The father of Philip Lutzenkirchen, the former Auburn and Lassiter (Ga.) High player who died tragically in a car crash this past summer, spoke to Georgia's team on Wednesday.

Mike Lutzenkirchen's message was about making good decisions, according to UGA coach Mark Richt.(the driver of the fatal crash was reportedly legally intoxicated).

"He just wanted to talk a little bit about the legacy of his son and the fact that he made a massive amount of good decisions in his life and that he did a lot of great things on and off the field, really a guy that most people would look up to if you took his life in totality," Richt said. "But there was a moment where he made a bad choice, and that bad choice cost him everything. I don't think his father wanted that to happen to anybody else."

Wednesday's session originated with an idea from UGA quarterback Hutson Mason, a close friend of Lutzenkirchen's and a former high school teammates. Mason has worn a "43" pin for interviews this season in honor of Lutzenkirchen (see photo).

"Of course, Hutson was pretty good friends -- probably best friends -- in high school," Richt said. "He knew Kolton Houston and Michael Bennett and Watts Dantzler and competed against him in basketball. There was some familiarity with a lot of our guys in the room that the father identified with a little bit. Sometimes when you hear stories from a coach or just a speaker who is random ... it's just not very close to home, and sometimes it's not as effective as when a father walks in there and talks to you about a guy that we all knew of and competed against and some knew very well.

"He did a nice job. I appreciated him doing that."

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