Sophomore receiver A.J. Green’s skills make him great.

His inner drive makes him special.

“You guys don’t understand this kid in that how bad he just wants to do right and do great,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “In practice, if a ball hits his hands and he’s not catching it, he is sick about it. He hates it.”

Green fumbled his first catch of the South Carolina game, similar to a play he fumbled during last season’s game against South Carolina.

“When he fumbled that first play, you saw in his eyes how miserable he felt,” Richt said. “It means a lot to that kid.”

Green made two defying catches – one for a touchdown – in traffic against the Gamecocks.

“He makes those catches all the time,” said safety Reshad Jones. “He’s a great receiver with great ball skills. We’ve become accustomed to seeing those [kinds] of catches in practice all the time.”

Quarterback Joe Cox said he probably shouldn’t have thrown the ball into the tight space, but with Green going up for the pass, he felt confident.

So does Richt.

“It’s great to have him, because he can make plays when he is single-covered or double-covered,” Richt said. “Just get it in the area and there is a very good chance he will come down with it.”

Murray slowed by triceps tendinitis

Cox isn’t the only Georgia quarterback with arm trouble.

Freshman Aaron Murray is day-to-day with triceps tendinitis. The injury to the third-string signal caller isn’t serious.

“Everything looks good structurally,” Murray said. “I basically just need rest is the biggest thing. I’m going to probably start throwing in the next couple days. I haven’t thrown since the Oklahoma State game. I started warming up, and it started bothering me a little bit, so I didn’t want to push it. They told me it would be 10 to 14 days before I could start throwing.”

Murray said he’s experienced soreness in his shoulder and arm before, but never pain in the triceps.

“We have good doctors and they made sure to take all the necessary steps with the X-rays and the MRI to make sure everything structurally was OK,” he said. “I’m getting better. It feels good right now. I’m ready to go out there and throw, but they want to make sure I don’t push it and … reinjure it.”