Kirby Smart gives injury update on starting running back Nate Frazier
By David Wasson
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The Georgia Bulldogs entertained thousands at their annual G-Day spring football game Saturday, but one player’s final spring workout ended after just one play.
Junior running back Nate Frazier limped off the Sanford Stadium field after the first play Saturday, receiving medical attention before spending the rest of the scrimmage on the sideline.
Following the G-Day festivities, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart discussed Frazier’s injury with reporters.
“Precautionary. He had an ankle injury in the last game,” Smart said, referring to an injury Frazier sustained in the Sugar Bowl against Ole Miss. “He re-aggravated it on the first play and we shut him down after that.”
Georgia’s Red team, consisting of the Bulldogs’ first-team offense and second-team offense, beat the Black team 27-17.
Frazier rushed for 947 yards on 173 carries and six touchdowns in 2026. His two-year stats in Athens include 1,819 all-purpose yards and 15 touchdowns.
Counting Frazier, Georgia listed 13 players who were either injured Saturday or sustained an injury at some point in spring practice that kept them out of G-Day.
Georgia captured the SEC championship in 2025 and finished the season with a 12-2 record – ultimately falling to Ole Miss 39-34 in the CFP quarterfinals in New Orleans. The Bulldogs begin the 2026 season Sept. 5 at home against Tennessee State and also play a non-conference home game Sept. 12 against Western Kentucky before SEC play opens Sept. 19 at Arkansas.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
