ESPN.com · Sep 4, 2016
Nick Chubb embodies the physical nature Kirby Smart wants and needs
ATLANTA -- With every chug of his legs and chop of his arms, Nick Chubb continued to defy logic inside the Georgia Dome on Saturday night.
From his first, powerful run for six yards on Georgia’s first play to his explosive, game-sealing 55-yard touchdown run, the junior running back’s comeback tour started and finished the way we’ve seen so many times before.
The soft-spoken bully of a player spent the better part of his 2016 debut -- less than a year removed from a horrific injury that shredded his knee -- carving up an already vulnerable North Carolina defense for a Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game record 222 yards and two touchdowns on a whopping 32 carries.
(He ran for just five negative yards.)