Drew Bobo
Georgia found out the hard way what Drew Bobo was worth. He started the 2025 season as the kid filling in for Jared Wilson and ended it as the guy whose absence the Bulldogs couldn't paper over — a foot injury against Georgia Tech took him out of the SEC title game and the Playoff, and the whole front felt it. Now the only question that matters in Athens is whether he can beat his own foot to the kickoff.
The story of Bobo's 2026 starts with the way 2025 ended. Few in Athens predicted the impact he'd have when he stepped in for Jared Wilson, but by midseason he was the Bulldogs' best interior lineman — the one making the calls at the line, the one mauling in the run game — and he earned Second Team All-SEC from both the AP and the coaches for it. Then he went down with a foot injury against Georgia Tech, missed the SEC Championship and the Playoff, and Georgia, as one beat outlet put it, "learned the hard way" exactly what he gave them.
That's why his name dominates the offensive-line conversation this offseason instead of the box score. Bobo had foot surgery after the season, sat out spring practice entirely, and isn't expected back at work until sometime over the summer — and the message-board honesty is that, given how late the injury happened, it's no sure bet he's ready to start Week 1. He's the son of OC Mike Bobo, the brain and the voice of a line that's also breaking in new position coach Phil Rauscher, with Earnest Greene and Dontrell Glover the other returning starters around him. The preseason machinery already has him circled — Rimington Trophy watch list, Athlon preseason All-SEC — and Georgia's line projects elite if he's right.
That "if" is the whole 2026 stake. A healthy Bobo makes this front a strength; a foot that won't cooperate leaves the Bulldogs' interior leaderless out of the gate. The race isn't against an opponent. It's against his own recovery clock.
Play style
A throwback center built like a tackle — listed at 6-5, 300-plus — who plays the position with his head as much as his hands. Bobo is the one making the protection calls and setting the front's identity, the kind of interior anchor evaluated on his run-game leverage and his pre-snap diagnosis rather than counting stats (he logged none, as the position dictates). The scouting read is a mauler in the run game with the football IQ of a coach's son, which is what he is; the question marks are athletic ceiling and, right now, the surgically repaired foot. No play-by-play percentiles exist for an OL of this profile, so the projection rests on the tape and the trust Georgia placed in him before the injury.
SOURCES
- AJC: The end of the 2025 Georgia season shows just how important Drew Bobo will be for 2026
- DawgNation: Georgia learned the hard way about what makes Drew Bobo so valuable
- 247Sports: Georgia spring practice preview — OL faces big questions under new leadership (Rauscher, Bobo)
- 247Sports: Drew Bobo injury update following Georgia Tech game
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Georgia
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Offensive line · Georgia · editorial
Returning around him
- 37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 8 Georgia players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (9 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
- Rimington
- Outland
Georgia · Last season: 12-2 (AP #2) · Talent rank #1 · 2026 recruiting class #6
Perception vs tape
Georgia found out the hard way what Drew Bobo was worth. He started the 2025 season as the kid filling in for Jared Wilson and ended it as the guy whose absence the Bulldogs couldn't paper over — a foot injury against Georgia Tech took him out of the SEC title game and the Playoff, and the whole front felt it. Now the only question that matters in Athens is whether he can beat his own foot to the kickoff.
The story of Bobo's 2026 starts with the way 2025 ended. Few in Athens predicted the impact he'd have when he stepped in for Jared Wilson, but by midseason he was the Bulldogs' best interior lineman — the one making the calls at the line, the one mauling in the run game — and he earned Second Team All-SEC from both the AP and the coaches for it. Then he went down with a foot injury against Georgia Tech, missed the SEC Championship and the Playoff, and Georgia, as one beat outlet put it, "learned the hard way" exactly what he gave them.
That's why his name dominates the offensive-line conversation this offseason instead of the box score. Bobo had foot surgery after the season, sat out spring practice entirely, and isn't expected back at work until sometime over the summer — and the message-board honesty is that, given how late the injury happened, it's no sure bet he's ready to start Week 1. He's the son of OC Mike Bobo, the brain and the voice of a line that's also breaking in new position coach Phil Rauscher, with Earnest Greene and Dontrell Glover the other returning starters around him. The preseason machinery already has him circled — Rimington Trophy watch list, Athlon preseason All-SEC — and Georgia's line projects elite if he's right.
That "if" is the whole 2026 stake. A healthy Bobo makes this front a strength; a foot that won't cooperate leaves the Bulldogs' interior leaderless out of the gate. The race isn't against an opponent. It's against his own recovery clock.
How he plays
A throwback center built like a tackle — listed at 6-5, 300-plus — who plays the position with his head as much as his hands. Bobo is the one making the protection calls and setting the front's identity, the kind of interior anchor evaluated on his run-game leverage and his pre-snap diagnosis rather than counting stats (he logged none, as the position dictates). The scouting read is a mauler in the run game with the football IQ of a coach's son, which is what he is; the question marks are athletic ceiling and, right now, the surgically repaired foot. No play-by-play percentiles exist for an OL of this profile, so the projection rests on the tape and the trust Georgia placed in him before the injury.
- AJC: The end of the 2025 Georgia season shows just how important Drew Bobo will be for 2026
- DawgNation: Georgia learned the hard way about what makes Drew Bobo so valuable
- 247Sports: Georgia spring practice preview — OL faces big questions under new leadership (Rauscher, Bobo)
- 247Sports: Drew Bobo injury update following Georgia Tech game
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #4390
Peaked at #4390 this season.
Background
2025: Started on the offensive line in 11 games...helped offense to 32.1 points per game, 182.1 rushing yards per game and 220.3 passing yards per game...also a member of a Georgia offense that ranked third in the NCAA in first downs (316) and ranked first nationally in fourth-down conversions (7...