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Former UGA Players: Where Are They Now?
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On another thread, @JoelSidneyKelly posted a photo and brief update on former Georgia RB Richard Samuel, who graduated in 2011, finished his career in 2012, and went on to earn a masters degree in 2015. Today he is a realtor with Keller Williams in the Greater Atlanta area and seems to be doing well.
We frequently discuss players who have moved on to the professional ranks, but I thought it might be fun to have a thread dedicated to recognizing former dawgs living less public lives. Folks can post inquiries, provide updates, share memories, or whatever.
I'll get things started with a separate post below.
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All this talk of the JT Daniels transfer and the impressive talent in our QB room prompted me to take a closer look at the QB's on our roster in CMR's final season (2015). Here is the list, along with their recruiting rankings, and "the rest of the story."
Greyson Lambert- 4* grad transfer from UVA, #8 pro style QB class of 2012 (started for UGA in 2015, yielded the job to 5* freshman Jacob Eason in 2016, earned a masters degree from UGA in 2016 and just finished his 2nd year of UGA School of Law)
Brice Ramsey- 4*commit, #7 pro style QB class of 2013 (appeared in 25 games over four seasons as a QB and a P; graduated in 2017, now working in sales for a distributor based in Charleston)
Faton Bauta- 3* commit, #10 dual threat QB class of 2012 (graduated from UGA in 2016; transferred to Colorado St. to play for Mike Bobo; earned a master's degree at CSU; now a professional trainer in NYC)
Nick Robinson- 3* PWO, #42 pro style QB class of 2015 (transferred to Penn and became the full time starter as a senior this past season, finishing his career with 3,241 yds & 25 td's)
Sam Vaughn- unrated PWO, class of 2014, also played for the Georgia baseball team, graduated in 2018, then started for D2 West Florida as a grad transfer, throwing for 2,192 yds & 20 td's, earned his masters degree and is now a financial advisor for Northwestern Mutual)
Fascinating to see how much success these guys have enjoyed, across the board. Pretty impressive. Congrats to all of them.
One more thing- I put these five updates together based on information available online. If any forum members have better or more up-to-date info feel free to correct the record!
That is really interesting and good work!
Thanks boss.
Great idea! I hope there are lots of posts.
Kurt Warner, who played TE at UGA from ‘86-‘89, has been the head football coach at Liberty County High for the last 18 years. He coached current Dawgs Richard Lecounte and Trammel Walthour.
Kevin “Catfish “ Jackson played DT during the glory days of the early ‘80’s, he started an environmental cleanup company in Savannah in 1998 called EnviroVac. EnviroVac now has facilities all across the southeast U.S. He has sold the company now, but still runs it.
Good stuff! Thank you for contributing. I have dozens I could do but I'm holding off and hoping others will post theirs, especially if there's a personal connection.
@coastaldawg
Here's an old Sentell article on Warner.
@coastaldawg
And here's a good article on Catfish.
Greg Blue is coaching at Reinhardt College in Waleska. Included among his duties is special teams. He signed my neighbor to a kicking scholarship.
You gonna tell me what your place is in Va-Highlands?
@Bankwalker
Here's a good article on Blue. (He was one of my all-time faves, by the way.)
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Anybody know what Fred Gibson (WR 2001-04) is up to now? This is a good AJC article but it's five years old. Is he still in the Atlanta area? Employed by Coca Cola? Working with WR's? Showing off his basketball skills at a local gym?
On a related note, Tavarres King (WR 2008-12) recently included Fred Gibson on his "Georgia football pick-up basketball starting 5" (courtesy of https://ugawire.usatoday.com) along with A.J. Green, Marlon Brown, Brandon Boykin (and himself).
According to LinkedIn, King now owns a CBD (cannabis oil) business. If you're into that sort of thing and want to support a former dawg, here's the web site:
Mohamed Massaquoi founded his own company called VESSOL, specialized in changes/transitions in companies
Cool! Thanks for that.
Here's the link, https://www.thevessol.com, and an excerpt from the site:
In the spring of 2017, Mohamed’s life changed following a near death ATV accident that resulted in the amputation of his left hand. Prior to that accident, Mohamed preformed under high pressure change daily as a professional athlete in the NFL. Mohamed was a 2009 second-round pick for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL draft and played professionally for 5 seasons.
Mohamed is a graduate of the Harvard Business School after completing the Program for Leadership Development, which functions as their alternative executive MBA. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Georgia. While at the University of Georgia, Mohamed was named 2008 team captain, selected as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference and Academic All-SEC member. He is a member of the 2018 UGA 40 under 40 class. Mohamed currently serves on the University of Georgia alumni board. Mohamed worked at Morgan Stanley prior to founding VESSOL.
An accomplished speaker and thought leader, Mohamed regularly presents on change. Speaking topics include “Are You Prepared For Change”, “What’s The Big Difference: Changing To Number 1”, and “What’s Next: Identifying Which Change To Make”.