ATHENS, Ga. – As the past two seasons of Georgia football have reflected, the only player who can stop tailback Todd Gurley is Gurley himself.
The 6-foot-1, 232-pound junior from Tarboro, N.C., made a dazzling debut in 2012, rushing for 1,385 yards on a team that won 12 games and nearly won the Southeastern Conference title. He missed three games last season and significant chunks of three others yet still rushed for 989 yards while adding 441 as a receiver out of the backfield.
Gurley has a career average of 6.1 yards per carry.
“When he’s healthy, he’s a force and a man to be reckoned with,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “There is no doubt about that.”
When he’s healthy.