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After quiet start, UGA TE Nauta catching on in his freshman season

Big-time recruit or not, Isaac Nauta had some doubts like any other first-year player might after enrolling early at Georgia.

Georgia tight end Isaac Nauta (18) fights off an attempted tackle by Mississippi linebacker Terry Caldwell (21) in the first half of their NCAA college football Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

“To come in as a five-star and the pressure he had, in the spring he was going `Dad, these dudes are fast and big,’” said his father Jay Nauta. “I think he had a little bit more doubt in himself than truly `I can do this, I can play in the league.