Georgia will be without key running back Chauncey Bowens for Saturday's game at No. 6 Alabama (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), per the SEC's availability report. Bowens, a junior who leads the Bulldogs with six rushing touchdowns in five games, was injured in last week's 38-14 win over Vanderbilt. He has rushed 35 times for 124 yards this season as Georgia's primary short-yardage and goal-line back.
Running back Nate Frazier, a junior from Compton, California, was removed from the Wednesday injury report after missing most of the past two games with bruised ribs. Frazier leads Georgia with 211 rushing yards and five touchdowns, though he had only two carries for 9 yards in the Vanderbilt game. His potential return would help against Alabama's defense, which ranks third in the SEC against the run at 78.6 yards per game allowed.
With both Bowens and Frazier limited, junior Dwight Phillips Jr. has taken on a larger role. He rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown against Oklahoma and added 75 receiving yards with a score against Vanderbilt. Georgia also signed Kentucky transfer Dante Dowdell during the offseason, but he has missed the entire season recovering from injuries sustained in an ATV accident near Picayune, Mississippi. Coach Kirby Smart confirmed Dowdell is being treated at Atlanta's Shepherd Center, which specializes in spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation.
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