Georgia football had a new starter on its offensive line Saturday against Auburn.
It’s center Drew Bobo, a redshirt sophomore with a well-known last name who is a Bulldog legacy.
Georgia was considered to have one of the top offensive lines in the nation, but could be considered to have not lived up to that level so far this season despite bringing back four starters.
Here are three things to know about Bobo:
Father Mike Bobo is a longtime Bulldog
Drew Bobo is the son of Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo and his wife Lainie. He is one of their five children along with triplets Olivia, Jake and Ava Gace and daughter Kate. Jake is a quarterback at Prince Avenue Chirstian.
Mike Bobo was a Georgia quarterback from 1994-1997, passing for 6,334 yards and throwing 19 touchdowns to 8 interceptions in 1997.
He was quarterbacks coach and then offensive coordinator under Mark Richt while on staff from 2001-14.
Bobo spent five seasons as head coach at Colorado State, going 28-35. He was offensive coordinator at South Carolina in 2020 and Auburn in 2021 before taking an analyst role at Georgia.
He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2023 after Todd Monken left to become offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens.
Former Auburn commitment Drew Bobo in frontline role for Georgia
The 6-foot-5, 305-pound Bobo is listed with a hometown of Auburn because he finished his high school career at Auburn High School where he was a three-star prospect.
Drew Bobo helped lead Auburn High to a 10-3 record and to the semfinals of the AHSAA Class 7A playoffs.
Before that, he played at Hammond High in Columbia, S.C.
Bobo was an Auburn commitment before flipping to Georgia in December 2021 after then coach Bryan Harsin fired Bobo.
Drew Bobo, who saw action in each of Georgia’s first four games, made his first college start against Auburn.
Georgia football changes at center since last season
Georgia lost the anchor of its offensive line after three-year starting center Sedrick Van Pran-Granger declared for the NFL and was taken in the fifth round by Buffalo.
Van Pran-Granger started every game for three straight seasons.
Wilson, a redshirt junior, was praised for his athleticism in the offseason and started the first four games.
Guard Tate Ratledge, who was working as a backup center, may have started at center but he’s out for a second game in a row after sustaining a high ankle sprain.
Bobo sustained the foot injury in the fourth quarter of the 41-34 loss to Alabama last week.
Bobo snapped for one play, a 3-yard Dillon Bell touchdown run, before Wilson returned to the game. He had been helped off by head trainer Ron Courson and another staffer.
Drew Bobo played six games last season in a reserve role after redshirting in 2022.
Mike Bobo said of his son this preseason: “He’s hell on wheels.”
