Availability Report: No significant changes for Kentucky, Georgia loses freshman WR

Not much changed for Kentucky in Thursday’s Availability Report.

Each Wednesday of SEC contests, both schools will share an availability report. It will be updated nightly, with one final ruling an hour before kickoff on Saturdays. Players must be listed as out (0% chance to play), doubtful (25% chance to play), questionable (50% chance to play), or probable (75% chance to play).

Ahead of Saturday’s conference matchup against Georgia, we learned that DJ Waller is still unlikely to return to action, even though he’s now been listed as questionable in both Wednesday and Thursday’s reports. He suffered a hamstring injury in Week 1 — the starting cornerback has been sidelined ever since.

“It’s one of those injuries with a hamstring that’s touchy. It’s very frustrating for him. He’s worked very hard,” Head coach Mark Stoops said on Monday. “You heard us talking a lot about him in the camp and throughout the summer. He worked really hard, and continues to work hard. It’s frustrating for him.

“For guys that have never been through that before, you try to educate them and help them and talk through it about how you feel like you’re okay, but then the minute you’ve got to go after somebody and open it up, it’s just a different deal. We’ll continue to gauge that.”

Below is Thursday’s complete Availability Report. Kentucky and Georgia will kick off on Saturday at noon ET (ABC) inside Sanford Stadium.

Kentucky’s Availability Report

OUT

• RB #10 Jamarion Wilcox
• DB #21 Nasir Addison
• DB #24 Jaden Smith
• DL #55 Nic Smith
• WR #82 David Washington Jr.
• TE #85 Elijah Brown
• WR #89 Preston Bowman

QUESTIONABLE

• DB #5 DJ Waller Jr.
• LB #32 Devin Smith

PROBABLE

• OL #53 Aba Selm
• QB #5 Zach Calzada

There was only one change for Kentucky on Thursday’s report: backup offensive lineman Aba Selm was upgraded from questionable to probable. Otherwise, everything else remains the same as it was on Wednesday for the Wildcats.

Georgia’s Availability Report

OUT

• TE #9 Ethan Barbour
• WR #11 Talyn Taylor
• OL #51 Malachi Toliver
• OL #71 Earnest Greene III
• WR #88 Thomas Blackshear

Georgia also saw just one change on Thursday’s report, which was the addition of wide receiver Talyn Taylor, who was off the report on Wednesday but is now listed as out. The five-star freshman pass-catcher has two receptions for 28 yards on the season. Soon after the availability report came out, the Bulldogs announced that Taylor sustained an upper-body injury in practice on Thursday that will require surgery.

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