When Will Georgia Bulldogs WR AD Mitchell Be Able to Play Again?
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ATHENS - Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart is hopeful to get receiver AD Mitchell back soon.
The question is how soon. No. 1 Georgia plays at Kentucky Saturday. The game is the final conference game of the regular season for the Dawgs. Although undefeated and listed as the No. 9 passing offense in the nation, the Dawgs have pretty much been without Mitchell since September.
The sophomore played against Auburn, but was limited in that game and had no receptions. His last catch game against Samford, which was the second game of the year. He left the Kent State game with an injury.
“The MRI and the X-rays don't show that anything was done. He felt like he might have tweaked it some. That slowed his progress some. But it's a pain-in-the-butt injury,” Kirby said Monday. "It didn't have an option to go do the tight rope and do the surgery that Tillman got, Tua got, Arian got. That wasn't an option.”
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Meanwhile the Dawgs have the stretch run of the season remaining. The road trip to Kentucky precedes the season finale against Georgia Tech. LSU awaits in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta.
And then Georgia is expected to play in the College Football Playoff in December for the third time in Kirby’s tenure in Athens.
“So it's been frustrating for him. He wants to get back. He works really hard at it. He was better last week than he's been every week previous,” Kirby said. “He actually got to do individual drills last week and did some things. But he's still not, or at least last week, I don't know where he is this week because I haven't seen him yet, but he was not where he could come out of breaks and do the things required to play receiver, and that's tough. So he stayed here. He got extra rehab here, felt like he got a little better rehab here not having to be on it all weekend and during the game. So we're, again, hopeful to get him back this week, but it will be day by day.”
Meanwhile Javon Bullard is expected to play against the Wildcats this weekend, Kirby said Monday.
“Bullard has a lower leg contusion. It's like below the knee. I think he's going to be fine,” the head coach said. “I think he was limited a little bit yesterday in some of the workout stuff they did. But we fully expect him to be able to play. I haven't seen him practice. I haven't seen him myself. So we'll see more today.”
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