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Keith Marshall Injury: Updates on Georgia Star's Leg and Return

Adam Wells

A healthy Keith Marshall would provide Mark Richt with another talented weapon in the Georgia backfield, but the running back hasn't played since suffering a leg injury against Tennessee in late September. Marshall appears on track for a medical redshirt for the season. 

Continue for updates.

Saturday, Nov. 22

Marshall Out, Reportedly Set for Medical Redshirt

Seth Emerson of the Macon Telegraph has an update on Keith Marshall's status:

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Richt Speaks on Marshall's Status

Mark Richt spoke about Keith Marshall's future as he recovers from a leg injury, via Gentry Estes of 247Sports.com:

UGA coach Mark Richt hinted at that in comments Tuesday in regards to Marshall, who hasn't played since Sept. 20 while recovering from various knee issues that date back to last season's ACL injury. Since he played in only three games in 2014, Marshall would be able to redshirt as an injured player and return as a junior in 2015.

Though Richt still isn't spelling that plan out specifically for Marshall, he did compare it to quarterback Hutson Mason, who was able to redshirt in 2012 despite being ready to fill in forAaron Murray if needed.

'I don't think we need to make that decision,' Richt said of Marshall. 'It's just like when Hutson was going to redshirt, that was a year where we played for the SEC championship, and he knew if something happened (to Aaron Murray) he was going to play. ... I'm not going to sit here and say anything in regard to that.'

Wednesday, Nov. 12

Marshall Listed As Doubtful

The outlook for Keith Marshall playing this week doesn't look good according to Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph:

Friday, Oct. 31

Marshall Doesn't Make Trip

Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph provides an update on Keith Marshall's status:

Saturday, Sept. 20

Marshall Injures Leg vs. Troy

Georgia head coach Mark Richt saw enough injuries to his team last year, so the last thing he wanted to happen was losing another key cog in the machine this season. Unfortunately, the football gods didn't agree.

Running back Keith Marshall is the latest casualty of bad luck in Georgia, leaving the game against Troy with an apparent injury to his legaccording to 247 Sports' Gentry Estes:

Estes provides an update on the injury from Richt following the game:

Richt says Keith's knee "is pretty solid structurally" and "we're not sitting here holding our breath" though Marshall is going to get an MRI.

"Early word on it is that it's not real serious.

Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph described the scene:

Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald has more on Marshall:

It's hard not to feel bad for Marshall right now. His 2013 season ended on October 5 after suffering a torn ACL. He worked his way back and was earning rave reviews from Richt during the summer, via Edward Aschoff of ESPN.com:

Keith looks great. I've watched him run straight ahead; he looks outstanding in that area. I don't know if he'd say he's 100 percent today, but he has no limitations whatsoever in his training. He can run routes, he can pass [skeleton], he can do anything. 

We think Day 1, he'll be 100 percent, ready to compete.

The silver lining for Georgia in light of Marshall's injury is the team already has one of the best running backs in the country, Todd Gurley, to carry the load.

Gurley was drawing considerable Heisman buzz before the season. ESPN's Desmond Howard even said that the star running back would "jumpstart" his award-winning year against Clemson on an episode of College Gameday:

As lofty as the expectations are for Gurley, the Bulldogs have to be cautious with their No. 1 running back. He missed three games in 2013 due to an ankle injury and was limited in others dealing with a bad hamstring and nausea. 

Marshall hasn't been the picture of health either, as evidenced by this recent issue. He played in just five games last season before having his season ended prematurely against Tennessee. Now the redshirt junior is dealing with another ailment. 

It takes a special kind of athlete to play running back. Marshall has proven to be up to the challenge when he's on the field, averaging 5.8 yards per carry in his first two years with the team.

Physically, though, Marshall has run into a glut of bad luck and may never reach his full potential as a result.

Latest Updates from Wednesday, Oct. 29

Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph provides an update on Keith Marshall's status:

Updates from Tuesday, Oct. 28 

Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph provides an update on Keith Marshall's status:

Updates from Wednesday, Oct. 15 

Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph provides an update on Keith Marshall's status:

Updates from Sunday, Oct. 12 

Gentry Estes of 247 Sports provides an update on Keith Marshall's status: 

Updates from Tuesday, Oct. 7

Seth Emerson of The Macon Telegraph passed along Keith Marshall's status for this week:

Updates from Saturday, Sept. 27

Marc Weiscer of the Athens Banner-Herald has the latest on Marshall's status for Saturday's game:

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 23 

Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner Herald provides an update on Keith Marshall's injury:

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 21

Mark Richt updated Keith Marhsall's status following Saturday's injury (via Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner Herald):

Georgia coach Mark Richt couldn’t say Sunday evening whether tailback Keith Marshall will be available for Saturday’s game against Tennessee, but said that Marshall does not have another ACL injury.

Richt said on his weekly teleconference that he had yet to get an official injury report from the medical staff.

(...)

“It’s more of a contact injury,” Richt said, mentioning a possible contusion and saying again there is no structural issue. “I really don’t want to report on something I really don’t know the answer to other than there’s no ACL issues so that’s the good news.”

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