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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Should Earn It
February 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
The curse of the “RED PANTIES” continues!!!!!!!!!!!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
hahahahahhahahahahaha you recruit the same players we do moron. How dumb are you???????
Racing??? how do you get that out of what I said. You had nothing to say back and only hurled an insult. Meaning you had nothing to say back……… learn some logic moron.
Lakedawg
February 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
Do not understand the obsession from other team fans with anything happening with the Dawgs, Fear, Hate, Jealousy?????
Though we do not know all details on these dismissals, obviously enough that they could no longer be trusted on team. Sorry for decisions they made, and am sure Coach Richt is correct in his actions.
Most coaches in SEC probably would take same action.
But the fear of the Dawgs is driving the trolls and particulat Bammer fans crazy??????
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
AND NICK MARSHALL WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYING THAT POSITION
Left Starting Cornerback Nick Marshall, since he was 3rd on the Depth Chart :
Left Cornerback :
SANDERS COMMINGS*
JORDAN LAWRENCE LOVE 12/31/1990**
NICK MARSHALL***
________________
* = Suspended Buffalo bills and Mizzou at least
** = transferred out didn’t know middle name or birthday
***=kicked off, but would have been starting at left cb games 1 and 2
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm
I do better with his middle name and birthday
than he does
dawgkicker
February 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm
TDF you mean he dismisses those he can replace… the others get covered up for until its forgotten….. the program is a joke…. and concrete pete you make it clear the kind of character there is at UGA…. dont worry about anything bu the wins… at any costs… such as the eyesight for the guy who was beaten by the former uga player…. the girl who was hit by another player…. then we can dig into the driving arrests.. the posession arests… the failed drug tests…. etc etc etc
Kmac
February 3rd, 2012
3:03 pm
Oh my Jamesis Winston just sent in his LOI. This is getting crazy for my noles!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:03 pm
The Bear
February 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
I will agree with the journalism part bc we seem to be the only school with that problem. Havent heard anything about SC scandal with recruiting why??? bc the local paper didnt blow it up.
But Satan has just as much control as Richt does. And yes Satan does have the police in his back pocket just like every other bama coach. In bama those pigs live for bama football. In athens those pigs have a point system and try to arrest players as much as possible to win the pool.
G-Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
3:03 pm
Kenz…wake me up when ya’ll are ready to play some serious football. Until then…ya’ll have no room to be talking smack!
One Striking Rattler
February 3rd, 2012
3:04 pm
A sad thing is at least one of the three was probably just following the others, trying to fit in. Can you imagine the parents’ heartbreak after the euphoria of having a son receive one of the most coveted scholarships in the sporting world?
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm
UGA — you will never be as good as Alabama.
Never. And that’s a long time!
I don’t blame y’all for dreaming. I feel sorry for y’all actually.
It must be frustrating not to have won a title in 32 years.
In the mean-time — all your rivals in the SEC have hoisted them high, multiple times in the case of Alabama, LSU & FLA.
It can’t be easy being the Chicago Cubs of the SEC !!!
UGA — the lovable losers!!!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
2:55 pm
So you are saying that if a 6 foot 200LB guy hits a little gil there doesnt have to be a mark??? Only an idiot would think that. If he punced her it would have shown. And since the cops said there were no marks on her face……….
Use some logic and quit crying
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm
@dawgkicker… Nick Marshall was going to be a major contributor, might have even been the starter in boykin’s spot. FYI
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:06 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
2:56 pm
hahhahhaaha if a girl gets hit by a college football player in the face she will have a mark, I dont care if its the kicker that hit her, she would have a mark.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
2:57 pm
Really going to run with the checked box theory??? thanks for playing retard.
T
February 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
“Are you really going to argue that GT has as anywhere near as many problem players as UGA?”
Wasn’t a few years ago that GT players were selling massive quantities of dope out of their dorms? And I do recall a HUGE cheating scandal. So by those standards, yes. The only thing GT beats UGA is having more “Flag Boys”.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
2:58 pm
ahahhahahan o they didnt just keep making stuff up
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:09 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
You do realize we signed 6 dbs last year and just grabbed another great one. MM will also play CB this year some.
Plenty of others to take the spot and prove their worth
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:09 pm
She didn’t flag the police down. 5 of the 11 witnesses piled into a car to drive to find the police and put her in the car. This had happened to her before. She knew what to do or not do. Look, it’s sad, ok ? I don’t care for your posts on our blog at all, ever. You want to take the discussion AWAY from whatever it is being discussed. And, you are stupid to do so, again, in this case. Left to our own, we Bulldogs will take care of the likes of ONLY POST POSITIVE LIES such as TDF.
I catch him in his lies here again. Always do.
I don’t need you.
??????????
February 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
TDF, Only ones run off were cancers all other were those who wanted to go somewhere they could play. And he ran them off by telling them the free rides were over and you would be punished for wrong doing. Better off without them.
That was your reply to 13-1. So question for you. Those that left, transfered, didn’t qualify, kicked off, or whatever the situation. Richt was justified in letting them go and UGA better off without them. So why is it that if the same thing happens at Bama then Saban is a snake, low life, who abuses and doesn’t care for his players. Now I know with your degree from UGA you should be able to answer intelligently without spewing venom as your normally do.
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
Lakedawg —- are you blind or illiterate ?
All you see is Bama fans making cracks/obsessions about UGA.
Your stupid pal. The hating & obsessing is no one-way street.
…..plus the fact there is absolutely nothing to be envious/jealous of when it comes to UGA.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
dawgkicker
February 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm
hahahahahahha no he dismisses those that need to be plain and simple. Mett molested a girl and lied kicked
These kids stole from their teammates- kicked
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:12 pm
I already covered the db here and last year’s signings of them; when Lowcountry Bulldawg called Sheldon Dawson a 3-star who wouldn’t play.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:13 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 3rd, 2012
3:04 pm
ahahhahahahahaha like no one in the world has ever over reacted to a situation before??? They were drunk moron, which even furthers the possibility that things didnt go down like she said.
If she was puched she would at least have had a mark sorry u lose
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:14 pm
“So why is it that if the same thing happens at Bama then Saban is a snake, low life, who abuses and doesn’t care for his players.”
__________________________________________________
DING DING DING DING DING DING
Exactly
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm
We dont want to be a trash school like bama so yes we will never be like them. We will never be the team coached by a guy who would rather lie cheat and steal to win. No thanks enjoy that yourself.
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm
(1) Has Saban got 77 on scholly today ?
(2) Has Saban run-off 26 he gave schollies to for 2012 ?
blord
February 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm
Richt is pretty smart in signing Clemmons now he has his own inhouse bail bondsman and he is going to need one it looks like.
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
TDF — keep making excuses for Commings. The fact is he hit the girl some-kind of way.
I don’t care where you’re from or who you root for, IT IS NOT COOL TO TOUCH A FEMALE.
keep on spinning it pal, maybe for your sake it will disappear all together.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 3rd, 2012
3:08 pm
ahhahahaha sure. So no red mark no nothing????? highly doubtful. Go punch yourself in the chin right now and tell m when the redness appears
ChloeStar
February 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Once again UGA players are returning to their normal characteristics!!!!
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
(3) Did Saban give 11 walk-ons schollies 2011 like Richt ?
(4) Is Saban carrying 5 walk-ons over to 2012 like Richt ?
(5) Is Richt going to give away 8 more schollies ?
(6) Then, never put any of those 8 on offense or defense?
(7) Were Richt’s teams worn out end of games late last season?
(8) Will we be the same 2012 ?
(9) Saban has coached in The SEC LONGER than Mark Richt, starting in 2000 to Richt 2001. Saban has a FAR SUPERIOR won/lost record since 2000 than Richt.
FBS 1-A Head Coach Win % Mark Richt Era at UGA :
Mark Richt Contemporaries :
01. .9241 Chris Petersen currently at Boise State
02. .8500 Chip Kelly currently at Oregon
03. .8462 David Shaw currently at Stanford
04. .8333 Hugh Freeze currently at Ole Miss
05. .8189 NC* NC* Urb an Me yer currently at tOSU
06. .8137 NC* NC* Pete Carroll at USC went 83-19
07. .8103 NC* Jim Tressel at Ohio State went 94-22
08. .8065 NC* Les Miles since at LSU 75-18
09. .8035 NC* Bob Stoops currently at Oklahoma
10. .8000 NC* Larry Coker Miami-Fl – 2012 UTSA 1-A
11. .7857 Dave Doeren currently at Northern Illinois 1-A
12. .7842 Gary Patterson currently at TCU
13. .7833 NC* Mack Brown since at Texas
14. .7778 NC* NC* NC* Nick Saban since LSU & AL
15. .7778 Frank Beamer Virginia Tech since ACC 84-24
16. .7692 Dana Holgorsen currently at West Virginia 1-A
17. .7595 Bret Bielema currently at Wisconsin
18. .7500 NC* Gene Chizik 30-10 since at Auburn
19. .7500 Mark Hudspeth currently at LA Lafayette
20. .7491 NC* NC* Joe Paterno 409-136-3 CMR = ?
21. .7426 Bobby Petrino currently at Arkansas
22. .7361 Mark Richt currently at Georgia
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:09 pm
Really when have you ever caught me in a lie please let me know?????
No one cares for your whinny crying posts. You are one of the biggest retards on here. You know nothing about how the sport works other than the team wth the most points wins.
I take discussion away from the trolls and retards. If you want to post your crying posts on another blog for discussion go ahead but as long as you post them here Im going to destroy them over and over again
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
3:21 pm
@blord… That’s original. You are the first person to post that comment. Get a life
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
??????????
February 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
difference is Satan sends them packing to give a betetr player/ recruit that spot. Richt does whats in the best interest of the team and the player. He actually cares about them and wants to see them succeed so if they wont see playing time and he knows they wont, he gives them the info and lets them decide. He doesnt hold grudges over it, wants what is best for everyone.
78 DAWG
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
TDF you make me ashamed of our fans! #1 – if you’re on here all day long, you are both a child and a loser, #2 – every post is the same, “hahahahahaha, lol, UGA is great you’re a moron and you’re dismissed”
You make us look worse than players stealing from each other! You’re to childish not to respond, but I won’t be here and can’t be insulted by a 14 year old anyway.
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
“The fact is he hit the girl some-kind of way. I don’t care where you’re from or who you root for, IT IS NOT COOL TO TOUCH A FEMALE.”
__________________________________________________
That is why he was arrested with those charges.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:12 pm
I saw and one of the few decent posts by you
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:24 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm
Richt didnt run off 26 kids you idiot how hard is that for you to understand?????
PPl messed up andgot the boot rightfully so, other couldnt qualify, and others werent getting to play and wanted to transfer out to see playing time. Get over it, happens at evry school.
what doesnt happen everywhere is greyshirting, forced medical redshirts, kicking a player off the team just to allow a different one on.
bham dawg
February 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
@ Big Crimson 85… in ‘09 courtney upshaw was arrested on a domestic violence charge. know what happened to him? nothing wasnt even suspended… difference in class and no class
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
blord
February 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm
Another dumb comment from another dumb troll. run along
dlagator
February 3rd, 2012
3:26 pm
Richt is such a saint…
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Clearly u missed where I said the same thing that its not right to touch a woman like that. Dont condone it, but im not going to light a torch and grab a pitchfork over this case.
Too many question marks around it. like if he punched or slapped her why didnt she have a mark??
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
ChloeStar
February 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Really??? they are no longer dawgs so………….
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
TDF — you are a chump & a total loser.
Y’all are responsible for this guy Dawg fans.
Chick Weed
February 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
Somebody earlier mentioned this proves Rickt is the strictest disciplinarian in college football. Is he? Or does he continually use bad judgement in selecting people to lead his team. I prefer to thing he doesn’t stay close enough to the team and lets others watch the players. I just don’t think he selects people with good character.
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
“TDF you make me ashamed of our fans! ‘UGA is great you’re a moron and you’re dismissed.’ You make us look worse than players stealing from each other!”
___________________________________________________
Or, as the Alabama fan said, they stole from their own teammates, they hit a girl with a guy in-between trying to stop it from happening when reportedly it has been something that has happened before according to someone the police checked that box off for, the committed sexual battery on a coed, they beat up a guy to a pulp for daring to talk to a gal whom the gal said she was not even dating the guy, they picked up a little coed and slammed her repeatedly to the floor at McWhorter Hall, they beat up her car beat her up and got 2 game suspension and then when he beat her up AGAIN was finally kicked off.
If you cannot say these are ENTIRELY WRONG
leave
I will be more than happy to teach you, or anyone else that needs these life lessons, that these are NOT TOLERATED.
Making excuses for them, is NOT TOLERATED.
It has to
END.
Every single time we have a favorable schedule, a team who is highly considered
THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
13-1
February 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
Now once again take out those that havent coached 100 games (smallest sample size to tell how good a coach is) and your list is cut in half sorry but you will never get anywhere with this dumb post just give it up
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
3:31 pm
78 DAWG
February 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
ahhahaa glad you think so (if I were 14 I would have been in school and instead of hahahahah I would be loling)
Well you got the start and the finish right but you missed the middle part where I destroy the other poster for being stupid
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
3:32 pm
nope nope nope — bham — she attacked upshaw!!
Read the police report bro.