Drew Bobo

#74 · OL · 5th-year · Georgia6′5″ · 305 lb · Auburn, AL

Drew Bobo is an offensive lineman at Georgia who has not played in Georgia's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.

Where Bobo comes from

  • Auburn, ALHometown
  • AuburnHigh school
  • About 150 miles from Sanford StadiumDistance
  • Three-star, No. 664 in the 2022 class.Recruiting profile
  • On the Georgia roster since 2022Roster

Where Bobo fits

The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Bobo at OL, No. 1.

Georgia lists 21 offensive linemen this season.

The team’s line is 6th in the country in stuff rate allowed this season (a team number).

Georgia is 7-1, No. 2 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: at Ole Miss, Sat Nov 7.

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Same class and position

Also from Auburn, AL

What’s being said

5 stories in the last 30 days, from 6 outlets.

Oct 15: 1Oct 26: 2Oct 27: 2W 20-17 at AlabamaWL 24-27 vs AuburnLW 27-8 vs FloridaWOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Oct 15: 1Oct 26: 2Oct 27: 2W 20-17 at AlabamaWL 24-27 vs AuburnLW 27-8 vs FloridaWOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Drew Bobo thinks it will be 'cool' for Georgia to play Florida in Atlanta

Online Athens +1 Oct 26

All 11 stories this season

The story

As of

The story of Bobo's 2026 starts with the way 2025 ended. Few in Athens predicted the impact he'd have when he stepped in for Jared Wilson, but by midseason he was the Bulldogs' best interior lineman — the one making the calls at the line, the one mauling in the run game — and he earned Second Team All-SEC from both the AP and the coaches for it. Then he went down with a foot injury against Georgia Tech, missed the SEC Championship and the Playoff, and Georgia, as one beat outlet put it, "learned the hard way" exactly what he gave them.

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That's why his name dominates the offensive-line conversation this offseason instead of the box score. Bobo had foot surgery after the season, sat out spring practice entirely, and isn't expected back at work until sometime over the summer — and the message-board honesty is that, given how late the injury happened, it's no sure bet he's ready to start Week 1. He's the son of OC Mike Bobo, the brain and the voice of a line that's also breaking in new position coach Phil Rauscher, with Earnest Greene and Dontrell Glover the other returning starters around him. The preseason machinery already has him circled — Rimington Trophy watch list, Athlon preseason All-SEC — and Georgia's line projects elite if he's right.

That "if" is the whole 2026 stake. A healthy Bobo makes this front a strength; a foot that won't cooperate leaves the Bulldogs' interior leaderless out of the gate. The race isn't against an opponent. It's against his own recovery clock.

Update (Oct. 28, 2026): Georgia lost 27-24 to Auburn on Oct. 17 as a 19.5-point favorite and is 6-1, No. 3 in the AP poll. The Bulldogs' line ranks 12th in the country in passing-downs success rate this season, a team number rather than his.

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Style of play

Style of play

Play style

A throwback center built like a tackle — listed at 6-5, 300-plus — who plays the position with his head as much as his hands. Bobo is the one making the protection calls and setting the front's identity, the kind of interior anchor evaluated on his run-game leverage and his pre-snap diagnosis rather than counting stats (he logged none, as the position dictates). The scouting read is a mauler in the run game with the football IQ of a coach's son, which is what he is; the question marks are athletic ceiling and, right now, the surgically repaired foot. No play-by-play percentiles exist for an OL of this profile, so the projection rests on the tape and the trust Georgia placed in him before the injury.