UGA’s Robinson out for ’23 with ruptured tendon

• Alex Scarborough, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 23, 2023, 12:58 PM ET

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Branson Robinson, the previous No. 1-ranked back in the 2022 class who hurried for 341 lawns as a freshman, will miss the season with a ruptured patellar tendon, coach Kirby Smart announced Wednesday.Robinson suffered the injury in a noncontact drill at practice Tuesday, Smart said.”It won’t impact our run-pass ratio,”Smart stated.”We have capable backs.

He was one of our better backs. When healthy last year, we believe he was sort of entering his own. He was discovering how to pass protect. He had a truly great spring while he was going, so we were actually thrilled about where he was headed. He was explosive, twitchy, could do some things in pass pro and running the ball that perhaps some of the other people couldn’t do.”Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Robinson had recuperated from a grass toe injury throughout the offseason and was”looking great”in recent days.Kendall Milton, the predicted starter who rushed for 592 lawns and 8 goals last season, has actually been troubled by a hamstring injury during preseason camp. Smart said Milton has taken more associates of late but still isn’t one hundred percent healthy.Andrew Paul, a previous four-star possibility who might include depth at the position, is coming off a torn ACL suffered last August.”It’ll be done by committee like it constantly has here,”Smart

stated of the running backs.Georgia, which is coming off back-to-back national championships and is ranked No. 1 in the AP preseason survey, will have a

new-look offense this season with previous beginning quarterback Stetson Bennett and previous planner Todd Monken both off to the NFL.On Saturday, Smart revealed that Carson Beck, Bennett’s top backup, will open the season as the beginning quarterback against UT Martin on Sept. 2. Mike Bobo, who played quarterback for Georgia from 1994-97 and has been an assistant on staff for more than a years in total, was promoted from analyst to offending organizer in February.