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Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions suffer key injuries early in Thanksgiving game

Nikki Chavanelleby: Nikki Chavanelle11/25/21NikkiChavanelle
Detroit Lions running back DAndre Swift injured early in Thursdays game Week 12 Georgia Bulldogs
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Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift is questionable to return to action on Thanksgiving after suffering a shoulder injury in the second quarter versus the Chicago Bears.

Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews confirmed that Swift is questionable after getting tackled hard on Thursday afternoon.

The former Georgia Bulldog did not net any yards on his three carries before exiting the game. The Lions led 7-3 when Swift left the game but gave up a touchdown, making it 10-7 Bears towards the end of the first half.

So far this season for Detroit, D’Andre Swift has 555 yards on 137 carries in 10 games played. He also has four rushing touchdowns. He’s played a big role in the Lions’ passing game as well. Swift has 420 receiving yards this season, which is second on the team through Week 12.

On the Bears’ side, they also lost a former Bulldog. Linebacker Roquan Smith is questionable to return for Chicago with a hamstring injury. The 2018 draft pick has 110 tackles this season, as well as three sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss.

Swift at Georgia

D’Andre Swift established himself as one of the latest and greatest Bulldog running backs during his time in Athens. Georgia is a place known for top-tier running backs and Swift certainly etched his name in Bulldog lore.

When he hung his cleats up at Georgia, he rushed for 2,885 rushing yards for his career, good enough for seventh on the Bulldogs’ all-time rushing list. He’s an elite pass-catching running back and he demonstrated that in college as well. In 2019, he didn’t drop a single pass for the Bulldogs (he caught 24 passes that year). Swift only dropped three passes for his entire career at Georgia. The former U.S. Army All-American caught 73 passes for 666 yards for his entire college career.

Another impressive stat from his college profile at Georgia: he averaged more yards per carry (6.6) in college than any other running back in school history. That’s incredible considering the amount of NFL running backs the school has produced (Herschel Walker, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Knowshon Moreno).