Georgia starting linebacker Dent has surgery, out 4-6 weeks
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Georgia linebacker Akeem Dent, a projected starter, had surgery early this morning on an injured toe and is expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks, UGA said.
That timeline means Dent will miss most, if not all, of preseason practice and makes him questionable for the Sept. 4 season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Georgia said Dent injured his left big toe in an off-field accident last week. Details on the injury were not released.
Dent had outpatient surgery performed at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens by orthopedic physician Dr. Joe Johnson, the UGA football team’s foot and ankle specialist.
The surgery came on the morning after coach Mark Richt told the Greater Atlanta Bulldog Club that the team seemed set to enter preseason camp “the healthiest we’ve been since I’ve been at Georgia.”
Dent, a senior from Atlanta, came out of spring practice No. 1 on Georgia’s depth chart at strong-side inside linebacker. which Georgia calls the “Mike” linebacker. Sophomore Mike Gilliard and senior Akeem Hebron were Nos. 2 and 3 on the depth chart behind Dent at that position.
At the weak-side inside-linebacker spot, called the “Mo” position, redshirt sophomore Christian Robinson emerged from spring practice as the starter, with junior Marcus Dowtin No. 2 and junior Richard Samuel, a converted tailback, No. 3.
Dent’s injury will lead to some shuffling between the two inside-linebacker spots in preseason practice, which begins next week. If Dent misses the season opener, Robinson and Dowtin likely would start at the two ILB positions.
Dowtin started four games last season, including the wins over Georgia Tech in the regular-season finale and Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl. Dowtin was third on the team in tackles for the season with 57, more than any other returning player.
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DawginOH
July 27th, 2010
11:41 am
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Akeem!
Dawghater
July 27th, 2010
11:43 am
UGA AD Online Job Ad “Seeking Warm Body. Must have experience with Law Enforcement, Bail Bondsmen, DUI Attorney’s, Tutoring Students, well so-called Students. Must not like red panties and prefers to hire a limo when drinking.”
Georgia’s Dent out 4-6 weeks | Hog Country Online
July 27th, 2010
11:50 am
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
Georgia’s Dent out 4-6 weeks | Rebel Country Online
July 27th, 2010
11:52 am
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
Georgia’s Dent out 4-6 weeks | theSPORTSpage Arkansas
July 27th, 2010
11:57 am
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
The bright side of things
July 27th, 2010
12:09 pm
Look on the bright side of things. Its not as if you lost a great one. a future 1st round draft pick like a Donta’ Hightower.
Georgia’s Dent out 4-6 weeks | SportsXXL
July 27th, 2010
12:14 pm
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
reality
July 27th, 2010
12:26 pm
Will UGA need any LB’s for LA-Lafayette?
Georgia’s Dent out 4-6 weeks | SportsTalk South
July 27th, 2010
12:26 pm
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
Schmeckdawg
July 27th, 2010
12:32 pm
I say again f*$^^*%&!*!*@@!!k
That’s firetruck in case anyone wants to report me (wink wink)!
Gen3Dawg
July 27th, 2010
12:34 pm
To paraphrase Bill Murray in “Stripes”:
“Our team is like a foot… and Sargent Hulka, you are our big toe. Let’s here it for our new bestest buddy and big toe, Sargent Hulka.”
athenian
July 27th, 2010
12:45 pm
LA-Lafayette is a dangerous team for uga…what a brutal schedule! If they can win this one big they may vault to No. 1. We could have used Dent for this big one. This is also the game where all of the discipline problems will serve Richt’s severe “one game suspension”, so depth may be a problem. If we can only get by this one though we should roll to our first NC in about 40 or 50 years. GO Dawgs!
MonticelloDawg
July 27th, 2010
12:50 pm
athenian, I think you are a little optimistic about the timing for a NC, but you are correct in that it is coming, only a matter of time.
Bulldog Power: 132 SEC championships, National Championships in 8 sports
Georgia’s Akeem Dent out 4-6 weeks | GameDay Weekly
July 27th, 2010
12:51 pm
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
Tim Tucker
July 27th, 2010
1:12 pm
Flo-Ri-Duh: It’s left big toe.
Georgia’s Akeem Dent out 4-6 weeks | Hog Country Online
July 27th, 2010
1:21 pm
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
1:29 pm
That Toe could be a problem for a long time. He maybe ready to play but it could hurt him for the whole year. Just get it stepped on a few times and he will be slowed for a while.
That's what it's all about
July 27th, 2010
1:29 pm
BREAKING NEWS: The unofficial official story is that Mr. Dent injured his left big toe in a freak hokey-pokey accident. Word has it from reliable sources that he should make a full recovery in time to “put his whole self in.”
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
1:37 pm
Randy McMicheal and wife arrested for battery against each other. She is pregnant and she hit him and He hit her pack. Wow UGA players can’t let any other teams players have the spotlight for even one day.
cadawg
July 27th, 2010
1:38 pm
@moronic tech fan: funniest thing i’ve seen so far today.
hope he heals up quick, bc we’re gonna need him. i wonder if we move gilliard up or if we slide dowtin over to play the mike #1 until dent gets back. i bet daryl gamble sees some reps at the mike position, too.
we’ll be ok for a couple of weeks without him, but i hate it for akeem dent: he seems to be a good young man as well as a good leader. grantham loves him and has said he’s our best, most well-rounded linebacker.
Stinger
July 27th, 2010
1:39 pm
Was he drunk?
Georgia’s Akeem Dent out 4-6 weeks | Rebel Country Online
July 27th, 2010
1:43 pm
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
cadawg
July 27th, 2010
1:44 pm
@stinger: “moronic tech fan” already stole your thunder at 9:03.
@ non-idiots who care about georgia football: marc weiszer is reporting that christian robinson is going to start at “mike” and dowtin is going to start at “mo.” based on a conversation he had with belin earlier this month. they must really like this robinson kid; i can’t wait to see him in action.
cadawg
July 27th, 2010
1:46 pm
boots: lol dude.
Georgia’s Akeem Dent out 4-6 weeks | theSPORTSpage Arkansas
July 27th, 2010
1:47 pm
[...] to go into preseason camp, without one of its projected starters on defense. Senior linebacker Akeem Dent had surgery Tuesday morning on an injured toe stemming from what Georgia called an “off-field accident” last week. [...]
Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man
July 27th, 2010
1:56 pm
Akeem,
Do what your trainers tell you.
76-Dawg
July 27th, 2010
2:10 pm
I wish those of you that keep teasing UGA about having a cream puff schedule would think and realize in a few years when the rotation for the west side of the conference puts ALA. and LSU on our schedule UGA will have one of the hardest schedules in the nation . Enjoy it now while it is here. Also many schools such as OHIO STATE has been living in the top 10 for many years because they have an easy schedule every year. It’s a little embarrassing for UGA because it’s not normal for an SEC team not to have half or more of the schedule that they play in the top 20 teams in America. NOTICE I SAID TOP 20 IN AMERICA NOT THE STUPID POLLS. Many times an SEC team with 4 or 5 loses are better than 3 lost teams in the polls.
A Dent in Georgia’s Defense | TheMatadorSports.com
July 27th, 2010
2:12 pm
[...] be sidelined from the Bulldogs’ September 4th season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette as he is recovering from a left first toe injury. Last week, Dent injured his toe in an off the field incident. Earlier today, he underwent [...]
ugag is irrelevant
July 27th, 2010
2:21 pm
sorry the kid got hurt but this changes nothing
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
2:45 pm
Ok we know who is playing “Mike” and who is playing “MO”. We really want to know who is going to play Larry, Curly and Shemp? Bobo has to be “SHEMP”, Grantham is “CURLY”, and Richt is “LARRY” because of the HAIR of course.
Dawg RL
July 27th, 2010
2:46 pm
The Dawgs are loaded at that position—no big deal.
Dawg H8R
July 27th, 2010
2:57 pm
Why are my comments being blacklisted?
Dawg H8R
July 27th, 2010
3:02 pm
Why can guys send pages of crap,but I send MY opinion
and a few unknown facts,and I don’t see them.
Op/Ed sections,Forbes magazine,ESPN,sports radio,conservative
talk radio….I experience no censoring. Negative/Anti dawg talk,I get blacklisted.
Should I be a good ole boy to be included in these reindeer games?
Gratefuldawghead
July 27th, 2010
3:22 pm
Dawg H&R …I got black listed yesterday. Apparently the Tech fans can hate on UGA all they want on the GEORGIA BLOG, but if you talk back to them they go crying to the sensorship board at the AJC!
Anyway GO DAWGS!
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
3:25 pm
Right gratefuldawg when the red panties hit UGA shut dow all comments on the blogs. BILL KING is the biggest crybaby on the AJC. He has banned so many tech posters it isn’t even funny.
Gratefuldawghead
July 27th, 2010
3:29 pm
Still@theBar…Hoping to hit some red panties myself tonight hahahaha.
Big Kahuna
July 27th, 2010
5:14 pm
If Dowtin starts at the ‘mo’ position, who will start at the ‘larry’ and ‘curly’ spots?
We need an article for the offense…if Bobo is the OC, who lines up in the backfield: ClaraBell, Ronald McDonald, Bosco, Coco, Buttons, or Bozo? I know all were 5 star talent coming out of HS except Coco who was a 4 star on all but Rivals, who rated Coco 5 stars.
Sanford and son stadium, 3 ring circus for the dogs.
Big Kahuna
July 27th, 2010
5:18 pm
Sorry Still@theBAR…I didn’t read your post until after I posted. Good to see someone with a similar train of thought.
Stinger
July 27th, 2010
6:00 pm
Bill King is an idiot. He has banned me too, but I just go to another computer.
Yeah! Okay.....
July 27th, 2010
6:27 pm
You showed him Stinger….such a great use of your time running from computer to computer just to print stupid dribble about UGA. Man! You got game. Frickin LOSER!
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
6:36 pm
I just don’t post there anymore. Yeah! Okay… Don’t you have more than 1 computer? I have a Laptop I could get on but WHY? Bill King is just a waste of space. He only wants his views mimicked. Bill King is a crybaby.
Beast from the East
July 27th, 2010
6:48 pm
Hey guys, check this out. I’m from Florida and was pretty much raised on the water, but I’ve never seen anything like this. These guys are just plain carzy! I would have turned that boat around and found an alternate route. Don’t let the Gator get ‘ya!!!!!
http://blogs.ajc.com/chatter/2010/07/27/gators-at-stephen-c-foster-state-park/
Yeah! Okay.....
July 27th, 2010
7:35 pm
Still@theBAR –That is my point. WHY would you have this burning desire to go to a bunch of different computers just to post stupid comments about your rival?
Gratefuldawghead
July 27th, 2010
7:47 pm
Akeem will be back to put a Dent in the season!
Santa Cruz CA Dawg
July 27th, 2010
7:53 pm
It is a good thing that this happened now.
Sorry for Akeem though because he will loose valuable practice time, in the new D.
Jesse James
July 27th, 2010
8:20 pm
He is a smart kid. He will pick it up in meetings and watching practice and film.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
July 27th, 2010
8:21 pm
Beast,
Looked like a Gator family reunion. Glad this DAWG wasn’t in that boat.
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
8:27 pm
Yeah: I just like to post during the Dawg games when Tech is on the Road and I am not going. I like CUZ and 45ACP they are good guys. Bill just acts like UGA is god and is more protective than a Silverback holding Caleb King close to her brest.
ol'seadawg
July 27th, 2010
8:30 pm
beast Yeah, saw that on the news this morning and was wondering when you gators would mention it. Down at Fargo I believe. Figures it would be in Georgia ! I guess they’re you’re out of state recruits!
Still@theBAR
July 27th, 2010
8:30 pm
Jesse that is how you and Frank got so smart too? Hell, all these kids play XBOX why would they ever make a mistake? Watching film works as good as putting 300+ lbs on a broke toe.