The top drawing card for Georgia's spring football game this Saturday is likely off the table. Heralded early enrollee Keith Marshall, who was expected to challenge Isaiah Crowell and Ken Malcome on the tailback depth chart, sat out Saturday's second scrimmage with a hamstring pull and is expected to miss the final week of workouts as well. The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder from Raleigh, N.C., was rated... [Read More]
Georgia All-American safety Bacarri Rambo has been suspended for four games for failing a drug test, his high school coach said Thursday. A source close to the situation also confirmed to ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach that Rambo's suspension was drug-related. Alan Ingram, Rambo's coach at Seminole County High School in Donalsonville, Ga., said he believes Rambo was a victim of circumstance.... [Read More]
Georgia announced Tuesday before the Bulldogs' first spring practice that senior tailback Carlton Thomas intends to transfer.Thomas ranked second on the team last season with 361 rushing yards, but was suspended twice for disciplinary reasons."This decision was based solely on the fact that this is my last year to play and my parents and I felt like it was the right move to make,"... [Read More]
Georgia cornerback Branden Smith was arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession in Alabama late Sunday night, police said. Deputies found a bag of marijuana under the seat after stopping and searching the 2007 Dodge Charger that Smith, 22, was driving on U.S. Route 431, Henry County Sheriff William Maddox confirmed Monday."He was following too close and he had a tag light... [Read More]
Georgia cornerback Sanders Commings will serve a two-game suspension at the start of next season for his role in a domestic dispute in January.The university made the announcement Wednesday, saying Commings, a rising senior, will miss the Bulldogs' Sept. 1 opener against Buffalo and a Sept. 8 road game against SEC newcomer Missouri.Commings was arrested Jan. 21 and charged with simple battery and... [Read More]
Cornerbacks Nick Marshall and Chris Sanders and receiver Sanford Seay have been dismissed from Georgia's football team for violating team rules."It's a privilege to play college football and to be a part of this team and University," Georgia coach Mark Richt said in a statement. "Along with that privilege comes certain responsibilities. Mistakes were made, and part of our job is... [Read More]
Former NFL player Kendrell Bell has accused his college football coach at the University of Georgia of duping him out of $2 million.Jim Donnan convinced Bell to invest the money in GLC Limited, a liquidation company that would buy appliances and furniture for resale, according to documents filed last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court by Bell's lawyers. Bell's attorneys say Donnan, though, was the... [Read More]
Georgia defensive back Sanders Commings was arrested Saturday on simple battery and domestic violence charges after allegedly hitting his girlfriend in the face during a dispute early Saturday morning.UGA police booked Commings at 9:06 a.m. ET Saturday and he was released on $1,000 bond at 4:49 p.m., according to the jail's online booking report.According to UGA police chief Jimmy Williamson,... [Read More]
UGA athletics director Greg McGarity opened discussions with Mark Richt on Friday morning about extending Richt's contract as the Bulldogs' head football coach, McGarity told Dawgs247. Mark Richt is in his 11th season as UGA's head football coach. "Mark and I, we discussed for the first time today, moving forward," McGarity said Friday morning. "We've started that discussion, and... [Read More]
Georgia running backs Isaiah Crowell, Carlton Thomas and Ken Malcome are suspended for the Bulldogs' game against New Mexico State on Saturday, coach Mark Richt confirmed. Richt would not discuss the reason behind the suspensions, only that a violation of team rules occurred. "They didn't do things the Georgia way," he said. But, a source told DawgNation that the three players were... [Read More]
The Southeastern Conference on Wednesday suspended Georgia nose guard Kwame Geathers and safety Shawn Williams, both starters, for the first half of their next game for their actions in last Saturday's victory against Vanderbilt. Geathers and Williams will sit out the first 30 minutes of Georgia's Oct. 29 game against Florida. Vanderbilt center Logan Stewart also received a half-game suspension... [Read More]
Coach Mark Richt said Sunday he has talked with all Georgia players and coaches who were involved in heated exchanges on the field after the Bulldogs' 33-28 win at Vanderbilt on Saturday, but didn't say if he would impose any punishment. "I've addressed it with everybody involved," he said. The win pushed Georgia (5-2 overall, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) into Sunday's Top 25 at No. 24.... [Read More]
Georgia linebacker Cornelius Washington was arrested early Sunday morning on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol after being stopped by police in Commerce for driving 92 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone, according to an incident report obtained by the AJC. Georgia coach Mark Richt said late this afternoon that Washington, per UGA Athletic Association policy regarding DUI arrests,... [Read More]
Georgia safety Jakar Hamilton is leaving the football program. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior from Johnston, S.C., confirmed that news to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. Hamilton, a former junior college transfer, was sitting out via medical redshirt this season due to a stress fracture in his ankle that developed in preseason camp. Unable to compete while other players have been... [Read More]
Isaiah Crowell, who played like a lead back even in a reserve role, is ready for his first start as Georgia's tailback. Coach Mark Richt said Tuesday that Crowell would start Saturday against Coastal Carolina. Playing behind Richard Samuel, Crowell rushed for 118 yards with a touchdown in last week's 45-42 loss to then-No. 12 South Carolina. The freshman also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass.... [Read More]
Christian Robinson will miss at least a couple of games with a foot injury sustained in Saturday's loss to South Carolina, UGA coach Mark Richt said Sunday. The injury, coming one week after Alec Ogletree suffered a broken foot in the season opener, leaves Georgia (0-2, 0-1 SEC) without both of its starting inside linebackers. Compounding the problem, inside linebacker was probably the thinnest... [Read More]
Georgia sophomore Alec Ogletree was moved to inside linebacker in the offseason in large part to shore up a defensive front seven that had been gashed by South Carolina’s Marcus Lattimore. As it turns out, the Bulldogs won’t have Ogletree when they go up against the Gamecocks’ star tailback Saturday. Ogletree will have surgery on his broken foot Monday and will miss the next four to six weeks,... [Read More]
Cornerback Branden Smith missed practice Saturday after suffering a foot injury in Thursday's practice. "We don't think it's serious," Richt said. "Nothing that requires surgery. I guess the old 'day-by-day' is the best way to describe it." The junior, whom coaches have praised for his strong preseason, is one of the Bulldogs' fastest players, can be a dangerous threat on... [Read More]
Georgia tight end Orson Charles has been linked to a former Miami booster who told Yahoo! Sports he provided impermissible benefits to dozens of Hurricane football players and other athletes. The report says Charles was among the players improperly brought to Nevin Shapiro while still in high school so the booster could try to persuade him to attend Miami. Charles wound up... [Read More]
