Will Colbie Young be able to return to play for Georgia football in CFP?

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Georgia football’s first-round playoff bye means the Bulldogs will have nearly four weeks between games before players strap on their helmets and face another team.

Coach Kirby Smart was asked Sunday Dec. 7 if wide receiver Colbie Young could be back in time for the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl.

Young missed the last six games this season after sustaining a broken leg on Oct. 18 in a 43-35 win against Ole Miss.

Georgia would face the Rebels again in New Orleans in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal if they beat Tulane in a first-round game.

“I don’t know,” Smart said about Young. “We went over some injuries today. His name came up. I think it would be a stretch and we’re so far off. I was not thinking of being able to get him back when the injury occurred in the initial timeline. But there has been some optimism with his rehab and his recovery, but it was more for after the initial game if we were able to advance.”

Smart said the weeks in the lead-up to the Sugar Bowl will provide more insight into Young’s recovery time.

Young had 23 catches for 336 yards and a touchdown in seven games this season. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound senior offers another big body target in the passing game.

Smart had positive news on running back Chauncey Bowens who was attended to on the field after getting injured late in the 28-7 SEC Championship win over Alabama Saturday.

It came on a 19-yard run from the redshirt freshman.

“Yeah, he landed on his back on that run he broke out on, and he was fine after the game,” Smart said. “I’m not sure exactly what it was, but he landed on his back and he was in a great deal of pain. And happened a couple other games in the season when he fell there and landed on it, but he seems to be fine.”

Georgia nickel back Joenel Aguero dealt with a wrist injury all week in practice leading up to the SEC Championship game. Freshman Rasean Dinkins started in his spot.

“We were like, ‘Look, if Joenel is going to have this glove on, maybe we should give Dink a series or two,'” Smart said after the game. “Dink went one series, another series. Things were going our way.”

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: What Kirby Smart said on Colbie Young playing again for Georgia football

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