2018 Football Roster
Isaac Nauta
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Buford, Ga.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
Career Highs:
* 83 receiving yards vs. Tennessee, 2016
* 5 receptions vs. Tennessee and Vanderbilt, 2016; vs. Florida, 2018
* Long reception of 55 yards vs. Alabama, 2018
* 1 TD reception (7x) vs. Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Louisiana, 2016; Miss. State, Auburn2 2017; APSU, Ky, Ala., 2018
2018: Saw action in all 14 games, starting in 13...team's fourth-leading receiver, with 30 catches for 430 yards and three TDs...season high of five catches vs. Florida for 73 yards...four of those catches came on consecutive plays, covering 66 yards in a late second-quarter drive...season-long reception of 55 yards came vs. Alabama...scored Georgia's first TD vs. Kentucky on a 4-yard, first-quarter reception...also scored a 31-yard rushing TD vs. Tennessee when he picked up a Jake Fromm fumble...started in season opener vs. Austin Peay and had one catch for 12 yards and a TD...started vs. Middle Tennessee and had four catches for 47 yards...team-high four catches (36 yards) vs. Georgia Tech...caught one pass for three yards at Missouri.
2017: Played in all 15 games, making nine starts...had nine receptions for 114 yards...scored Georgia's first TD of the SEC Championship game on a 2-yard pass from Jake Fromm...his only catch against Mississippi State was a big one -- a 41-yard TD catch in the third quarter that put Georgia up 28-3...had one catch for nine yards at both Notre Dame and Georgia Tech...totaled two catches for 24 yards against Appalachian State...preseason First-Team All-SEC by media and coaches preseason Second-Team All-SEC...Named to Mackey Award Watch List ... named to the 2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2016: Appeared in 13 games, starting in five...named to Freshman All-America team by ESPN.com, USA Today, Athlon, Football Writers Assn. and Campus Insiders...named to SEC All-Freshman team, as selected by the league's head coaches...team's third-leading receiver this season with 29 catches for 361 yards vs. 3 TDs...team's leading receiver vs. UT, with five catches for 83 yards, including a 50-yard TD...five catches for 74 yards, both team-high totals, vs. Vanderbilt...his three catches for 43 yards vs. Auburn included a pair of 17-yard receptions, the latter coming in the fourth quarter on a 3rd-and-6 play...had three catches for 47 yards in win at Kentucky...also caught a 2-point conversion pass vs. the Cats...caught three passes for 16 yards at Missouri...made collegiate debut vs. North Carolina...also caught a 16-yard pass at Ole Miss...early-enrollee in spring of 2016.
High School: IMG Academy, coached by Kevin Wright ... 2015 American Family Insurance USA Today All-USA First Team Offense ... selected to represent the East in the 2016 U.S. Army All-America Bowl...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #16 overall player in the PrepStar Top 350 ... ESPN.com five-star prospect, #1 TE nationally, #2 overall prospect in Florida ... Rivals.com five-star prospect, #1 TE nationally, #18 overall prospect nationally, #5 overall prospect in Florida ... Scout five-star prospect, No. 30 overall and #1 TE nationally, #5 overall prospect in Florida...247Sports.com five-star prospect, #1 TE nationally, #2 overall prospect in Georgia... graduated early from high school and enrolled at UGA in January, 2016.
Personal: ISAAC JAY NAUTA...Major: Sport Management...recipient of Watkins Family Football Scholarship.
