ATHENS — Kendall Milton is breaking loose in the Georgia football backfield, and just in time.
Milton, when last seen, was dancing in the background in Kenny McIntosh’s Instagram locker room celebration video after a 50-30 win over LSU.
An hour earlier Milton was dancing over, around and through the Tigers’ defense en route to his first career 100-yard performance, carrying the ball 8 times for 113 yards.
“I thought (LSU game) was the first time he really had his pad level and was running through contact,” Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said. “He’s made some big runs, but (Saturday) his pads were lower, he ran over people, kept his legs churning. He had the explosive ones.”
It was a healthy sight, quite literally, as it provides No. 1-ranked Georgia with exactly the right boost it could use with No. 4 Ohio State on deck in the CFP Peach Bowl Semifinal at 8 p.m. on Dec. 31.
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