ATHENS — Branson Robinson didn’t really have a choice this spring. Not with injuries to Kendall Milton and Daijun Edwards that have limited the two veteran running backs. Andrew Paul is practicing with the team, but he’s still not fully cleared from an ACL injury last fall.

So Robinson has gotten a significant amount of reps this spring. For a young player going through his first spring practice, those reps could prove to vital come the fall.

Based on what Kirby Smart has had to say about the sophomore running back, Robinson seems to be making the most of his carries.

“You see more things he needs to improve on because you get to see more things, period,” Smart said. “You also see flashes of explosiveness, of burst, of improvement. He’s had a couple of runs where he’s really shown flexibility to drop his pads and take on contact and keep going.”

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