MIRAMAR ISLAND, Fla. – For walk-ons still wondering if they’ll have a spot on the team this fall, Kirby Smart said he’s been as up front with those players as he can.

Unfortunately, until the NCAA versus House settlement becomes official, there’s not a lot he can tell them. Smart was asked about their status during Tuesday’s media session at the SEC Spring Meetings.

"Yeah, we've been in communication. I think the number one thing when you deal with that situation is when you don't know, you tell somebody you don't know,” Smart said. “You tell them which way it's leaning and what we're hearing, and you prepare for that. We not only don't know that, but we also don’t know what the camp number's going to be. We don't know who's going to get to come back when school starts, and who's going to get to come back when camp starts. There are a lot of unknowns in that.”

Under the initial plan, college football teams would be limited to 105 roster spots.

But while all 105 would be eligible for scholarships, for coaches like Smart who implement much more than that for depth and scout team purposes, such a limit would create big problems.

Fortunately, it appears Smart won’t have to worry about a 105 limit this year.

Following a revision of the House versus NCAA settlement, a student-athlete who would have ordinarily been on the team would be “grandfathered” in and would not count against the limit of 105.

Federal Court Judge Claudia Wilken has yet to approve the revision, but, according to published reports, is expected to do so.

In the 10 years Smart has been the head coach, Georgia typically carries between 120 and 125 players on the team.

However, until the settlement is official, Smart said he’ll continue to be upfront with them and address their concerns the best that he can.

“We’ve been very honest with our guys. We told them that they were free to go in the portal,” Smart said. “Some have looked out and realized that that's not necessarily the grass is greener because there are not a lot of opportunities. Everybody's got a reduction of opportunities, so these kids that went in had very few places to go. So, a lot of them have come back and are looking for their opportunity to return. We've prepared for that, and we're prepared to go either way in terms of that."