ATHENS - Georgia’s Homecoming matchup with Vanderbilt comes with two major injury calls still hanging in the air.
Less than 24 hours before kickoff, both UGA running back Nate Frazier and Vanderbilt quarterback Jared Curtis remained listed as questionable Friday night. That status had not changed for either player after both teams released their updates.
Frazier has been tagged questionable all week by Kirby Smart’s program. He missed Georgia’s 41-13 win over Oklahoma last Saturday in Athens, only the second game he has sat out in his career, with the other coming against Alabama in 2024. Even so, he dressed for the Bulldogs and did not go through warmups with the team.
The SEC’s Student-Athlete Availability Report defines “questionable” as “uncertain to play due to injury or condition,” and that is the label attached to both players heading into Saturday.
Frazier was also listed as questionable all week before the Oklahoma game, and Georgia described him then as a “game-time decision”. His absence followed an injury that appeared to happen Sept. 19 in Georgia’s 45-17 win at Arkansas.
Smart did not discuss injuries at his only media availability this week. ESPN reported Sunday that Frazier has a rib injury, though that has not been confirmed.
On the other sideline, Curtis has carried the same questionable designation all week for Vanderbilt. The quarterback was committed to Smart’s program last winter before flipping to Vanderbilt two days before Signing Day.
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said earlier this week that Curtis has been pushing to get healthy enough to play.
"He's banged up. He's not been able to be full-go in practice,” Lea said of Curtis.
“So I think this has been about the injury report is there for a reason and we want to honor that. Questionable is the right marking for him right now.
I'm hopeful. I think every day he's felt a little better and he's done a little more in practice.
Certainly not ruling him out.”
Georgia did get one small bit of positive news on Friday, with DL Chase Linton moving from questionable to likley for the game.
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