Cash Jones details his journey from being a walk-on to starter | Georgia Bulldogs football

to you with the microphone cash I I didn't catch it till later but uh your touchdown you did the cash fingers thing so two questions where did that come from and your first name is that your given name cash or uh said anything uh so of course Johnny Manziel he uh he carried the legacy of the celebration but uh my first name is actually cashing uh it's my mom's middle name and that's what my parents name but if it's spontaneous have you done it before um it was kind of just in the moment situation didn't really know what to do cash bought me through that play against South Carolina you know what you see and what was that moment like you know it was a dream come true for sure um I've always had dreams about like growing up like scoring a big touchdown in a coach game like that so just the linemen there I think they're one of the best in the nation and they just blocked it perfectly and I came untouched into the corner of the zone I believe you're a New Mexico State committee before flipping to Georgia what went into the decision to kind of pass up what I would presume would be a four-eye scholarship to come here to walk home um can you repeat that so you passed up a full ride at New Mexico state to come here to walk on what made you want to do that uh coach McGee he uh he did a good job throughout my recruitment process he um he called me quite a bit um he said that scholarship spots were full and I felt like I had the best opportunity to really grow uh more and my full potential here so it's definitely one of the best decisions I've ever made and uh I couldn't do more blessed to be in this situation Edwards first had himself a game in South Carolina from your perspective in the running back room how did you see him kind of approach having to wait and work up to that moment uh I would say it's kind of like what I'm having to do it's uh I mean Georgia the recruit great backs uh we uh are always pushing for the best and DeJean is a great running back and I can't wait to see what he does in the future he got here to Georgia and just how much weight we put on how much bigger have you gotten since you've been in the park uh I like to say I'm six foot but uh I'm actually about five eleven and a half so I just kind of rounded up but I came in at about 165 and I'm sitting around 183 but I'm still trying to gain as much weight as I can to carry you from Texas right yes sir I just wanted to gotta be football in your family from somewhere is there football in your family or Athletics of any sort uh no sir my brother he was two years older than me his name's trip he uh he always was playing sports and I just always wanted to do what he was doing and that's what I did it all throughout high school and growing up was just played all the sports that I could even think of oh yes sir about the other three and what was your second best sport or was football your best support uh I would say football was my best sport uh my freshman year of high school I was on varsity baseball and then a junior sophomore year I uh was on Varsity track and junior year I was on varsity basketball and but I think baseball was my second best for sure uh yes sir actually one state my senior year yes sir and he talked about you know at the end the practices you haven't played Knuckles you've taken all these carries and games where did that toughness you feel like come from to just go out there and grind it out and play the clip oh I might have to say my brother again he uh him and his friends they're always two years older than me so they're always kind of roughing up on me and they really made me tough and I feel like it kind of helps with being my size and running the ball at this level yes after you scored on Saturday big game obviously a big moment from you did you hear from your brother afterwards how often do you talk to your brother during the week um I talked to him at least two to three times a week whether it could be just like seeing how my day was or uh how you're feeling if you got an extra bruise or anything but he uh may definitely in the locker room actually he uh he called me or I saw that I had a missed call and I talked I called him back and he was just pumped up true t-r-i-pp you said being this size and running the ball at SEC level what does that take what kind of mind is it and how would you describe your skill set I would say that um it's gonna be tough it's a it's a hard game it's you gotta be really tough honestly I've thankfully you haven't really gotten hit very hard um but I try to avoid like the big hits but plenty of smarter like trying to make a mess or something I do cash going back to uh last season what do you remember about the touchdown against Vanderbilt and sort of again well what was that on the line they went to school uh it was a dream come true I uh grown up you always have dreams about scoring in them in a Collegiate football game a school like Georgia and I actually could not stop smiling after that I uh until I went to sleep I was smiling and I smiled for the entire day after that yes was Georgia the biggest school to kind of identify you through the recruiting process and potentially extended pwot uh yes sir no doubt they um they were most definitely the big school I had a still good schools looking at me but uh I felt like Georgia was the best option at the end of the day obviously you'd never want to see your teammates get hurt but to have the kind of opportunities ahead of you you know just how excited about that are you I just try to control the controllables I hate it for them so I'm just trying to do the best for me and my team or not my team the team and just so try to help us find whichever way possible any more questions for cash