Georgia defensive lineman suffers injury setback

After being projected to miss most of fall camp with a stress fracture in his leg, a key Georgia defensive lineman has now experienced an additional setback that will likely keep him sidelined for the start of the season. Jordan Hall, expected to see significant snaps as part of the defensive line rotation, suffered the same injury in his opposite leg.

“Jordan (Hall) was coming back, starting to run from his stress fracture in his tibia. He is now dealing with the exact same thing in the other leg,” said Georgia coach Kirby Smart on Tuesday.

“It was strange for it to occur but he didn’t acknowledge it until he started running to get back from the first one. We had to fix the other one. He’s on a good timeline, it’s not a long term deal, and now he knows what to expect because he’s had it done to the left and the right,” continued Smart.

“He had the other one fixed. He’s going to be back. We don’t know the exact timeline for that, but he’s been in good spirits. Just glad they found it when they did.”

Hall is a 6-4, 320-pound defensive tackle originally from Jacksonville, Florida. In limited playing time a year ago, Hall recorded 10 total tackles, including four in the victory against the Tennessee Volunteers.

Hall is primed to have a big role on the defensive line this season after the departures of Zion Logue and Tramel Walthour. We project Hall to be Georgia’s second-string defensive tackle this season.

Georgia opens the season against the Clemson Tigers in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 31 at 12:00 E.T. on ABC.