Position Week: Three questions for Georgia’s cornerbacks in 2025

The summer is here, and after enjoying an extended break in May, Georgia players have spent June and July working hard. The team’s focus has been on getting bigger, stronger, faster, and more connected.

That work has been done out of sight—but not out of mind. To ensure everyone stays informed about Kirby Smart’s 10th team at Georgia, we’re breaking down a position each week. Today we pose our three questions for the cornerbacks.

Will a Georgia cornerback lose his job in 2025?

These first two questions tie into one another. Daniel Harris has a leg up on the starting cornerback position opposite of Daylen Everette, who, for all intents and purposes, has one spot locked down. Ellis Robinson, however, is coming on strong. Smart even said last season that Robinson was on the cusp of playing time in his first season at Georgia.

Harris has a world of potential, just as much as Robinson. He’s 6-foot-3 and can absolutely fly. Those guys don’t grow on trees. But it’s hard for many to get the inconsistencies from the 2025 season out of their heads. Robinson was the No. 1 cornerback in the 2024 class for a reason. He has always given me the vibes of a guy who was born to play the position. Then there’s Demello Jones. At points he was probably considered the third cornerback behind Everette and Harris over the past 12 months. Georgia has a real battle on its hands.

Will the Georgia turn to a rotation at the position?

So let’s imagine for a second that Harris continues improving, Robinson has a good enough camp to earn his way onto the field, and Jones also earns the coaching staff. Would Georgia play all three guys in crunch time minutes? I honestly think they’d consider it, but it’s unlikely that it would be something they do all season.

We’ve seen Georgia use a three-cornerback rotation before. Eric Stokes, Tyson Campbell, and DJ Daniel did it in 2019 when all three were healthy. But when you look at that situation, health was the key. Daniel and Campbell, at different points, dealt with injuries. When both were on the mend and trying to make their way back to full speed, Georgia used both of them. When they both showed that they were deserving of playing time and capable of playing consistent, winning football, they rotated. If either or both had stayed healthy, that situation might have played out differently.

Can Everette be an All-American-type player?

Everette struggled some as a sophomore, but he played well enough to hold on to his job all season. He was much better last year, to the point that he started to assert himself as a playmaker, especially in Georgia’s wins over Texas. Can he take another big step in his final season with the program?

Everette is a physically gifted football player. He runs well, has tremendous length, and doesn’t mind coming up and making tackles. Every cornerback I can remember under Smart has given up some short stuff. Teams take advantage when Georgia is in off coverage just like the Bulldogs try and do on the offensive side of the ball. But UGA needs Everette to become the type of guy that teams avoid. He has the potential to shut down one side of the field.