Touchdown Club of Athens memberships awarded scholarships

to the following players

2024-2025            Trevor Etienne

2024:

  • Coaches All-SEC Third Team honoree

  • has started all nine games in which he has appeared

  • made his Bulldog debut in home opener vs. Tennessee Tech, rushing five times for 78 yards, including a long run of 45 yards

  • led the Bulldogs in rushing for the second-straight week, tallying 79 yards on 19 attempts in conference-opening win at Kentucky

  • led the Bulldogs in rushing yards for the third-straight game at Alabama, tallying 55 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries

  • led the Bulldogs in rushing with 88 yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts in win over Auburn also caught six passes for 36 yards against the Tigers

  • recorded 11 rushes for 35 yards and a touchdown in home victory over Mississippi State, also catching six passes for 35 yards

  • tallied 19 carries for 87 yards and a season-high three touchdowns at Texas, adding three catches for 23 yards

  • rushed 16 times for a team-high 94 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning score in overtime, to defeat Texas in the SEC Championship in his return from injury

  • rushed for 38 yards on 11 attempts in Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. Notre Dame, leading the Bulldogs on the ground in the CFP Quarterfinal matchup

  • AP and Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team selection

  • named to watch lists for the Maxwell, Paul Hornung, and Doak Walker Awards.

2023-2024            Ladd McConkey

2023:  Wuerffel Trophy Winner & 2023 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team 

  • played in nine contests, starting vs. Missouri

  • totaled 30 receptions for 478 yards and two receiving touchdowns while adding one TD on the ground

  • caught four passes for 58 yards, including a 31-yard reception, at Vanderbilt

  • named SEC Offensive Player of the Week and Senior Bowl Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Florida, making six catches for 135 yards and adding a 41-yard touchdown reception in win over the Gators

  • caught seven passes for 95 yards, including a team-long 33-yard reception in win over Missouri

  • caught four passes for 81 yards and a 29-yard touchdown vs. Ole Miss, also recording a 41-yard reception

  • posted a 27-yard rushing touchdown and made one catch for 22 yards in Capital One Orange Bowl vs. Florida State

  • named to Preseason Media Days All-SEC First Team

  • Wuerffel Trophy Watch List selection

  • Biletnikoff Award Watch List selection

  • included on Senior Bowl Watch List

  • Campbell Trophy semifinalist.

2018-2020 Monty Rice        

2021-2023      Kelee Ringo

2022: 

  • Associated Press and Coaches' All-SEC Second Team

  • started at DB in all 15 games

  • has 42 total stops

  • career high-matching seven tackles in win over Tennessee, also had his third career interception vs. the Vols

  • got his fourth career pickoff in win at Kentucky

  • five tackles and a career-best three pass breakups in win over Georgia Tech

  • five stops and a forced fumble in CFP Semifinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Ohio State

  • had one tackle in win over TCU in the CFP National Championship Game

  • first-team preseason All-America by the Associated Press, the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Athlon Sports

  • named to the preseason watch lists for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award (nation's top DB) and Bronko Nagurski Trophy (nation's top defender)

  • also preseason All-SEC First Team, as voted by media attending SEC Media Days.

  • 2021: 

  • Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team

  • Played in all 15 games, starting in the last 12, and finished with 34 total stops, eight pass breakups (second-best on team), and 2 interceptions

  • named to the watch list for the 4th annual Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club to the nation’s top freshman

  • had six tackles and game-sealing 79-yard interception return for TD in CFP Championship Game vs. Alabama, it was the Bulldogs' fourth pick-six score of the season

  • career-high seven tackles, including a QB sack for a 9-yard loss, in win over #11 Kentucky

2020:  One of five finalists for the Butkus Award, which recognizes the nation’s best linebacker...starter at LB in eight of 10 games...All-America Second Team by The Athletic...All-SEC First Team by the Associated Press...team's third-leading tackler with 49 total stops...team-high eight tackles vs. Tennessee included a sack, forced fumble and 20-yard fumble return for a TD, all on the same play...was his first career fumble recovery and touchdown...named by the Maxwell Football Club as the Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week after the UT game...led the Bulldogs with seven tackles in win over Auburn...had three total tackles, a pass breakup and two QB pressures in season-opening win at Arkansas...forced a third-quarter fumble in win at Kentucky...named to the pre-season watch list for the Butkus Award (nation's top LB)...also named to the pre-season All-SEC Second Team, as picked by the media covering the league...named one of three team captains for the Auburn, Alabama and Florida games...earned an invitation to the annual Senior Bowl game.


2019: Associated Press All-SEC 2nd Team...co-winner of Vince Dooley Defensive MVP, given at team’s post-season awards gala...played and started at LB in all 14 games...team’s leading tackler with 89 total stops...also finished with 14 QB pressures...ended season with five tackles in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...career-best 12 tackles vs. South Carolina...added two QB pressures and a pass breakup vs. the Gamecocks...SEC Defensive Player of the Week after his team-high 10 stops in win at Auburn...led team with nine stops vs. Florida, assisting on a tackle for loss and adding a QB pressure and a pass breakup...had seven tackles vs. Notre Dame...team-high eight solo tackles and a pass breakup vs. Georgia Tech...named one of three team captains for the Kentucky and Texas A&M games.


2018: Played in nine games, starting in five...Georgia's third-leading tackler with 59 total stops, despite missing five games (Missouri, UMass, Ga. Tech, Alabama, Texas) due to injury...started at the MLB position and had four tackles in season opener vs. Austin Peay...had then-career-high eight tackles vs. South Carolina, as well as a pass breakup...five tackles vs. Tennessee...six stops vs. LSU...had career-best 11 tackles vs. Florida, as well as a first-quarter forced fumble...Georgia's leading tackler in win at Kentucky, with eight total stops, including a QB sack that resulted in a 13-yard loss...also had a team-high eight tackles vs. Auburn, including an assist for lost yardage.

2016-2018 Terry Godwin II         

2018: 

  • Saw action in 13 games, starting in nine of the last 10

  • finished with 22 catches for 373 yards and three TDs on the season

  • finished with 133 career receptions, which ranks 11th on UGA's all-time list

  • his 1,788 career receiving yards rank 13th on UGA's all-time list

  • had longest catch of his career vs. Vanderbilt, a 75-yarder for a touchdown

  • two catches for 33 yards vs. Texas

  • caught just one pass vs. Florida, but it was a big one, good for a 24-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown

  • had a 38-yard catch-and-run for TD, converting on fourth down, with :21 left before halftime vs. Auburn

2017: 

  • Appeared in 15 games, making 14 starts

  • Georgia's second-leading receiver, with 38 catches for 639 yards and 6 TDs

  • averaged 16.8 yards per catch

  • had four catches for 48 yards in the CFP Championship Game vs. Alabama

  • the Bulldogs' leading receiver in SEC Championship Game vs. Auburn, with five catches for 48 yards, 1 TD and 1 2-point conversion catch

  • credited with five catches for 51 yards in the Rose Bowl, highlighted by two key receptions on the Bulldogs' game-tying drive late in regulation

  • totaled two catches for 70 yards, including a 47-yard TD reception in the third quarter at Vanderbilt

caught two passes for 43 yards at Tennessee... scored on the first play of the game against Mississippi State on a 59-yard strike from Jake Fromm...finished the Mississippi State game with two catches for 80 yards...set new career highs with 98 yards receiving and two touchdowns against Samford...brought down a 51-yard TD reception in the second quarter against Samford...pulled down an acrobatic 5-yard TD reception at Notre Dame in the second quarter to tie the game at 10-10 ... finished with two catches for 36 yards at Notre Dame...winner of Hugh Hendrix Award, given to player that most strains his potential, after spring drills...Caught five passes for 130 yards for Red team in G-Day spring game.


2016: Appeared in 13 games, making four starts...team's second-leading receiver with 38 catches for 397 yards...also had four rushes for 14 yards...caught team-best five passes for 57 yards vs. Florida...also led team with four catches (for 23 yards) vs. Louisiana...had five catches for 53 yards, both team highs, vs. Ga. Tech...caught four passes for 68 yards at Missouri...had three catches for 35 yards in win at Kentucky, including a 16-yarder on game-winning drive in 4th quarter...caught four passes for 11 yards vs. Auburn...scored his only TD of the season on a 43-yard onside kick return with 1:33 left at South Carolina.

2015-2016            Marshall Morgan        

2020: 

  • One of five finalists for the Butkus Award, which recognizes the nation’s best linebacker

  • starter at LB in eight of 10 games

  • All-America Second Team by The Athletic

  • All-SEC First Team by the Associated Press

  • team's third-leading tackler with 49 total stops

  • team-high eight tackles vs. Tennessee included a sack, forced fumble and 20-yard fumble return for a TD, all on the same play, was his first career fumble recovery and touchdown

  • named by the Maxwell Football Club as the Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week after the UT game

  • led the Bulldogs with seven tackles in win over Auburn

  • named to the pre-season watch list for the Butkus Award (nation's top LB)

  • also named to the pre-season All-SEC Second Team, as picked by the media covering the league

  • earned an invitation to the annual Senior Bowl game.


2019: Associated Press All-SEC 2nd Team...co-winner of Vince Dooley Defensive MVP, given at team’s post-season awards gala...played and started at LB in all 14 games...team’s leading tackler with 89 total stops...also finished with 14 QB pressures...ended season with five tackles in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...career-best 12 tackles vs. South Carolina...added two QB pressures and a pass breakup vs. the Gamecocks...SEC Defensive Player of the Week after his team-high 10 stops in win at Auburn...led team with nine stops vs. Florida, assisting on a tackle for loss and adding a QB pressure and a pass breakup...had seven tackles vs. Notre Dame...team-high eight solo tackles and a pass breakup vs. Georgia Tech...named one of three team captains for the Kentucky and Texas A&M games.


2018: Played in nine games, starting in five...Georgia's third-leading tackler with 59 total stops, despite missing five games (Missouri, UMass, Ga. Tech, Alabama, Texas) due to injury...started at the MLB position and had four tackles in season opener vs. Austin Peay...had then-career-high eight tackles vs. South Carolina, as well as a pass breakup...five tackles vs. Tennessee...six stops vs. LSU...had career-best 11 tackles vs. Florida, as well as a first-quarter forced fumble...Georgia's leading tackler in win at Kentucky, with eight total stops, including a QB sack that resulted in a 13-yard loss...also had a team-high eight tackles vs. Auburn, including an assist for lost yardage.