Georgia Football: 4 best Bulldog performers vs Missouri

Sep 17, 2016; Columbia, MO, USA; Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie (16) catches a touchdown pass as Missouri Tigers defensive back Aarion Maxey-Penton (11) defends in the second half at Faurot Field. The Bulldogs won 28-27. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports /

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3. Quincy Mauger

Georgia’s pass defense looked awful most of the game. Missouri’s Drew Lock went 23-of-38 with 376 yards and three touchdowns. But the secondary rose to the occasion with three interceptions. Quincy Mauger had two of them.

Neither led to points for Georgia, but with how Lock and the Tigers offense moved the ball, it does not make the interceptions any less important.

His last interception was by far the biggest. In not only kept Lock from completing a touchdown catch, but if it had been an incomplete pass, the Tigers could have attempted a field goal. If good, Georgia would have trailed 30-21.

That could have been the nail in the coffin, but it wasn’t because Mauger made the play.

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