Reminder of What Georgia Has With Delp, Luckie and Spurlin

Heisman candidate tight end Brock Bowers is likely out for the remainder of the regular season, but Georgia doesn't lack talent at the position.

Kyle Funderburk | Oct 18, 2023

Reminder of What Georgia Has With Delp, Luckie and Spurlin /

The sky is falling in Athens. The one-time national championship favorites are left to finish the regular season without their best offensive weapon, Brock Bowers.

Surely Georgia's chances of a three-peat are doomed. The Bulldogs still have to play top 25 teams Tennessee, Missouri and Ole Miss, on top of bitter rival Florida. There's no way they can survive that gauntlet without Bowers. Who does Georgia possibly have that can step up in the superstar's absence?

Oscar Delp, sophomore: No. 1 Ranked Tight End in 2022
Lawson Luckie, freshman: No. 2 Ranked Tight End in 2023
Pearce Spurlin, freshman: No. 5 Ranked Tight End in 2023

The cupboard at Georgia isn't exactly bare, in fact, far from it.

Oscar Delp

You'd be excused if you forgot the hype Delp came to school with. With Washington and Bowers already established stars in Georgia's offense, there just wasn't any room for the West Forsyth product last year.

While Bowers had his breakout freshman season in 2021, the hype was building around a tight end from West Forsyth who seemed cut from the same cloth as Bowers: an oversized wide receiver with the speed and athleticism to play away from the line of scrimmage, and the size to be a mismatch against safeties and slot-corners while contributing as a reliable blocker in the running game. West Forsyth used him as such, designing plays for him to make an impact at all three levels.

Two years on campus and Delp is well adjusted to college football. He filled in for an injured Washington in the Peach Bowl and had an impressive performance even if he didn't record a catch. He's transformed his body as well, adding around 20 lbs since joining the team; and doing so without losing his athletic ability.

Lawson Luckie

Billed at 6-3 and 240 lbs, Luckie is already an SEC-size tight end. If not for his own high ankle sprain suffered in the preseason, we probably would've already seen a lot of Luckie this year.

He didn't have the most developed route tree at Norcoss, but he was a yards-after-catch machine. The Blue Devils' game plan was to get Luckie the ball ASAP and let him use his speed and physicality to make plays. They even used him in the wildcat quite often.

Luckie's penchant for physical football also lends itself to the running game where he was an excellent blocker in high school. He looks for someone to hit and he finishes the block.

Pearce Spurlin

None of Georgia's tight ends have bad measurables, but Spurlin stands out at 6-7 and 230 lbs. His arm and hand size give him the tools to be a playmaker at the college level.

He's a tad underweight for a tight end his height, and he'll likely gain a fair amount of weight going into next year. However, he has those wide receiver abilities Georgia looks for in tight ends. His arm length means a greater catch radius and hand size makes grasping the ball easier. Plus, he's a deceptively fast and athletic route runner.

Physically, he might not be where Georgia's coaches want him to be yet, but his skill set may be too valuable to leave on the sidelines while Bowers recovers from injury.

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Published Oct 18, 2023

KYLE FUNDERBURK