And the Caleb King story adds another chapter.

It looked as if the sophomore tailback was ready to play this weekend – he went through Sunday’s practice with no problem.

But when he returned Tuesday in full pads, it looked like King wasn’t as close to returning as initially thought.

“He did not pull anything, but he fatigued the hamstring a little bit faster than it normally would, so we pulled him out at that point,” said Coach Mark Richt.

On Wednesday King went through individual drills and some scout team. His status for the South Carolina game is still in question.

“If they don’t think I’m 100 percent, I know they’re not going to play me,” King said. “If I don’t play, I’m not going to play at all – but if I do, I’m going to play a lot.”

King’s battled the hamstring injury for more than a month.

“It’s frustrating because I don’t know what they’re going to do with me,” King said.

“I would think he is [frustrated], but he’s a very difficult guy to read,” Richt said. “He’s kind of a straight-faced guy – you’re not really sure what he’s feeling. I know he wants to play. He seemed really excited [that] he was ready to go on Sunday. You could see that in his eyes. But now that he’s not certain, I’m sure he’s a little frustrated with it.”

Richt said the important factor is for King to be 100 percent healthy before returning.

“But you’ve just got to be patient with those injuries,” Richt said. “Those are the things that if you get too anxious and you try to will your way into doing it, you’re going to get in trouble. So we’ve just got to be smart.”

Foul weather changes practice

Lightning forced the team indoors midway through practice Wednesday. The players broke into position groups and went to meeting rooms for the rest of the allotted practice time.

“If you look at it, we got to get off the field and save our legs,” said defensive tackle Marcus Washington. “That could help us get our legs back under us and make sure we’ll be full speed when we get out there to play.”

Walsh still in a battle to keep top kickoff duties for Saturday

Richt said kicker Blair Walsh did a good job handling kickoff duties in the loss at Oklahoma State, saying his best kick was actually on the 74-yard return by Cowboy Perrish Cox. Richt blamed poor coverage for that.

But junior college transfer Brandon Bogotay is still a valid option.

“It wasn’t like Bogotay did poorly,” Richt said. “In my opinion they both did enough to win the job . Bogotay’s not done by any stretch.”

Richt said Walsh won the job because of consistency and hang-time.

Durham returns to practice

Senior wide receiver Kris Durham practiced for the first time this season Wednesday.

Durham, who is redshirting this season and will be back next year, had offseason shoulder surgery.

Coaches held Durham out of drills where contact was possible, but the rehabilitation is entering a new phase.

Other Dogs on the injured list

Trinton Sturdivant’s surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee has yet to be scheduled.

Richt said the swelling would have to reduce before doctors could feel comfortable conducting the operation.

Richt said he was impressed with offensive lineman Chris Davis, who had offseason surgery on his hip.

Davis played through the pain in the joint all last season and is enjoying the relief the operation has provided.

“He’s not just like brand new, but I was really impressed at how quickly he got into practice and just worked and didn’t seem to have to take a bunch of practices off,” Richt said.

Davis and center Ben Jones each sprained an ankle two weeks ago in practice, but no longer have any lingering affects.

“I can’t say they feel great,” Richt said. “But they weren’t limping around as they prepared in practice. They seem to be doing just fine. They did miss some work, but I don’t think the pain from the injury cost them the ability to do their job.”