It's not a copperhead. Pit vipers (all poisonous snakes in the US but the coral snake) have slitted pupils like a cats. Yours one definitely has round pupils. And you're right that it's not shaped correctly to be a copperhead. Just think of all the crickets that little beauty was eating in your garage! Try the reptile/amphibian forum if no one here can identify it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Reptile forum

It looks small. Some snakes really change appearance when they become adults, so juveniles can be hard to ID. My guess would be a banded water snake.

What about the black on yellow, kill a fellow thing?
Wouldn't that little chant indicate this is a poisonous snake?

The red on yellow chant is for coral snakes, which are banded red/yellow/black/yellow/red/etc. Coral snakes only live in the very southernmost part of Georgia. The chant is used to distinguish them from kingsnakes and milk snakes, which are banded red/black/yellow/black/red/etc. The poster's little guy is brown and tan, so if he's not a pit viper, he's harmless.

Ok. It looked like it had yellow bands but whatever. I'm hungry so Let's eat it and be done with it.

Oh, my God!
It's one of those COPPERHEADED WATER RATTLERS that Lewis Grizzard(moment of silence, please) wrote about!

(Actually, it looks like a common banded water snake)

How much you wanna bet he tastes like chicken? :)

I bet it does. Bear Grylls and Les Stroud snakes on their survival shows and find them tasty. I noticed though after a few days with little to no food, even an old moldy tennis shoe would be tasty.

Banded water snake- lovely with pesto and an every day pinot!