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Standing outside Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Gov. Brian Kemp endorsed former football coach Derek Dooley, a fellow Republican, to oust Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in the state's 2026 U.S. Senate race.

Kemp made the announcement an hour before the Georgia Bulldogs kicked off their first game of the season, noting Dooley was the "one and only opportunity" to flip Ossoff's seat.

Dooley, who walked onto the University of Virginia football team and played four years as a receiver, later earned his law degree from the University of Georgia, where he started his 28-year coaching career as a graduate assistant.

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