As if a concussion, dislocated patella and torn MCL weren’t enough for Georgia offensive guard Chris Burnette to endure last football season, he had to live through Auburn winning the national championship.
“That has been rough,” the 6-foot-2, 310-pound redshirt sophomore from LaGrange said Thursday night. “Especially when I go back to my high school, because all my teachers graduated from Auburn. I pretty much tell them that our time is coming and that Georgia will be back.”
Burnette was Rivals.com’s No. 3 guard and No. 81 overall prospect when he signed with the Bulldogs in 2009 out of Troup County High. He redshirted that year, and his start to last season was sidetracked by a concussion late in preseason camp.
That forced him to sit out opening games against Louisiana-Lafayette and South Carolina, and after being cleared to play the third game against Arkansas, he suffered the knee injuries.
“It was another year of no game time,” Burnette said. “I think God was showing me last year that I needed to be patient, and I’m going to trust him, but I am so ready to play. I’ve been chomping at the bit.”