Making the case for Georgia figures to be on cover of NCAA Football

Folks all around the College Football world are anxiously awaiting the new NCAA Football video game, expected to be released next summer. Yes, there seem to be some hiccups in making it happen, however, we remain optimistic here at DawgsHQ that this time next year (or a little bit later) we’ll be dusting off the controllers and turning on consoles to play the game’s first version in over a decade.

That being said, today we’re going to make the case for a few Georgia Football figures to don the cover of the next College Football game.

Brock Bowers

If the game decides to put a player on it from the previous season (which they won’t need to do anymore in all likelihood considering NIL rules would allow for current players to be paid for being on the cover), Brock Bowers would make a lot of sense. Obviously we don’t know how this season will play out, but if it’s anything like the previous two, Bowers is going to be one of the best players on one of the best teams in all of College Football.

He’s led Georgia in receiving the last two years. There’s a good chance he does so again in 2023. If the Bulldogs are in the thick of things and contending for a third straight National Championship, what better way to recognize the run than by putting a player who’s been a big part of it on the cover of the new NCAA Football game?!

Mykel Williams

That being said on Bowers, EA Sports may opt to have a current player on the game. If that’s the case, Mykel Williams makes sense. Just a freshman this past season, Williams will still be in school when this game is expected to be released. He’s got the kind of potential that we may be talking about him in the running for the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft when the time comes (presumably 2025 for the former five-star who’s got a good chance to go three-and-out).

Williams led Georgia in sacks this past season in his first year. As he continues to grow and get better, he’s got a chance to do even bigger and better things in Athens. That makes him a candidate to get put on the NCAA Football cover in my book.

Stetson Bennett

Back to the idea of recognizing the past for these next two. No figure has been bigger in College Football the past few years than Stetson Bennett. A story that’s worthy of a Hollywood film combined with an impact on the field that’s certainly been felt in helping Georgia change its status in the sport.

I’m not here debating that Bennett is the best quarterback since the last game came out. Heck, he’s not even the best during his own playing days. However, it’s not often that you see a starting quarterback win a pair of National Championships. Tim Tebow helped make it happen at Florida. He earned his way onto the cover. One of the stars from the first title of the Nick Saban era at Alabama – Mark Ingram – earned his way onto the cover. It’s only fair that Georgia gets its shine for taking the title and then keeping it another year too.

Kelee Ringo

Along those same lines, EA Sports could go for a moment – or multiple – since the last game, and there’s no doubt that one of the biggest has been Kelee Ringo’s pick-six in the National Championship Game. Imagine the iconic photo of Ringo jumping up to snatch the ball out of the air and intercept Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young, putting an end to what had been 41 long years in Athens. It’s a moment that Georgia fans know well. Again, if NCAA Football decides to recognize the past and pays tribute to the success of the Bulldogs, there’s no more defining moment than Ringo’s 79-yard return.

Kirby Smart

Odds are, if a coach were to be on the cover it’d be Nick Saban. But, let’s imagine that it’s not Saban. Again, as was said above with Bowers, if Georgia goes and wins three in a row, you’d have to think that NCAA Football is going to do something to recognize it on the cover. It hasn’t been done since the 1930s. It may not happen at all (after all, Georgia’s got another one to win in order to accomplish the feat), but if it does, the head coach who led the way for history to be broken – thus ushering in a new element to the conversation over greatest of all time – feels like the perfect candidate to help usher in a new era of an iconic video game. Give me Kirby Smart on the cover.