Year: 2021

UGA Football: Frierson Chats With Payne Walker

Payne Walker has one of those roles that only gets noticed when something goes awry. The Georgia football long snapper is very good at his job, which is why you might not know his name.

A 6-foot-2 and 249-pound redshirt junior from Suwanee, Ga., Walker is in his third season as the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs’ snapper on field goals and extra points; William Mote handles the snapping duties on punts. Georgia is typically very strong in the kicking game and it takes good, consistent snappers to make that possible.

In his heart, Walker said during a Quick Chat on Monday, he wants to be out there on defense, making stops at defensive end like he did back at North Gwinnett High School, where he had 10 sacks his senior year. But he knows that the reason he was able to walk on at Georgia in 2018 and play every game the past three seasons is because of his snapping abilities.

Read more

UGA Football: Dawgs in the NFL

Bears 24, Lions 14
    Alec Ogletree, OLB: Ogletree paced the Bears with 12 tackles, including one for loss, and he broke up a pass on fourth-and-goal.
    Roquan Smith, ILB: Smith posted 10 tackles, including a sack, for Chicago. He stands sixth in the NFL with 40 tackles.
    D’Andre Swift, RB: Swift had four catches for 33 yards and eight carries for 16 yards for the Lions.

    Packers 27, Steelers 17
    Eric Stokes, DB: Stokes picked up eight tackles, defended two passes, and had his first career interception for Green Bay.

    Giants 27, Saints 21 (OT)
    Lorenzo Carter, OLB: Carter picked up four tackles for New York.
    Tae Crowder, ILB: Crowder led the Giants with nine tackles.
    Azeez Ojulari, OLB: Ojulari registered four tackles for New York.
    Andrew Thomas, OL: Thomas played all 63 snaps at tackle and helped the Giants accumulate 485 net yards.

Read more

1 … 71 72 73 74 75 … 232