After seeing multiple ex-University of Georgia football players in most recent Super Bowl games, only one ex-Bulldog is on a Super Bowl roster this year. Tim Jennings, a rookie second-round pick, is a reserve cornerback with the Colts. Injuries hampered the diminutive Jennings early in the season and he remains buried on the Colts' depth chart.
Jennings did see action in 11 regular-season games as a rookie, but has been de-activated throughout the playoffs. However, he hopes the Colts' coaching staff decides to dress another cornerback today due to starter Nick Harper's sprained ankle. If so, Jennings will likely play in the Super Bowl.
The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, S.C., has a nice article interviewing its hometown product on Super Bowl media day.
"My dream scenario is going out there and running on the field," Jennings told The Times and Democrat. "Regardless if it's the kickoff, it's the punt, if it's a defensive snap, anything. When I first go out there and run on the field, that's just my dream scenario. Just to be able to play in the Super Bowl, that would be my dream right there."
In terms of spotlight on the Georgia football program on the biggest media day in American sports, the Bulldogs would have been better served had the Saints and Patriots won their respective conference championship games.
A pair of former Georgia standouts, offensive tackle Jonathan Stinchcomb and defensive end Charles Grant, are starters for the Saints. Perennial All-Pro defensive lineman Richard Seymour is joined on the Patriots by starting fullback Patrick Pass, although Pass was on injured reserve throughout the playoffs.
Last year's Super Bowl featured four former Georgia Bulldogs. Pittsburgh's Hines Ward was Super Bowl XL MVP, while Verron Haynes was the Steelers' third-down back. An injury to reserve linebacker Arnold Franzier enabled Arnold Harrison to be signed off the Steelers' practice squad and dress for Super Bowl XL.
Mack Strong, who as a senior led Georgia to a 10-2 record in 1992, starred for the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks and was the only fullback on the NFC Pro Bowl roster last season.
The 35-year-old Strong, who earned another trip to the Pro Bowl this fall, is the second-oldest Bulldog still in the NFL, behind only 37-year-old Panthers' kicker John Kasay.
