UGA Football: George Pickens is Back………………….Sort Of

Kirby Smart revealed yesterday that George Pickens has been doing more with the team, specifically working with the scout team. I do not believe he is taking on contact yet while on the field.

Here’s what he said during his Tuesday media session:

“George has done a little more work than he’s done in the past. We’ve had George at practice, catching passes against routes on air, but that’s really been it, the things that y’all have seen. He’s done more competitive periods in terms of scouts and looks and getting confidence, being able to go up against some DBs and things. But he’s not taking reps with the one or two offense because we don’t know when he’s going to be ready, and those reps are too valuable. We can’t give them to him and not have another player that’s going to play in the game. But when he’s cleared to play in the game, he’ll start getting some of those reps. I don’t know a timeline. I wish I did.”

“Just like those other guys—Darnell, Tykee, JT coming off his injury, Dom (Dominick Blaylock) coming off his injury—there’s a process that has to happen. You don’t come back from an injury and jump right back in where you were,” Smart said. “It’s hard, because you have to get all the reps, the volume of reps, the work. There’s only so many reps to give on actual execution. Dom’s been down on the scout team this week giving a great picture.”