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ATHENS — It’s almost laughable now when Nick Chubb says he’s not sure whether or not he’ll play in Georgia’s first game. He said it again Wednesday night after the Bulldogs’ practice, the team’s 16th of the preseason. It was Chubb’s 16th as well.
No, Chubb hasn’t missed a practice or a rep for that matter. That’s pretty extraordinary considering whether he would even practice with the team during preseason camp was a question earlier this summer.
This past Saturday, Chubb was tackled live for the first time since Oct. 10th of last year when he went one direction and his left knee went another up in Knoxville. Getting over the hurdle of actually being taken to the ground was big one for Chubb.
“The hard part was mentally,” said Chubb, conducting his second interview of preseason camp. “So it just took getting that first hit. After that I was, like, ‘I’m ready, let’s go.'”
And away Chubb went. In a scrimmage in which he got “seven or eight carries,” according to head coach Kirby Smart, Chubb scored two touchdowns.
ATHENS — It’s almost laughable now when Nick Chubb says he’s not sure whether or not he’ll play in Georgia’s first game. He said it again Wednesday night after the Bulldogs’ practice, the team’s 16th of the preseason. It was Chubb’s 16th as well.
No, Chubb hasn’t missed a practice or a rep for that matter. That’s pretty extraordinary considering whether he would even practice with the team during preseason camp was a question earlier this summer.
This past Saturday, Chubb was tackled live for the first time since Oct. 10th of last year when he went one direction and his left knee went another up in Knoxville. Getting over the hurdle of actually being taken to the ground was big one for Chubb.
“The hard part was mentally,” said Chubb, conducting his second interview of preseason camp. “So it just took getting that first hit. After that I was, like, ‘I’m ready, let’s go.'”
And away Chubb went. In a scrimmage in which he got “seven or eight carries,” according to head coach Kirby Smart, Chubb scored two touchdowns.
