Georgia’s Marshall Morgan could become SEC’s all-time scoring leader

Georgia senior kicker Marshall Morgan (13) made two field-goal attempts and two extra-point tries last week at Auburn and needs 22 more points to become the all-time leading scorer in the Southeastern Conference.

By David Paschall November 19, 2015 4 min read

ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia senior kicker Marshall Morgan never had a choice when it came to easing into his college career.

Signed in 2012 to replace Blair Walsh, currently a Minnesota Vikings All-Pro kicker, Morgan arrived from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., without anyone in front of him on the depth chart. He could either produce right away as ESPN’s No. 5 kicking prospect in the nation or leave the Bulldogs in a potential mess on special teams.

Having scored 391 career points entering Saturday night’s home game against Georgia Southern, he obviously chose the former.

“I’m definitely blessed to have started as a freshman and to come out here for four years and pretty much play in every game,” Morgan said this week. “It’s been a fun run.”

Bulldogs glance

› Georgia (7-3) vs. Georgia Southern (7-2) › Sanford Stadium › Saturday, 7 p.m. › ESPNU and 102.3 FM

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.