Overview
- The SEC’s first injury report for the Georgia game listed quarterback Jared Curtis as questionable, a development reported Wednesday by Pete Thamel and On3.
- Vanderbilt has not disclosed the nature of Curtis’s problem, and coach Clark Lea has only described the quarterback as “a little banged up” while the team works through availability.
- If Curtis cannot play, senior Blaze Berlowitz is the primary candidate to start and would require immediate game‑plan adjustments given his different history and playing style.
- Curtis is a former five‑star recruit who took over the job mid‑September, started the last two games and this season has completed about 63% of his passes for 746 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions while adding 133 rushing yards.
- Curtis’s status matters because Vanderbilt travels to face No. 2 Georgia on Saturday in Athens and a change at quarterback could force the Commodores to shift from the scheme built around Curtis’s size and mobility to a more conservative or different look.