Zion Logue reveals which offensive player he's proud of coming out of spring

Kirby Smart and Georgia are already gearing up for their title defense. Obviously, most of the stars off the 2021-22 team are now NFL players. Which means replacing a lot of production with the underclassmen of the program. One veteran who’s ready to step up in place of a departed starter is Zion Logue, a mammoth defensive lineman slated to replace first round pick Jordan Davis.

He’ll be one of the leading voices in the locker room and on the field for the Bulldogs’ defense. Following spring practice, Logue was asked by reporters which younger player he was impressed by during scrimmages. His answer: Carson Beck, a rising redshirt sophomore and backup quarterback for the Dawgs.

“He had some really nice balls in the first half,” Logue said of Beck’s performance in one of their spring scrimmages. Beck was a top-300 recruit and the 16th ranked QB coming out of high school, per the On3 Consensus for the 2020 class. Doubt he’ll see too much action in 2022 with title-winner Stetson Bennett returning to captain the ship for Kirby Smart’s offense.

However, it’s nice to know Georgia may have another winner at quarterback coming down the pipeline. At least Zion Logue believes so.

Zion Logue gives mature take on Jordan Davis comparisons

This summer, Kirby Smart and Georgia will begin the impossible task of replacing one of the best defenses in college football history. A unit that put five players in the first round of the NFL Draft. No single team’s defense has ever had as many picks in the opening round of the draft. They were an all-time group.

One of those first-round picks was defensive tackle Jordan Davis. A 6-foot-6, 340-pound cement wall on the defensive front. A mammoth man to have to replace. That will be redshirt junior Zion Logue’s job.

The 6-foot-5, 295-pound D-lineman might not quite have Davis’ size, but he has spent three years playing behind the premier player off the ’21 group. It’s hard to avoid the big shadow he’ll stepping into with Davis departing.

When asked about the pressure of following up Davis at the position, Logue responded, “I don’t wanna put all that pressure on myself. I just wanna be my own player.” He’s not letting comparisons between he and Davis linger on his mind.

Logue has the experience, too. This is his fourth year in the program after serving as a backup in the previous three. But now, he’s ready to step into a starting role during somewhat of a rebuilding year. Logue says he’s ready to “lead in my own way” in 2022. After learning from future pros as an underclassmen, Logue wants to be a veteran leader as an upperclassman.