PHOTOS: Scenes from Georgia's first preseason practice

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s 2023 preseason camp is underway and practice No. 1 is in the books. It rained quite a bit in the Classic City on Thursday morning but it let up just in time for the Bulldogs to take the practice field. They practiced on the wet turf and Kirby Smart was coaching his team hard, getting after them about their conditioning and challenging them to pick up the pace.

Reporters were allowed to watch around 15 minutes of the workout. We got to see the Bulldogs go through drill work and we also saw the quarterbacks team up with the receivers from routes on air. At the end of the media-viewing period, we even got to see Georgia work on special teams. Below, DawgsHQ shares some of the photos we captured from our time on the Woodruff practice fields.

Georgia WR Dillon Bell

Bell appeared to be working with the No. 2 offense at the split end/X-receiver position during the media-viewing period. He’s a rising sophomore who caught 20 passes for 180 yards and three scores, including one touchdown in the SEC Championship game.

WRs Arian Smith and Ladd McConkey

Smith came up huge for Georgia last season in the College Football Playoff. He had three catches for 129 yards and a touchdown against Ohio State in the Peach Bowl. He has battled injuries for most of his Georgia career but, when healthy, he’s a big play waiting to happen.

McConkey, who was Georgia’s leading receiver among wideouts in 2022, had a big showing in the National Championship game with a pair of touchdown catches. He hauled in five passes for 88 yards in that game. McConkey flirted with the idea of entering the 2023 NFL Draft but elected to come back to school.

Georgia WR Dominic Lovett

The Bulldogs reached into the transfer portal to add Lovett this offseason. He spent his first two seasons at Missouri and was one of the SEC’s top receivers in 2022. Lovett caught 56 passes for 846 and three scores last season and he did that in just 12 games. He’s expected to man the slot position for Georgia this season.

WR Yazeed Haynes

Georgia signed three receivers in the 2023 class but the one most likely to play, based on what we’ve heard, is Yazeed Haynes. The Pennsylvania native was committed to Penn State at one time but Georgia, after seeing him in camp at Temple University last summer, offered and lured him away from the Nittany Lions. He has been on campus since August.

Georgia DL Christen Miller

Georgia signed Miller out of Cedar Grove High School (Ellenwood, Ga.) in the 2022 class. It had to battle Ohio State and USC for the four-star talent. Miller got his feet wet in 2022 as the Bulldogs went 15-0 and won a National Championship but he didn’t play enough to burn a redshirt. He’s expected to have an expanded role in 2023.

DL Jordan Hall

The Bulldogs signed the nation’s No. 2 class in 2023 and one of its top prospects was five-star defensive lineman and Jacksonville, Fla. native Jordan Hall. The elite defender joined the team in January after making a decision on the second day of the NCAA’s Early Signing Period. He’s expected to have a role during his freshman season.

Georgia WR Anthony Evans

Evans is another of the three wideouts Georgia signed in the 2023 class and he’s the fastest of the bunch. He’s not a big receiver, standing well under 6-feet tall, but he possesses elite speed and quickness. Evans, along with Haynes, was fielding punts during Georgia’s practice on Thursday.

DL Zion Logue

It took Logue well over a year in the program before he became a contributor, but he has been a consistent performer for the past two seasons. Logue started his career at nose tackle but he has since expanded his skillset and can help Georgia as a defensive tackle or defensive end. He’s entering his fifth season with the program.

Georgia OLBs Darris Smith and Chaz Chambliss

Chambliss (32) is Georgia’s most experienced outside linebacker. He started to gain serious playing time last season when Nolan Smith missed the last half of the year with a torn pectoral. He finished the season with 15 total tackles, two sacks, and three tackles for loss. Meanwhile, Smith (19) burned his redshirt as a special teamer and he’s expected to play a lot more in his second season.

OLB C.J. Madden

Madden, like Miller, is from Cedar Grove High School and didn’t play much football as a junior in high school. He bounced back with a strong senior season and earned a Georgia offer with a good camp performance prior to that senior year. He remains at outside linebacker despite having the frame to maybe help out as a defensive end.