Georgia senior linebacker Tim Kimbrough Jr. forced to leave the team?
Being Georgia’s third leading tackler apparently wasn’t enough to secure senior linebacker Tim Kimbrough Jr. a roster spot with the Bulldogs heading into the season, at least according to him. Kimbrough’s father initially broke the news of his son’s decision to transfer Wednesday evening.
Thursday morning, the linebacker took to Twitter to speak out on his transfer. According to his tweets, Georgia was not going to give him a chance to see the field this season:
I have to go to a D2 school so I can play this year.. I'm not sitting out this year.. DM me for more info
— Tim Kimbrough Jr.™ (@TK42_GTL) August 11, 2016
I didn't have a choice to stay at Georgia
— Tim Kimbrough Jr.™ (@TK42_GTL) August 11, 2016
I had 4 different sets of coaches while I was there and I was good with each coaching staff.. Idk what happened this year
— Tim Kimbrough Jr.™ (@TK42_GTL) August 11, 2016
If any coaches wanna see film from this past camp contact me.. Sophomore yr Special teams and played in Sec games.. Y'all seen Junior Yr
— Tim Kimbrough Jr.™ (@TK42_GTL) August 11, 2016
Coach Pruitt would've had best defense in country
— Tim Kimbrough Jr.™ (@TK42_GTL) August 11, 2016
Despite his impending transfer, Kimbrough still appears to have love for Georgia. After sending those tweets, check out the one the senior closed the discussion with:
This Says It All pic.twitter.com/NsCKNvKjeb
— Tim Kimbrough Jr.™ (@TK42_GTL) August 11, 2016
It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this and whether Kirby Smart addresses the subject during his next media availability. Considering Georgia is not incredibly deep at the linebacker position heading into the season, why the most experienced linebacker wasn’t wanted by the Dawgs this season seems a strange decision.
Based off anything that insiders are saying, it seems like Kimbrough had a bit of a hot head with the coaches. I have to imagine it was pretty bad if it was enough to kick the kid off of the team
I hope Tim Kimbrough does well wherever he goes. We’ve lost several good players throughout the years I just hope his departure doesn’t hurt us down the road. Take care of yourself young man.
Did his scholarship get pulled? He says he had no choice but leave UGA…
No one has said anything about his scholarship being pulled. This one is a head scratcher. The kid can play. No one is saying any particular reason and from the tweets, it sound like he wasn’t wanted in the new scheme. It happens.
Strange.