2020 Football Roster
Jamaree Salyer
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 325
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Pace Academy
2021: Walter Camp All-America 2nd Team...AP & Coaches’ All-SEC 2nd Team...one of four permanent team captains, as voted by teammates...started at left tackle in11 of 15 games...has also seen extensive action at right guard...excluding the Missouri, Tennessee, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech games, which he missed because of injury, he has played in 79 percent of Georgia’s offensive plays -- despite missing much of the Auburn game with an injury -- including all of the Clemson, Kentucky, Florida, Michigan and both Alabama games... had 10 “knockdown” blocks & surrendered only two hurries & no sacks during the season...named one of three team captains for the ARK, UF, GT, Michigan and Alabama games...Preseason All-America 1st team pick by Phil Steele...2nd team preseason All-America pick by Associated Press, Walter Camp and Pro Football Focus (PFF)...included on early watch list for the Outland Trophy, which goes to the to interior lineman in college football...second-team pre-season All-SEC, as voted by coaches, as well as by media attending SEC Media Days...2021 Dick Copas Leadership Award winner at the Dawgs Choice Awards program, presented annually by the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2020: Started at left tackle in the season's first nine games...moved to left guard for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...All-SEC fourth team by Phil Steele...named one of three team captains for the Alabama and Mississippi State games...played every offensive snap in a 5-game stretch of the season, 92 percent of all offensive snaps during the regular season...played all of Georgia's Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati.
2019: Played in 13 of 14 games...saw his first action of the season in a starting assignment at right tackle vs. Murray State...started at right tackle in Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...also played extensively vs. Arkansas State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri...played center in a backup role vs. Missouri...also plays on punt coverage unit...co-winner of Special Teams Most Improved Player, given at team’s post-season awards gala.
2018: Played in 13 of 14 games as a reserve offensive lineman...saw extensive action vs. South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech...also played on placement kick units...named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Summer, 2018 semester.
High School: Pace Academy, coached by Chris Slade...selected to play in the 2018 U.S. Army All-America Bowl...247Sports.com five-star prospect...ranked as the #1 OG nationally, the #7 prospect in the Southeast, the #10 overall prospect nationally and the #3 prospect in Georgia...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #10 nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com five-star prospect, ranked #9 nationally, the #1 OG and #3 in the state... ESPN.com four-star prospect, #23 nationally, #2 OG and #5 in Georgia...USA Today 2017 All-USA First-Team offense, as well as the Georgia All-USA First Team...one of three finalists for the 2017 MaxPreps Jonah Williams Award, given to the best OL nationally...a finalist for the U.S Army All-America Bowl’s 2018 Anthony Muñoz Lineman of the Year Award...named to the 2017 All-State Class 3A First-Team offense by both the AJC and the Georgia Sports Writers Assn...played both OG and DE for the Knights...paved the way for 1,503 rushing yards by Pace Academy in 2017...AJC 2017 Preseason Super 11...Maxwell Football Club’s 2017 National High School Player of the Year watch list in the preseason...Top Lineman MVP in the Final Five Lineman Challenge at Nike’s The Opening 2017 Finals...AJC 2016 All-State Class 3A First-Team offense...helped lead Pace to a 13-2 record and the Class 2A state title in 2015...2015 All-State Class 2A First-Team offense by both the AJC and AP...played with UGA teammates Andrew Thomas (for three seasons) and Trey Blount (two seasons) at Pace...also threw the discus and shot for the Pace track team.
Personal: Full name JAMAREE TYREEZ SALYER...received his undergraduate degree in Sport Management during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Family and Wayne McDuffie Football Scholarships.
