Spring Break
Looking back: The class of 2002
MATTHEW BORENSTEIN
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Sports
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There were those members of that year's class that made huge impacts: Quentin Moses, Martrez Milner, Tim Jennings, Max Jean-Gilles and Joe Tereshinski.
And there were those that quickly were forgotten: Antonio Mercier, Preston Pannell, Michael Cooper, Aaron Scranton and Randall Swoopes. Here's a look at that class, by the numbers.
31: Total members of the class.
10: Players that remained with the team for five seasons.
25.8: Percent of the class that never lettered as a football player at Georgia. That's eight players.
53: The number of games the Bulldogs won over the past five seasons. They lost 13.
4: Number of bowl wins for the class.
2: SEC Championships the group won. Georgia played in the 2003 game as well, but lost to LSU.
11.6: The Bulldogs average finish in the AP poll. This season was the only year the Bulldogs did not finish in the top 25. They finished 31 - in others receiving votes.
2.9: Million fans that saw the class play in Sanford Stadium over the past five years.
3: Ranking of the class according to Rivals.com.
3: Five-star recruits in the class: Kedric Golston and Leonard Pope according to Scout and Marquis Elmore according to Rivals.
4: Number of stars Rivals and Scout gave QB Joe Tereshinski. Other four-star recruits in the class were Quentin Moses (pictured right), Josh Brock, Michael Cooper, Reshard Dudley, B.J. Fields, Ray Gant, Kedric Golston (Rivals), Daniel Inman, Marcus Jackson, Max Jean-Gilles, DeMario Minter, Preston Pannell, Leonard Pope (Rivals), Mario Raley, Darrius Swain and Tony Taylor.
2: Number of stars Rivals.com gave Tim Jennings, a last-minute addition to the class.
1: Super Bowl winner in the class - Jennings.
6: Players among the group that were in the NFL at the start of the year. Several more will go in this year's draft.
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