Georgia coach Kirby Smart said Monday that transfer quarterback JT Daniels has actually been cleared from a knee injury that caused him to miss many of his final season at USC in 2019, and he would be offered to play in Saturdays video game versus Auburn at Sanford Stadium.
Bulldogs redshirt freshman DWan Mathis had a hard time in his first start in last weeks 37-10 win at Arkansas, finishing 8 of 17 passes for 55 lawns with one interception. Former walk-on Stetson Bennett came off the bench and passed for 211 yards with 2 touchdowns.
Smart stated he would wait to call the No. 4 Bulldogs starter for Saturday nights game (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) versus the No. 7 Tigers.
” All I can tell you is that were going to continue to deal with all of the guys weve got to put the very best guy in there that provides us the very best chance to win the football video games,” Smart stated. “DWan did not play as bad as it appeared to some. I believed he did some advantages watching the tape, and he had some unfortunate bad breaks that occurred while he was in at quarterback.”
1 RelatedDaniels tore the ACL and meniscus in his right knee in USCs 31-23 win over Fresno State in the 2019 opener and hasnt played in a game considering that. He went through an arthroscopic treatment in December or January to tidy up his knee, according to Smart. Daniels signed up with the Bulldogs as a transfer in May and received an NCAA waiver to play right away.
” JT will be cleared,” Smart stated. “But I dont understand how much that alters the image in regards to reps and advancement. Well be looking at everyone across the board. JTs got to have the ability to show us that he can function efficiently and do it with his knee. We always thought he would be cleared by this time anyhow.”
Daniels, from Irvine, California, in 2018 became only the 2nd true freshman quarterback to begin an opener for the Trojans after finishing one year early from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. He threw for 2,887 yards with 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, while finishing 60.7% of his passes in 12 starts over 2 seasons at USC.
After Daniels injured his knee in the 2019 opener, freshman Kedon Slovis took control of the starting task and passed for 3,502 backyards with 30 goals and 9 interceptions.
” All I can tell you is that were going to continue to work with all of the guys weve got to put the finest guy in there that provides us the best chance to win the football games,” Smart stated. 1 RelatedDaniels tore the ACL and meniscus in his best knee in USCs 31-23 win over Fresno State in the 2019 opener and hasnt played in a video game because. He went through an arthroscopic treatment in December or January to clean up his knee, according to Smart.
