Keith Marshall back in action for UGA
ATHENS — Georgia running backs coach Thomas Brown said last week that he hoped tailback Keith Marshall would return to action before the end of spring practice, and he got his wish Tuesday.
Sidelined since March 26 with a hamstring injury, Marshall fully participated in practice, exchanging the green (non-contact) jersey he wore late last week for a regular red jersey.
“I wouldn’t say (he was) 100 percent, but he … got more work than I thought he would,” coach Mark Richt said.
Marshall’s return was “good for him and good for his fellow backs,” Richt said. “It takes a little pressure off them.”
But Richt was noncommittal on whether the hamstring will allow Marshall to play in the G-Day intra-squad game Saturday.
“Will it be enough to go full-speed on Saturday?” Richt said. “I don’t know.”
Marshall, who had 759 yards rushing as a freshman in 2012, missed most of the past two seasons with injuries.
His 2013 season ended when he suffered a knee injury (torn ACL) in the fifth game. He played sparingly in the first three games of 2014 and was sidelined the remainder of the season after suffering knee and ankle sprains in the third game.
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