REACTION: What Does Georgia Do Without Bowers?
Georgia's star tight end, and arguably their best football player, Brock Bowers sustained an ankle injury Saturday afternoon in the second quarter of their 37 to 20 win over Vanderbilt, and per a statement released by the school Monday, Bowers will be undergoing surgery to repair a high-ankle sprain.
Georgia is currently (7-0) and entering their bye week, so, what does this multi-week injury mean for Georgia?
Timetable: Assuming Brock Bowers has the "standard" recovery time for what is known as the Tight-Rope ankle surgery — a procedure performed to increase the rehabilitation and repair to the ligaments damaged during a high-ankle sprain — Bowers is expected to be out anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks.
*Timeline of 4 to 6 weeks is based on previous examples cited by Kirby Smart in reference to tight-rope procedures.*
Georgia's Remaining Schedule (Weeks post-injury)
- 10/21 - BYE (One-week post-injury)
- 10/28 - vs Florida (Jacksonville, Fl) (TWO weeks post-injury)
- 11/4 - vs Missouri (THREE weeks post-injury)
- 11/11 - vs Ole Miss (FOUR weeks post-injury)
- 11/18 - @ Tennessee (FIVE weeks post-injury)
- 11/25 - @ Georgia Tech (SIX weeks post-injury)
Georgia's TE Depth Chart Remaining
When Bowers went down on Saturday, Georgia went from being an almost exclusively 12-personnel offense — two tight ends on the field — to playing mostly 11 personnel. However, when they needed to remain a 12pp football team, it was freshman Lawson Luckie who joined Oscar Delp on the field for Georgia. After Luckie, who just returned from a tight-rope surgery himself, Georgia will look to another freshmen in the form of Pearce Spurlin.
Both Luckie and Spurlin were highly-touted prospects in the 2023 recruiting cycle. Luckie, a 4-star out of Norcross high school committed to Georgia over Alabama. Spurlin, another 4-star prospect himself was one of Georgia's longest standing commits in the 2023 class.
Oct 14, 2023; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Georgia Bulldogs tight end Brock Bowers (19) walks off the field after an injury during the first half against the Vanderbilt Commodores at FirstBank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Georgia Football Injury Report- 10/16
- TE Brock Bowers (Ankle) - OUT with tight-rope surger
- OT Xavier Truss (Ankle) - Truss did not reenter the game against Vanderbilt after his injury.
- RB Kendall Milton (Knee) - Milton returned to action last week against Kentucky and played again against Vanderbilt, but he took a hit to the knee, which aggravated his MCL. Smart said Milton felt it tighten back up, and they decided he shouldn't play in the second half against Vanderbilt.
- OT Amarius Mims (Ankle) - Mims remains out after undergoing tightrope surgery in September for a high ankle sprain.
- DE Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins (Foot) - Ingram-Dawkins is still nursing a lingering foot injury that dates back to the preseason. Smart has indicated that he will be re-evlauted in the coming weeks.
- RB Roderick Robinson (Ankle) - The freshman tailback has been out of action since suffering a high ankle sprain in Georgia’s week 3 game against South Carolina.
- RB Branson Robinson (Knee) - Robinson has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after a preseason knee injury.
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