UGA reportedly hires linebackers coach Dan Lanning as new defensive coordinator

ATLANTA — The UGA football program might have needed two full months to find a replacement for former defensive coordinator Mel Tucker, the new head coach at Colorado.

But in the end, Kirby Smart didn't have to look very far for Tucker's successor. 

Among the key defensive returnees in 2019: Jordan Davis, Monty Rice, J.R. Reed, Richard Lecounte, Tyson Campbell, Julian Rochester, Tyler Clark and Mark Herring.