JUST IN: Son of former Georgia football All-American, NFL Pro Bowl player joins Bulldogs

A familiar name has been added to the Georgia Bulldogs’ 2024 football roster. Gannon Hearst, the son of UGA football legend Garrison Hearst, has joined the program as a transfer walk-on. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound running back comes to Athens as a redshirt sophomore from Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina. At Limestone, he played in two games in 2022, rushing for 84 yards on five carries, with a long run of 43 yards.

Hailing from Johns Creek, Hearst played high school football at Greater Atlanta Christian, where he earned honorable mention all-conference honors as a senior.

With Hearst’s addition, the Bulldogs now have 11 running backs on the roster, though only five are on scholarship: Trevor Etienne, Nate Frazier, Dwight Phillips, Branson Robinson, and Roderick Robinson. Roderick Robinson, a 6-foot, 240-pound sophomore, is set to enter preseason camp the first week of August as the No. 1 back.

Garrison Hearst, who played at Georgia from 1990-92, earned All-America honors and was a Heisman Trophy finalist as a junior in 1992. He amassed 3,778 yards and scored 35 touchdowns in his UGA career before becoming an NFL first-round pick. Garrison played 10 NFL seasons over 12 years with Arizona, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and Denver, totaling 10,031 yards and 39 touchdowns.

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