Plant’s Aaron Murray tears it up for Dawgs

Posted Sep 4, 2010 by Bill Ward

Updated Sep 4, 2010 at 03:33 PM

Seems like it was just yesterday that Aaron Murray was scrambling around the mostly-dirt field at Plant’s Dad’s Stadium and leading the Panthers to a Class 4A state title.

Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., the Plant product was tearing it up for the University of Georgia in his first college game.

Murray, a redshirt freshman for the Bulldogs, passed for three touchdowns 184 yards and added another 42 yards and touchdown with his feet to lead No. 23 Georgia to a 55-7 romp over Louisiana-Lafayette.

Despite the absence of top receiver A.J. Green, Murray completed 16 of 24 pass attempts. Kris Durham caught two of Murray’s TD passes. With one second remaining before halftime, Murray scrambled 16 yards down the right sideline, reaching out with the ball to score just inside the pylon.

The 55 points Georgia scored was its highest total in nearly six years. Looks like the ex-Panthers star is on his way to a great collegiate career.