Strong spring, so-so G-Day for Georgia football starting quarterback Carson Beck

Nobody ever saw their Heisman Trophy chances go up in flames with a performance in an April spring game.

So Carson Beck, the quarterback who led Georgia football to an unbeaten regular season last year and gave fans reason to celebrate when he announced his return, shouldn’t sweat throwing a couple of interceptions in the first half of Saturday’s G-Day game.

And he didn’t, even though he said it was probably the first time in a long time he’s thrown two interceptions in a day.

“Shoot, I don’t really count the first one because it got batted,” Beck said. “The second one was on me. I thought he was going to do something different and I came back and didn’t really look at it. Threw it. It wasn’t the guy I thought was in there, but the two picks happened. It doesn’t really matter.”

Beck did something he never did all last season, throw a pair of interceptions in a game.

Of course, this wasn’t a game, but an intrasquad scrimmage in Sanford Stadium.

Mykel Williams batted a ball in the air at the line of scrimmage and snagged the interception.

Then inside linebacker CJ Allen was the recipient of a throw over the middle that he picked off.

“I thought the defense played much better today then they did in previous scrimmages in terms of energy and enthusiasm and running to the ball,” coach Kirby Smart said. “They rushed the passer better today. The offense probably didn’t have as good a day as they’ve had in maybe the two scrimmages, but some of that was the terms of which we scrimmaged with which was passing and loose plays.”

Beck by all accounts wrapped up a strong spring. This was just the last of 15 spring practices.

He still threw for 301 yards on 25 of 46 passing with two touchdown passes Saturday along with the picks in a scrimmage that ended in a 20-20 tie.

“Carson had a great spring to…

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Author : Athens Banner-Herald

Publish date : 2024-04-13 21:31:59

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