According to Smart, Chubb is constantly at the gym, rehabbing his knee and has started running again.
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“First of all, he’s an unbelievable kid that really likes working out," Smart told 680 the Fan in Atlanta (via the Athens Banner-Herald). “He already liked all this before this happened. …He’s going to be there every day and he has been. He’s done a great job.
“I think his psyche is he’s really tentative right now. He’s just started to run some and do some things. He trusts our training staff. Ron [Courson] does an unbelievable job with him. Ron gives me a weekly update on Nick. He’s shown really good progress. To say he’s going to be ready day one or he’s going to be ready game one, I think we’re a long way away from that right now. We want to do what’s right for Nick long term.”
At the start of Georgia’s game against Tennessee in October, Chubb tore his PCL and other ligaments in his left knee and required surgery.
Even though the injury was horrific, Smart thinks Chubb could be back better than ever.
“(He) can be great again and be better,” Smart said. “I do think sometimes with these injuries … they’re better the second year after it than the first year after it. We’ve got to remember that and we’ve got to be smart about that.”
