Colby Young will miss time with a painful leg injury

The No. 9 The Georgia Bulldogs came away with a big 43-35 victory over no. 5 Ole Miss Rebels in Athens on Saturday. The victory was prolonged Georgia footballThe three-game winning streak gave the Bulldogs their second win against a ranked opponent in three tries so far in the 2025 season.

However, the Bulldogs also received troubling news about one of their top players, with wide receiver Colby Young leaving the contest in the first quarter with a lower-body injury.

The senior wide receiver’s night ended very early, as he suffered an injury after making a 36-yard catch on a flickering flea market on the first drive of the contest that helped set up the Bulldogs’ field goal.

After the Ole Miss game, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart gave an update on Young’s status, saying the wide receiver had broken his leg and was he is expected to be sidelined for a long time (h/t Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports).

The Bulldogs have a bye week ahead of them, which should benefit their tired bodies in the midst of a busy season. But the nature of Young’s injury suggests he will need more than just a week to recover and be ready to see action on the field again.

Young entered the Ole Miss game as Georgia football’s leading receiver with 300 yards to his name and a touchdown on 22 receptions.

Without him, the Bulldogs should have more in the game for players like wide receivers Zachariah Branch and London Humphreis and tight ends Oscar Delp and Lawson Luckie. Branch led Georgia against the Rebels with 71 receiving yards on eight carries, while Luckie scored three times on five receptions.

Bulldogs star quarterback Gunnar Stockton carried the passing offense despite Young’s absence for much of the Ole Miss game, as he passed for 289 total yards and four touchdowns with zero interceptions while completing 26 of his 21 throws.

Georgia improved to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in SEC play after that taking down Rebel Lane Kiffin and will appear again on Nov. 1, when the Bulldogs share the court with the Florida Gators at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville.

Reckwell Villas is an experienced sportswriter covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and college football. He holds a BA in Communication Arts from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines.