College football rosters this season include 1,439 players who have already received a diploma. Thirty-five of those players will suit up at Georgia schools.
It’s a growing trend across conferences, college football players finish a degree at one school and continue their eligibility at another. But not all players on this list are transfers from other schools, many are continuing their academic careers at the same school.
West Georgia tops all schools outside FBS with 10 players pursuing a second degree at the Carrollton college.
SMU and Kansas State, in FBS, list the most graduates with 21 players on each of their 2019 rosters.
Georgia
Michael Barnett, earned degree in entertainment and media studies from UGA
Rodrigo Blankenship, graduated cum laude with degree in journalism
Lawrence Cager, transfer from Miami
J.R. Reed, communications major received his undergraduate degree from UGA last fall
Eli Wolf, transfer from Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Tyler Cooksey, among 65 Tech athletes who received degrees in spring
Nathan Cottrell, business administration graduate at Tech
David Curry, received business administration degree from Tech
Tyler Davis, graduate transfer from Connecticut
Brad Morgan, business administration degree from Tech
Scott Morgan
Jared Southers, transfer from Vanderbilt with a bachelor’s in economics
Georgia State
Ed Curney, pursuing a master’s in education
Oliver Holdenson
Georgia Southern
Tyler Bass, degree in marketing
Jay Bowdry, graduated with degree in criminal justice
Lane Ecton, degree in sports management
Jake Edwards, transfer from UGA
Colby Ransom
Donald Rutledge Jr., Savannah State transfer with degree in civil engineering
Alex Smith
Kennesaw State
Kyle Arrasmith
Andrew Butcher, transfer from Tennessee
Daniel David, earned bachelor’s from Kennesaw State this summer
Troy Henderson
West Georgia
Auzoyah Alufohai, transfer from Kennesaw State
Alla Cedric Asseh, Miami (Ohio) transfer
Javon Charleston, transfer from University of South Carolina
John Hurst
Joshua Johnson
Donnie Lee
Thomas Lester
Jaquan Morris
Eric Swinney, transfer from Ole Miss
James Works, transfer from University of Houston
Support real journalism. Support local journalism. Subscribe to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution today. See offers.
Your subscription to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution funds in-depth reporting and investigations that keep you informed. Thank you for supporting real journalism.