Smart details Amaris Williams' ACL injury, gives Nate Frazier ankle update after G-Day scrimmage
Georgia edge rusher Amaris Williams suffered a non-contact knee injury and is expected to miss extended time, Kirby Smart confirmed Saturday following the program’s annual G-Day spring scrimmage. Smart declined to give a timetable on Williams' return. Williams did not compete in the scrimmage.
“I don’t know how long he’s out,” Smart said. “You never know how long it is with the ACL. George (Pickens) was able to come back and play — he had a similar injury.
You never put a timetable on it. He doesn’t want to put a timetable on it. He wants to do what he can to recover and get better.
” Williams is one of the Bulldogs’ nine transfers this season. He joins Georgia after two years at Auburn, most recently playing in 14 games and posting nine tackles and two sacks in 2025. He isn’t the first Bulldog to go down with an ACL injury during spring practice.
Smart referenced Pickens , who tore his ACL at Georgia in the spring of his sophomore year during a non-contact drill. Pickens made an accelerated recovery and returned roughly eight months later to compete in Georgia’s final four games, including the 2022 national championship game. By Smart’s count, he has witnessed seven to nine ACL tears during his 11 years in Athens, and all but one have been non-contact.