University of Georgia Athletics
Blue Cain To Be Back With Bulldogs
April 09, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Was second on team in points, boards, asssist and steals as a junior
ATHENS, Ga. — Blue Cain, who has started 74 consecutive games for the Georgia Bulldogs dating back to his freshman season, has signed to play for the Bulldogs again during the 2026-27 campaign.
A 6-5, 195-pound rising senior from Knoxville, Tenn., Cain already has secured his spot among Georgia's all-time statistical leaders in several categories. Most notably, he currently holds the Bulldogs' career record for best free throw percentage at .846 (154-of-182). In addition, he also ranks No. 43 in points (1,023), No. 15 in 3-pointers (141), No. 12 in 3-point attempts (428) and No. 19 in steals (122).
Cain enjoyed his most productive year as a Bulldog during the 2025-26 season, finishing second on the team in scoring (13.1 ppg), rebounding (5.1 rpg), assists (2.6 apg) and steals (1.4 spg) while logging a team-high 27.8 minutes of action per contest. He scored his 1,000th career point in the regular-season finale at Mississippi State on March 7, becoming the 49th Bulldog to reach the millennium milestone but the first to do so since Yante Maten in 2017. Cain also produced the second-best single-season free throw percentage ever at Georgia by converting 90.7 (78-of-86) trips to the line as a junior.
Cain moved into the starting lineup late in his freshman year at Georgia and got the nod for nine games while helping the Bulldogs advance to the semifinals of the 2024 NIT. He has started all 33 games in each of the last two seasons as Georgia earned back-to-back bids to the NCAA Tournament for just the fourth time in school history. Cain is one of only 16 Bulldogs in UGA's 121 seasons of hoops to play on three 20-win teams and is one of only three to start for all three teams that reached the 20-victory plateau.
Georgia recorded a school-record 22 regular-season wins last season and finished 10-8 in SEC play, the Bulldogs' first winning record in the league since 2016. Georgia finished ranked among the nation's top-5 teams in five statistics, leading the nation in both fastbreak points (19.8 ppg) and percentage of dunking FGs (18.8 pct) and ranking No. 3 in blocked shots (6.0 bpg), No. 5 in scoring offense (89.4 ppg) and No. 5 in bench points (34.7 ppg).
Cain is the fourth member of last season's record-setting team that will return to the Bulldogs' for the 2026-27 campaign. He joins:
• Marcus "Smurf" Millender, a 5-11, 175-pound rising senior guard from Houston Texas, who led the Bulldogs in assists and became the ninth player in school history with 100 assists and 50 3-pointers in the same season.
• Kareem Stagg, a 6-8, 230-pound rising sophomore forward from Chesapeake, Va., who emerged as a starter and key contributor during Georgia's late-season surge to earn an NCAA Tournament bid by averaging 6.9 points per game over the final 10 contests of the season.
• Kanon Catchings, a 6-9, 220-pound rising junior forward from Brownsburg, Ind., who was the Bulldogs' second-leading scorer in SEC play at 13.7 points per game and was named SEC Player of the Week on March 9 after averaging 27.5 points in key late-season wins over No. 16 Alabama and Mississippi State to lock up an NCAA Tournament bid.
A 6-5, 195-pound rising senior from Knoxville, Tenn., Cain already has secured his spot among Georgia's all-time statistical leaders in several categories. Most notably, he currently holds the Bulldogs' career record for best free throw percentage at .846 (154-of-182). In addition, he also ranks No. 43 in points (1,023), No. 15 in 3-pointers (141), No. 12 in 3-point attempts (428) and No. 19 in steals (122).
Cain enjoyed his most productive year as a Bulldog during the 2025-26 season, finishing second on the team in scoring (13.1 ppg), rebounding (5.1 rpg), assists (2.6 apg) and steals (1.4 spg) while logging a team-high 27.8 minutes of action per contest. He scored his 1,000th career point in the regular-season finale at Mississippi State on March 7, becoming the 49th Bulldog to reach the millennium milestone but the first to do so since Yante Maten in 2017. Cain also produced the second-best single-season free throw percentage ever at Georgia by converting 90.7 (78-of-86) trips to the line as a junior.
Cain moved into the starting lineup late in his freshman year at Georgia and got the nod for nine games while helping the Bulldogs advance to the semifinals of the 2024 NIT. He has started all 33 games in each of the last two seasons as Georgia earned back-to-back bids to the NCAA Tournament for just the fourth time in school history. Cain is one of only 16 Bulldogs in UGA's 121 seasons of hoops to play on three 20-win teams and is one of only three to start for all three teams that reached the 20-victory plateau.
Georgia recorded a school-record 22 regular-season wins last season and finished 10-8 in SEC play, the Bulldogs' first winning record in the league since 2016. Georgia finished ranked among the nation's top-5 teams in five statistics, leading the nation in both fastbreak points (19.8 ppg) and percentage of dunking FGs (18.8 pct) and ranking No. 3 in blocked shots (6.0 bpg), No. 5 in scoring offense (89.4 ppg) and No. 5 in bench points (34.7 ppg).
Cain is the fourth member of last season's record-setting team that will return to the Bulldogs' for the 2026-27 campaign. He joins:
• Marcus "Smurf" Millender, a 5-11, 175-pound rising senior guard from Houston Texas, who led the Bulldogs in assists and became the ninth player in school history with 100 assists and 50 3-pointers in the same season.
• Kareem Stagg, a 6-8, 230-pound rising sophomore forward from Chesapeake, Va., who emerged as a starter and key contributor during Georgia's late-season surge to earn an NCAA Tournament bid by averaging 6.9 points per game over the final 10 contests of the season.
• Kanon Catchings, a 6-9, 220-pound rising junior forward from Brownsburg, Ind., who was the Bulldogs' second-leading scorer in SEC play at 13.7 points per game and was named SEC Player of the Week on March 9 after averaging 27.5 points in key late-season wins over No. 16 Alabama and Mississippi State to lock up an NCAA Tournament bid.
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