UGA Football OL Tate Ratledge: “There's A Lot Of Room For Improvement"
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ATHENS, Ga. — Several University of Georgia several student-athletes previewed the upcoming game against South Carolina with media this week and offered the following comments.
#23 Tykee Smith | DB | Sr.
On Malaki Starks…
“I think he’s a really special player, and I think everyone will see that over the next couple years. I’m looking forward to going out there and seeing him make a real exciting play every weekend.”
On Coach Smart’s praise of the team’s practices last week and if he gives the players that feedback…
“The leaders of the team do a really good job of trying to hold the standard so Coach Smart doesn’t have to say too much. We know if it’s not up to the standard, we’ll speak on it so that everyone knows that we have to pick it up.”
On starting on the defense...
“I’m really excited about starting. I’m trying to come along and take it week by week to get more and more comfortable. I think the coaches do a good job of putting together the right game plan and so that we can go out there and feel comfortable.”
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#69 Tate Ratledge | OL | Jr.
On their performance against Ball State…
“There is definitely a lot of room for improvement. We have to be more physical, get more movement, open up better holes for our backs to hit. Personally, it just wasn’t our standard. I think there’s a lot of ways to improve in that and it all starts in practice and how we approach things.”
On specific things he wants to improve this week…
“Physicality, wanting to finish people. We need to have a mindset to go out there and make somebody quit. I think that’s what it takes to play in the trenches anywhere, but I’d like to see that mindset out of all of us, and have it be a consistent mindset, not just a once-a-week kind of thing. We need to go out there and improve on something everyday and work towards that.”
#10 Jamon Dumas-Johnson | ILB | Jr.
On what getting Smael Mondon back to full strength means to the linebacker room...
"It means a lot. It creates depth in our linebacker room … Basically, it just creates depth for us. A lot of comfortable people in that room. A lot of leadership in that room. The older guys show the younger guys how to do it and that's how we lead the room."
On the defense through the first two games...
"Coach always says the biggest jump in the season is from game one to game two and I feel like we did that pretty well last week. We didn't do what we wanted to do exactly last Saturday, but we created havoc. That's something we preach. That's pretty much it. The three turnovers we had compared to the zero we had in the first game; it was a big jump for us."
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