ATHENS — The transfer portal has closed for the moment and Georgia knows which players will be moving on and which will be back in Athens for the 2025 season.

We’ve completed our depth charts as the offseason begins, with winter workouts already underway for the Bulldogs.

Having a better idea of how the roster looks and where Georgia’s talent is located, here are three takeaways from the Georgia football roster entering 2025.

Skill talent is in a better place than it was in 2025

Oscar Delp said after the game that Georgia had to do a better job of helping Gunner Stockton.

Georgia put too much on the shoulders of Carson Beck in 2024 and that backfired for an offense that ended up taking a step backwards.

Entering 2025, Georgia flatly needs more from its skill players. On paper, the Bulldogs seem to have a better pool of talent to pull from.

Losing Trevor Etienne stings the running back room. But Georgia still brings back Nate Frazier, who led the team in rushing and has a clear avenue to becoming an even better player. If just one of Georgia’s other running backs can stay healthy and the Bulldogs get the usual third-down excellence from Cash Jones, Georgia should be in a good spot here.

At tight end, Delp is back as is Lawson Luckie. The duo combined for seven touchdowns last season and proved to be trusted targets for Stockton when he stepped in for Beck. Add in Jaden Reddell, Ethan Barbour and Elyiss Williams and there’s a lot to be excited about with this tight end room that won’t face the burden of having to replace Brock Bowers.

As for the wide receiver room, there’s talent in the room. But we were saying the same thing a year ago. Additions of Zachariah Branch and Noah Thomas bring obvious skillsets — Branch can stretch the field vertically while Thomas gives Georgia a physical pass catcher on the outside.

Dillon Bell is back for another year and Georgia intends on using him in a variety of ways. London Humphreys, Nitro Tuggle and Sacovie White will all look to do more next season. There will also be a ton of interest in what Talyn Taylor and CJ Wiley are able to do early on at Georgia.

That talent though has to actually translate to the field. Georgia led the country in drops last season. The wide receiver group, perhaps more than any other, has to make life easier for Stockton.

Young offensive linemen need to step up

No position group has more scholarship players than the offensive line. Most of that talent skews young.

Micah Morris is the lone senior in the room. Earnest Greene is the only player with more than 5 career starts.

That puts a lot on the unproven members of the Georgia offensive line. Monroe Freeling, who played poorly against Notre Dame, has to take a big step forward as he enters his junior year.

While Freeling is the most obvious offensive lineman that has to take a step forward, he’s not the only one. What do second-year players like Daniel Calhoun and Jah Jackson do this spring? Can they push for playing time or even earn a starting spot for the Bulldogs?

Georgia has to replace four starters on the offensive line from last season. Some of those holes are easy to fill. Drew Bobo will almost certainly replace Jared Wilson at center, for example.

Nothing is set in stone for this group. One that, perhaps more than anyone other given the struggles it had in 2024, has to take a massive step forward.

Gabe Harris will do a lot for the Georgia football front seven

Cornerback and inside linebacker figure to be strengths for this Georgia team. At safety, Georgia added three players from the transfer portal and sees KJ Bolden return for his sophomore season.

But the defensive front has plenty of questions.

With Georgia’s defensive line seeing four players head to the NFL, this group is younger than ever. Add in the departure of Damon Wilson via the transfer portal and outside linebacker becomes a much larger position of interest.

And perhaps no player will have a larger combined impact on the defensive line and outside linebacker than junior Gabe Harris.

The last remaining member of Chidera Uzo-Diribe’s first signing haul, Harris has flashed occasionally during his time at Georgia. He’s repped at both outside linebacker and defensive line.

Given how much Georgia rotates on the defensive line, he’s made a more noticeable impact at that position. Now with Wilson gone and Chaz Chambliss off to the NFL, there’s a more glaring need at outside linebacker.

Georgia did sign three very highly-touted outside linebacker prospects in the 2025 recruiting cycle. We’ll see how much they’ll play early and what kind of appetite Georgia has to get them on the field.

If the Georgia defensive front is to play to the standard it has in previous years, it’s going to need Harris to become a household name in 2025.