Before Dominic Lovett was ever a Bulldog, he was familiar with the team.
Just months prior to transferring to Athens, Lovett almost ended Georgia’s chance at a second-consecutive national championship. Lovett was instrumental in the team’s upset bid, as he led Missouri with six catches for 84 yards.
Georgia won that game 26-22, but Lovett and the Tigers played Georgia more competitively than any other team in the regular season — a point of pride for Lovett.
“I took that game as an honor,” Lovett said. “I look at that game like a growing point from being there and here, as Georgia is one of those teams that you’re gonna have to play for four quarters and [are] never out of the fight. They came out on top, I had no bad blood. I told them after the game, ‘maybe we catch you next year,’ and then I decided to come here [the] next year.
Despite having love for Missouri, Lovett said he felt that Georgia was the perfect match for him. He pointed toward the academics and the athletic program as factors that made the move an easy decision.
Lovett also said he was thankful for the camaraderie that his new teammates gave him right away. Lovett said he has enjoyed joking with his teammates, even when they’re joking with him about appearing on TV in a Missouri uniform and facing players in practice that he used to face in game scenarios.
“Me and Dom go back and forth, he’s very competitive,” safety Malaki Starks said. “He caught a ball on me when he was at Missouri, so we joke a lot about it, but just to see the things he can do. He’s pretty quick, [his] abilities [are] awesome, very aggressive when the ball gets to him, so just being able to compete against him in practice only makes us better individually [and] as a team.”
