Darnell Washington discusses Georgia red zone issues, why he keeps hurdling defenders

ATHENS — Darnell Washington’s recent play has people asking a lot of questions. Why does he always try and hurdle defenders? What was his halftime message to the team when it was trailing against Missouri? What’s it like to send defenders flying?

And chiefly, why isn’t Washington getting the ball more in the red zone?

Just about all of those have answers, whether it be Washington, his teammates or Kirby Smart providing intel about the junior tight end.

On hurdling defenders, Washington knows opposing players are going to dive at his legs to try and bring him down. So when they go low, he goes high. Even if he sometimes realizes that’s not the best decision as he’s delivering a knee to the chest of an opposing defender.

“Honesty, I don’t know what goes through my head when I jump up in the air,” Washington said. “I look down and think, ‘yeah, It doesn’t look too good from this point.’ I don’t know, it just happens.”

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