The special Sedrick Van Pran-Warren Ericson moment that explains Georgia football culture

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

December 07, 2022 at 11:38 am EST

LSU vs. Georgia (2022 SEC Championship Game) Georgia offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran (63), Georgia offensive lineman Warren Ericson (50) after Georgias win in the 2022 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. (Photo by Tony Walsh) (Tony Walsh/Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

December 07, 2022 at 11:38 am EST

This season has not gone the way Warren Ericson had planned it to. After starting 14 games last season, including the national championship, he’s been reduced to a reserve role this season and has only seen the field in 11 of 13 games.

The senior offensive lineman came back to Georgia to build off of last season’s championship. That the Bulldogs have done that, going 13-0 and winning an SEC championship, something Georgia failed to do a season ago.

As the Bulldogs were taking the celebration from the Mercedes-Benz Stadium back to the locker room, two players needed to move the 35-pound trophy.

That the two players were Ericson and Sedrick Van Pran, the center who in part keeps Ericson from seeing the field, should not be lost. Because as the two moved the trophy, each had a massive smile on their face.