Georgia’s injury picture keeps shifting, and Kirby Smart didn’t have much new to offer Monday on one of the biggest names in the mix.
Asked about cornerback Ellis Robinson and whether the junior’s latest injury could affect his status for Saturday’s home game against Missouri, Smart kept it simple: “No clue,” Smart said.
Robinson has now left Georgia’s last two games early. Against Ole Miss in the Bulldogs’ 42-7 win Saturday night, he exited in the fourth quarter with what Smart described afterward as a thigh or hip injury. A week earlier, he had dealt with a knee injury against Florida, though he was not listed on the SEC Availability report last week.
Even with the injury concerns, Robinson still logged 56 snaps against Ole Miss and finished with four tackles and a pass breakup. Georgia’s No. 3 cornerback, Braylon Conley, played 22 snaps in relief.
Robinson has 19 tackles this season and is tied for the team lead with 2 interceptions and 6 pass breakups.
Wide receiver Craig Dandridge was another Bulldog who came out of the Ole Miss game early, leaving in the third quarter with what Smart said Saturday was “a little bit of a lower hamstring around his knee, but he's had it for two, three weeks, and it bothers him from time to time. It’s one of those things that I don’t think it’s getting better until he shuts down or he gets out of the season. So, he’s having to deal with it.”
Dandridge remains second on the team with 20 catches for 349 yards and a touchdown. He didn’t record a catch Saturday, but he did draw a pass interference penalty and scored on a 4-yard touchdown run.
Georgia did get wide receiver Isiah Canion back after a lower right leg injury, though the return was more about getting him back on the field than getting production right away. The Georgia Tech transfer played 25 snaps, according to Pro Football Focus, and did not have a catch.
“We weren’t really able to get him involved as we wanted to, but we know what’s there,” Smart said Monday. “We’re dinged up across the board at wideout.
We’ve got guys all over the place, injured, out, coming back. We really need him to be back full strength to help us.
He gives us so much more than just a wideout because he’s bigger, he’s physical, and older than some of our older guys.”
Running back Chauncey Bowens was dressed for the game but never entered. He has missed the last four games because of a lower right leg injury.
“He’s not 100 percent," Smart said. "Just because someone is dressed out and cleared does not mean that they’re able to go out there and play and perform. He’s working his tail off to get back.”
Tight end Elyiss Williams was listed as a game-time decision because of an undisclosed injury, and he did not play a snap at tight end against Ole Miss.
Smart also said he’s hoping to get safety Tyriq Green back. Green has not played since the second week of the season because of an ankle injury.
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