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Photographer Injured in Collision With Georgia RB Shares Photo of Moment Before Impact

See the image photographer Chamberlain Smith captured before being run over by Georgia’s Brian Herrien.
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Photographer Injured in Collision With Georgia RB Shares Photo of Moment Before Impact
Photographer Injured in Collision With Georgia RB Shares Photo of Moment Before Impact

She got the shot. 

Chamberlain Smith, a photographer for the University of Georgia athletic department, was injured during the Bulldogs’ game against Auburn on Saturday in a collision with Georgia running back Brian Herrien. 

Smith was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion and a bruised eye, but she did manage to snap a photo of Herrien moments before impact. 

“YOU’RE THE BEST,” Herrien tweeted in response to the photo. “I knew it would be a good picture.”

Smith was taken off the field on a cart and transported to a hospital to be treated for her injuries. She was released Sunday night and has spent the past several days recuperating at her parents’ house in northwest Georgia. 

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Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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