On his experience with punt returning…
“In high school I did a little bit of everything, kick-offs punt returns. That is definitely I did in high school…It can be different in practice and in games but our coaches do a good job of making practice harder than games. There are people flying around and stuff like that. It is a little different with the atmosphere, the fans and all the stuff like that. With the respects to the players and a lot of flying around, the way we practice makes it easy.”
On his growth from last season…
“I think really physically going against those other guys every day. I mean just the way they approach the game-their physicality and everything like that. It showed me with the defense and even on offense how I need to approach things and go about it.”
On facing Arkansas…
“They are not the same Arkansas team we faced last year, they are way more physical. This is the kind of game that we here at Georgia look for, a game that we can be physical. We pride ourselves on our toughness and physicality. I am sure everyone on the team is excited for the game as I am.”
On the atmosphere of an early game…
“I feel like as a team we are ready. We just had an early kick-off, it is not like it will be new to us. We are going to prepare, we are going to practice hard throughout the week. We are going to practice like we are going out there and competing for a national championship no matter who we play. For the fans, just like Coach Smart said, ‘challenge the fans to get out there and be loud, be electric, and be elite.’ That is what we push to be as a team.”
On big runs…
“Big runs are hard to get. Just the little things we have to work on to get to them, just linebackers and just finishing blocks and stuff like that.”
On the difficulty of embracing a role on the scout team…
“Being young you are like, ‘hey, I am on the scout team, I am not really doing anything for the team.’ But as the season goes on you see all the good stuff and you go, ‘yeah, I kind of like scout team.’ It helps you get better, it helps the defense get better and the offense get better.”