ATHENS — Georgia coach Kirby Smart gave an update on where things stand with Georgia when it comes to the injury situation following Tuesday’s practice.

As for Joseph Jonah-Ajonye, Smart said the freshman defensive lineman was dealing with a lower extremity surgery that will sideline him for the rest of the year. Jonah-Ajonye missed the Texas game.

Jonah-Ajonye played in four games this season, making him eligible for a redshirt. Georgia landed the 5-star defensive lineman out of Texas as a member of the 2024 class. He had 1 tackle in 4 games this season.

“Yeah, Joseph had to deal with a surgery that’s gonna put him out for the rest of the year,” Smart said. “He’s gonna be out the rest of the year, and he did one of the lower extremity injury that he’s not gonna be with us, but he’s already had the surgery. He had it before we went to, I guess he had the surgery after but he didn’t get to go to Texas because of the injury.”

Georgia running back Branson Robinson has been out since the Mississippi State game with an MCL injury. Smael Mondon has also been out with a lower leg injury.

“I mean, I don’t know a timeline on either one of those guys,” Smart said. “So when you say closer, I mean, they’re closer, because they’re closer than they were yesterday. But I don’t know how close they are. I don’t know what it looks like for them in terms of when they’re able to come back.”

Tate Ratledge and Jordan Hall were both able to dress out against Texas. Ratledge has missed the last four games, while Hall has yet to play in a game this season.

“Both have ramped up in terms of reps. Tate took quite a bit yesterday, took quite a bit -- I don’t know how many he took today, but I know it’s more than yesterday ‘cause we had more available,” Smart said. “But we’re trying to be smart in terms of his volume. And Jordan’s done more. He still has moments where it bothers him, but I thought yesterday was Jordan’s best day yet. And I think that three-day off really helped him. I’ll have to watch today and see how he was. I don’t really remember.”

Smart provided an update on Ratledge on Monday.

“I mean, we think he’s gonna be able to give us something. He worked some last week, took some reps, did rehab over the weekend,” Smart said. “Hopefully he’s raring to go. I mean, I know he wants to play in this game, it’s really important to him.”

With Ratledge out, Micah Morris has started at guard. Hall’s potential return would add further depth to the defensive line, which has been reliant on Naz Stackhouse, Christen Miller and Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins this season.

Smart has not provided an update on whether the Bulldogs will have Dan Jackson and Joenel Aguero back for Saturday’s game after those two were ejected for targeting. If the SEC does not overturn their penalties, Jackson and Aguero will miss the first half. KJ Bolden and JaCorey Thomas would be line to start in their place.

Georgia’s game against Florida is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. The Bulldogs will put out an availability report for the game starting on Wednesday.

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