Tech’s Nesbitt to miss spring practice
Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt will miss spring practice because of minor surgery on his right ankle.
Nesbitt, a junior from Greensboro, passed for 1,701 yards and rushed for 1,037 last season. He accounted for 28 touchdowns last season, 18 rushing and 10 passing in helping Tech win the ACC championship. He didn’t miss a game because of injury last season.
The Yellow Jackets’ spring practice begins March 29 and concludes April 24.
Nesbitt, who is being mentioned as a possible Heisman Trophy contender in 2010, is expected to return for fall practices in August.
Tech has four other quarterbacks on its roster, including Jaybo Shaw, Tevin Washington, David Sims and Jordan Luallen. Sims and Luallen redshirted last season.
B-back Preston Lyons (shoulder) will also miss spring practice. Offensive tackle Phil Smith (knee) is expected to return.
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acc champs baby!!!
February 18th, 2010
4:00 pm
I can not wait till we whoop UGA this year. Go JACKETS!!!
Dawglasville
February 18th, 2010
4:01 pm
nickj0321- Easy there slick Nick. I should have known. You graduated on line at Pheonix and you never left your mother’s basement. Momma’s little man wouldn’t go off to a big bad college.
Supersize- Really topical. You must kill at the Radio Shack. Live long and prosper.
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:02 pm
I dunno, the UGA backs were ripping off yards in chunks against us. Part of that was the line but part of it was just poor tacking and poor positioning. The backers never tackled (a problem UGA fans can actually sympathize with probably) and the secondary was terrible all year.
We had no pass rush either once teams started doubling up 91.
Gutfeld
February 18th, 2010
4:03 pm
Dan
I agree with your point regarding the play calling. That was definitely an issue late in the UGA game. There have been a few other games over the last two years though where the lack of a more consistent passing game probably cost Tech a couple wins and there will surely be 2-3 this season as well if he doesn’t improve in that area.
Full disclaimer: I’m not a Tech fan so I hope he doesn’t improve his passing skills. LOL. But I can talk about the subject objectively with folks like you–GT fans who are willing to talk about it objectively.
Jacketbacker
February 18th, 2010
4:03 pm
can’t wait until september!!!…Gooooo Jackets!!!
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:04 pm
If Chan hadn’t gone to Florida, I might actually believe he was a closet UGA fan.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
February 18th, 2010
4:04 pm
Jacket 4ever:
That is so bad about trying to injure somebody that it does not even merit a response….Georgia’s defense trying to hurt Nesbitt is on the same stupid mindset as Coach Seawak teaching his offensive linemen to chop block and hurt the opposing defensive lineman….All of that is a joke…..
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:05 pm
Gutfield, yeah I didn’t think you were a Tech fan. But anytime I get the chance to talk to with a UGA fan who doesn’t say nerds every third word or a Tech fan who doesn’t talk about fast food, I’ll take it. A rational discussion is always wecome.
VegasGT
February 18th, 2010
4:06 pm
The UGA play in question was definitely dirty as the UGA player rolled over on his ankle more then once and had to make an effort to do it. Did it really cause Nesbitt to need this surgery? I doubt it. Nesbitt has had ankle issues since last year. Hopefully, it was minor and he will fully recover quickly.
This is football and players get hurt. Great teams have enough depth to cover or good enough coaches to know how best to use the downtime of injured starters.
As for the uniforms, I am glad someone brought up the bball uniforms worn the other night against UNC. That is exactly the right color and general look.
GTFan
February 18th, 2010
4:06 pm
Nesbitt is my favorite, and it kinda sucks he’ll miss spring practice. But I am interested in seeing the other young talent we have. And, I rather Nesbitt’s health be is in good standing when the season starts.
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:08 pm
GTFan, I’m anxious to see how Luallen and Sims look. I expect one of them will be the QB in 2011. Plus, I really want to see how the defense looks. Either way, it’ll be nice to see some football. February sucks.
Knuckle Sandwich
February 18th, 2010
4:09 pm
@ Dean & Supersize….go to a fashion blog and play dress up. This here is a football blog. So long, gay boys.
aztec
February 18th, 2010
4:10 pm
hey cats, uga bad basketball team beat us
GTFan
February 18th, 2010
4:11 pm
Dan, I am too! We have some great talent coming up. Amen, I so ready for football!!!! 6 more months…ugh!!!
GT
February 18th, 2010
4:14 pm
When does a team that has a chance to win in the 4th quarter constitute a blow out. Tech loses so seldom that inadvertently when they do it is a massacre. The only team to really blow Tech out last year was Miami.
Is Cooper Taylor making spring practice. A game changer we seldom mention. He is a first rounder.
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:16 pm
GTFan, I think we do too. I try not to get too caught up in what Rivals, et al say about recruiting but Luallen was a four star guy so I think we have reason to be optimistic. I’m just looking forward to when all the talk about CPJ winning with Gailey’s recruits subsides because our high school offense is going to score a lot points. Whether our defense can make a stop or two remains to be seen.
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
4:23 pm
dicklessville – University of Phoenix lol…i actually graduated from your redneck school that you pull for but obviously didn’t go to college
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
4:24 pm
GT – cooper taylor – first rounder? I am a GT fan but damn man where are you getting that info from?
Jacket Attack
February 18th, 2010
4:24 pm
Josh The Robot Nesbot will be just fine! The Robot will be back and he’ll finish with a win over the mutts. Mark my words.
Will
February 18th, 2010
4:25 pm
Been following Jacket football since the 50’s and already have Nesbitt “up there” with Lil Joe, on my list of all time great players. I actually think that Josh being out of Spring Ball is for the best. I always thought that there was a significant drop-off in QB position whenever Josh was out of a game. QB’s take a lot of shots in Triple Option Offense and we need to have some other guys ready to step in…and I am not real sure that Jaybo is THE answer in that situation. I think that is high time that some other guys get some practice reps so that CPJ can see what else we’ve got.
Reality Check
February 18th, 2010
4:28 pm
Being considered for the Heisman Trophy? Is the AJC really that stupid? No one is considering him for any trophy. He is a solid contributor for the triple option but thats about it. He is no Joe Hamilton and he wasnt even considered for the Heisman.
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
4:29 pm
reality check – joe hamilton finished 2nd for the heisman…go back to the uga blog
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
4:30 pm
why are we plagued by these uga idiots?????
Supersize that order, mutt
February 18th, 2010
4:30 pm
Reality, are you saying that Hamilton wasn’t considered for the Heisman? What have you been smoking? Joe came in second for the Heisman his senior year.
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:30 pm
I’m pretty sure Hamilton finished 2nd behind Ron Dayne but whatever.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 18th, 2010
4:31 pm
Dan, that’s correct
CatsFly
February 18th, 2010
4:31 pm
If you are a UGa fan, weigh in here. Is UGa both a BB and FB school, or only football. And relative to your position, do you consider UNC to be both, or just a BB school?
Dan
February 18th, 2010
4:33 pm
Look, Nesbitt isn’t going to win the Heisman. He doesn’t have the numbers. But so what? He’s won 20 games as a starter in two seasons. If that’s not good enough for some people, then they need to get a life.
And besides, who wants a trophy that Geno Toretta won? The Heisman is meaningless anyway.
Dawglasville
February 18th, 2010
4:41 pm
nickj0321- Are you the one guy who graduated from UGA that didn’t have sex with a girl. Oh my God. I thought you were a myth. I read your stuff Nick and your part English prof, part orthopedist, and incredibly condescending. Why are you such and angry little jacket? Stinger envy?I’ll stay off of your blog, please tell Yellow Fizz, St. Simons and all your other little love bugs to stay off of ours.
Dawglasville
February 18th, 2010
4:42 pm
Reality must be smoking the same good stuff Joe is.
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
4:44 pm
dicklessville – that was pretty funny…
Let the Big Dawg Eat
February 18th, 2010
4:47 pm
CatsFly, UGA is a football school. UNC is a basketball school . UNC has seen some improvement in the football program but I wouldn’t expect it to last. UGA making it to the the dance in 2008 was a bit of a fluke. They’re getting better as evidenced by some keys wins over GT, Vandy, UT but I’d give I’d like to see a couple consecutive seasons of placement in the tourney before mentioning UGA football and basketball in the same sentence.
Anti-alternative
February 18th, 2010
4:50 pm
Cats, I think most fans in the South would RATHER have a good football team than a good basketball team. Even GT fans. That said, of course every fan wants the NC in both if possible….it did good things for Florida!
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
4:51 pm
and condescending is a big word for a uga fan…
MoDawg
February 18th, 2010
4:52 pm
nickj0321
I like Nesbitt (well, the way he plays the game) and was checking on what was happening to him. I saw some folks blaming the Dawgs for hurting him or causing this surgery with dirty play and wanted to respond.
Are you the blog police, or something?
TECHH8TER4LIFE
February 18th, 2010
4:55 pm
RUH ROH!!
I Hate UGAY
February 18th, 2010
4:56 pm
Don’t worry, next season will be great.
PAULJOHNSON
February 18th, 2010
4:59 pm
DOES ANYONE HAVE A UHAUL I CAN BORROW
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
5:00 pm
MoDog – exactly – blog police
Simon Bar Sinister
February 18th, 2010
5:02 pm
The gold of the uniforms is closer to what the school color actually is, but it should be a little darker. I like it better than the shiny metallic gold. I could live without those fat stripes, though.
With Lyons out maybe Drummond will get more reps and make a move on the B-Back position. I’m interested in knowing how he has developed during his red-shirt year. He was great in high school at Flowery Branch, but people tend to forget about players who are red shirting.
I guess we’ll find out in the Spring.
Dostoyevskiy
February 18th, 2010
5:15 pm
Catsfly, I think UNC is closer to being both than is UGa. UNC has gone to bowls in the last two seasons, and is ranked as high as 14th for 2010 pre-season. UNC was very good under Mack Brown, better than UGa was during his last 3-4 seasons. I see UNC football future as being very good, contrary to what Let Big Dawg Eat thinks. UNC is a big-time athletic program, and the football has simply fell pray to bad coaching hires for a period, just like was the case with UGa and Bama and some of their hires (Geoff, Shula, etc). UNC projects a bright future in FB as well as BB. UGa BB is much, much below UNC football.
wow
February 18th, 2010
5:25 pm
GT IS IRRLEVANT!!!!
Rembrandt
February 18th, 2010
5:30 pm
Catsfly, we will see if UNC is a FB school or not when they tee it up against LSU in Sept. in Ga. Dome. I presume that SEC fans consider LSU a FB shcool, and if UNC beats them, and they just might, it is only logical that UNC is a FB school as well as a BB school.
Why????
February 18th, 2010
5:44 pm
nickj0321, why can’t GT win their bowl games? I will await your insightful response. Ha!!!
409 yards
February 18th, 2010
5:51 pm
Do ya’ll remember when people used to talk about uga football? Wonder why no one cares about them anymore? I guess Tech runs this state.
GT forever
February 18th, 2010
5:58 pm
Dogs Suck period!
GT forever
February 18th, 2010
5:58 pm
Enter your comments here
409 yards
February 18th, 2010
6:08 pm
“GT IS IRRLEVANT!!!!”
lol… Can someone translate? I dont speak SEC.
Its just too easy to make fun of dawgtards.
Josh for Heisman
February 18th, 2010
6:14 pm
NESBITT FOR HEISMAN, poop on you dogs who intentionally tried to hurt Josh, liars and dirty play….get well Josh and go get’em
Tokyo jacket
February 18th, 2010
6:18 pm
Not bad news for Tech. He’ll be able to practice throwing a lot and make sure his academics are good heading into fall. Good stuff for a good kid.
I think his intensity on the field is what’s driving his shot at a Heisman. It could be argued that no one in Div 1 plays harder or gets hit more. I think it’s impressive for someone to get 2800 total yards that got hit 60 times per game. If he can get to about 2200 and 1200 yds with an 11-win season, he’ll be going to Manhattan. Big IF though. But, CPJ has shown a nack for developing QBs that his predecessor never did.