ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia Bulldogs were able to contain college football’s fastest player last season.
They’re readying for the same challenge Saturday.
Auburn sophomore receiver Anthony Schwartz, a sprinter who set a world youth record with a 100-yard dash time of 10.15 seconds during the 2017 Florida Relays, hopes to impact Saturday’s showdown between the No. 5 Bulldogs (8-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) and the No. 13 Tigers (7-2, 4-2). Georgia is looking to limit his productivity, having held Schwartz to a pair of catches for 27 yards during last November’s 27-10 win by the Bulldogs in Sanford Stadium.
“You try and know where he is, but they do a good job of putting him in different locations,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “They don’t leave him in one spot. He’s not always the feature guy. Sometimes he’s the decoy and sometimes he’s not the decoy, and you don’t really ever know which one he’s going to be. He’s very explosive.
“I think awareness is how to handle it. We’ve got the players we’ve got, and they’ve got the players they got and nobody in the country is as fast as that guy.”