Jake Fromm wasn’t flawless Saturday.

But he was pretty close.

Fromm, Georgia’s true freshman quarterback, continued to impress in just his third career start — and his first against an SEC opponent — against Mississippi State, finishing 9-for-12 for 201 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-3 victory at Sanford Stadium.

What the official stat book doesn’t show is that two of his incompletions were drops, one from Javon Wims and another from Terry Godwin. His third errant attempt was a throwaway.

In essence, Fromm had put on a truly spotless performance in Georgia’s dominant win.

“The kid is stepping up,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said afterward. “He’s starting to play. He’s always had that in him. He’s a good leader. He did a good job managing the game.”

Though his final stats weren’t unblemished, Fromm was in the first half, as he went 8-for-8 for 160 yards and a touchdown. And that scoring toss came on Georgia’s first play from scrimmage, as the hosts exquisitely executed a flea-flicker, with Fromm finding Godwin behind Mississippi State’s secondary for a 59-yard touchdown.

“I had gone to (offensive coordinator) Jim (Chaney) and told him I’d like to open with that and he said they had been talking about the same thing,” Smart said. “We felt like there would be some players peeking in the backfield, and Terry got behind them.”

When Godwin found out what play the offense planned to open with Saturday, he could barely contain his excitement.

“We all look at each other and just smile,” Godwin said of the receiving corps, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. “Because we know what that means. We know we’re going to come out and start passing.”

Mississippi State defenders could only shake their heads in disgust.

“It’s just something we should have expected honestly,” said Braxton Hoyett, a fourth-year junior defensive lineman. “We knew coming up the game they were going to try something. I felt like we were prepared for it, (but) it happened. I can’t even make an excuse for it. They came out with a trick play and they were gone.”

But Fromm might not be going anywhere — especially back to the sideline. Though Jacob Eason continues to get closer and closer to returning to full health as he recovers from a knee injury suffered in the opener, more and more questions will start to arise surrounding the quarterback position.

Smart will have a difficult decision on his hands whether to pick with the player who has a full year of experience and won the job head-to-head coming out of the spring (Eason) or to stick with the hot hand (Fromm).

As it was, Smart said Eason couldn’t have played Saturday even if he wanted to, given that he hadn’t been medically cleared just yet.

At this point, Smart was just thankful Georgia had Fromm at his disposal.

“You always recruit the best,” Smart said. “Luckily we were able to get this kid to come here, because where would we be without him?”

But Fromm hasn’t just won over his head coach. His elder teammates already trust him unconditionally.

“He’s making smart decisions with the football, not really turning it over,” sophomore tight end Isaac Nauta, the recipient of one of Fromm’s touchdown passes, told UGASports.com, Rivals’ Georgia affiliate. “That’s really all you can ask from a starting quarterback, just make good decisions and let guys make plays. He’s doing a good job.”

If you thought Fromm was impressive Saturday, another teammate said you haven’t seen anything yet.

“There’s more to come,” Godwin said, according to The Red & Black. “This is just a preview. And with that kid, the sky’s the limit.”