Georgia football fans have anxiously awaited the arrival of running back Zamir White. While the 6-foot, 215-pound tailback has been in Athens for well over a year, he has yet to see the field because of a second ACL injury in a span of 10 months last August, just a few weeks before the 2018 season opener.

Ranked as the No. 9 overall prospect and No. 1 running back in the 2018 class according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, White had already made an impressive recovery from the same injury to the opposite knee in November of his senior high school season. And now the acclaimed prospect is attempting to do the same as the Bulldogs prepare for the 2019 campaign, one that once again brings very high expectations.

Kirby Smart was asked about White's recovery during an interview with 680 TheFan's Chuck Oliver at SEC Media Days, specifically what percentage he would White is at right now.

"No idea," Smart said. "I'd love to answer it for you. I'd love to tell you, but the videos you see, he doesn't have pads on. He's not getting tackled. So those things everybody got a taste of, that's what we see and we're impressed by them, but it's like Nick Chubb going into (the 2016) season. I wasn't sure. I'm not sure until the guy has to go out and embrace the contact, give the contact. So I'm looking forward to seeing that."

And that could come very soon as Georgia puts pads on for fall camp. Smart has maintained that White will be fully cleared before preseason camp, which is set to begin somewhere around August 1. He has also said that White won't be rushed and that the staff will be cautious with him now that he has suffered the same injury in both knees in a short amount of time.

He has also shied away from discussing what kind of impact White might have. If he's able to return to his old form, that impact could be massive. White checks off all the boxes at running back and is coming off a high school career where he rushed for 1,200 yards or more four times. He piled up 7,169 rushing yards and 119 rushing touchdowns on 738 carries during that four-year period. He averaged 9.7 yards per carry over the course of his career and was breaking of 14.1 yards a clip during his senior season before the injury ended the season.

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But as excited as Smart and UGA fans are at this point, he's still pumping the breaks on the expectations. For now, noting that White is on schedule and taking care of business is enough.

"He's on schedule," Smart said last week. "We are excited about where he is. He's done everything we've asked him to do. I am thrilled at how hard he works and the things he's been able to do, so our expectation is that he comes out and competes every day and earns some playing time."

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