Georgia junior tailback Todd Gurley put his early stamp on the Heisman Trophy race with this 100-yard kickoff
return for a touchdown in an opening rout of Clemson.There is a lot of time between now and the Heisman Trophy ceremony in mid-December, but Georgia junior tailback Todd Gurley is compiling a nice highlight package should he get an invitation.
Gurley returned a kickoff 100 yards in the 45-21 rout of Clemson to open the season, and he also shredded the Tigers on touchdown runs of 23, 18 and 51 yards. He could not match 293 all-purpose yards in last week’s 38-35 loss at South Carolina, but he did rush for 131 with a Heisman-type highlight late in the third quarter.
With the Bulldogs facing a third-and-16 at South Carolina’s 45-yard line, Gurley headed left, saw no room to run and reversed field for a 17-yard pickup and a first down.
“I just knew we needed the first down,” Gurley said, “and I wanted to do everything in my will to get it. I saw the back side open, and I just ran.”
Said quarterback Hutson Mason: “That’s all on him and his ability to make a play.”