Shawn Williams News

Georgia safety Shawn Williams grabs LSU running back Kenny Hilliard face mask as Hilliard scores a touchdown during the second half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Atlanta.

In the vaunted SEC, there are 13 teams all vying for a chance to knock two-time defending national champion Alabama from its lofty perch.

The Georgia Bulldogs come into the 2013 season with a lot of questions on defense, but there is no doubt the talent is there.

UGA fans say they were 5 yards from the National Championship. How far are they in 2013? - Paul Abell-USA TODAY Sports With less than 90 days until the college football season begins, it's never too early to look at the 2013 football schedules and make wild blind predictions.

Another mid-draft Bulldog has been impressing coaches and players at OTAs and could find himself starting in the secondary.

As we preview the 2013 football season, we are counting down Georgia's 10 most important players.

After appearing in all 14 games as a true freshman for Georgia in 2012, Josh Harvey-Clemons will be sitting out the very first game of his sophomore campaign with the Bulldogs.

May 10, 2013; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals third round draft pick safety Shawn Williams listens to defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, right, during the Bengals rookie minicamp at Paul Brown Stadium.

Beating down a cupcake is one thing. Crushing your oldest Conference rival in their back yard is another...I don't care how bad they are.

The Bengals today signed S Shawn Williams of Georgia, their third-round selection in the 2013 NFL Draft.

May 10, 2013; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals third round draft pick safety Shawn Williams listens to defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, right, during the Bengals rookie minicamp at Paul Brown Stadium.

This is the eighth entry in the Dawg Sports 2012 football season review. Our crew has taken you through the Georgia Bulldogs ' first 7 games, in which we compiled a 6-1 record that was only punctuated by one truly impressive win, and since it was against Vanderbilt, no one was going to give us credit for it.

As Georgia entered last season, one of the ways we found to preview things, and yes kill some time during a dead time, was to rank the team's most important players.

Taylor Mays' NFL career hasn't gone as planned. A former second-round pick that went from starting during his rookie year, to an eventual demotion as a backup and special teams contributor... all within a few months.