Kenny McIntosh accepts Senior Bowl invite for after 2022 season
Georgia running back Kenny McIntosh has been a huge part of the Bulldogs’ success this season, and once the season is over, he’ll be headed to the Reese’s Senior Bowl. A fourth-year from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., McIntosh accepted an invite on Monday, less than 48 hours after helping Georgia take down Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
McIntosh has played in all 14 games for Georgia so far this season, leading the team in rushing with 779 yards on the ground and 10 touchdowns on 142 carries. He’s also added 505 yards and two more scores receiving, including one in the 42-41 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Ohio State on Saturday. That was his fifth game with over 100 total yards.
“He’s run angry,” Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett said about McIntosh after an impressive performance against Georgia Tech. “Even after that fumble in the game (Florida), he started getting pissed off when he was running it. He’s a different back when he does that. We try to convey to him, let him know during the week, ‘Hey man, they can’t tackle you if you don’t want them to,’ and I think he’s done a really good job of that.”
“Kenny’s special with the ball in his hands,” he added. “I saw the safety, he came down a little bit too far and I just threw it over his head. He kept going, got horse-collared. He’s a weapon out of the backfield. All of our backs, I can’t remember how many yards we had, but we ran the ball really well today.”
McIntosh, a former four-star prospect out of University School, came to Georgia behind the likes of D’Andre Swift, Zamir White and James Cook. Those guys were stars, and McIntosh played a supplemental role up until this year. He knew his time would come, and now that it’s here, he’s made sure to make the most of it.
“This is my last year man. I know what I want, and I’ve been waiting all my life for this moment,” McIntosh said. “To be able to be here, I want to take full advantage of this opportunity by going out there and giving it my all every day.”
McIntosh will join Christopher Smith, who already accepted his invite to the Senior Bowl, in Mobile, Ala. for practices and the game the week of February 4th. Other Georgia players to accept invites to showcase style games that are a part of the NFL Draft prep process include Robert Beal and Jack Podlesny. All of them still have one game to go at Georgia though before turning pro as Georgia takes on TCU in the National Championship Game next Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Kickoff time is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN with the Bulldogs entering as 13.5-point favorites over the Horned Frogs.
