Georgia tackle A.J. HarmonA lot has changed since Saturday for Georgia redshirt junior offensive lineman A.J. Harmon.
The 6-foot-5, 340-pounder has practiced all spring as a reserve tackle behind starters Cordy Glenn and Trinton Sturdivant, but Sturdivant is expected to miss the 2011 season after tearing his right ACL during Saturday’s scrimmage. Now Harmon, whose seven career appearances have occurred in games in which the Bulldogs won by at least 24 points, could get a starting job.
“You’re always competing to be a starter, but you never want it to happen like this,” Harmon said after Tuesday’s practice. “When I saw it happen, I prayed for Trinton right then and there. This is the third time this has happened to him, and that got to me a little bit, but at the same time God has a plan for people, and you never know how it’s going to turn out.”
Georgia first-year line coach Will Friend said Harmon and Justin Anderson rotated at first-team right tackle Tuesday opposite Glenn, who seems set as the left-side starter.
Harmon said Sturdivant had been going up against outside linebacker Jarvis Jones in pass-protection drills when he went down. Sturdivant’s first two ACL injuries were to his left knee, so Bulldogs linemen were relieved to see him favoring his right knee as he was helped from the scrimmage.