New Orleans • Georgia freshman receiver George Pickens left behind his regrettable ending to the regular season and put the rest of college football on notice that he will be an exceedingly tough cover in 2020.
Pickens caught 12 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, and No. 5 Georgia defeated eighth-ranked Baylor 26-14 in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday night.
“I’ve still got growing to do, but I can kind of tell myself I’m improving every day,” said the 6-foot-3 Pickens, who was suspended for the first half of Georgia’s SEC title game loss to LSU because of his fight with a Georgia Tech player in the Bulldogs’ regular-season finale.