Georgia Kicker Marshall Morgan Sets SEC Record for Consecutive Field Goals Made

As anyone who has watched a college football game recently knows, finding a reliable college kicker can be a dicey proposition at best.

Georgia and head coach Mark Richt are fortunate not to have that problem. Junior kicker Marshall Morgan is one of college football’s best, most reliable kickers, and he just keeps rolling along.

Saturday, Morgan’s 36-yard field goal against South Carolina was his 19th consecutive made field goal, setting a new SEC record held for 30 years by Tennessee’s FuadReveiz. He added to the mark with a 26-yard field goal in the second quarter, but the streak ended at 20 when Morgan missed a 44-yard try late in the second quarter. Fans will remember his second miss, a 28-yard attempt pushed right with Georgia trailing 38-35 with under five minutes to play. 

Morgan had not missed a field goal since missing a 39-yarder last season at Tennessee. And in that game, he kicked a career-long 56-yarder (the longest road field goal in program history) and the game-winning 42-yard field goal in overtime.

A year ago, he made 22 of 24 field-goal tries, setting the SEC record for best field-goal percentage in a season. He also made his last 17 field goals of the season, setting a Georgia program record.

Georgia wide receiver Chris Conley told the Athens Banner-Herald’s Ethan Burch that Morgan is “unique,” saying he’d rather play Call of Duty: Zombies or go to the driving range than focus on his record.

Quarterback Hutson Mason agreed with Conley’s assessment but said Morgan is a valuable piece, per Burch:

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It really starts with his preparation over the summer. I know he’s pretty active on Twitter and Instagram, so the whole world knows when he’s kicking. He has been working hard this summer out there and you really don’t notice hard work from a kicker because they’re so weird and so behind the closet.

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Morgan can be as strange as he wants. If he keeps making field goals when Georgia needs him, the Bulldogs will be happy to have him around.