It’s always a bummer when two elite teams meet on the field, but are unable to be at full strength.
While injuries are a part of the game of football, it sucks to see even your opponent lose one of its talented players. For the Georgia Bulldogs, true freshman running back Andrew Paul will reportedly be unable to play against the Oregon Ducks after suffering a torn ACL in a scrimmage over the weekend.
Of course, Georgia should be fine on offense; Paul was relatively low on the depth chart as a true freshman. Kenny McIntosh, Kendall Milton and Daijun Edwards will give the Ducks more than enough to focus on in the backfield.
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If Paul’s name rings a bell, it’s because he was one of the more intriguing recruits in the 2022 cycle, and the Ducks certainly went after him. In the end, Paul chose the Bulldogs, but that led to freshman RB Jordan James flipping his commitment from UGA to Oregon.
The Ducks are not without their own injury issues. A handful of players on the offensive line have missed time during fall camp thus far. Here’s to hoping that over the next couple of weeks, the injury bug stays away so we can see the two of these teams at full strength in September.
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