3 players dismissed by Georgia for team rules violations
ATHENS — Three players have been kicked off the Georgia football team for an undisclosed violation of team rules.
UGA coach Mark Richt announced this morning that defensive back Nick Marshall, wide receiver Sanford Seay and defensive back Chris Sanders have been dismissed from the team. All three are freshmen and were members of Georgia’s 2011 “Dream Team” recruiting class.
The school did not address what precipitated the dismissals.
“It’s a privilege to play college football and to be a part of this team and University,” Richt said in a statement. “Along with that privilege comes certain responsibilities. Mistakes were made, and part of our job is helping them learn from mistakes. Going forward, we are committed to assisting them find opportunities where they can continue their education.”
Marshall’s high school coach, Mark Ledford, was reached by the AJC this morning.
“I don’t want to comment on what Nick did,” said Ledford, head football coach at Wilcox County High. “All I’ll say is I’ve been informed he is going to be released from UGA. As far as the details, I’d rather wait and see what Georgia is going to say officially.”
Marshall, a former AJC Super 11 player, was expected to play a significant role in Georgia’s secondary next season. He played sparingly as a cornerback and nickelback and extensively on special teams as a true freshman last season. A four-star prospect as a guard, he was also expected to join the Bulldogs’ basketball team at some point.
“There were going to be a lot of opportunities for him,” Ledford said. “It’s a shame he’s wasting those opportunities at Georgia. He’s going to have to accept the consequences and hopefully learn from them.”
Sanders, an all-state safety at Tucker, played in the first three games for Georgia before being sidelined with an injury the remainder of the season. He was expected to have four years remaining and contribute in the secondary.
Seay, who is from Leesburg, was redshirted last season, while Sanders, who is from Tucker, played in the first three games before missing the remainder of the season because of injury.
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VINCE
February 3rd, 2012
1:55 pm
Part of Richts scheme to have a all walk-on team.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm
dawgfan2
February 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
hahahaha keep telling yourself that. Once again dont care what you think of me or how you view my opinion.
Ron Paul's Eyebrows
February 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
This is sooo stupid.Who cares if a college student smokes a little weed? It’s not like there aren’t 20,000 other kids on campus that try it during their time in Athens.
I also don’t understand why these kids are even tested for marijuana in the first place. Other students aren’t tested. Why do the players have to be?
I understand testing them for anabolic steroids b/c those are dangerous to their health and can give them an unfair advantage in amateur competition.
But kicking somebody off a team forever for failing a stupid pee test? That’s just stupid!!!
Dawghater
February 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
UGA can load up those top recruits all they want. Look at what it gets you! It is still called “student athlete”.
What would Obama DO?
February 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm
Seems that one of the Georgia players had $500 and these guys wanted their fair share. What kind of team mate has 500 bucks and doesnt give at least half of it to his team mates. They were just taking what should have been theirs!!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm
LogicalUS
February 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
One instance run along
Fair n Balanced
February 3rd, 2012
1:59 pm
If the crime was stealing $500 from another player……just wonder wher the other player got the $500……just saying.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
1:59 pm
is anyone surprised
February 3rd, 2012
1:51 pm
Really where was it before thhis past season. sorry but you lose
Dawghater
February 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
Typical UGA comments. If it really is smoking week, it’s illegal and if you pee in a cup for a empolyer’s drug test you don’t get hired and if you get hired and pee in the cup and it shows up your fired. Welcome to the real world.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 3rd, 2012
1:53 pm
good for you, you know i only post during work hours
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm
Dawghater
February 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
Keep telling yourself that and keep losing to UGA every year
fred
February 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm
tdf u don’t care about team- u just want to be a blog star-hahahaha
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:02 pm
@TDF… the only joke on here is you. Refresh, Refresh, Refresh.
Fair n Balanced
February 3rd, 2012
2:02 pm
Did Richt report the crime to the police? Ooops. Gotta fire him, the AD and president now.
BiggDawgK
February 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm
Every other program would have ignored what these kids did and coverd it up. CMR acted swiftly and it was the correct thing to do.
Unlike the lieing cheating program at techwood Georgia doesn not wait for the NCAA to force them to act.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
Its actually legal in many states. and many presidential candidates have it on their agenda to legalize
But we do agree on one thing ppl who get government aide (Welfare system) should have to pee to keep their aide.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:04 pm
Fair n Balanced
February 3rd, 2012
1:59 pm
Most likely from their parents, you do know a lot of these kids to come from money.
The Grinch
February 3rd, 2012
2:04 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
“Just like all people getting government aid should have to pee to keep the government checks coming in.”
It must be time for me to leave because I actually agree with you on something.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:05 pm
fred
February 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm
hahahahaha If that was the case i would be on here more than just work hours but fact is im not.
So yes it is about taking the blog back from trolls
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:02 pm
Keep telling yourself that. You had your chest all poked out earlier calling me out where is your response clown???
tony
February 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm
If Chris Petersen was the hc @uga Nick Marshall would be the starting qb and Washaun Ealey would have set the ncaa record for touchdowns. Mr Richt tells his rbs that if they can’t block that they can’t play but Vince Dooley told Herschel Walker ” It’s ok son if you don’t know the plays, we will pitch out to you and you just take it to the house”.
fred
February 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm
u the troll
VL
February 3rd, 2012
2:07 pm
This incident opens up three opportunities for smart thinking students to join the team. Each of these young men should be extremely thankful and grow up IF they get another chance somewhere else. The burden is now truly upon each of them to work hard to redeem themselves and regain the trust, respect and admiration of administrators,coaches and teammates like they previously enjoyed.
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:07 pm
response to what fool?
intheknow
February 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm
Where’s Monkey? How come he quit posting?….He’s too easy to make fun of. Bet he’s in the bathroom worshiping the almighty Saban.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm
The Grinch
February 3rd, 2012
2:04 pm
Scary isnt it
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:09 pm
tony
February 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm
Anyone who would have nick marshall at QB for anything other than the wild dawg is a moron
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:10 pm
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:07 pm
My response to you attempting to call me out about that joke idiot, the only thing I have addressed to you
tony
February 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm
TDF, I forgive you young man because you know nothing about the game of football. And I promise you, that I will never be derogatory another the fan no matter what they have to say.
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm
It wasn’t an attempt i did call you out. You take Dantzler or Marshall or whoever actually tweeted it and try to pass it off as your own. It was funny the first time now you have just tainted it. Just like you are tainting the dawg nation with your lousy posts.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm
tony
February 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm
Wow way to say the same thing I said to you, to me. hope you didnt hurt your brain coming up with that one.
Good for you, but if somone is going to say something stupid about UGA then its going to get mocked period. Only way to stop it is cry for me to be banned or stop posting stupid stuff
christophorm
February 3rd, 2012
2:17 pm
Nick marshall is a QB somewhere anyways..UGA had him at the wrong position and dd’nt somebody basicly win a national championship by himself after stealin a laptop and term paper ?
Taxi Smith
February 3rd, 2012
2:18 pm
Idiots.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:19 pm
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm
hahahahahaha once again when did I ever say it was my own joke??? Better scroll through and thrash the techies for their jokes since they are someone elses creation too.
Get over it you look like a fool argue about something that I clearly didnt say or try to do.
Mike BOOBOO
February 3rd, 2012
2:19 pm
TDF = Isaiah crowell
YOUR NEXT!
christophorm
February 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
TDF did you watch nick marshall throw the football in high school in His championship game ? Did you ever play football ? offense ? QB ?
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm
Are you watching me from out side my office window or something??? How do you know Im not working in between owning you??
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
Mike BOOBOO
February 3rd, 2012
2:19 pm
hahahahaha sure
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg February 1st, 2012 11:17 am
“do realize we signed 5 DB last year and that does not count Harrow. DB was not a priority this year.”
Lowcountry Bulldawg February 1st, 2012 12:54 pm
“Dawson – a 3 star player flipping from Vandy to UGA hardly would seal the deal in a Top 10 class. I think it was already a Top 10 class, but that comment was pretty funny.”
____________________________________________________
As I have been trying to say, amidst the noise that it is junk to say it, is that
SHELDON DAWSON
4-Star # 11 best cornerback in the nation a burner with 4.4 speed according to Scout.com, is a crucial sorely needed player who even before last night, was likely to Start at Cornerback replacing SUSPENDED Sanders Commings against Buffalo bills and Mizzou we know.
This is all so tragic. 26 kicked-off transferred out whom Mark Richt gave Scholarships to to play here this 13-1 season up-coming 2013. I’ll spare you the list and my analysis of it. Obviously we needed, as I stated more OL and more secondary players. To-date we have lost 1 to graduation, 1 to suspension multiple games including Mizzou, 2 more today both of whom would have been about the only players on Defense returning for 2014, since all the rest of the defense is GONE after 2012.
2012 ? Secondary ?
Excuse me, I said what if there are suspensions, transfers, kicked-off, run out of the program players like the 24 previous, now 27 previous.
Oh yeah…
Wait for it now…
GOOD RIDDANCE
stingembuzz
February 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm
Any ideas as to what they did that violated team rules?
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm
christophorm
February 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
Yes and he is a way better DB than QB. No one would start him over Murray, Lemay, Fauta, Ramsey, Mason.
The Bear
February 3rd, 2012
2:23 pm
I thought Nick Marshall could have played on either side of the ball. He looked pretty good to me in the championship game, really composed in the pocket caught my attention.
RTR
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:23 pm
TDF play football… Thats laugable. A guy that has 1000 post on one topic on the AJC play football. Yeah I bet he was a stud. Wait for it, REFRESH.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:24 pm
The Bear
February 3rd, 2012
2:23 pm
He can but he isnt even close to as good as the other we have at QBor the ones coming in. To many good QBs he served us betetr at DB. He may very well go play QB somewhere that has QB issues but not at UGA.
The real shame
February 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm
There’s a big difference between slinging the ball, and being able to read defenses. Nick didn’t have to read defenses in high school. Big difference between single A football and D-1 football. Plus he was going to try and play basketball as well.
That’s why he wasn’t playing quarterback.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:26 pm
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
2:23 pm
Dont have to refresh, when I post it does that for me clown. 1000 posts??? sure ok not even 1k comments total idiot.
Played baseball too.
tony
February 3rd, 2012
2:26 pm
TDF, I really do understand people like you young man. Destructive language has become away of life and that’s where mean people get their kicks. I really do understand you…..but I’m still hoping for Chris Petersen to be the next hc @uga even if it never happen.
The real shame
February 3rd, 2012
2:28 pm
The championship team Wilcox had two plays:
1) Spread it out and tell everyone to get open
2) Spread it out and tell everyone to go long
Then if the defense kept up with the recievers, they told Nick to run.
It takes more than that to be a D-1 QB.
dawgkicker
February 3rd, 2012
2:29 pm
Awesome!!! once again another fine group of high character young men…. they just made a mistake…. they will be …… uh suspended one half against buffalo to teach them a lesson…. i guess character is something that espn rankings ignore…. sounds like UGA is getting ready to make another run at the fulmer trophy… unless they cover it up as always with the help of the official UGA news rag the AJC.
Mike BOOBOO
February 3rd, 2012
2:31 pm
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
2:26 pm
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