The Injury Situation

The following players were listed on the preseason roster that resulted in Georgia being named the #1 team in the country...who have also missed at least two games so far (injury, suspension or dismissal) or been severely hampered by injuries.

Offense:

LT - Trinton Sturdivant (season)
RT - Kiante Tripp
OG - Chris Little (season)
TE - Tripp Chandler -will miss the next 2 games
TE - Bruce Figgins - will miss most of the season
FB - Brannon Southerland
FB - Fred Munzenmaier (multi-game suspension)
WR - Tony Wilson (season)
WR - Kris Durham
WR - Tavarres King

Defense:

DT - Kade Weston
DT - Jeff Owens (season)
DE - Rod Battle
DE - J. Lomax - playing with injured toe
MLB - Dannell Ellerbe (missed 1 game & will be hampered vs UT)
MLB - Marcus Washington (season)
MLB - Charles White (season)
S - Quinton Banks
DB - Donovan Baldwin (dismissal)
DE - Michael Lemon (dismissal)

That's 20 total players who have missed or are about to miss significant playing time because of injuries. Twenty players is essentially an entire recruiting class worth of talent.

If you want to know why we don't look like the #1 ranked team in the country, that's why.

See Also:
-- More than half of LBs wearing green - AJC
-- Dent and Gamble man the middle - ABH
-- Ellerbe hopes to play - UGAsports.com
-- Getting healthy fast - DawgPost
-- Dawgs want more sacks - DawgPost

PWD

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