Bulldogs turn to freshman back

After rushing for 45 yards on 24 carries against LSU, Georgia is averaging 98.8 yards per game and is on pace for its most paltry output since the 1963 team mustered 89.8 yards per game.
Enter the 5-foot-11, 209-pound freshman. Ealey rushed for 8,108 yards and a state-record 133 touchdowns at Emanuel County Institute.
"I think all the carries in high school really helped me become a threat running the ball," Ealey said.
"The best thing about him is he's hungry," quarterback Joe Cox added. "He's been wanting to play and finally got his chance to. Hopefully he can be that player all the time because I'm sure he's going to get a lot more carries as the season goes on."
Especially now that Caleb King is doubtful for Saturday's game at Tennessee with a concussion and broken jaw he sustained against LSU. Richard Samuel probably will start, coach Mark Richt said.
Ealey thought he was headed for a redshirt season, especially after he was limited in the preseason because of a dislocated elbow, but coaches told him if he kept practicing hard and learned the plays, he'd probably play.
Running backs coach Bryan McClendon told Ealey in the third quarter Saturday to get warmed up on the stationary bike on the sidelines. His time arrived with 7:07 left in the quarter.
Cox said had "no clue," that Ealey would play, but that he ran hard.
"I've just been waiting for my chance," Ealey said. "If it had been the sixth or seventh game, I still would have come in and played. I just want to come in and help the team the best way I can." The SEC Rocks!