Late in the first quarter of Alabama's win over Georgia, freshman nose tackle Daron Payne got caught on one knee and looking over to the sideline when the ball was snapped.
Bulldogs quarterback Greyson Lambert had stood up to look to the Georgia sideline. When he did, multiple Tide defensive players looked to their sideline.
Lambert quickly got back down under center and snapped the ball, catching all three of Alabama's defensive linemen off-guard and still looking at the sideline, including Payne.
No problem.
Lined up in front of Bulldogs center Brandon Kublanow, Payne alertly popped up once the ball was snapped, blowing past Kublanow and tackling running back Sony Michel for no gain on a run to the left.
Seeing his biggest workload of his freshman season, the 6-foot-2, 315-pound Payne helped Alabama limit Georgia to just 216 yards and three points aside from a late touchdown run after the Tide were already up 38-3. The five-star Birmingham native replaced senior Darren Lake as the Tide's primary nose tackle while also seeing time at defensive tackle -- lined up between the center and the guard.