Georgia starting cornerback Sanders Commings arrested for domestic violence
ATHENS – Georgia starting cornerback Sanders Commings was arrested overnight by University of Georgia police and booked on charges of domestic violence/simple battery, UGA police confirmed Saturday.
Commings
Commings, 21, was booked into Athens-Clarke County Jail at 9:06 a.m. Saturday. He remains in police custody and no bond has been posted.
“I’m aware of the situation and in the process of gathering necessary information,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said in a statement released through UGA. “However, any time a student-athlete is arrested it is a matter of serious concern.”
UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said his officers were flagged down a little after 1 a.m. Saturday by persons in a vehicle in downtown Athens. At that time the female victim and four witnesses were interviewed by police. Commings had left the scene.
“Talking with [witnesses] there was some kind of interaction between [Commings] and a woman and they intervened,” Williamson said. “At some point in time he struck her. Based on the witness statements and interviews with the involved parties, that’s why he was arrested.”
Williamson said officers then obtained a warrant from a magistrate judge. Commings was taken into custody later at his apartment.
Williamson said Commings and the woman are in a relationship based on the charges.
“With us going with domestic violence, it has to be a significant other,” he said. “They’re cohabitating in some way.”
Police said the incident report will not be available until Monday morning.
Commings, a rising senior from Augusta, is one of 10 starters slated to return on defense for the Bulldogs next season. He started all 14 games this past season and was tied for fourth on the team with 55 tackles. He also led the team in pass break-ups with 12 and had one interception. He has played in all but one game the past three seasons.
Commings was released on $1,000 bond at 4:49 p.m. on Saturday.
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Concrete Pete
January 21st, 2012
1:24 pm
idiot.
chem
January 21st, 2012
1:30 pm
first arrest in a while.
tonto
January 21st, 2012
1:31 pm
He won’t be starting next year anyways, Beating on a female….how pathetic
DoubleDownDawgFan
January 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
ashamed of my Dawgs! pathetic! Fire Mark Richt now for this never-ending cycle of idiots that play for us!
Paul in NH
January 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
I hope Chip is going to monitor the comments on this blog – based on the headline it’s going to quickly get bad.
Dylan
January 21st, 2012
1:33 pm
Here we go again!
Bill Lodi
January 21st, 2012
1:35 pm
Who’s next?
I am Bill Lodi
Two sides to a coin
January 21st, 2012
1:37 pm
Innocent ’til proven guilty! He may have done something wrong but a blog is not a place for Jerry Springer followers to post about it.
Russ
January 21st, 2012
1:37 pm
same junk different day
01HAWK
January 21st, 2012
1:40 pm
Well……………………….Here are the COMMINGS and GOINGS of SANDERS COMMINGS.
CMR keeps getting the type players that belong in PRISON. What a way to start the year. How many more are COMMINGS……………………………LOL
Masters Dawg
January 21st, 2012
1:42 pm
Way to go– rising senior–out setting the example– idiot
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Bigdsel
January 21st, 2012
1:43 pm
Don’t need this to start 2012 off season
edudawg
January 21st, 2012
1:47 pm
….it starts…….idiot…..
WDE
January 21st, 2012
1:49 pm
As the father of two daughters I have zero tolerance of violence toward women, however lets give the legal system time to sort out what happened and then deal with the young man as the facts deem..that being said if he is beating women they need to throw the book at him.
Goofball
January 21st, 2012
1:49 pm
Is there still time for him to declare for the draft???
duke
January 21st, 2012
1:50 pm
Not a big deal. Find something else to do haters
Ginger
January 21st, 2012
1:51 pm
Things change—years ago–all players lived in football dorm…now they live off campus and so forth…Just brings about problems. Some are not smart enough to realize that they are high profile and behavior problems will be magnified. Some do not know how to manage anger….
CMR needs to make him run and run and run and take an anger management course…And see counselor mentor weekly to talk about handling anger….needs to be weekly mentoring on anger mgt because you don’t solve this problem over night.
We gotta recruit better…coming down to the wire and we don’t have enough players,,,,Lets get the offer out to some 3 star players if needed but sign some more guys to play DB…cause you never know who is going to make a mistake and get in trouble with the law–and we gotta have depth. Let’s sign some guys who will work extremely hard and behave.
Gameday
January 21st, 2012
1:51 pm
so he will sit out one game– what Buffalo?– thats why they usually schedule a easy game to start the year– for all the players that get suspended during the off season
Bruce
January 21st, 2012
1:51 pm
Tired of this never ending cycle of idiot fans that want to fire Richt for everything the players that is wrong.Don’t get me wrong, this was a horrible situation but what do these fans expect? 24/7 monitoring of all players. We could have it like Alabamer where the players are not arrested but taken to Saban(or so I have heard? How could he have predicted 4 yrs ago that this would happen? Get real people, This kind of horrible stuff happens on a daily basis all over the country. Don’t blame Richt.
Joe
January 21st, 2012
1:51 pm
He should be off the team this afternoon. Underage drinking and smoking grass is one thing, violence against a woman is totally different. He should be eliminated TODAY.
AthensBondsman
January 21st, 2012
1:52 pm
…and who had Jan 21 in the pool?
Mark Richt
January 21st, 2012
1:53 pm
At least it wasunt Crowell dis time. I recroot some dumb morans.
WDE
January 21st, 2012
1:54 pm
@Joe think we ought to actually try the case before we hang him?
Blitzdawg
January 21st, 2012
1:54 pm
DoubleDownDawgFan you are the typical idiotic UGA fan. Why don’t you get your head out of you well you know and let’s find out all the details first. And regardless of what happened For Richt to lose his job over this would require our AD to be as big of an idiot as you are. Why don’t you convert to the trade school on north avenue.
Rangerdawg
January 21st, 2012
1:55 pm
Another example of the players knowing there are no consequences for acting like idiots. Just like FSU in the 90’s just different colors.
bdawg
January 21st, 2012
1:55 pm
Does this really warrant the biggest font size on the ajc’s website? Is there not more important news around Atlanta than this?
GTBob
January 21st, 2012
1:56 pm
I hear he will be suspended for one quarter during the Spring game. Oh, and he has to run 10 laps around the field. A fairly tough punishment for Richt but he has to put his foot down.
Newman
January 21st, 2012
1:56 pm
Here we go again…
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
1:56 pm
oe
January 21st, 2012
1:51 pm
He should be off the team this afternoon. Underage drinking and smoking grass is one thing, violence against a woman is totally different. He should be eliminated TODAY.
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What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Let’s hear ALL the facts first. There is plenty of violent women out there too. My guess (like in most of these cases) the woman is going to want to drop the charges or is just as guilty in the matter as he is . She will also refuse to testify against him after she cools off.
Joe
January 21st, 2012
1:58 pm
Well, there are at least 4 witnesses that are telling a story that the kid hit a woman in plain sight downtown. Unless Ed Tolley can magically get them to recant, seems pretty open and shut.
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
1:58 pm
Once again GTBob (who has no life) is on a UGA blog. Loser!
BigDawg
January 21st, 2012
1:59 pm
Wow, all these people without sin casting stones!
Augusta dawg
January 21st, 2012
2:00 pm
From what I know about Commings he was never that kind of person. Don’t know all that happened and why but out of character for that young man. I hate it for all parties involved. Cant blame Richt for someone elses decision. Especially because that was not typical of Commings. If coaches could see these things it’s unlikely most would select individuals. Never that easy to forsee down the road. He wasn’t that type of kid.
102>86
January 21st, 2012
2:00 pm
And the Fulmer Cup starts for UGA… Smooth criminal U.
GTBob
January 21st, 2012
2:00 pm
What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Witnesses saw him strike her. What more do you need?
102>86
January 21st, 2012
2:00 pm
Get over it kerryb. Your necks are on ours all the time…
sandiegodawg
January 21st, 2012
2:01 pm
let the rock throwing begin
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:01 pm
BigDawg
January 21st, 2012
1:59 pm
Wow, all these people without sin casting stones!
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Great answer.
Summit Dawg
January 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
I remember the days when maybe some of the players would over indulge in a little beer and scrap it out with one another……nothing like todays players……huuum, huuuum!!
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
I guess there is never any encouraging news to talk about on the Tech blog so they come on here ALL the time. Losers!
dawgs01
January 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
Enter your comments here
Truth
January 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
I am certainly no dawg fan, but I would wait until all the facts are known before you start casting stones. I don’t agree with a man ever hit a woman. However, I personally witnessed an incident in the parking lot a few months ago. In this, the woman was the aggressor. She kept screaming at the man and she was the one that was slapping him, punching him in the chest etc. All he did was yell back and he shoved her off of him once. With that the man was arrested, but not the woman!
@GTBobby
January 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
Glad we are in Atlanta where APD is too busy and this would never be reported.
Glen
January 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
It is never right to strike a woman, but I assure you women take advantage of that all the time………………….
Odell Thurman
January 21st, 2012
2:04 pm
Atta boy Sanders. We both know you can’t let women be getting any crazy ideas!
Smokey&TheBandit
January 21st, 2012
2:04 pm
WWMRD? Will he kick SC off the team, or let him stay? Anyone remember
the Zach Mettenberger incident? It’s all on you MARK RICHT…
The Factor
January 21st, 2012
2:05 pm
@Truth,
Well said. Some of these scorned women with emotional “mama jama” can get in your face.
Lobosolo
January 21st, 2012
2:06 pm
Ah, the idiots of the Dawg Nation have their say, forgetting the mantra of justice so American (the same group , no doubt, that cries at politicians who don’t wear flag lapel pins), and acting as judge and jury, and blasting this young man BEFORE THEY KNOW A THING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED… you yokels are rich, adding to the absurdity of your collective football IQ (which is nearly nil) with a completely knee-jerk reaction to a news blurb… Got a clue for you, dumb-dumbs… if it comes to light that this young man is proven guilty, then go on and excoriate him to high heaven… until then, you are looking like the fools you are… Man, the state of Georgia is chock full…
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:06 pm
Truth
January 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
I am certainly no dawg fan, but I would wait until all the facts are known before you start casting stones. I don’t agree with a man ever hit a woman. However, I personally witnessed an incident in the parking lot a few months ago. In this, the woman was the aggressor. She kept screaming at the man and she was the one that was slapping him, punching him in the chest etc. All he did was yell back and he shoved her off of him once. With that the man was arrested, but not the woman!
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Right. I’ve seen it a hundred times. The witnesses probably saw the tail end of what happened and the woman was mad so she is going to cast ALL the blame on him. Especially since he walked away from the situation and is not there to tell his side. Believe me people, there are several woman out there that you cannot consider to be defenseless women. Before you start talking your trash (TECH morons) lets get ALL of the story.
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:08 pm
Smokey&TheBandit
January 21st, 2012
2:04 pm
WWMRD? Will he kick SC off the team, or let him stay? Anyone remember
the Zach Mettenberger incident? It’s all on you MARK RICHT
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Different situation. Mettenberger committed sexual battery on a woman in a bar that he apparently didn’t know by grabbing some of her private parts. Totally different situation.
Dawg tired
January 21st, 2012
2:09 pm
If Commings is looking to go to the NFL, he should fit right in.
SEC fans for Richt
January 21st, 2012
2:09 pm
Getting a jump start on The Fulmer Cup I see.
uga realist
January 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
This is unfortunate. We all have our life problems! Who knows the real story until it comes out. A lot of women put their hands on athletes as well b/c they think they are big, tough, and should take it. Hitting a woman is still neverr ok.
Outcome: anger management, community service, 1 game suspension, counseling
Stll looking forward to a gr8 season #godawgs
Odell Thurman
January 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
kerryb,
You got a good head on your shoulders. If it a lady don’t want to get beaten by an elite athlete she need to watch her mouth. Just cause we strong don’t mean you can talk back.
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
Everybody keep talking. It’s early for your teams too. I’m sure trouble is coming to your team too.
dawgs01
January 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
All you so called dawgs fans that turn on coaches and players that have a bad game or bc a player does something stupid off the field are not true fans and probably never played sports. i get so tired of the uga fans that get on here and complain about A. Murray cause he made some bad plays but is only a sophomore and is on pace to bread every Georgia record there is but he is not good enough for yall. Commings does something very stupid off the field and it is our coaches fault and he should be fired. That makes no freaking sense. Players are gonna get in trouble. The coaches can only due so much. This kid has never been in trouble how was our head coach suppose to know he would do this. It just really makes me mad that some people on here have no clue about football. So our QB has a bad half against MSU he should be benched and Hutson Mason a guy who has only played a few snaps and was only offered a scholarship by us should start over Murray who is going to break every uga record and alot of SEC records should be benched. Did yall play sports sometimes you just get beat i dont care who you are. Not all of that is Murray’s fault why could our defense not have his back when he threw the one pick and why did our off. coordinator lock up and get conservative. Step back and look at everything before you want to just throw coaches and players under the bus. What Commings did is sick and stupid a man should never hit a woman but coach Ritch is not at fault.
GTBob
January 21st, 2012
2:11 pm
Commings should not have struck the woman regardless of what she did to him. That’s the law and should be common sense.
Well She
January 21st, 2012
2:11 pm
Shouldn’t have messed up his sandwhich. Get it right the first time
Brian Friel
January 21st, 2012
2:11 pm
I think the University should evaluate Mark Rict and his players conduct seriously. This is an embarrassment to the State of Georgia.
Thomas
January 21st, 2012
2:13 pm
Coach Richt is in no way responsible for fools and idiots – only God can do that! http://www.marriagecounselinggwinnett.com
Jbreen
January 21st, 2012
2:13 pm
And here we go..,.
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:14 pm
ga realist
January 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
This is unfortunate. We all have our life problems! Who knows the real story until it comes out. A lot of women put their hands on athletes as well b/c they think they are big, tough, and should take it. Hitting a woman is still neverr ok.
Outcome: anger management, community service, 1 game suspension, counseling
Stll looking forward to a gr8 season #godawgs
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You’re probably right. He’ll miss the Buffalo game. As far as I know he has never gotten into any trouble the whole time he has been there so he will get some counseling (which I think he should). You’re not going to ruin a kids future over a fuss with his girl friend and he lost his temper. I like to know what their relationship is because unless they have kids or live together this is not domestic violence.
Blake Barnes
January 21st, 2012
2:15 pm
KEEP IT REAL BABY!!! YEAH!!!
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:16 pm
GTBob
January 21st, 2012
2:11 pm
Commings should not have struck the woman regardless of what she did to him. That’s the law and should be common sense.
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Obviously you have no idea what the LAW is. If she is the primary aggressor he has the right to defend himself. If a woman is striking you, you do have a right to hit her to get her off you.
bamaguy
January 21st, 2012
2:16 pm
A coach can’t control a player 24/7. Look at what happened at Auburn with the home invasion thing right after last year’s NC game and the Bama player getting arrested for drug possession less than a week after he dropped out of school to enter the NFL draft. A coach can only do so much given the family situations some of these kids come out of. It’s foolish to blame Coach RIcht.
And lets not declare this guy guilty before the facts are in.
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
@GTBob
How about a day in court? No worries Bob justice will be served and Tech will still lose in Athens next season.
Three Jack
January 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
Ditto lobosolo. Let’s get the full story first…only people who have never been with a woman can apply guilt w/o first knowing what really happened.
AugustaDawg
January 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
GTblob. GT doesn’t have women do they? At least any recognizable that is
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:18 pm
Brian Friel
January 21st, 2012
2:11 pm
I think the University should evaluate Mark Rict and his players conduct seriously. This is an embarrassment to the State of Georgia.
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I think you should evaluate this stupid post. Sanders Commings is what? 21 years old? I’m sorry but CMR cannot be looking over grown men’s shoulders making them do what they are suppose to do and act the way they are suppose to act. There is a such thing as personal responsibility.
kerryb
January 21st, 2012
2:19 pm
Odell Thurman
January 21st, 2012
2:16 pm
kerryb,
“You’re not going to ruin a kids future over a fuss with his girl friend and he lost his temper. I like to know what their relationship is because unless they have kids or live together this is not domestic violence.”
Now you’re talkin! I mean, when I beat my pregnant girlfriend that two game suspension really got my head on straight which is why I’m doing so well in life now.
Sometimes boys will just be boys and girls’ faces get in the way of boys’ fists! No reason to make a big deal out of any of this.
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What a Tech tool moron you are. Get out of your Momma’s basement and get a life so you will know what goes on in the real world. NIMROD
steverino
January 21st, 2012
2:20 pm
As a GT fan, I’m glad it is not a Tech player who is involved in this mess. And as much as I hate UGA, I take no joy in this type of news. While it doesn’t look good for this young man, we should wait for all the facts to surface. If the charges are true, it is a reflection on the individual, not UGA.
suwanee dawg
January 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
If this is accurate, kick him off the team. Getting caught with beer while under age is normal stuff, hitting a female is not acceptable – don’t care if he is a good player or not – adios.
kevin
January 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
It’s really great when people quote Scripture and have NO IDEA what it really means. “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” DOESN’T MEAN NOT not to do anything about crime/sin/wrongdoing. In John 8, where Jesus said this, the Pharisees and scribes brought a woman to Jesus who had been caught in adultery. The law said that adulterers must be stoned – BOTH PARTIES – MAN AND WOMAN. They didn’t bring the man. They weren’t obeying the law, just trying to trap Jesus. I suppose people who think Jesus HATES it when we call sin sin and carry out necessary punishment for crimes ALSO BELIEVE He tells us NOT TO JUDGE, based on their false interpretation of Matthew 7. (He meant, don’t be JUDGMENTAL, not, “DON’T MAKE JUDGMENTS OF RIGHT AND WRONG.” If you read farther in chapter 7, you see that he made ALL KINDS OF JUDGMENTS just a few sentences after 7:1.)
Not In Tuscaloosa
January 21st, 2012
2:22 pm
Saban would have had this cleaned up and in his back pocket by now. No AJC.
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Newt
January 21st, 2012
2:22 pm
Holler and scream and blame it on the media for reporting the facts.
Worked for me in South Carolina
Bhamdawg
January 21st, 2012
2:24 pm
its 2 sides to every story lets give him a chance to tell his side of the story first.
dawgs01
January 21st, 2012
2:24 pm
You UGA fans that want our head coach fired remember the grass is not always greener. All these head coaches preach to their players till they are blue in the face about thinking about what they say and write on the internet and about how they conduct themselves in public and not drinking and driving and everything but boys will be boys. You can only do so much. These coaches are under a ton of pressure if you think these players are not schooled on how to act off the field you are a idiot. They hold classes on everything for these players about life and being a role model. They screen all these players. You can only do and say so much and you have to let the kid grow up on his own. If you have ever coached at any level or taught then you know how hard it is to get through to young people. All the haters will never be satisfied and never understand cause you probably never played sports and have never been a leader of young people. Trust me no one is as disappointed in this kid as the coaches are. It is like the bama player that just got in trouble in florida for pot right before the draft. Bama does not want coach saban fired but we should fire ours. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes before you judge. I know coach will properly punish commings once all the facts come in and he might even get kicked off the team which will really hurt us but you have to learn from your mistakes and you should never hit a woman. Commings is a great nfl prospect too bc he can play linebacker, corner, and safety a very valuable player why would you be so stupid i bet alcohol played a major factor in these events
HedgesHaven
January 21st, 2012
2:25 pm
GTBob,
.
This made your day I see
SickandTired
January 21st, 2012
2:26 pm
God all might am i excited. This player displays the character that Grantham has coached him up to be. Don’t take no lip off nobody…get in their face and if it happens to be your woman, no problem….did he hit her with an open hand or just punch her out? Yes, it’s gonna be a great fall with this dream team…..Hey Bill King, i can feel you now.
UGAFAN
January 21st, 2012
2:28 pm
Well the season has been over less than 3 weeks and here we go again!
Anon1
January 21st, 2012
2:33 pm
“Innocent until proven guilty” went out with the birth of internet blogs. For those who complain that other school’s fans are quick to post on UGA blogs, this is a two way street. Every time anything happens to the rival school (auburn/Alabama, SC/Clemson, or Tech/UGA) the fans post. It’s part of the environment of anonymity, thus my handle. Things happen with 20 year olds every day, no matter where the go to school. Sander, don’t let it rule your life and learn from it..
Odell Thurman
January 21st, 2012
2:33 pm
kerryb,
“What a Tech tool moron you are. Get out of your Momma’s basement and get a life so you will know what goes on in the real world. NIMROD”
If my mom ever tried to keep me in a basement I’d beat the crap outta her. Can’t have a woman holdin’ you down dwag.
You want rights to vote? You get the right to get hit too, know what I’m saying!
The Factor
January 21st, 2012
2:35 pm
@UGAFAN
What disguise are you wearing today?
Not In Tuscaloosa
January 21st, 2012
2:37 pm
Anon1 – nope, things like this don”t make news in Tuscaloosa. Our coach owns the PD.
Anon1
January 21st, 2012
2:39 pm
Not in Tuscaloosa, but I’ll bet that Alabama fans are on Auburn blogs and vice versa whenever anything is reported negative about either school. That’s what I meant.
Missing Dawg
January 21st, 2012
2:40 pm
That is, Montez, Zack, Commings and Asher Allen. Sorry for the omission.
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