Georgia student nails $800,000 kick on 'College GameDay' on first attempt

As successful shot erstwhile a manager calls successful the person to extremity the game, Belle Sessions called connected Henry Silver to footwear for a accidental astatine $150,000 connected ESPN’s "College GameDay" Saturday.

Sessions arrived astatine the "College GameDay" acceptable astatine 3 a.m. Saturday, 1 of the archetypal 300 radical to arrive, and was entered into Pat McAfee’s kicking contention raffle. 

Sessions' raffle summons was selected, but she knew she had nary accidental astatine making the kick. 

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A Georgia Bulldogs helmet during the 2023 Orange Bowl astatine Hard Rock Stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA Today Sports)

"I knew I couldn’t bash it, and (Silver) was adjacent to me. And helium said that helium could, truthful we’re splitting it," Sessions said. 

Silver arrived astatine the acceptable astatine 6 p.m. Friday, waiting for this moment. McAfee asked Silver wherefore helium thought helium could marque the kick.

"I’ve kicked a shot before. I played shot my full life. I deliberation I tin bash it," Silver said confidently. 

Because Sessions and Silver decided to divided the winnings, McAfee upped the winnings by making the footwear worthy $200,000, giving each pupil $100,000 if Silver nailed the kick.

On apical of that, if Silver made the 33-yard tract goal, McAfee would donate $200,000 to hurricane relief. 

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Pat McAfee sits connected the ESPN "College GameDay" acceptable earlier a crippled betwixt the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Beaver Stadium successful University Park, Pa., Nov. 2, 2024. (Imagn)

Was Silver ready?

"Of course."

To adhd adjacent much unit to Silver arsenic helium was lining up, McAfee decided to treble the purse to $200,000 for Silver and Sessions each and $400,000 for hurricane relief should helium marque it. But the lone drawback was helium lone had 1 footwear to marque it.

In past weeks, McAfee has fixed the raffle victor a 2nd effort to marque the kick. Silver had 1 changeable astatine making it done the uprights for a full of $800,000. 

No pressure, right?

Wrong. Silver wasn’t lying erstwhile helium told Sessions helium could marque the tract goal. 

Silver crushed the shot perfectly done the mediate of the uprights with plentifulness of distance, leaving nary uncertainty it was bully erstwhile the shot near Silver’s close foot. 

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Dooley Field anterior to a crippled betwixt the Missouri Tigers and Georgia Bulldogs astatine Sanford Stadium Nov. 4, 2023, successful Athens, Ga. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

While it was already an unforgettable time for Silver and Sessions, a Georgia Bulldogs triumph would beryllium a bonus.

With their College Football Playoff hopes connected the line, the No. 12 Bulldogs are taking connected No. 7 Tennessee astatine 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday successful a pivotal game. 

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