Athens — You might not recognize Matt Stinchcomb these days. The guy that once was a 6-foot-6, 330-pound NFL offensive lineman now looks more like a really tall accountant.

But even 88-pounds lighter and three years removed from his football-playing days, Stinchcomb remains passionately involved in the game.

"I don't do anything full time other than what my wife tells me," quipped Stinchcomb, who has lived in Peachtree City with wife Jenny and two daughters (3-1/2 and 1-1/2) since retiring from football in 2006. "During the [football] season I run my mouth."

That's oversimplifying it a bit but essentially true. The former Parkview High and Georgia Bulldogs star spends most of the year dabbling in real estate and running the "Stinchcomb Family Foundation." In the fall he does a little radio with 680 The Fan (WCNN) and some television with Comcast Sports Southeast.

But his year-round passion is this weekend's annual Countdown to Kickoff event at the University of Georgia, which he has spent the better part of the last three weeks promoting. He co-founded the event with younger brother Jon and will co-host it with former Bulldog David Greene. It returns for a third consecutive year today on UGA's Woodruff Practice Fields.

Admission is $30 and proceeds benefit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Georgia Transplant Foundation, Children's Tumor Foundation and UGA's Pediatric Exercise and Motor Development Clinic.

"It's bigger than we expected," Stinchcomb said of the growth of Countdown, which has sold out the last two years. "But it's hard to mess up anything with a fan base like we have at Georgia."

The Stinchcombs created the event to bring former and current Georgia players together with fans and let them interact. At least two dozen former Bulldogs, from older stars such as Bill Stanfill and Scott Woerner to recent graduates such as Thomas Brown and Martrez Milner, will join almost the entire 2008 Georgia team to "hang out" with fans from 3 to 6 p.m. In addition to photo and autograph opportunities there will be obstacle courses and football drills set up on the fields.

"Where else do you get to do a pass-rush drill with Charles Grant or a passing drill with David Greene and Matthew Stafford?" Stinchcomb said. "We cap the attendance so they can actually spend some time with the players. We don't want it to be an assembly line for autographs."

Matt's co-hosts, brother Jon and close friend "Greenie," are still playing in the NFL. Jon, who starred for the Bulldogs from 1999-2002, is set to start at right tackle for the second year in a row for the New Orleans Saints. Greene, who left Georgia as the winningest quarterback in NCAA history, is on the Kansas City Chiefs roster after unsuccessful stints at Seattle and New England.

Stinchcomb, 31, would still be playing himself if complications from back surgery had not cut short his career.

"I'm retired from football but not the way my daddy retired," Stinchcomb said.