Georgia's Nate Frazier credits mother's sacrifice, work ethic for his drive on the field: 'She never gave up'

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Georgia Bulldogs running back Nate Frazier couldn’t help but laugh when he reminisced about his first time getting a handoff in college last season. 

The true freshman out of Compton, California, didn’t expect he would be hearing his name called against No. 14 Clemson, but nonetheless, head coach Kirby Smart wanted him on the field. 

"There’s been people at the University of Georgia for three years and haven’t even touched the field yet," he told Fox News Digital over the phone while discussing his partnership with Powerade’s "It Takes More" campaign. "So, it’s like I wasn’t really expecting myself to touch the field. 

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Georgia Bulldogs running back Nate Frazier poses for the new Powerade "It Takes More" campaign ahead of the 2025 college football season.  (Powerade)

"My heart was beating out of my chest and I couldn’t even feel my body. I was so nervous."

Frazier said that first handoff led to him tripping "because I couldn’t feel my feet." But Frazier knew he had to face all the noise, expectation and nerves that come with playing SEC football. 

Why? His mother wouldn’t have it any other way. 

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Frazier described his mother, Yomeisha Moore, as his "biggest hero." 

She raised him as a single mother through the first years of his life, depending on her own mother and sisters to help raise her only son. And her son never forgets what she’s done to help him reach this point to now – being atop the Bulldogs’ depth