If you watched Saturday’s win over Tennessee, then you saw Rodrigo Blankenship’s extra point that was anything but ordinary.

On the snap, holder Jake Camarda was unable to initially field the ball. But instead of panicking and botching the play altogether, Blankenship kept his poise, allowed Camarda to regain control, took one step and calmly kicked the ball through the uprights as if nothing had happened.

You can watch the play here.

The fact Blankenship was able to convert the kick didn’t happen by luck.

“The first thing we do after we have our team flex is go up to the top field and hit some no-steps. That’s what that kick was,” Blankenship said. “You don’t get to take any steps, you’re already planted next to the ball and you’ve just got to kick it. We start practice every day with that drill so we felt comfortable, and I felt comfortable that I could at least kick it far enough to get it over.”

Blankenship credited Kirby Smart’s talk to the team at the beginning of last week’s practice to help him stay in the proper frame of mind.

“Coach Smart was speaking to us before the week of having discipline, physicality and composure,” Blankenship said. “So, all week I was just thinking of being as composed as I possible could with whatever situation came up, and in that situation, I was just trying to trust the process, stay composed and trust that Jake was going to be able to get it back down on the spot and he did.”

Blankenship admitted it was the most memorable of the 115 straight extra points he made during his career with the Bulldogs.

“It (the drill) focuses on really having discipline, it focuses on a couple of aspects on your swing, having a disciplined drawback, having as much drawback as you can,” Blankenship said. “It also focuses on our follow through because you don’t have any momentum from a running start that you usually have when you kick a field goal or an extra point. You just really try to emphasize those points with your swing, and if the situation does come up, you know you have reps and mental muscle memory to be able to go out and execute it.”

Sophomore left tackle Andrew Thomas said he’s feeling as good as ever after missing time with a sprained left ankle he suffered almost a month ago at South Carolina.

“I felt pretty good and I think I played pretty well,” said Thomas, has started the past two contests after sitting out against Middle Tennessee.

Smart was pleased with what he saw.

"I thought Andrew was good. He was physical at the point of attack. He was able to push off that ankle for the first time and felt good about pushing off. I think he's still getting back comfortable into his pass (protection). I think he had maybe one time that a guy – he tried to jump him and the guy got him inside,” Smart said. “But he recovers well. He plays hard. He's one of our best leaders. I thought he was as close to himself as he could have been, and hopefully he continues to improve this week and getting back to his old self.”

Freshman Cade Mays stepped in for Thomas during his absence, and again at Missouri when he re-tweaked the injury before starting against the Vols.

“It was pretty frustrating (going down), but I continued to work hard and support my teammates,” said Thomas, who also praised the work Mays did while filling in.

“He did pretty well,” Thomas said. “He’s playing a both spots, left tackle and now right tackle. He’s doing pretty well.”

...Smart said wide receiver Tyler Simmons (shouder) is expected to return to practice today.

Transfers Jay Hayes and Demetris Robertson haven’t had the impact through five games that many were expecting, but Smart said both players continue to improve.

“They are both good players, both growing, getting better. Both competing. I think both of them are good football players. I think they continue to get better and continue to work hard,” Smart said. “They’re part of a team that's bigger than their individual goals and they're both improving. "D Rob” (Demetris Robertson) is a little different where he came in kind of late, didn't get the summer practices, didn't get to work out with the team, and he's still learning a lot of things.”

Hayes has played in all five games for the Bulldogs, with just two tackles. Robertson has also seen action in all five games. He’s yet to catch a pass, but he did score a touchdown on a 72-yard jet sweep in Georgia’s season-opening win against Austin Peay.

“You don't see them as contributors. I do. I see them as, in my opinion, major contributors, because what they do in special teams and what they do in practice helps develop our team. I don't know what the expectation would be,” Smart said. “For me it is to get the best we can out of those guys and for them to help us and also achieve their goals. I think both of those guys are working really hard, doing good things for us."

"I thought they played hard, didn't get moved around as much. It probably wasn't as big of offensive line as they faced the previous week, didn't run the same type plays. It was a very different style of game than the previous week. But they answered the call as far as physicality and played hard, had some more tackles for loss and played with more toughness and effort. Those are the things that we want to do." – Smart on the defensive front’s physicality against Tennessee.

…TV announcers for Saturday’s game on the SEC Network will be Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers and Cole Cubelic.

…Georgia is 56-20-2 all-time against Vanderbilt.

…Official kickoff time is set for 7:39.

…Dawg Walk Saturday is scheduled for 5:15.