NAME: Cory Phillips

FAMILY: Wife Courtney, daughter Aiden, son Cannon and his beloved late son Walker

HOME TOWN: Hartwell, Georgia

WHAT YEARS AT UGA: Cory arrived in Athens in 1998 and spent college years immersed in the electric atmosphere of Sanford Stadium game days, the grind of SEC practices and film study, and the tight-knit brotherhood of the Bulldogs team as the quarterback.

TIES TO ATHENS: Balancing academics with the demands of leading an offense in one of college football’s toughest conferences, Cory experienced Athens as both a high-stakes athletic proving ground and a vibrant college town full of late nights, tailgates, and the rich local music culture that pulses through the Classic City.

PROFESSION: Now post-playing days, he’s channeling that same discipline and resilience into building his path in his faith/his family and his business ventures. He serves as President and Senior Settlement Consultant at Forge Consulting in the Atlanta area.

1. Up All Night – Widespread Panic

2. Whipping Post – Allman Brothers Band

3. South on Ya – Luke Combs

4. Dirt Road Anthem – Jason Aldean

5. Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood

6. Amazing Grace – Chris Tomlin

7. The Boys of Fall – Kenny Chesney

8. Springsteen – Eric Church

9. Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker / Old Crow Medicine Show              

10. I Saw the Light – Hank Williams

11. Three Wooden Crosses – Randy Travis

12. Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw

13. Ain’t Life Grand – Widespread Panic

14. Country Girl (Shake It for Me) – Luke Bryan

15. How Great Thou Art – Carrie Underwood

16. Wayfaring Stranger – Johnny Cash

17. Rodeo – Futurebirds

18. Baby We Were Young – The Dirty Guv’nahs

19. Georgia on My Mind – Ray Charles

20. Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton