The Sports Inquirer

Release from Georgia Athletics:

Georgia senior Jordan Jenkins and junior Leonard Floyd have been named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List for being considered as candidates for the national defensive player of the year.

Jenkins, a 6-3, 253-pound linebacker from Hamilton, Ga., is the Bulldogs’ top returning tackler from his outside linebacker position with 70 stops in 2014.  He finished with 9.5 tackles for loss and five sacks to go along with a team-high 24 quarterback pressures.  In addition, Jenkins forced two fumbles and recovered another pair last season.

Floyd, a 6-4, 231-pound linebacker from Eastman, Ga., topped Georgia with six sacks last year and was fifth on the team with 55 tackles.  Also primarily lining up at outside linebacker, Floyd had 8.5 tackles for loss, 17 pressures and three forced fumbles in his second season with the Bulldogs.

Former Bulldog and longtime NFL standout Champ Bailey won the 1998 Nagurski Trophy.

Georgia junior guard Greg Pyke has been named to the Outland Trophy Watch List for being considered a candidate for the nation’s top interior lineman on either offense or defense.

Pyke, a 6-6, 313-pound native of Baltimore, Md., was named UGA’s Most Improved Player of the Year after earning Second Team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a sophomore.  He started all 13 games for an offense that averaged a league-leading 257.8 yards per game and a school record 41.3 points per contest.  Pyke was one of five Bulldog offensive linemen who started each game in 2014 and four of those five return for 2015.

Bill Stanfill won the 1968 Outland Trophy during his days with the Bulldogs before a career with the Miami Dolphins.

The Bulldogs start their 2015 season versus Louisiana-Monroe in Sanford Stadium at 12 p.m. on Sept. 5.