That's Mr. Adriel Jeremiah Green to you

A. J. Green (Image: Hipple)
Yesterday, the AJC's Steve Hummer (who should write more columns about UGA football) put together a gem of a piece on A.J. Green. The article basically talks about what a good kid AJ is.

I've seen some discussion on UGA message boards about where AJ might fit in among great all-time SEC WRs. Let's take a look at some numbers.

A.J. Green Career to date (20 Games)

	Catches	Yards	TDs
Current Season	41	682	6
09 Projected Season	76	1,267	11
Current Career Totals	97	1,645	14
'09 Projected Career	132	2,229	19

With those numbers in mind, here are the all-time UGA and SEC records for receptions, yards and TDs in a season.

Single Season Receiving Records

	UGA Record	SEC Record
Catches	76 - Brice Hunter	97 - K. Edwards (VU)
Yards	1,004 - T. Edwards	1,740 - J. Reed (LSU)
TDs	11 - T. Edwards	18 - R. Anthony (UF)

As you can see, Green is on pace to match or top the three best receiving seasons in Bulldog history. As for career numbers, here are the record holders:

Career Receiving Records

	UGA Record	SEC Record
Catches	204 - T. Edwards	236 - E. Bennett (VU)
Yards	3,093 - T. Edwards	3,093 - T. Edwards (UGA)
TDs	30 - T. Edwards	31 - C. Doering (UF)

If Green goes for about 1,200 yards this season, he'll pass Lindsay Scott for 5th place on the all-time Georgia list for receiving yards in a career. Every other member of the Top 5 at UGA was in school for four years. He could enter the Top 5 in only 2 seasons.

Assuming he stays healthy, he has a very legitimate shot at taking down Terrence Edwards' career SEC yardage mark and Chris Doering's career TD mark. The record for catches is out of reach.

My point? We're watching a very special player, and we need to get him the ball a ton more.

See Also:
-- UGA's stars are mostly young - Chattanooga Free Press
-- Tickets: Georgia vs. Florida starting at $79*

PWD

*as of 4;45 pm today.