Tech’s injured players all return to practice
Georgia Tech’s MVP for the week may be sports medicine director Jay Shoop and his staff. Tech’s three injured players, defensive lineman Patrick Gamble, B-back Zach Laskey and A-back Charles Perkins, returned to practice Wednesday, along with linebacker P.J. Davis and nose tackle Shawn Green.
“They all practiced today,” Johnson said.
The official injury report will be released Thursday, but their return to practice is an indicator of their availability for the Yellow Jackets’ game against N.C. State Saturday. It would be a considerable boost for Tech. Gamble turned in a solid performance at defensive end in his first caeer start in last Saturday’s win over Virginia before suffering a left-leg injury late in the game. Laskey has missed the past two games with a shoulder injury after rushing for 595 yards in seven games. Perkins, who sat out the Virginia game after injuring his knee against Pittsburgh, is the team’s best blocking A-back.
Davis and Green’s injuries are unspecified.
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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
