76. Faton Bauta
Freshman, Quarterback
6-foot-3, 222 pounds
Fall forecast: Although he enrolled at Georgia in January and participated in the offseason conditioning program and part of spring practice, Bauta appears to be a candidate to redshirt this fall. First of all, Mark Richt’s staff almost never plays quarterbacks as true freshmen -- teammate Hutson Mason, who expects to redshirt this fall, is a notable exception -- understandably believing that a redshirt season is particularly valuable for quarterbacks. Big and burly, Bauta has a different skill set than his fellow Georgia quarterbacks, but the coaching staff listed him as the fifth-string quarterback on the post-spring depth chart.
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