Updating Anderson’s progress and Glenn’s recovery
5:00 am August 23, 2010, by Tim Tucker
Cleaning out the notebook to start the week:
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Justin Anderson is playing defense this month for the first time since his junior year of high school. But if Georgia’s season had opened last week, the 6-5, 330-pounder would have been a starter on the defensive line at the nose position.
He’s taking nothing for granted, noting that two weeks of practice remain before the first game and “anything can happen.”
But Anderson admits he’s farther along -– closer to a starting spot -– than he expected to be three weeks into preseason practice.
“To be honest, I didn’t” expect to be working with the No. 1 unit so soon, he said. “No, I didn’t. But hey, I’m just trying to get better.
“Coming on defense, I was kind of nervous at first. I knew I was physically going to do well. But in the past on the offensive line, I’ve had trouble with playbooks. So that was probably my biggest –- I wouldn’t say fright, but I was kind of skeptical about it. But I’ve picked up on it pretty good.
“Playing nose tackle,” he noted, “you just have to learn the base package.”
Anderson, a junior, likes the position. “Taking on those double teams every now and then, that’s probably the biggest challenge of it,” he said.
If Anderson starts at nose, DeAngelo Tyson shifts to an end.
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