Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray.PILING THEM UPThe milestone touchdown passes in the career of Georgia senior quarterback Aaron Murray:• 1 — Kris Durham (3 yards vs. Louisiana-Lafayette in 2010)• 25 — Orson Charles (36 yards vs. Boise State in 2011)• 50 — Bruce Figgins (15 yards vs. Auburn in 2011)• 75 — Arthur Lynch (10 yards vs. Kentucky in 2012)• 99 — Justin Scott-Wesley (86 yards vs. South Carolina in 2013)
ATHENS, Ga. – Being Georgia’s quarterback for a long, long time is one thing, but now Aaron Murray is on the verge of turning 100.
By throwing four touchdown passes two weeks ago in the 41-30 win over South Carolina, Murray has 99 aerial scores in his college career. The only Southeastern Conference quarterback ever to crack the century mark in that category was Florida’s Danny Wuerffel, who accumulated 114 in leading the Gators to four straight league titles from 1993 to ’96.
“It’s definitely been a successful three years and two games so far,” Murray said Tuesday. “Hopefully there will be a lot more to come. That would be great.”
Murray, who earned national player of the week honors for his 309-yard performance against the Gamecocks, could notch his 100th career touchdown pass relatively quickly Saturday against North Texas. The 6-foot-1, 208-pound redshirt senior from Tampa, Fla., threw his first touchdown pass in his first game, a 55-7 shellacking of Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 4, 2010.