Nick Chubb Georgia Injury: What happened to Browns RB while at UGA?
Nick Chubb's 2023 NFL season came to a close earlier than expected. The Cleveland Browns running back was taken off during Monday's encounter against the Pittsburgh Steelers after sustaining a horrific knee injury. He was unable to walk and had to be carted off the field.
The injury was on the same knee he dislocated in 2015 while playing college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. He sustained the injury in a Week 6 encounter against the Tennessee Volunteers and was prevented from playing the rest of the season.
The previous week, in a game versus Alabama, he tied Hershel Walker's record of 13 consecutive 100-yard games. He was unable to break the record, as he missed the rest of the campaign.
Nick Chubb's Georgia career
Chubb, a Georgia native, was with the Bulldogs for four seasons from 2014 until 2017. His best season was without a doubt his freshman year when he earned the SEC Freshman of the Year Award and First Team All-SEC Honors.
That year, he achieved a career-high 1,547 yards with 14 touchdowns. It is important to point out that while he played 13 games, he only started in eight of them, which makes his production all the more impressive. The Bulldogs closed the season with a Belk Bowl victory over Louisville in which Chubb earned the MVP award, with 266 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
As a freshman, he was also a consistent receiver and recorded 213 yards with two touchdowns.
Nick Chubb's second season was cut short due to injury, and he only recorded 747 rushing yards. He returned for the 2016 season, the first under Kirby Smart, and posted 1,130 rushing yards with eight touchdowns. The 8-5 Bulldogs closed the year with a Victory Bowl win over TCU.
In his senior year, he came closest to recovering his freshman form as he ran for 1,345 yards and a career-high 15 touchdowns. He earned Second Team All-SEC Honors. That year, Kirby Smart's Bulldogs won the SEC Championship and the Rose Bowl semifinal of the College Football Playoff. In the end, they lost to Alabama in the final.
Chubb was selected in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.