Georgia football players on all-white uniforms: 'That's going to bring a spark'

Many of the players on this Georgia football team saw up close all-white uniforms when they came on recruiting visits.

>Now they know they will get a chance to wear them on game day.

>Coach Kirby Smart surprised players Tuesday by telling the team before preseason camp that the Bulldogs will wear the white helmets, white jerseys and white pants in a week two home game against Western Kentucky on Sept. 12.

>“Honestly, I wasn’t expecting that all and I was so excited,” linebacker Chris Cole said. “As a recruit, I loved coming here and I was like, ‘I want the all white.’ That’s what I want to wear.”

>Georgia had blackouts with black jerseys against Auburn in 2007 (a big win) and Alabama in 2008 (a big loss) under Mark Richt.

>Georgia wore black helmets and black pants against Florida in 2009 in a 41-17 loss in Jacksonville.

>The Bulldogs donned Nike Pro Combat uniforms with silver helmets with a red stripe down the middle and red jerseys and red pants in 2011 in its season opening 34-21 loss to Boise State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta.

>Georgia wore black jerseys against Louisiana-Lafayette in 2016 in Smart's first season and against Mississippi State and Cincinnati in 2020.

>Now it’s the all-white uniforms.

>“The fans will probably love it,” senior left tackle Earnest Greene said. "Anything that we can to get some hats rocking in Sanford we’ll do that.”

>Safety KJ Bolden and tight end Lawson Luckie were picked to model the all-white uniforms for a team meeting.

>“I thought I got in trouble or something,” Bolden said. “They took us to the room and I saw them. I really didn’t want to believe it at first. I thought he was just trolling the team. He actually was serious. That’s definitely going to bring a spark to the stadium that day. It’s going to be an electric week, too.”

>Said Luckie: “At the end of the day, it’s just a different uniform we’re wearing. But it’s cool. Especially being able to do it in Sanford Stadium. I think it will bring some extra juice for the guys running out of the tunnel and I think the fans will love it and I think that’s what it’s really about.”

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