Kirby Smart has Georgia football ranked No. 1 entering the 2024 season, and it will take a lot of work for the Bulldogs to stay there with arguably the most demanding schedule in the nation ahead.

Smart likes to say “it all starts in the trenches,” and that leads to today’s DawgNation preview on the most important offensive lineman on the team. It will take a team effort and great continuity, regardless of which Bulldog lineman we’re evaluating.

Mike Griffith: “It starts at left tackle with Earnest Greene III protecting Carson Beck’s blind side. You have to protect the franchise player.”

Kaylee Mansell: I think (Tate Ratledge) will be the motivator to finally secure the Joe Moore Award as the best offensive line.

Jeff Sentell: “It’s the center of the team, it’s Jared Wilson. Georgia has to fill one hole on the offensive line and that’s Sedrick Van Pran Granger.

Connor Riley: Sedrick Van Pran Granger said he expects Wilson to be a better center than he was.”