Georgia defensive back Divaad Wilson tore his ACL during a Saturday practice. Wilson announced the injury in a since-deleted tweet.
“Tore my ACL,” he wrote. “Comeback will be Epic! God’s Plan.”
Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart revealed earlier in the day that Wilson had suffered a lower-body injury. “That’s disheartening, because he had had three really good practices, and I was really fired up about him,” Smart told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
An early enrollee from Miami, Wilson was expected to compete for playing time in 2018. The secondary is expected to be one of the few question marks for Georgia this fall after losing three starters from 2017. Wilson had been working at cornerback and star, a nickelback equivalent where the Dogs lost 2017 starter Aaron Davis to graduation.
“The biggest thing is he’s 190-195 pounds. He’s that Mo Smith, that Aaron Davis, that star-type body. He was picking things up well,” Smart told the paper.
No timetable has been established for Wilson’s return.