11.3. They’ve only given up eight touchdowns this year, which can be partially credited to their secondary’s ability to stay over top of the offense and limit explosive plays, as a cast of ballhawks like Smith, Keelee Ringo, Malaki Starks, and others lead one of the best secondary units in the country.

“Kelee is a very vital part to that. Malaki, David Daniel. Kamari (Lassiter), Dan (Jackson). He’s not able to be able to go out there on the field there with us, but he’s in the meeting room with us day in, day out, bringing that encouragement to us,” Smith said.

Georgia lost Jackson for the remainder of the season due to a foot injury that required surgery, but The Mob hasn’t skipped a beat without him, as a multitude of players have stepped up this season and contributed to the Bulldog’s last line of defense.

“We definitely been able to mature a lot throughout the season. We had a lot of younger guys, Javon Bullard as well, that has been able to get a lot of experience and playing time this year. Helping us out a lot. I know they going to do everything they can for us to go out there and succeed,” Smith said.

The Mob will be facing one of the conference’s most dangerous quarterbacks in college football this Saturday as they take on LSU‘s dual-threat quarterback Jayden Daniels. Daniels is an extremely effective runner, but also will challenge the Georgia secondary with his ability to extend plays with his legs.

Smith and The Mob will go toe to toe with the Tigers this Saturday at 4 p.m. in Atlanta airing on CBS.