The jokes on social media were just too easy after the woes that Georgia’s kickers have had this season trying to put a ball through the uprights.
Georgia forward Yante Maten (1) celebrates Georgia's 69-56 victory over South Carolina after an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Athens Banner-Herald)
If Georgia basketball forward Yante Maten can boot a 44-yard field goal, get him out there on the football team was the sentiment.
Maten kicked one through from that distance during a team punt, pass and kick competition in a video posted by Georgia to Twitter on Friday.