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Georgia’s Murray, Jones, Jenkins garner MVP awards for spring practice

10:50 am April 13, 2012, by Chip Towers

Athens – Georgia on Friday released its annual list of spring football practice awards.

Highlighting the list was most valuable player awards for quarterbacks Aaron Murray and Hutson Mason on offense and outside linebacker Jarvis Jones and noseguard John Jenkins on defense. Also, for the second year in a row, offensive lineman Kolton Houston came away with the coveted “Coffee County Hustle Award.” He shared it this year with defensive end Garrison Smith and walkon wideout Michael Erdman.

Here’s the full list:

  • MVP (offense) – Aaron Murray, QB, Tampa, Fla.; Hutson Mason, QB, Marietta, Ga.
  • True Grit Award (offense) – Arthur Lynch, TE, Dartmouth, Mass.
  • Coffee County Hustle Award (offense) – Kolton Houston, OG, Buford, Ga.; Michael Erdman, SE, Merritt Island, Fla.
  • Most Improved Player (offense) – Ken Malcome, TB, Decatur, Ga.
  • Outstanding Walk-On (offense) – Merritt Hall, FB, Alpharetta, Ga.
  • MVP (defense) – Jarvis Jones, OLB, Columbus, Ga.; John Jenkins, NG, Meriden, Conn.
  • True Grit Award (defense) – Shawn Williams, SS, Damascus, Ga.
  • Coffee County Hustle Award (defense) – Garrison Smith, DE, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Most Improved Player (defense) – Damian Swann, CB, Atlanta, Ga.; Ramik Wilson, ILB, Tampa, Fla.
  • Outstanding Walk-On (defense) – Connor Norman, SS, Duluth, Ga.
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71 comments Add your comment

SavDawg

April 13th, 2012
10:04 pm

mason also threw 100% more interceptions as murray. do you honestly believe that the coaches would field a starter with a more talented back-up laying in wait?

CMR

April 13th, 2012
10:44 pm

For the record Murray is my starting QB baring injury..you don’t like it find another team…

RED DOG 77

April 14th, 2012
12:32 am

@Dawg Rage………..I thinks ‘ol Kolton is more like 290 to 300………..But lets just say he is a little lighter…………..I will guarantee you IC, Kieth Marshall, Todd Gurley and the likes would much rather run behind an explosive 290lb guard or tackle than a fat, slow and winded 330lb good’un…………………….Say what you will about Kolton Houston, but on Saturdays this fall DOG NATION is going to be mighty proud to have him on the field………..mark my word on this one, kid is a winner………………..RED

tell me again

April 14th, 2012
2:49 am

I’m sorry GT Bob – but the dumbest thing I have ever seen is winning an ACC Championship and then having to give it back. And right with that is running that stupid offense Tech runs which is “The most prolific running game in college football (in the ACC anyway) and gets you nowhere year in and year out. GT Bob is the Man Boob himself who has finally realized the only way he can get to Georgia fans is to blog them to death LOL

A Father

April 14th, 2012
4:38 am

VegasDawg and GTBob are not the same person. I know that for a fact because both of them are here with me and tide roll playing Twister.

wde

April 14th, 2012
11:55 am

@legendofthegame and how many SEC wins have you coached your team too…?

figures

April 14th, 2012
12:07 pm

some dude talking to himself at 2:49 in the morning. Anyway, the funniest thing ever is how UGA treated Jan Kemp. All she did was expose the corruption in Athens. You should build a statue of her right next to the cesspool. AND it really is a cesspool! I’m not kidding, sewage backs up on the field.

wde

April 14th, 2012
12:47 pm

@figures I agree we should build a statue of Jan a really big statue and stick it right up your holier than thou bung hole…

ugab

April 14th, 2012
2:03 pm

Congrats to the players awards….Maybe CMR will put together a complete team one yr.. time is ticking. lol wat a joke.

Shawn

April 15th, 2012
7:58 am

The Dawgs record was not so sporty in Matty Staffords freshman year either. Most of the losses during Murray’s tenure were during his freshman year(6-7). It’s very hard to win games in the SEC with a freshman QB and so many other holes on the team like UGA had in 2010. Last year we had 0 running game. That is the real problem with losing to ranked teams. The only way to win against championship caliber teams is to have a running game. That’s the real problem. If the Dawgs run the ball this year, I could play QB and win. Murray will make less mistakes when the running games puts less pressure on him to make “superhero” type plays to win. So stay off him! Go Dawgs!

Neutral

April 15th, 2012
8:11 am

You “Murray bashers” are total idiots!!! These are not Spring Game award winners……they are Spring Football Practice award winners. For you negative knuckleheads that means every day performance during every practice……not just one or two games. Goes to show you don’t have a clue and you also don’t understand why Murray is the favorite. You would be the first to complain if we used a different QB and lost a game. You would be screaming that CMR and Bobo were idiots for not using Murray. You guys are incredibly short sighted and out of touch, but I enjoy reading your uninformed blogs so keep it up……don’t be discouraged by your ignorance.

Neutral

April 15th, 2012
8:17 am

@Shawn

Thanks my friend…..you are soooooooo correct. No one seems to notice that Murray’s last 3 losses were to teams with “top 5″ defenses (LSU, SC and MSU). He is a really good QB and you were spot-on with your comments.

reality_check

April 15th, 2012
7:56 pm

Tom, you’re spot on about the OL. Does anyone else remember the six sacks little Boise State put on us last fall? I’d rather have a smaller (not 50lb smaller, but maybe 20-30) lineman who can make it to his assignment in the fourth quarter than a big one who tires out when the game is on the line.

I’d support conditioning our lineman down some weight. It might help their mental toughness too.

reality_check

April 15th, 2012
8:02 pm

Just read all the way through – You’re right too Red Dawg.

Those Buford coaches produce a lot of hard working ball players.

LawDawg

April 16th, 2012
12:08 pm

VegasDog: The quality of commentary on these blogs is so low, I really did not think it was possible for one commenter to stick out as particularly bad/misinformed/possibly brain-damaged, but you have managed it. Well done.

AltamahaDawg

April 16th, 2012
3:58 pm

Of COURCE, Murray’s mistake come at the “worst time”. Under the greatest pressure, at the most critical time of a close game against your toughest competion. Well, Duh. Isn’t that when failures in a athletic competition is most likely to occur?

(and not too coincidently, also the worst time for your team mates to make critical mistakes too, although often glossed over, and in some cases the cause )

The other given about the”worst time” is that it’s also the exact point at which calling a less capable, less experienced back-up QB into the game would have reached maximum stupidity.

AltamahaDawg

April 16th, 2012
4:39 pm

And by “exposed the corruption”, you mean pointing out things that were neither illegal nor broke any NCAA rules?

Kat

April 17th, 2012
3:57 am

Mettenberger was KICKED off the team for raping a cheerleader

Taylor Wooten

April 18th, 2012
8:05 am

Aaron Murray? LOL
Gotta love the propaganda coming out of Athens.

Taylor Wooten

April 18th, 2012
8:06 am

Gotta love those little 6 foot 0 inch QBs…who go brain dead on a regular basis

John

April 18th, 2012
3:30 pm

Way to go Garrison Smith…… Show them what those former ASTROS can do. Nubian Eyes are Watching

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