UGA Football DB Talks About Secondary Rotation Against Clemson

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ATHENS - UGA Football had a major defensive showing against the Clemson Tigers in the Alfac Kickoff Game.

Holding a ranked opponent to under 200 total offensive yards and just a field goal was one of the most impressive performances of week one. Kirby Smart, Glenn Schumann and Travaris Robinson shelled out a lot of different faces on their stifling defense. 

Junior safety JaCorey Thomas got the starting nod at the STAR position on Saturday. He rotated out pretty quickly in favor of KJ Bolden in the secondary, but Thomas made a couple plays in his starting debut. The main secondary had superstar Malaki Starks in the STAR position. 

Thomas spoke with the media on Monday. Here is some of what he had to say:

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On his big pass breakup against Clemson…

"Usually when the receiver comes their eyes get big, or their hands go up. When their hands go up, you want to mirror their hands, so where you think the ball is going to come to and kind of break their hands away instead of just going for the ball. Sometimes if you just go for the ball, you can miss and they can still catch it, but if you rake out the elbow or rake out one of their hands it'll be a way harder catch to make."

On his first career start…

"You just come out there and play every day, so I really didn't know I was going in at first to start at the beginning. Sometimes you might come in different packages, so you could start out on a reg, and I wouldn't have been out on the field, but instead we started on a nickel, so I was the first one on the field. My mom was there. She was pretty happy to say so herself, so she was there."

On staying locked in during a game with a rotation of players going in…

"Being here at Georgia, they teach you how to focus for longer times. During fall camp we have longer meetings, so your focus stamina needs to be really good. As to when you get in the game, you need to focus on what package is being called, when you're in and when you're out, so as long as you're able to lock in to do what you need to do, you'll be fine."

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