Georgia football coach Kirby Smart had just begun Monday’s weekly news conference when a reporter used “Nick Chubb 2.0” and “Baby Chubb” references during a question regarding freshman running back Branson Robinson.
Moments later, another reporter asked Smart to compare Robinson to Thomas Brown, believing that was a more accurate comparison than Chubb.
That was more than enough for Smart. There would be no evoking of Washaun Ealey, Verron Haynes or any other former Bulldogs running backs of similar dimensions on this afternoon.
“I’ll let you guys do all the comparing,” Smart said. “I’m happy with who Branson is. Branson is his own person. Everybody tries to give everybody a style of running back, but I don’t know that you’ve got a body of work large enough to know. We probably do because we get to see him each and every day, but I don’t think giving him comparisons is fair to him or the others.
“I think he’s going to be a really good football player. He has great burst and acceleration, and he has great toughness.”