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Notre Dame vs Georgia Tech: 5 Yellow Jacket Players to Know
Georgia Tech plays everyone close. Besides their two blowout wins, each of the Yellow Jacket’s contests this season have been one score games in the fourth quarter. Under the gutsy, never give up style coaching of sleeveless sweatshirt wearing Brent Key, that might be exactly what GT wants to be.
Notre Dame has quietly stacked quality wins since their endlessly frustrating loss to NIU, and Georgia Tech presents another worthy challenge.
It’s been a tumultuous week for Notre Dame, stacking multiple wins on the recruiting trail while being rocked by a devastating injury, can they pull everything together this Saturday? The answer to that question will be heavily influences by the players lining up across from the Irish. Here are three of them to know.
A fifth year senior, King will burn you with his arm and legs. The dual threat quarterback has six rushing touchdowns on the year, and flaunts an impressive 81.9 passer rating – good for 15th best in the country. Impressively, and rather surprisingly, King is also protecting the ball.
Following a year where King coughed up 17 total turnovers, a lone pick against Georgia State marks his only turnover on the year. Coming off of a relatively quiet performance against North Carolina in a win, this Georgia Tech offense doesn’t need King to post gaudy numbers to win.
However, with Benjamin Morrison going down this week, King and the Yellow Jackets might find success through the air this week.
Remarkably, the Yellow Jackets only have one pick through seven games. Their inability to generate turnovers compounds the general deficiency of their pass defense. Allowing over 220 passing yards per game, they are by no means atrocious, but are definitely less than mediocre.
Riley Leonard is fresh off his best game in an Irish jersey, and Brooks will need to effectively patrol the secondary. Brooks hasn’t yet recaptured his excellent play from the 2023 season, which he finished with three INTs and 37 tackles, but he has the potential to change any game he’s in.
The fifth-highest rated returning safety to start the year, Brooks could break out and shut down the back half of the field against Notre Dame.
Last season, this rushing attack led the ACC. While King plays an outsized role, Haynes is the true focal point of the ground game. This season, Haynes has been getting better game after game.
In last week’s win over North Carolina, Haynes dropped season highs in yardage, yards per carry, carries, longest run, and touchdowns. He will need to take yet another step against Notre Dame’s run defense that seemingly, hopefully, figured things out against Stanford.
Almost regardless of improvement, Haynes will be fed the rock repeatedly this Saturday, and whether or not he can play off the passing game to establish himself will dictate the flow of the Georgia Tech offense.
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ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
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