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College GameDay Announces Eagles' Nolan Smith as Ole Miss-Georgia Celebrity Guest Picker

The linebacker won two CFP titles with the Bulldogs.

Patrick Andres

College GameDay Announces Eagles' Nolan Smith as Ole Miss-Georgia Celebrity Guest Picker
College GameDay Announces Eagles' Nolan Smith as Ole Miss-Georgia Celebrity Guest Picker /
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ESPN's College GameDay will turn to a familiar face to fans in Georgia and throughout SEC country for its celebrity guest picker this Saturday.

Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith will make predictions on Saturday's edition of the pregame show, ESPN announced Thursday evening. Philadelphia is on a bye this week, in between games against the Cowboys and Chiefs.

This week's edition of College GameDay will broadcast from Athens, Ga. as Georgia hosts Ole Miss in a battle of SEC and CFP contenders.

Smith is in his rookie year with the Eagles, and has played in all nine of Philadelphia's games. The Eagles drafted him with the 30th overall pick of April's draft.

With the Bulldogs, Smith anchored one of the most feared defenses in college football history in 2021. A torn pectoral muscle ended the Savannah native's season early in 2022, but Georgia won the national title for the second straight year.

This will be College GameDay's ninth trip to Athens, tied for the 11th-most appearances of any host site.

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Patrick Andres
PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .

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