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Tennessee-Georgia Game Included the Best Play by a Long Snapper You'll Ever See

It's not often a long snapper makes a play like this.

Tim Capurso

Tennessee long snapper Bennett Brady made an unbelievable hustle play during the game vs. Georgia.
Tennessee long snapper Bennett Brady made an unbelievable hustle play during the game vs. Georgia. / Screengrab Twitter @cjzero
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Long snappers have a thankless job.

Unfortunately, they don't benefit from flashy stats, and if they're getting any attention, it's probably for all the wrong reasons, like a botched snap. But that was not the case during Saturday's game between Tennessee and Georgia.

After a Volunteers' second quarter drive stalled out at their own 39-yard line, Tennessee punter Jackson Ross and the rest of the special teams unit, including long snapper Bennett Brady, ran out onto the field. Ross booted the ball inside the Georgia 20-yard line, but the Volunteers needed a favorable bounce if they wanted to pin the 'Dawgs back deep.

Or, they needed Bennett Brady.

The junior long-snapper hustled all the way downfield, dove just as the ball was headed for the Bulldogs end zone—and a touchback—and saved the ball for freshman tight end Jack Van Dorselaer to down at the Georgia 4-yard line.

It was a textbook pin inside the 5-yard line for Ross—and an absolutely unbelievable play by Brady.

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.

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