Georgia coach Kirby Smart addresses Adam Anderson's hand injury

Georgia senior outside linebacker Adam Anderson was seen wearing a club on one of his hands during the Bulldogs’ game Saturday against Florida. During his weekly news conference Monday, UGA head coach Kirby Smart addressed Anderson’s injury.

“He’s got a UCL – a finger sprain deal – that’s bothering him,” Smart said. “Felt that he would be more effective in a club than in a cast. We’d love for him to have a grip, but he didn’t feel like he had grip. A lot of times when you have a club you can play without worrying about it, so the concern wasn’t there of it hurting or hurting it, but it makes it a little less effective of grabbing cloth and wrapping up.”

Despite Anderson’s injury, the 6-foot-5, 230-pound linebacker still produced for the No. 1 ranked Bulldogs in their 34-7 win over the Gators, making seven total tackles with half a tackle for a loss of yards, half of a sack and three quarterback hurries.

Bulldogs’ defense has been sensational

While Anderson has registered 32 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and five sacks this season, Georgia’s defense has been nearly perfect through eight games as it allowing just 6.6 points and 226.6 yards per game to its opponents.

Georgia hasn’t given up more than 13 points in a single game this season. The Bulldogs shutout Vanderbilt (62-0) and Arkansas (37-0), allowed just three points to Clemson (10-3), seven to UAB (56-7) and Florida (34-7), 10 to Auburn (34-10) and 13 to South Carolina (40-13) and Kentucky (30-13).

The top-ranked Bulldogs return to action Saturday vs. Missouri at Sanford Stadium in Athens.