Georgia football injury report for Vanderbilt
Georgia is in search of its seventh win of the 2022 season and Vanderbilt stands in the way. The Commodores haven’t been to Athens since 2018 and they’ll be facing a team that is battling a number of relatively minor injuries to key players. Below, DawgsHQ offers a full down of the Georgia injury report as wek know it.
Out…
RB Andrew Paul (knee): The late addition to a No. 3-ranked 2022 haul for Georgia was pushing for a spot in the rotation before suffering a torn ACL in the second and final preseason scrimmage. Paul had surgery to repair that injury and will miss the entire 2022 season.
ILB C.J. Washington (neck): We don’t know when Washington might make a return to the football field. The true freshman suffered a neck injury during spring practice and while we’re told that he’s doing well, he hasn’t been able to practice since.
DL Jalen Carter (ankle): UGA’s most gifted defender has been banged up since the first game of the season. First it was an ankle injury that limited him against each of the last four Georgia opponents. He won’t play in this one after suffering a sprained MCL in his left knee against Missouri. Carter is likely out until after the bye week.
Doubtful…
OL Jacob Hood (lower body): The mammoth offensive lineman has been banged up to some extent since spring drills and maybe before that. He missed Georgia spring practice with a foot injury and had a tough time staying healthy in the preseason. Hood hasn’t been available for a game yet this season.
Questionable…
ILB Smael Mondon (ankle): Smart told reporters earlier this week that Mondon had the same limitations as last week when he struggled through a couple of practices. He finished the Missouri game after an ankle injury but Smart pointed to adrenaline as the main cause of that. Mondon didn’t play against Auburn and we think there’s a good chance that he misses this one as well.
ILB Trezmen Marshall (knee): It wasn’t known that Marshall was dealing with an injury until after the Missouri game when Smart said he was filling in for Mondon on one leg. Marshall didn’t play last week against Auburn but has looked “better” in practice this week. It won’t shock us at all to see him give it a go but we don’t necessarily expect it right now.
OLB Chaz Chambliss (hamstring): The reserve outside linebacker didn’t travel to Missouri because of the soft-tissue injury. Smart says that it isn’t as major as the one that kept Nyland Green out for three games. Georgia would love to have Chambliss on special teams for this one but that’s very much up in the air.
Probable…
WR AD Mitchell (ankle): The sophomore wideout was injured on UGA’s first play from scrimmage against Samford. He missed the rest of that game and the next three before making a return to the playing field against Auburn. He’s dealing with a thumb injury now as well. Smart told us this week that Mitchell hasn’t looked as good on the practice field as pregame warmup last week, so we’ll see if he gets into his second straight game.
