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Georgia football: Ladd McConkey is an inspiration for undersized white receivers

John Buhler
John Buhler

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Ladd McConkey, Georgia Bulldogs. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Georgia football player Ladd McConkey has been an inspiration on this year’s football team.

Ladd McConkey is proving it is not about the size of the Dawg in the fight, but the size of the fight in the Dawg.

The 6-foot, 185-pound freshman wide receiver has had a remarkable campaign thus far for the Georgia football team. He had 11 catches for 145 yards and a touchdown entering play on Saturday. While McConkey thrived vs. Vanderbilt, Auburn was a step up in competition. Here he is with the best play of his young Georgia career: A 60-yard touchdown from Stetson Bennett.

When The Mailman delivered, McConkey was there to answer the door as any Dawg would.

Ladd McConkey: Who is this freshman phenom wide receiver for Georgia?

McConkey was a three-star recruit out of Chatsworth, Georgia. He had 10 offers out of high school but opted to enroll at Georgia ahead of fall camp 2020. He redshirted last year, and with it being in the midst of a global pandemic, he was not expected to make much of an impact. But with a depleted receiving corps, McConkey is making the most of his opportunity. He is a local hero.

One day, there will be a bar and grill in Athens called Mailman and McConkey’s and it will be great.

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John Buhler

John Buhler

John Buhler is a FanSided NCAA staff writer. He specializes in covering college football and the NFL on a national level, as well as his hometown Atlanta Braves. Nearly a decade into his writing career at FanSided, he has also written about MLB, NBA, golf, tennis and the Olympics. Buhler is a University of Georgia graduate (2012), but he spent most of his time in Athens enjoying the finer things in life than studying business management. He co-hosts the national college football podcast False Start with his FanSided colleague Cody Williams, and hosts The Blogging Dirty Podcast to hype up his beloved hometown Atlanta Falcons. In his spare time, Buhler loves singing karaoke and dominating in bar trivia.