After Nick Chubb’s awe-inspiring performance in Georgia’s season opener against North Carolina, in which the star running back carried the ball 32 times for 222 yards and two touchdowns, fans and media around the country declared the junior fully healed.

For a back who suffered a major knee injury less than a year prior, the outburst was as thrilling for Georgia fans as it was unexpected. Unfortunately, that game proved to be the high point of Chubb’s season in 2016.

For much of the year, Chubb appeared to lack his usual acceleration and drive through the hole. It didn’t help that the offensive line struggled more often than not, and the Bulldogs’ offense seemed rhythmless at times, but the running back who tied Herschel Walker’s record with 13 straight 100-yard rushing games only broke the century mark five times last year.

Even if he was back on the field, Chubb wasn’t consistently back to his old ways.

This spring, however, is a different story. Back for his senior season, Chubb not only looks completely healthy but he appears to be in the best shape of his career.

“I feel great. Having last season under my belt and just having time off from the season to prepare, my body (is) getting in better shape, faster, quicker, stronger,” Chubb told reporters after Saturday’s practice, according to a video by UGASports.com. “Yeah, I do. I feel a lot better.”

Although his body might have been able to handle last season’s workload, it’s not as easy to gauge a player’s mental status. Chubb is as tough as they come and a tenacious worker, but it’s hard to imagine he didn’t have any lingering concerns early in the season.

All of that appears to be behind the All-SEC running back.

“I think it was,” Chubb said when asked if any of his struggles last year could have been mental. “If you look back, I didn’t start running until June of last year. So then you’ve only got two months to prepare, and the season is right around the corner. It was just the timing part, I wasn’t really moving. This time last year, I think I was hopping around on crutches, and now I’m running with my team during spring and I have a lot more repetitions of running.”

Without Chubb, Georgia would still boast one of the deepest and most talented backfields in the SEC. Sony Michel has proven himself as a player capable of starting for most teams across the country, Brian Herrien was a nice third option in his first season and Elijah Holyfield and D’andre Swift are a pair of highly-touted prospects who provide exceptional depth.

The Bulldogs will have Chubb, however. And for the first time in about a year and a half, it appears Georgia has the most lethal version of its star running back.