Georgia football Kirby Smart announced that “three or four” players on the second-ranked Bulldogs were recently sidelined with COVID-19.
The positive tests for Georgia come despite both programs having met the Southeastern Conference’s 85% vaccination threshold to avoid further COVID testing and masking requirements.
Georgia’s 10-3 win over then-No. 3 Clemson occurred without sports medicine director Ron Courson, who tested positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and didn’t make the trip. Smart said Courson is doing well but noted that several staffers have also been out recently along with players.
Even with a vaccine in place compared to last fall and other safeguards in place, risks and concerns remain.
“That concerns you not only for the players on your team that are unvaccinated, that are playing and not playing because we want everybody to be safe,” Coach Smart said.
