Field Street Forum

Georgia Fain and Bill Slaughter Defensive Coordinator Dan Lanning offered the following comments on Friday afternoon.

Opening Statement
“I hope everybody is having a great day. Excited to be talking about football this time of the year. Obviously, I am very appreciative to our staff, our players, our medical staff, our coaches—coordinating in a unique time. Coach Smart talks about it all the time—having mental agility—is kind of the new phrase in our program. Our guys have handled adjustment extremely well, and really attacked everything that we’re trying to get accomplished in our program.”

On starting his third season with Georgia and the roots he has put down in the program and the community…
“Yeah, absolutely, and really excited to be. You are always talking about being in a place—I’ve got three kids, my wife Sophia and I. You talk about being in a place you would love to raise your family, and Athens [has] truly been that place. Three years, for me in college football, this will be the longest I’ve been anywhere. Sometimes it takes that progression to get you there in your career, and I am very fortunate to be in a place where I could see myself for a long time.”

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By John Frierson
Staff Writer

Warren Ericson did not disappoint in his first career start on Georgia’s offensive line, lining up at right guard in the Bulldogs’ Sugar Bowl win over Baylor. The redshirt sophomore also didn’t disappoint during a Quick Chat after practice Wednesday.

The 6-foot-4 and 305-pound Ericson, from Suwanee, Ga., covered a lot of ground in a nine-minute phone interview. He talked about fishing on the Chattahoochee River, his days playing soccer (his brother Peyton played at South Carolina) and lacrosse — which may explain his good footwork — and when asked what kind of meal he’d cook for some teammates, Ericson gave a delicious and highly-detailed answer.

Here’s some of what he had to say:

Frierson: Have you done anything new or interesting over the past five months?

Ericson: Obviously, being quarantined, it’s a little bit tough to get out and be with friends, which is something I like to do. I would definitely say that getting to spend some good time with my family was really nice. I also got to go and experience a little bit of the outdoors — I live right next to the Chattahoochee River, so I got to fish a little bit there.

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