Georgia wide receiver Michael Chigbu appears to have ended his football career. The Bulldogs 2018 media guide does not include the 6-foot-2, 210-pound pass catcher on the roster.

It doesn't come as much of a surprise that Chigbu has elected to hang up his cleats. He spent the spring primarily working as a student assistant. At the time Kirby Smart pointed out that he had been dealing with some injury issues but also hinted that Chigbu was considering ending his playing career.

“Yeah, he’s going through some injury things and I don’t know yet what he’s doing," Smart said. He may be thinking about hanging it up, but he has not decided yet.”

Persons with knowledge of the situation told Dawgs247 at the end of spring drills that the New Orleans, La. native had been dealing with chronic knee pain and swelling for over a year. Those issues kept him from recording a stat in 2017.

He appeared in 20 games during his first two years as a Bulldog with 10 coming as a freshman and 10 as a sophomore. His freshman season saw him become more and more of a factor as the year went on. A reliable blocker early on, he had three of his four catches that season in the last three games.

The 2016 season saw him get even more involved despite the fact that he struggled with dropped passes. He caught nine passes for 88 yards but seven of those grabs came in UGA's first four games. He went on to miss the last three games of the year with a knee injury and was never a factor after that.

Several Bulldogs have seen their careers come to a close due to injury over the past year. Offensive linemen Sage Hardin and Sam Madden have taken medical disqualifications since the start of last football season.

Chigbu chose Georgia over Texas A&M coming out of high school and was ranked as the nation's No. 376 prospect according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. He was ranked as the No. 49 wide receiver in the nation and as the No. 18 overall prospect.

With Chigbu out of the fold, it puts leaves Georgia with 84 players on scholarship for the 2018 season. The Bulldogs are looking to change that, however. Former five-star wideout Demetris Robertson, who has spent the past two years at California, is transferring and could end up in Athens. Robertson will make his transfer choice on Saturday, July 14. He's down to Alabama, Georgia, Texas and West Virginia.

The 6-foot, 185-pound speedster is originally from Savannah and Georgia was one of his top choices coming out of high school in 2016.

A pair of Bulldog second-year players who are dealing with their own off-field situations are included on the roster, however. Redshirt freshman defensive back Tray Bishop, who was charged with filming a sex act without permission, is still listed on the roster. The same can be said for sophomore defensive back Deangelo Gibbs, who wasn't with Georgia's team during the College Football Playoff and wasn't enrolled in classes this spring.