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ATHENS, Ga. \u2014 <\/strong>Georgia punter Brett Thorson<\/a><\/strong> won SEC Special Teams Player of the Week<\/a> on Monday for his performance against Tennessee, and some are saying it\u2019s all because of one single tackle. He didn\u2019t deny that.<\/p>\n

Thorson saved a touchdown with a stop of Volunteer return man Boo Carter<\/a><\/strong> after 26 yards at the UGA 37. It\u2019s the first return of more than 2 yards given up by the Bulldogs since November 12th of 2022 (a 63-yard touchdown by Mississippi State\u2019s Zavion Thomas<\/a><\/strong>), and while it wasn\u2019t the goal when the ball was snapped, Thorson certainly is enjoying the clout that\u2019s come with his tackle.<\/p>\n

The Melbourne, Australia native and product of ProKick Australia was posted as a special speaker to the Georgia Football team on Monday after receiving his weekly award. Head coach Kirby Smart found a humorous way to make light of his team\u2019s missed tackles calling on Thorson to teach the team how to take a ballcarrier down. His three keys: \u201cBe tough, be fast, and be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll give Coach Smart credit. That was his idea. I got told yesterday morning, and at first I thought, \u2018Oh, this could come back and bite me in the ass if stuff doesn\u2019t go our way in the future.\u2019 But I figured, yeah, why not? The idea was to hopefully get a good laugh and get the team going,\u201d Thorson said.<\/p>\n

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Coach called in a professional tackler to talk to the team #GoDawgs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/J5JfBFVmm9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Smart, asked about the video too, said that Thorson brings something to the team that\u2019s hard to replicate. Thorson reminds Smart of a punter he worked with in the past, Donnie Jones who used to give not-so-serious speeches to his teammates at LSU before the Tigers\u2019 biggest games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was telling Muschamp last night, there was a guy, golly, must be 20 years now ago at LSU, a punter by the name of Donnie Jones. Donnie used to get up in front of the team. Coach Saban would let him talk to the team and break the team down every Thursday. He would talk about the upcoming opponent. When a punter gets up there and talks about an upcoming opponent and just how we\u2019re going to dominate them and just get after them, it always provided some levity. It provided some humor. I think of Brett when I think of Donnie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just a funny guy. The players really enjoy him and like him,\u201d Smart continued. \u201cWe thought it was a good opportunity for him to take advantage of what he did. We\u2019ve struggled to tackle for whatever reason. We haven\u2019t tackled well, so we\u2019re searching for any answer we can. We wanted to drive that home to them that he did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thorson agrees with his head coach. Whether it\u2019s the way he talks or the things he does, he hopes his presence on the team brings an uplifting spirit to a team always in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully I just bring a pretty lighthearted, easygoing personality. Not too serious,\u201d Thorson said. \u201cI think the boys find it funny. Whether it\u2019s just funny the way I say stuff or funny what I say, they get a good laugh sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey enjoyed it. They said it was pretty funny, obviously.\u00a0Pretty lighthearted and gets spirits up. So yeah, I think the boys appreciate it,\u201d he added on the video.\u00a0\u201cEveryone, I think, saw the humor in it of me probably being the most unathletic on the team,\u00a0trying to teach the boys how to tackle.\u00a0So yeah, it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teammate, and podcast co-host, Tate Ratledge<\/a><\/strong> didn\u2019t doubt that Thorson was capable of tackling. He put on 15 pounds over the offseason after all. Ratledge was however concerned that Thorson might not track down the returner Carter, a two-way high school star who was clocked during the recruiting process running a 4.39-second 40-yard dash.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe impressed me with that one. I didn\u2019t think he had that much running in him,\u201d Ratledge joked during his Monday media availability<\/a>. \u201cThat was my biggest concern. I knew if he got there, he\u2019s built like a linebacker, so he could probably make the tackle. But it was getting there that would be the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI missed the tackle on that play, and Brett saved me on that play because I was supposed to fit him inside out. He also made a good move on me,\u201d linebacker Chaz Chambliss added, saying that Thorson has the keys to tackling spot on. \u201cIt was a big time play, especially for him. Especially him not even tackling ever since he\u2019s gotten here, I don\u2019t think. So no, he does a big play in a big game.\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as Thorson\u2019s stance on the tackle, it\u2019s actually not one of his prouder moments. He understands that because he was called upon as a punter to make a stop, something went wrong for his team in coverage. That starts with him kicking it, and ended with him making a play.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause we had a punt return, it\u2019s definitely a weird thing to celebrate.\u00a0I think the video comes out and we look at it light hearted,\u00a0but obviously, it\u2019s not a good thing,\u201d Thorson said, ranking where the tackle goes on his list of career accomplishments. \u201cI do feel iffy about getting around it and stuff like that.\u00a0Obviously, the touchdown two and a half years ago definitely probably goes below that.\u00a0But yeah, no.\u00a0It\u2019s been our second biggest return since I\u2019ve been here.\u00a0So not quite something I\u2019m happy about.\u00a0But I probably owed the boys for two and a half years of work.\u00a0So I was glad I could help out just once.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between that touchdown given up against Mississippi State over two years ago and last Saturday\u2019s long return against Tennessee, Georgia had allowed just five returns for a total of -4 yards. The Bulldogs went the entire 2023 season without allowing a return and 72 straight punts without a return for positive yardage.<\/p>\n

Of Thorson\u2019s 76 punts in between, 40 were either fair caught, downed or went out of bounds at or inside the 20 yard line including 17 at or inside the 10. His average punt traveled 45.9 yards while only six went for touchbacks, so there\u2019s more than just his tackling ability that\u2019s impressive about Thorson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everything that goes into it, to start with the coaching and the game plan. They give us a good look during the week and come up with a good plan for who we\u2019re playing against. Then you\u2019ve got to start with the snap. I can\u2019t punt the ball if I don\u2019t get a good snap, so I feel like this year Beau\u2019s been exceptional. And then the protection and the coverage. So you have Arian and Dom and whoever else has been out there, they\u2019ve been elite,\u201d Thorson said. \u201cI can\u2019t take too much credit because without any of these other pieces that I just mentioned, it can\u2019t happen.\u00a0And it has lasted about two-and-a-half years, so a lot of people have played into that. A lot of different guys, a lot of different protection, a lot of different looks. So there\u2019s a whole team involved in that. That\u2019s not just a punting thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia takes on UMass this Saturday at 12:45 p.m. ET on SEC Network. The Bulldogs then have a tighter-than-normal turnaround time, closing the season out against Georgia Tech on Black Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC).<\/p>\n

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