ESPN says a Tennessee Vols player made the ‘hustle play of the week’ against the Georgia Bulldogs

One of the most impressive plays in all of college football this past weekend came in the first half of the Tennessee Vols’ 44-41 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs. And it wasn’t an offensive or a defensive play. Tennessee punted the ball to Georgia for the first time in the second quarter. It looked like […]

Zach Ragan Tennessee Volunteers News Writer
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One of the most impressive plays in all of college football this past weekend came in the first half of the Tennessee Vols’ 44-41 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs.

And it wasn’t an offensive or a defensive play.

Tennessee punted the ball to Georgia for the first time in the second quarter. It looked like the punt was about roll into the end zone for a touchback before Vols long snapper Bennett Brady came out of nowhere to slap the ball away from the goal line.

That was just an incredible effort from Brady, who was the starting quarterback at Evangelical Christian as a senior in high school.

ESPN says Vols long snapper Bennett Brady had the hustle play of the week

ESPN labeled Brady’s effort against Georgia as the “hustle play of the week”.

“It takes every inch of effort to win marquee games like Saturday’s showdown between Tennessee and Georgia, a sentiment that was echoed by Tennessee long snapper Bennett Brady’s effort on a second-quarter punt,” noted ESPN.

Here’s the view of Brady’s play from the stands (via Brady’s dad, Braxton).

That’s truly a tremendous play by Brady. And it paid off for the Vols, too. Georgia was unable to get anything going offensively after getting buried deep in their own territory, resulting in the Bulldogs punting the ball back to Tennessee.