Georgia Bulldogs UGA logoNASHVILLE – Georgia has been lacking in impact defensive plays this season, but freshman cornerback Shaq Wiggins provided one Saturday.
With Vanderbilt leading 14-10 midway through the second quarter and looking for more following consecutive 15-yard passes by Austyn Carta-Samuels, the Commodores lined up in an unconventional formation. Carta-Samuels threw to the left sideline, where Wiggins was waiting to snatch the ball and take it for a 39-yard touchdown.
“It was a play where I knew the screen or the quick pass was coming,” Wiggins said. “I was the only one over there, and I just read the play before it happened.”
That was just the second interception for the Bulldogs this season and the first since Tray Matthews had one in the third game against North Texas. Georgia added another in the third quarter when Corey Moore intercepted Vanderbilt backup Patton Robinette in the eventual 31-27 loss to the Commodores.
Georgia had not returned an interception for a touchdown since inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera had one in last year’s rout of Florida Atlantic.