Nick Chubb insisted throughout last football season that all was well in his recovery from the October 2015 surgery to repair knee ligaments that were torn at Tennessee.
Chubb knows now that wasn’t entirely the case.
Georgia’s senior tailback admitted Saturday during a media session in Athens that he can do things nearly 18 months after the setback that he couldn’t a year removed from the injury. Chubb still managed to rush for 1,130 yards and eight touchdowns last season, though his 5.0 yards per carry was well off his 7.1- and 8.1-yard clips from his first two years.
“I wasn’t hurt last season, but it was kind of different,” Chubb said. “I don’t know how to explain it. Maybe it’s my range of motion and my ability to move more and quicker. I didn’t start running until June last year, so the season was just around the corner.
“This time last year, I was hopping around on crutches, and now I’m running with my team and sprinting, and I’m getting a lot more repetition. I think it’s better.”