Welp, this isn’t exactly ideal! Twice in the last three weeks, Georgia players have either dropped or almost dropped the ball before crossing the plane of the end zone during touchdowns. The first one came on Sept. 8 against South Carolina — Georgia DB Deandre Baker returned an interception it to the house, but he dropped the ball before it crossed the plane:
Georgia’s nearly DeSean Jackson’d twice in 3 weeks
Deandre Baker was the first, then Jeremiah Holloman almost did it again.
The TD was officially credited to Juwan Taylor, No. 44, who had the awareness to fall on the ball in the end zone after Baker dropped it, giving the Dawgs an early 7-0 lead.
Two weeks later, it almost happened again — during Georgia’s game against Missouri, Bulldog receiver Jeremiah Holloman appeared to drop the ball before it crossed the goal line:
The play was called as a touchdown and stood — partially because the angle wasn’t great, which didn’t give enough conclusive evidence to reverse the call.
This isn’t the first time this has happened at the collegiate level, and often times it negates the would-be touchdown. Clemson’s Ray-Ray McCloud, Oklahoma’s Joe Mixon, and Cal’s Vic Enwere have all fell victim to dropping the ball to early in recent years. Of course, these guys weren’t the first to do this:
This isn’t a sudden outburst at all. A steady stream of players have made this mistake over the past 10 years.
Whenever this happens, we say the player has “pulled a DeSean Jackson.” After all, he’s the most prominent player to screw up in this way. Just two weeks into Jackson’s rookie season in 2009, the second-round pick made himself a household name during Monday Night Football:
Luckily, this habit hasn’t cost Georgia necessarily, but you gotta believe Kirby Smart will be addressing this in practice in the coming weeks.
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