When Georgia redshirt sophomore Parker Jones arrived to the Superdome on Thursday, you just know he never expected to have the spotlight on him in the game. After all, the walk-on defensive back wasn’t even suited up for the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame. He was going to be on the sidelines, rooting for his teammates. What could go wrong?
Jones found out that answer the tough way.
In the first half, Georgia finally got an explosive play when Gunner Stockton connected with Arian Smith for 66 yards. But as Smith was running down the sidelines, the pandemonium on the Bulldogs’ bench impacted the side judge’s pursuit.
That’s where we met Jones who collided with the official, drawing the penalty.
Georgia got hit with a 15 yard penalty because Parker Jones #39 ran into the ref pic.twitter.com/kKVDZBPZq7
— JM Football (@JomboyMediaFB) January 2, 2025
You had to feel for Jones after that one as he was just excited for the huge play, but he can’t make contact with an official. As Jones was trying his best to hide from cameras on the sidelines, college football fans had plenty of jokes for the penalty.
The flag very well may have costed Georgia points.
Parker Jones seeing himself trending after the game pic.twitter.com/YLJdSQSkg2
— Tony Roundtree (@Tonywithyy) January 2, 2025
Pray for Parker Jones.
Nothing’s wrong with him, he’s just never going to get out of Kirby Smart’s doghouse after this. pic.twitter.com/BJ9bbEHKy1
— SEC Unfiltered (@SECUnfiltered) January 2, 2025
Parker Jones: “I hope we still win this game”
Georgia:pic.twitter.com/Fnm4e0BTc1
— Paulos (@LoswitheMos) January 2, 2025
Parker Jones after costing Georgia points on the drive pic.twitter.com/FdrBPGRH4X
— Aaron Galvan (@AaronGalvan) January 2, 2025
True story: This is the image you get when you try to go to Parker Jones' bio page on Georgia's website. pic.twitter.com/Eh0wuPLxTz
— Connor O'Gara (@cjogara) January 2, 2025
Gotta be honest. Didn't think Parker Jones would have much of an impact on this one
— Kevin (@KevinCavanaugh7) January 2, 2025
Parker Jones literally did pic.twitter.com/HdniBHK4lN
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 2, 2025
Lot of people making fun of Parker Jones, but as far as I'm concerned, he's living the dream of 95% of sports fans I see on here: Laying the wood to an official.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 2, 2025
