Concussion sidelines Ray Drew from UGA practice (updated w/ practice notes)
(Updated 3:50 p.m.)
ATHENS – Georgia’s football team held its first full-pads practice of preseason camp today, minus a half-dozen injured or ill players.
Among the injured: defensive ends Abry Jones, out with a left knee contusion, and Ray Drew, sidelined by a concussion.
Georgia disclosed the injuries as part of a new policy of providing reporters covering practice a daily, written “injury-illness report” from director of sports medicine Ron Courson. Today’s report provided no indication how long Jones and Drew will be sidelined from practice, nor any further detail on their injuries.
Coach Mark Richt, who in the past has tended to answer reporters’ questions about injuries after practices, sometimes with incomplete information, said the new policy was decided upon in the off-season.
“It wasn’t my idea, it wasn’t my brainstorm, but I’m part of the team,” Richt said. “I think it’s just to give you guys exactly what we want to give you [regarding injuries], and if you ask me a question about it, I’ll say, ‘Just read the report.’ And that’ll kind of be the way we go. But if you want to ask me about how does that affect the depth chart or something like that, [fine].
“I think, in football, injury reports are important; people want to know about what’s going on. But then you’ve got family members that we want to consider when we throw stuff out there.”
Also missing today’s practice: offensive lineman Chris Burnette (illness), safety Marc Deas (right hamstring strain), walk-on tight end Hugh Williams (third metacarpal fracture on left hand) and walk-on receiver Curtis Wyatt (illness).
According to the injury-illness report: Burnette is probable to return to practice Tuesday; Deas’ status is day-to-day; Williams will miss 10 to 14 days of practice after having out-patient surgery today at St. Mary’s Hospital; and Wyatt is probable to return to practice Wednesday.
Richt acknowledged that Drew, a sophomore who moved from linebacker to defensive end in the spring, is missing needed practice time.
“He needs reps, no doubt,” Richt said. “Even the veterans, they need a certain amount of reps to get to where they’re sharp.”
On the Bulldogs’ latest depth chart, Jones and Cornelius Washington are the starting defensive ends and Drew a second-teamer. To have two players, Jones and Drew, miss practice time at the same position compounds the effect, Richt said.
“Once a guy or two starts to miss practice, it usually takes a little bit more of a toll on that position group,” Richt said. “We’ve got some good quality depth, but it’s not like it’s unlimited in that area. As a matter of fact, in the 105[-player preseason roster], there’s a lot more offensive players than defensive players. Our scholarships guys are about equal, but the majority of the walk-ons are offense.”
Etc.
Georgia will practice twice Tuesday. Two-a-day practices have become increasingly rare in college football; the Bulldogs have just one other two-practice day scheduled this preseason. . . . Tuesday’s first practice will focus on the kicking game. So far, Richt said, he has seen what he expected from freshman placekicker Marshall Morgan and freshman punter Collin Barber. . . . Freshman tailback Todd Gurley “is picking things up really fast,” according to senior wide receiver Tavarres King. . . . Richt told Richard Samuel “we need you to be ready” to play either tailback or fullback. “I told him continuing to get reps at tailback wouldn’t keep him from being a starting fullback,” Richt said. . . . The player making “the most direct hits” in Monday’s practice, Richt said, was linebacker Alec Ogletree. . . . Quarterback Aaron Murray said the offensive line “has looked great the first five days” and “definitely has picked up where [it] left off this spring.”
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Buckeye
August 7th, 2012
10:24 am
Who?
Gary
August 7th, 2012
10:33 am
Turd Role is stopped – Thanks for the help.
Gary
August 7th, 2012
10:39 am
Pretty sure Bama is 1and 4 is the last five meeting with the Dawgs.
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
10:49 am
Well, you know how you can not be bothered by our fans. Stay the hell away from our fans. DA.
You cannot possibly believe that you fool anybody into thinking that you are in here for any pupose than to flatter yourself. Fact is, you are nothing more than a troll. And to post that stupid pretense that it’s any more complicated than that is just embarrassing for a grown man, if in fact you are.
Tide Roll
August 7th, 2012
10:51 am
Just watched Mike Thornton destroy your private school center. Why not move Thornton to center, rather than bury him at 3rd team nose tackle. He would kick some ass plus this would allow you to keep Burnette at guard, Oh, I forgot, this is Mark Richt and Mike Bobo. It makes too much sense. 32 years.
Pan-cho
August 7th, 2012
10:59 am
Pretty sure Florida has won 18 out of the last 22 against the powerhouse that is UGA football. What a joke of a program. Young Mr. Drew, you really should consider your future beyond football. Concussions have consequences. That goes for any kid playing football.
Big Crimson 75
August 7th, 2012
11:33 am
That’s a pretty stout Offensive Line. But it’s probably too many of them starting, right Dawg fans.
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Tide Roll — Too many what?? 300 pounders!!
phil — congrats, you’re quickly climbing up the ladder as a dwag agitator!! Keep up the good work.
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
11:38 am
or like when Lattimore was begging to come out of the game with a blown out knee?
Big Crimson 75
August 7th, 2012
11:43 am
Pan-cho — I’m with ya dude. Concussions are nothing to play with. Lets all hope Coach Richt & Coach Garner abide by the rules & regulations concerning getting this kid the proper medical attention needed.
Based on the last few weeks, I see win at all costs dwag mentality is back.
Players whom were supposedly “victims” of uga’s stringent conduct policies(stop laughing) have been re-instated just in time for the Mizzu game — so, watch out Mr. Drew.
My advice, get a professional opinion, from a real doctor — not the dwag team doctor who’s on Richt’s pay-roll.
DJ Dawg
August 7th, 2012
11:48 am
@philsc
keep talking!!! we will do ours on the field!!!
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
11:48 am
what is “lol”, is you pretending that you are part of the Alabama big boy braggin rights club now all of a sudden.
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
12:01 pm
Who got reinstated in time for the Mizzou game? I havent read that.
Bad Dawg
August 7th, 2012
12:07 pm
SC doesn’t have any tradition. UGA fans don’t have much to brag about but just because SC had two good years does not mean they are an elite program. Do it for 7-8 more years and that’ll be an accomplishment. Until then keep fighting the good fight.
1eyedJack
August 7th, 2012
12:08 pm
“Who got reinstated in time for the Mizzou game?”
The guy who was never officially suspended.
Bali
August 7th, 2012
12:22 pm
Alt….don’t get sucked into a high school debate among men. Never send a boy to do a man’s job.
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
12:23 pm
Oh that guy. I get him confused sometimes with the grad assistant that was never officially fired from the Alabama staff for the exact same thing, and then re-instated just in time for the Michigan game.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
12:42 pm
@ Pan-cho:
CMR may not know as much as you but then who does???
Wonder how your and his salaries compare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
12:50 pm
@ Big Crimson:
What the hell is wrong with you and Pan-cho???
CMR is a hell of lot more qualified and knowledgeable about how to look after 125 athletes than you two and frankly I am surprised that you dropped to such level. You normally post good stuff on here but now you act as though nobody on the UGA Staff knows how to handle a hangnail or bloody nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dmr
August 7th, 2012
12:54 pm
If our OL can really compete against our DL in practice through August, then I will feel much more comfortable. Georgia’s DL will be one of the top 10 – 15 DL’s in the Country. If our OL can develop and compete against that crew, then I feel comfortable they can compete with just about any DL they face.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
12:55 pm
@ philSC:
Columbia, SC home of Chikun U. and home of the team with only one win of ANY SIGNIFICANCE since the Civil War!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bad brad
August 7th, 2012
12:59 pm
@Old Dawg you said yesterday around 330:
bad brad: Read the first sentence: Georgia’s football team held its first full-pads practice of preseason camp today
It’s amazing what you learn when you read!!!!
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But the article said:
Georgia’s football team held its first full-pads practice of preseason camp today, minus a half-dozen injured or ill players.
Among the injured: defensive ends Abry Jones, out with a left knee contusion, and Ray Drew, sidelined by a concussion.
Today i say to you: Go back and read the article again and be amazed at what you learn!!!! Just because you are old you dont have to be a moron.
Drew didnt practice in the first practice in pads because he has…wait for it…A CONCUSSION. Means he was concussed before practicing in pads.
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Big Crimson 75
August 7th, 2012
1:10 pm
Brain — I’m simply looking out for the best interests of the young man.
A concussion is a touch more serious than a hang-nail or a bloody nose.
I wanna make sure this kid is being looked after properly.
The Conference doesn’t need any more bad press coming outta Athens.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
1:28 pm
@ Big Crimson:
And you and Pan-cho are afraid CMR or the team doctor will run Drew out there in a wheel chair to help shore up the defense??? Have you ever known such to happen under CMR???
There is absolutely no basis for your line of thought. You will recall that CMR let IC go and come in and out of the games at his choosing!!!!!
Seriouly, thanks for your concern!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
1:35 pm
How many job offers has Todd Grantham had? Schools must be clamoring over a guy who’s defense didn’t give up a single point last year (it was all the offensive’s fault)
If Todd Grantham coached at Alabama (a real program) he would have been fired this off season for the embarassing performances to ranked teams…and Vanderbilt
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
1:37 pm
Thank goodness that the conference has you looking out for it. I mean Ron Courson barely knows this stuff…….haven been head of Alabama’s athletic medical staff before coming over to Georgia. President of both the Alabama medical trainer association , and the national associations. Trainers hall of fame. head trainer for the olympic team, and head of the SEC medical committee.
LHarding Dawg
August 7th, 2012
1:41 pm
I came on while eating lunch to maybe read about Georgia football and have to read the post of absolutely the three stupidest idiots ever. Roll Tide, Pan-cho, plus some moron Phil that knows nothing about football.
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
1:41 pm
But you read an article once about concussions, so you are right there too.
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Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
6:55 pm
@ Michael Dyer:
No sweat!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just give Coach Miles a call !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
7:04 pm
@ The tide is rolling and
Grantham had a job in the NFL as long as he wanted !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now tell us about the 8th Dwarf’s(aka Sabie) tenure in the NFL!!!!!!!!!!
He never got all his sh_ _ unpacked and his family was still living in Louisisana when Miami fans and management sent U-Haul Trucks in the night to get rid of the embarrassing 8th Dwarf. How in hell can one of the BIGGEST failures as NFL HC fire somebody who lived in the NFL???
Even Spurrier lasted longer than the 8th Dwarf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Valdosta Cat
August 7th, 2012
8:06 pm
I have one question. Is there a blog for the Alabama fans?
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
8:41 pm
Valdosta Cat
The spelling of Atlanta looks alot like Alabama to the moron bamers. They think they are on the Alabama Journal & Constitution. They just aren’t that bright…
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 7th, 2012
9:22 pm
@ King Daddy:
Shame on you and Dosta for pointing out the obvious!!!!!!!!!!!!!
King Daddy and Dosta = DGDs
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
9:41 pm
My evil twin brother Brainiac…
I see you’ve slapped the taste out of a bunch of moron’s mouth today. Good job Doggie. I’ve been busy lately and haven’t got to play with the bama cerebrally challenged idiot’s, lol…
Fletcher
August 8th, 2012
7:21 am
Why don’t we hear of these type injuries from other schools, is it that the media is just not covering?
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 8th, 2012
11:41 am
@ King Daddy:
I don’t have a problem what-so-ever with Bammies as a whole. I much prefer them over A-Holes like Tide Roll, Thomas Brown, Game Changer and ANY noise what so ever from a USCe Game Chikun raving about how they are suddenly on par with Bammy and LSU because they actually won a game of significance in their PATHETIC Football History. Every team in the SEC has won an SEC Championship …………………………………EXCEPT(Drum roll please)……………………….Chikun U!!!!!!!!!!!!
OOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There went Chikun U’s backup QB !!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 8th, 2012
11:52 am
@ Fletcher:
You don’t get out very much do you??? EVERY team including HS has injuries every year. Concussions are common although no one has bothetred to post the “How did it happen???” answer!!!!!!
Could have been another episode of “How to operate a Scooter 101″ @ UGA!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 8th, 2012
12:11 pm
@ King Daddy:
How could a DGD of your caliber be too busy to harrass the competition??
It’s less than a month until the first Kickoff so you need to be at your PRIME just in case UGA actually defeats a team that has played a team that had a ST coach whose father knew a couple of guys he met during the first Gulf War that had grandsons playing(Not starters of course) for a team that lost by one point on a Tuesday after a full moon at 10:00 am to a team that finally finished in the Top 10 but was on probation so that close win never made it into the record books since they were forced to forfiet ALL their games played on any day not named Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Please put this info in a safe place since MORONS R US will be without anything to post about once the aforementioned events occur and are documented!!!!
King Daddy = DGD = Damn Good Twin Brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Crimson 75
August 8th, 2012
6:33 pm
Seriouly, thanks for your concern!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brain — Don’t mention it pal.
As for the chickens, I have little use for them. Their y’all’s problem!!
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Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
August 10th, 2012
12:57 pm
DID ANYONE EVER SAY HOW RAY DREW’S CONCUSSION HAPPENED???
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