ATHENS — Arian Smith is in a hurry, but that’s hardly surprising.

Smith, after all, is one of the fastest players in college football — if not THE fastest — when healthy.

A look at his eye-popping 37.6 yards per catch average provides evidence of just how explosive the redshirt sophomore is when in uniform.

But staying healthy has been the catch for Smith, who has played in just eight of Georgia’s 25 games over the past two seasons, catching five passes for 188 yards and three touchdowns.

Smith’s physical setbacks and injuries have ranged from a torn meniscus to a fractured wrist, turf toe, a shin contusion and the broken fibula he suffered in practice last November.

“It’s frustrating, but you can only control what you can control,” said Smith, who is going through spring drills in a black, non-contact jersey while recovering from the broken bone in his leg he suffered in practice last November.

“It’s frustrating, but you have to bounce back and then play like it didn’t happen.”

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