Arrested tailback will transfer from UGA
ATHENS — Georgia backup tailback Dontavius Jackson, arrested on DUI and other charges last weekend, has decided to transfer to another school, UGA said Wednesday night.
The latest development came three days after Jackson, a redshirt sophomore, was suspended for at least the first six games of the 2010 season by Georgia coach Mark Richt.
Jackson will leave UGA after summer semester. He played in four games last season, rushing for 38 yards on four carries. He was well behind Washaun Ealey, Caleb King and Carlton Thomas on the Bulldogs’ depth chart at tailback.
Jackson was arrested by UGA Police early Saturday and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident, following too closely, violation of the move-over law and violation of learner’s permit.
He is the fourth player to leave the Georgia football program after arrests this year. Richt dismissed linebacker Montez Robinson, quarterback Zach Mettenberger and backup punter Trent Dittmer from the squad.
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coach jesus
July 15th, 2010
10:15 pm
i just wanna touch these young men
Georgia Bulldogs Tickets | Georgia Bulldogs Scores, News, and Georgia Bulldogs Information
July 15th, 2010
10:30 pm
[...] Stemming from his arrest for DUI and a host of other charges early Saturday morning, Jackson was suspended by UGA head coach Mark Richt for the first six games of the 2010 season. Wednesday, the school announced the redshirt sophomore tailback will transfer. [...]
Bulldog59
July 15th, 2010
11:20 pm
UGA players get pulled over by UGA POLICE passing by an unrelated traffic stop. The result, 7 counts, 6 against the driver and 1 against the passsenger (underage drinking.)
At UT, a “pack” of football players, in a BAR, knock a KNOXVILLE POLICE OFFICER unconscious and brutally beat a patron (2 black eyes, broken nose, etc., see the ESPN report), yet not ONE is even TESTED for alcohol consumption by KNOXVILLE POLICE. Why? Gee, could it affect the starting lineup in September? We can’t risk that.
Get the picture? It couldn’t be much clearer.
In Georgia, you break the law, you get charged, by UGA police, Clarke County, etc.. In other states, for other SEC schools, they live in the 80s, so assailants aren’t charged and video tapes of the incident disappear.
Give me a break!
30
July 16th, 2010
12:38 am
to 24
and 73-66
Tron Carter
July 16th, 2010
12:40 am
Maybe Dooley is making progress in Knukeeseville.
No firearms were used this time.
BigGAdawg
July 16th, 2010
2:32 am
Cool…that opens up a scholarship for a more deserving player.
SouthGaEarlyRisingDawg
July 16th, 2010
4:04 am
” . . . last Friday’s fracas . . left an off-duty police officer unconscious “lying on the eastbound lanes of Cumberland Avenue, in front of the business.” Ofc. Robert Capouellez was found “bleeding from his head area,” according to the report, but no one has been charged in that assault. ”
Appears Duh Rick Rogers was directed to duh right lawyer by Duh Rick Dooley.
CDAWG
July 16th, 2010
9:43 am
Topdawg, WELL SAID!!!!
How2fish
July 16th, 2010
10:01 am
SickandTired there is one other thing you can book on…another beat down being put on the Bugs and 9-1..embrace the horror!
How2fish
July 16th, 2010
10:44 am
harold we just don’t care what you say or how loud you say it. Zero policy this !
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July 16th, 2010
3:07 pm
[...] on the field and off with maturity and professionalism, to those in his age cohort who are (or in some cases were) playing college football up GA Highway 316 at my alma mater, the University of Georgia, and the [...]
Musings on the Vanishing Oil Spill, Romney vs. Palin, North Korea’s Diplomatic Victory, and Sundries | Social Debate: Barack and American Politics
July 16th, 2010
6:14 pm
[...] on the field and off with maturity and professionalism, to those in his age cohort who are (or in some cases were) playing college football up GA Highway 316 at my alma mater, the University of Georgia, and the [...]
rx-dawg
July 18th, 2010
12:21 pm
If 59Bulldawg bothered to read anything after the cab incident, he would realize that the cab incident wasn’t really an incident, just a bunch of made up stories that in the end weren’t true. Had Jackson been suspended for what actually went on, I would hope all our players would have transferred…