Auburn RB Kerryon Johnson comments on his status for SEC title game
The Auburn Tigers are gearing up for Saturday’s SEC Championship Game against the Georgia Bulldogs, but they face the very real possibility that star RB Kerryon Johnson won’t be able to play.
Johnson appeared to injure his shoulder in the Iron Bowl victory over Alabama and is now questionable for Saturday’s title matchup.
However, Johnson fully expects to play in the important game, telling reporters on Monday that he is confident in his ability to play through the pain against Georgia:
Injured Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson on whether he'll play in SEC title game…
'I'm confident in myself. I never count myself out.'
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) November 27, 2017
The Tigers’ chances to win go down drastically if Johnson can’t play, but there are still a few days left before the game for Johnson to heal.
Will the star running back, who threw for a touchdown and ran for another against the Crimson Tide, be able to play on Saturday? That remains to be seen, but the Tigers will hold out hope that their star player will be in the lineup.
We need to rest him and prepare for the game with Kam Martin.
I hope Kerryon has a speedy recovery and can play this Saturday.
I certainly don’t want there to be any excuses if he sits and Georgia wins.
Auburn has been running him ragged though. In his last 4 games, he’s carried the ball 29, 32, 22, 30 times. 3 of those being SEC defenses. He’s top 10 in carries in NCAA despite missing 2 games as well. He definitely needs some rest.
I concur. Gus has run him into the ground…most of the time unnecessarily. No player wants to come out of the game, but sometimes Gus needs to sit him for his own good.
This is going to be a close game.
I hope he can play and is fine. Regardless of what team someone plays for, I never like seeing players injured. Especially when that injury keeps said player out of a big game.
I hope Auburn wins and another top 4 team loses, I want that final poll to be Auburn at 3 and Alabama at 4 . I’m hoping for an ultimate Iron Bowl for the championship game.
Honestly, I would like to see Bama make the playoffs and I have faith in Bama. But what I saw from the month of November- Saban and co has it’s work cut out for them. Bama did not look like a playoff team. I’m not gonna predict Auburn would straight out win a rematch (Id give it 50/50 odds) but I will say this; I REALLY dont want to lose to Auburn twice in a year lol.
UGA has to assume he will be 110%. If not it will be another long day at the office for them.
I feel this game will be close. That doesn’t mean UGA will win but I expect the best from both coaching staffs and from the players. I expect Auburn to come out ready, just like they have this past month. I also expect UGA to come out ready this time. It was a slap in the face the way they played against Auburn last game. I know these young men realize what they are up against and are up for the challenge. That Auburn crowd was nuts and all the energy for the last game poured into those players and made it much harder for both UGA and Bama when they were there. Being a lineman it doesn’t help when you can’t hear and I feel helped Auburn tremendously (they don’t need the help with the talent they have, it just made it even better for them). The biggest difference of atmosphere and noise effects the line of scrimmage.
This game is going to be an absolute slugfest. Kirby will have UGA very hungry…the stakes couldn’t be higher and now they get to play the underdog.
Auburn will have to play a perfect game to win, we won’t get the same breaks as a few weeks ago