Georgia DE Derrick Lott out 4-6 weeks after injuring leg in scooter accident
Once again Georgia has suffered a scooter casualty.
Derrick Lott, a sophomore defensive end from Kennesaw, suffered a “lower leg injury” while driving his scooter Friday afternoon.
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“There was an accident around 3 or 3:30 p.m. yesterday on Butts-Mehre property,” UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Wednesday. “The driver of a scooter made contact with a fixed object and suffered a non-serious injury. The accident scene was completed by police but no citations were issued.”
Lott was taken by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital where surgery was performed by Dr. David Sailors Tuesday night. Lott is expected to be out four to six weeks, according to Ron Courson, UGA’s director of sports medicine.
Lott is a 6-foot-4, 303-pound sophomore out of North Cobb High School who is currently listed as the backup to DeAngelo Tyson at defensive end. He was redshirted as a freshman in 2009 following ankle surgery and played in three games last season, finishing with seven tackles and a tackle for loss.
Georgia has had more than its share of scooter incidents. Players have received all manner of citations over the years and baseball player Chance Veazey was paralyzed from the waist down in an accident with a car in 2009.
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tell me again
July 13th, 2011
4:59 pm
To “Not Impressed” – explain to me again how not being a gifted athlete has something to do with spelling and such – I lost your point (not that there was one) in there somewhere.
Jacket Man
July 13th, 2011
5:01 pm
Can’t blame Derrick for riding a scooter in the middle of the afternoon on campus. It’s not like he’s drag racing a motorcycle by the night clubs at midnight, drunk. Accidents happen to the best of us; can you imagine being a 300 pound man trying to ride a scooter around a busy campus? I don’t suppose that would be very easy.
Here’s hoping for a quick recovery and that he doesn’t miss any classes so he can still play this Fall. It would be a shame if he lost class hours on top of the injury and lost his eligibility on top of the injury. Best of luck to the young man.
Tony
July 13th, 2011
5:17 pm
Why don’t we just redshirt everybody and try again next year.
Hardtruth Soldier
July 13th, 2011
5:25 pm
You freaking haters on campus, off campus in North Georgia, South Georgia, and any other place do nothing but hate on these athletes. Jeff Why do you even write this stuff to give these never gonna be blogger’s ammunition to strike down these athletes. Average student makes a mistake it’s not news (notice I said average) but a ball player and it’s everywhere. Twitter,Facebook, ESPN, and so much more. Damn don’t people realize these are Young Men just trying to make it. I’d like to see how many of you can go to school,practice,film study and most of them maintain a decent GPA. The next time you turd’s wanna put down an athlete look him in the eye if you have the heart. That I know will never happen.
Bite Me Nebraska
July 13th, 2011
5:29 pm
Hey Cornholer, go find a Nebraska site and spew your trash there!
Go Dogs!!!
Hardtruth Soldier
July 13th, 2011
5:33 pm
Get well Big Dawg, we need you against Boise and S.C.
dogforlife
July 13th, 2011
5:44 pm
You guys really need to get out and travel some. Scooters are all over every school in the country. Your boy Obama has gas at 3-4 bucks a gallon and the kids can’t afford to fill up a car. Plus the school won’t give half of ‘em parking passes anyway. Scooting around campus is the only way to get from one end of campus to the other between classes…..but wait, I forgot. Most of you nimrods never went to school in Athens anyway. It doesn’t matter, it’s all going to work out fine for everyone when we kick the Boys State Bronco butts back to I de Ho
Bob
July 13th, 2011
6:13 pm
Maybe if the players ran to class and around campus, we wouldn’t have scooter accidents nor would they be out of shape in the fourth quarter.
AltamahaDawg
July 13th, 2011
6:40 pm
Appearantly he did have a valid DL.
AltamahaDawg
July 13th, 2011
6:47 pm
I remember one Quarter (yes) I had my first class at Caldwell, and the next one at Alderhold. You better hope the East-Weat is right around the corner and not too crowded to step on.
Destin Dawg
July 13th, 2011
6:54 pm
ride a bike !!!!
longdog
July 13th, 2011
6:57 pm
helluva go and get back in the tickle pile
Jeff
July 13th, 2011
7:08 pm
Haha wow people really have some quality opinions on here. How do you people take the facts I’ve gathered from my own two eyes (almost no general pop. students ride scooters, almost all athletes ride red and white uga-themed scooters) and turn it into me bashing student athletes, me hating on rich people (I mean “job creators”), etc.? All I wanted to know was if anyone knows how the athletes obtain these scooters and if any rules are being broken. Even if they are buying cheap scooters on Baxter street, they still must pay the same price everyone else pays. Obviously no one here is connected enough with the athletes to answer this question.
This was the first and last time I’ll participate in one of these discussions, Bill Maher is right about there being a lot of stupid people in this country.
DAWG 73
July 13th, 2011
7:12 pm
In Nebraska they don’t even go to school. Milking time gets in the way. (Bag Balm Boys)
Big Dawg
July 13th, 2011
7:46 pm
Jeff why don’t you man up and tell us who you really are? You are not a Georgia Bulldog student or fan, otherwise you wouldn’t be saying the things you are saying or better yet the unfounded accusations you are making.
terry
July 13th, 2011
8:00 pm
What an idiot
Jeff
July 13th, 2011
8:31 pm
Lol thanks Big Dawg for proving my point about the United Stupid of America. Way to completely miss my point.
One of the greatest things I learned during my time as a student at UGA was to think critically and question the world around me. Maybe if someone at Ohio State had questioned the tattoos, Pryor’s cars, etc. they wouldn’t be suffering sanctions. Like I said before, it’s very possible no rules are being broken here. I’m just observing something that is occurring on campus and asking a question about it.
Tech Guy
July 13th, 2011
8:39 pm
Hope Lott fully recovers. Y’all don’t need any more excuses for the beatdowns coming your way this year.
Gotta Go
July 13th, 2011
8:40 pm
Nebraska, ugly chicks in an ugly league. Their newest rival is Northwestern. Ignore him everyone.
ned
July 13th, 2011
8:45 pm
Jeff… you are crazy… you are creating a scandal (scootergate?) out of nothing. No it is not just the wealthy who ride scooters…. and have you priced the bikes that these kids are riding to class? much more expensive.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 13th, 2011
8:59 pm
Big 10 Chumps, Nebraska: Don’t you have a cow to milk? This is a Big Boy Blog. Go away!
ned
July 13th, 2011
9:02 pm
Jeff… is that a promise? You come on here making accusations about NCAA violations because an athlete wrecked his scooter and then you pretend to be surprised when people react. Please keep your promise and stay away.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 13th, 2011
9:05 pm
Hard Truth Soldier: Ya da man! I’m with you 100%. Seems X number of people wake up each day wandering who they can slam. You expect this from A$$holes like the Nebraska nerd but for those that are supposedly DAWG FANS. My guess is that they lead a very lonely life.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 13th, 2011
9:07 pm
Go back to sleep Tech Guy: It ain’t time yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
King Gator
July 13th, 2011
9:20 pm
At least he didn’t get hurt playing soccer or driving buzzed with panties in his lap…and I’m pretty sure it was not Obama’s fault. Lighten up knuckleheads.. Go Gators!
Bird Dog
July 13th, 2011
9:43 pm
This boy’s about appears to be as dumb as two bag of hammers……can’t drive a scooter in campus traffic? How does he ever learn and understand the 3-4 defense? It’s gonna be a long season.
Reality
July 13th, 2011
9:53 pm
Never heard of a non-serious injury that requires surgery.
JAG
July 13th, 2011
9:56 pm
pee wee hood rat
RamboDog
July 13th, 2011
10:00 pm
King Gator
Here is what happens to you on “Swamp People”
“Choot ‘em Lizabeth, Choot “em !!!! Good shot Lizabeth, now put that FAT Boy in the boat.
They are probably going to film an episode near your trailer soon….maybe you and Fat Charlie Weis can get on TV. (That’s funny, I don’t care who you are)
King Gator, bet you have the Gator emblem on your Rambler, see you in Jacksonville…
RamboDog
July 13th, 2011
10:05 pm
Tech Guy
What beatdown? I know you don’t really believe that ya’ll will win this year (or next, or next,etc)…Must be terrible being a Tech fan, oh yeah…I have some guys that watch the Game at my house…it is hilarious to watch them come over all pumped up in their little gold and blue outfits, then leave with tails tucked….AGAIN and AGAIN. hahahahahahahahahah
Dawghater
July 13th, 2011
10:22 pm
Need we say anything!
UGa needs to add a class Riding 101!
And the athletes still wont pass!
1975 UGA Grad
July 13th, 2011
10:24 pm
Do they still have campus buses? That’s how we got around campus back in the day. The scooters are just another sign of “entitlement”.
Do they have scooters at the the University of Colorado, the University of Central Florida or Miss State?
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July 14th, 2011
12:16 am
[...] Derrick Lott will unfortunately miss the start of preseason camp after he was sidelined from a motor scooter accident last weekend. At approximately 3:35 pm, Lott was driving his scooter to an on-campus parking lot [...]
"CaneDawg"
July 14th, 2011
1:26 am
Get well soon Derrick Lott. As for the misplaced Nebraska Cornhusker fan who keeps popping up on this Georgia blog : BE GONE !! We lost respect for Nebraska back in 1991, when our Clean Ole Fashion Hate rival, Tech ripped the Huskers 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl for a share of the title that year. Seems to me you ought to take your sour grapes over to the Tech blog. I’m sure they would love rubbing it in on you since NU is one of the few schools they own. LOL !!:O )
Dawgs Tell
July 14th, 2011
6:34 am
I have a good idea.Let’s ban scooters for football players,but they can purchase riding snapper lawn mowers(without blades)to motor around campus.Just like in the movie Water Boy.Just kidding Ya’ll. Go Dawgs.
Michael Vick Nike Bi**
July 14th, 2011
6:52 am
I am trying to understand why the Georgis football players seem to be idiots! Riding a scooter?????? WTF! These guys need to do 3 things stay out of negative media, go to class, and go to the weight room. How many negative articles will UGA have until Boise get here? Will we have a team by then?
Hello Kitty
July 14th, 2011
10:36 am
Apparently Derrick didn’t get the memo from Ron Gant – oh that’s right, he was in kindergarten when that happened…is there a complete brain lapse going on over there in Athens? (oh, sorry, the article is about UGA)…
RedandBlackDAWG
July 14th, 2011
3:11 pm
Reality,
If muscles needed to be sewn back together or possible tendons were severed, it would require surgery. Kind of hard to say if it was major surgery or not. I would say with a time frame of 3-6 weeks it was mostly muscle damage and the kid will be just fine. Accidents happen.
UGA Alumnus
July 14th, 2011
5:23 pm
@1975 UGA Grad
July 13th, 2011
10:24 pm
kids ride scooters at every university all over the country. not just athletes. why? because they are cheap to buy and require almost no gas.
there are tons of non-athletes at UGA riding scooters.
i even saw a nurse in scrubs leaving Athens Regional Medical Center on a scooter yesterday.
Dawg Tired
July 15th, 2011
12:52 pm
Two observations: (1) We need to get rid of those scooters; & (2) Ernie Els needs to get rid of that belly putter.
Dawg Tired
July 15th, 2011
1:29 pm
If the nurse wants to ride a scooter that’s her business. However, football players should not go snow skiing or ride motorcycles or scooters.
Dawg Tired
July 15th, 2011
1:30 pm
Maybe Ernie Els could put while riding a scooter. He can’t put standing still.
Dawg Tired
July 15th, 2011
1:31 pm
putt not put.