The top drawing card for Georgia’s spring football game this Saturday is likely off the table.
Heralded early enrollee Keith Marshall, who was expected to challenge Isaiah Crowell and Ken Malcome on the tailback depth chart, sat out Saturday’s second scrimmage with a hamstring pull and is expected to miss the final week of workouts as well.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder from Raleigh, N.C., was rated this past winter as the No. 1 tailback nationally by Scout.com and No. 2 by ESPN, and he quickly turned heads in Athens by defeating Malcolm Mitchell in a 40-yard dash.
“I would say the chance of Keith going is not very good,” Bulldogs coach Mark Richt said following the 90-minute scrimmage at the Woodruff practice fields.
In Georgia’s first scrimmage on March 31, Marshall rushed five times for 18 yards. He has not practiced since.