Details emerge about condition of Georgia photographer injured on sideline

Chamberlain Smith, the Georgia intern and photographer in the athletics department, who was injured on a sideline hit when Georgia RB Brian Herrien was tackled out of bounds at Auburn, is recovering at an Alabama hospital.

CBS Sports’ Jamie Erdahl reported that Smith, who was “unconscious on the sideline will be released from the hospital later this evening. A UGA grad and photographer intern for the athletic department.”

Meanwhile, Radi Nabulsi of UGASports.com, reported, “I am told Chamberlain Smith, the photographer who was injured, is responsive, can move all of her extremities and is being checked for an orbital fracture and concussion protocol. Continued prayers and well wishes go out to her. It’s a dangerous job. Godspeed.”

Smith was awake and responsive when she left the field with a bruise on her eye. She left the field on a stretcher. She was taken to East Alabama Medical Center.

Here is an AP photo of the hit shared by Alison Mastrangelo of WSB-TV.

Here’s the AP photo that captures the moment before the collision on the sidelines with Georgia photography intern Chamberlain Smith. #UGAvsAUB #CommitToTheG pic.twitter.com/jXgrxxhrsL

— Alison Mastrangelo (@AlisonWSB) November 17, 2019

Please say a prayer for #ChamberlainSmith. Photographer injured in the Georgia – Auburn game. pic.twitter.com/QxgBn1nnnz

— Doug Fuller (@DougFuller1975) November 17, 2019

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.