He’s my brother. We’ll miss him in our running back room. As far as keeping myself healthy, I’m just thinking about how I can be better for the team,” Merriweather said. I don’t think about protecting myself, I think about laying it all on the line. “It makes me go in practice and be intentional with everything I’m trying to accomplish. He ran for a career-high 144 yards on 23 carries against Eastern Michigan the last time he was the Minutemen’s featured back with Adams out. Offensive lineman Max Longman will be a game-time decision.īELLWEATHER – With Adams out, that leaves junior Ellis Merriweather as UMass’ only healthy scholarship back. The Rutgers transfer will have surgery Wednesday.īell also said he doesn’t know whether they’ll have cornerbacks Josh Wallace and Donte Lindsay against UConn on Saturday. INJURIES – Running back Kay’Ron Adams is out for the year with a “pretty significant ankle injury,” UMass coach Walt Bell said Tuesday. “Pinning them back there, the offense has a less percentage of getting a touchdown so I just want to help out our defense as much as we can.” “I’m glad we can help our defense out tremendously by doing that,” Georgopoulos said. The Rockets put up 28 points after UMass’ four turnovers, scoring a touchdown on every drive. Toledo only scored 17 points on its eight drives that started after Georgopoulos punts. He also recognizes where his success fits in the broader team context and how it can help UMass’ other units. He’s a guy that comes in day in and day out wanting to get it right and wanting to have a perfect ball every time,” Georgopoulos said. “I rely on him so much and I’m thankful for him. “Every time, he does a great job getting it back there and he takes his job very seriously. He also credited UMass long snapper Evan Deckers, one of the nation’s best. You’ve got guys that want to get down field and want to make those tackles,” Georgopoulos said. “I’m thankful for them, because they make it happen.”

Punters don’t really want to be noticed. Georgopoulos credited his gunners for making impact tackles on potential returners and downing the football “I didn’t go back and think about how good it was or how bad it was, I just wanted the next rep and wanted it to be successful.” After I hit a ball I’d think about the next rep,” Georgopoulos said.

The junior from Greenville, S.C., boomed five of his eight punts more than 50 yards, averaging 52.9 yards per kick. UMass punter George Georgopoulos was impossible to ignore in a 45-7 loss against Toledo on Saturday. It’s certainly better than having a bad punter, but when you’re noticing how good a punter is, well, that means the offense isn’t picking up first downs or scoring touchdowns.

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