Tennessee’s Jalen Hurd carries the ball in the game against Arkansas State.ATHENS, Ga. – Tennessee senior quarterback Justin Worley got it right when he said freshman running back Jalen Hurd played “lights out” in Saturday’s 35-32 loss at Georgia.
After all, the Hendersonville, Tenn., resident ran for 119 yards, scored a touchdown, caught three passes for another 19 yards and generally looked like the kind of bruising, breakaway back who winds up making a pretty fair living on NFL Sundays.
Unfortunately, his fumble in the Volunteers’ end zone with 4:27 to go became a Bulldogs touchdown that all but guaranteed UT’s loss and momentarily subdued Hurd’s heroics.
“It was a bad exchange,” he said. “I take full responsibility, and that’s something that won’t happen again.”
Tennessee coach Butch Jones was equally blunt.