Preston Carey
Second year in the Georgia secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Troy, Week 5, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career Arc
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (8th).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Coastal Carolina | 22 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Coastal Carolina | 27 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 49 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | -- |
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-49@ South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-24vs UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 58-21@ Campbell | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-45@ Troy | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 20-45vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34@ Georgia State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (8th).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
2026 Outlook
Georgia
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Georgia
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia · Last season: 12-2 (AP #2) · Talent rank #1 · 2026 recruiting class #6
Background
High School: IMG Academy, coached by Greg Studrawa…247sports composite three-star prospect…ranked as the #572 prospect nationally, #64 defensive lineman prospect, and the #71 prospect in Florida…PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, #484 prospect nationally, #56 DL prospect, and #62 prospect in...