Georgia offensive lineman Kolton Houston plays against the Tennessee Vols in this file photo.If Georgia fifth-year senior right tackle Kolton Houston gets beat off the edge in practice and gives up a sack, he doesn’t bow his head.
Losing a one-on-one matchup can’t come close to the disappointment he was experiencing this time last year.
“I didn’t even do spring practice,” Houston said by phone following Friday’s workout. “I just kind of hung out and came to practice and came to meetings, but I didn’t participate in practice because I thought it was over.”
Houston was an early enrollee in Georgia’s 2010 class but was ruled ineligible as a result of routine NCAA drug testing that repeatedly detected a banned substance. That substance, a steroid called Norandrolone, had been medically administered following shoulder surgery while he was at Buford High School near Atlanta.
Georgia had unsuccessful attempts at appealing Houston’s suspension, and it wasn’t until last July that he was reinstated by the NCAA.