Lawrence Cager’s one-year career as a Georgia graduate transfer receiver began with a two-catch, 41-yard performance in an opening win at Vanderbilt.
It is coming to a close with the 6-foot-5, 220-pounder residing in a wheelchair with an elevated, wrapped left ankle that is mending after surgery. Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said it’s doubtful Cager will play against Baylor in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s night, which would leave the Baltimore resident with only nine games played this season out of a possible 14.
Eight games is actually more accurate, given that Cager reinjured the shoulder that had been nagging him on a 6-yard catch on Georgia’s fourth play from scrimmage at Auburn.
“I loved being here this season,” Cager said last Saturday night in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium locker room after the 37-10 loss to LSU in the Southeastern Conference championship game. “I loved every minute of it – hurt and not hurt, or playing and not playing. I loved the fans. I loved the coaches. I loved the atmosphere.
“It’s been amazing, and I wouldn’t trade anything in the world for it.”