Georgia Tech quarterback Tim Byerly’s season is apparently over. On his radio show Monday night, coach Paul Johnson said that Byerly has decided to have surgery to repair a knee injury suffered in practice Sept. 7. As a result, Byerly is “probably through” for the season, Johnson said.
It was Johnson’s most definitive comment on the injury. After the Tulane game Sept. 12, Johnson said that Byerly’s status for the season wouldn’t be known for a couple weeks. Byerly, a fifth-year senior, can apply for a medical hardship waiver to have his final season of eligibility restored. Byerly meets at least two of the qualifications, as he played in less than 30 percent of his team’s games and suffered the injury in the first half of the season. The other two criteria are that the injury must be incapacitating – which it would appear to be – and that appropriate medical documentation must exist and be provided.
For this season, the decision likely means that Matthew Jordan will go forward as the team’s backup quarterback to Justin Thomas. Jordan enrolled in January 2014 as a quarterback and stayed there until moving to A-back at the start of preseason camp for a chance at more playing time. He moved back to quarterback after Byerly’s injury. The Tulane game was his first as the backup.
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