UGA Football Offers Impressive In-State Defensive Lineman
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ATHENS - Kirby Smart and the UGA football team are just one day away from starting the 2023 season.
Still. Recruiting never stops.
The Georgia staff extending some offers recently and one went out to an impressive junior defensive lineman out of Savannah in Walter Mathis Jr.
One of the top overall defenders in Savannah and across the state in the 2025 class, Mathis Jr saw his recruitment take off this summer, adding offers from Clemson, Auburn, Duke, among others. Now, he’s earned an offer from Tray Scott and the Bulldog.
A quick and powerful interior defensive lineman at 6-foot-3 285-pounds, Mathis Jr. is coming off a tremendous sophomore season where he made 48 tackles, 19.5 TFLs, and 4.5 sacks. He’s lightning-quick off the snap and lived in the backfield all season long. He shed blocks, creates penetration, and commands a double-team. His stock is rising, and his play will only improve with two more years of high school left. He’s turned into a big-time prospect, and now the Bulldogs are in the mix.
Another defensive line prospect to know about now is Zion Williams.
A massive 6-foot-4 300-pound interior defensive lineman out of Lufkin (TX), Williams is a run-stuffing defender who can also attack the quarterback. He’s big, physical, and plays with excellent pad level. He shoots off the ball and showed his dominance on a weekly basis last year as a sophomore.
Williams is one of the top 2025 defensive line prospects in the peach state, and now he holds an offer from the reigning national champion Georgia Bulldogs. Williams knows all about the program and shared his thoughts on the offer with Dawg Post.
“UGA is a great place,” Williams said. “They’re a d-line machine.”
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About UT Martin
The Skyhawks are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are the two-time defending champions of the Oho Valley Conference. FCS teams can have a maxium of 63 scholarships and split them up however they want. The Skyhawks went 7-4 last season and fell 65-24 at No. 3 Tennessee. They are coached by Jason Simpson who is in his 18th season at the helm with a record of 107-84 (.560).
Did You Know? Simpson gave Bulldog defensive line coach Tray Scott his first full-time job when he hired him to coach UT-Martin’s defensive line in 2013. Simpson began his collegiate career as a football/baseball player at Mississippi State and concluded his career playing baseball at Southern Miss.
We’ve Gone Streaking
* The Bulldogs are 29-1 in their last 30 games including winning back-to-back national championships. Georgia enters the 2023 season on a 17-game winning streak, which is tied for the school record. The Bulldogs won 17 in a row from 1945-47 while the current stretch of success began with a 34-11 win over Michigan in the 2021 CFP semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.
* Georgia has won 27 consecutive regular season games dating back to a 31-24 home victory over Mississippi State on Nov. 21, 2020. The school record is 28 in a row from 1981-83.
* Georgia’s longest home winning streak is 24 set from 1980-83. Currently, the Bulldogs have won 18 straight at home. The current streak began with a 21-0 win over Kentucky on Oct. 19, 2019.
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