Very likely we would not have gotten it without his retirement which led to signing this All-American defensive back and punt return specialist.
"Woerner said he got his offer from UGA as a senior. He played at Jonesboro High School in Georgia, but there was no doubt he was going to the University of Texas.
“We were born in Texas,” Woerner said. “My big brother and I were born in Texas. I was going to the University of Texas. I just kind of liked the idea of playing for Darrell Royal. I was out there for the Arkansas-Texas game the night he and (Arkansas) coach Frank Broyles both resigned.”
Scott Woerner was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He then signed with the Philadelphia Stars in the start-up USFL in 1982./Dawgnation)
He said if Royal had not resigned he would have likely been playing quarterback at Texas instead of snatching interceptions and returning punts at UGA. Woerner committed to UGA the weekend after Royal made that announcement.
“The only place I liked as much as Texas that had the same amount of integrity to me was at Georgia with Vince Dooley,” Woerner said.
Woerner recalls Alabama legend Mal Moore sitting in his living room with a 16mm film projector. Moore said if he came to Alabama, he would play quarterback and point to the screen. He’d run the wishbone just like that. Moore spent 90 minutes on his pitch.
“He was some kind of class act,” Woerner said.
But there was no way Woerner was going to Alabama.
“Daddy hated Bear Bryant,” Woerner said. “Daddy had a bunch of people who were at Texas A&M when Bryant was there. That was all that ‘Railroad Boys’ and ‘Junction Boys’ stuff.”
UGA did not recruit him at quarterback, but just as a football player. But he did start out in the backfield.
“I pulled a muscle and the next thing I know Coach (Vince) Dooley walks up and says ‘How do you feel about playing defense for us?,’’ Woerner said. “I told him that I just wanted to play,”
That was three weeks into his freshman season. He never saw the offensive backfield again.
“I didn’t make a deal about it,” Woerner said. “I didn’t care. It was still a game. I was fortunate enough to play anything. I was going to play wherever they let me play and I was going to have a great time doing it.”"
https://www.dawgnation.com/football...other and I,coach Frank Broyles both resigned.”
"Woerner said he got his offer from UGA as a senior. He played at Jonesboro High School in Georgia, but there was no doubt he was going to the University of Texas.
“We were born in Texas,” Woerner said. “My big brother and I were born in Texas. I was going to the University of Texas. I just kind of liked the idea of playing for Darrell Royal. I was out there for the Arkansas-Texas game the night he and (Arkansas) coach Frank Broyles both resigned.”
Scott Woerner was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He then signed with the Philadelphia Stars in the start-up USFL in 1982./Dawgnation)
He said if Royal had not resigned he would have likely been playing quarterback at Texas instead of snatching interceptions and returning punts at UGA. Woerner committed to UGA the weekend after Royal made that announcement.
“The only place I liked as much as Texas that had the same amount of integrity to me was at Georgia with Vince Dooley,” Woerner said.
Woerner recalls Alabama legend Mal Moore sitting in his living room with a 16mm film projector. Moore said if he came to Alabama, he would play quarterback and point to the screen. He’d run the wishbone just like that. Moore spent 90 minutes on his pitch.
“He was some kind of class act,” Woerner said.
But there was no way Woerner was going to Alabama.
“Daddy hated Bear Bryant,” Woerner said. “Daddy had a bunch of people who were at Texas A&M when Bryant was there. That was all that ‘Railroad Boys’ and ‘Junction Boys’ stuff.”
UGA did not recruit him at quarterback, but just as a football player. But he did start out in the backfield.
“I pulled a muscle and the next thing I know Coach (Vince) Dooley walks up and says ‘How do you feel about playing defense for us?,’’ Woerner said. “I told him that I just wanted to play,”
That was three weeks into his freshman season. He never saw the offensive backfield again.
“I didn’t make a deal about it,” Woerner said. “I didn’t care. It was still a game. I was fortunate enough to play anything. I was going to play wherever they let me play and I was going to have a great time doing it.”"
https://www.dawgnation.com/football...other and I,coach Frank Broyles both resigned.”
