Georgia enters its second preseason practice under head coach Kirby Smart with plenty of concerns, the biggest of which may lie within its special teams unit.

There are questions in a number of different areas: kick returner, place kicker and punter. The Bulldogs hope they addressed those areas in their 2017 class by signing transfer place-kicker David Marvin out of Wofford, transfer punter Cameron Nizialek out of Columbia and walk-on place-kicker Brooks Buce out of Greater Atlanta Christian.

Georgia also added Scott Fountain as a special teams’ analyst. Fountain was hired from Auburn, where he was the special teams coach with the Tigers since 2009.

“We are going to try to change some things up special teams wise, as you guys know, from a quality control standpoint,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said. “He has brought a lot of insight to our coaches.”

Fountain moves to an off-the-field role with the Bulldogs as Shane Beamer will remain as the team’s special teams coach in his second season. Nevertheless, Georgia is dependent upon Fountain to make a seamless transition into a lesser role and be beneficial to a unit that struggled a season ago.

Fountain was signed to a $115,000 contract on June 1.

“He's going to help us be better special teams and just in practice and organization and things we do,” Smart said. “We have to improve in that area. The question becomes: Can the true freshmen this year unseat some of those guys or create a competitive environment to make each one of those better? We plan to do that and we'll do that in camp.”

At place-kicker, Georgia will be faced with the decision of whether junior Rodrigo Blankenship will keep his duties, or whether Marvin can unseat him after success at the previous level. The competition is the same at punter as sophomore Marshall Long has yet to return from a dislocated knee injury and has competition from Nizialek.

At kick returner, Georgia hopes it has found its “elite” guy with the addition of junior college transfer Ahkil Crumpton, who came out of Los Angeles Valley College. Crumpton averaged 43.1 yards per return prior to signing with the Bulldogs.

Crumpton stands at 5-foot-8 and carries a similar build to Isaiah McKenzie, who holds a school record for return touchdowns and was a fifth-round draft pick by Denver. While the aspirations are high for the newest additions, Smart and the coaching staff have only seen Crumpton’s talents on film and will survey other options as a result.

One of which is a Bulldogs’ leading slot receiver.

“I certainly think that (junior) Terry Godwin is very capable (on special teams),” Smart said. “He's got great hands. He's got some of the best hands and judgment I've ever seen on a receiver. I have no concerns about Terry as a possession guy, catching the ball — still to be determined whether he's an elite returner. We're going to give him an opportunity to compete for that position.”