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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Lil Jimmy
February 3rd, 2012
9:39 am
Complete morons. They’ll probably be in Gainesville soon.
Evansdawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:40 am
There isn’t a player discipline issue, “Jim Rome”….Obviously if there is a threat of one, the coaches are kicking them off the team so they don’t fester. Technonerd.
DawginLex
February 3rd, 2012
9:40 am
This is nothing more than a sad day for these 2 young men and their families. Hopefully, they will learn a valuable lesson, enroll at another school and move on with their lives.
To the trolls like wet willie, laughing at the faults of others indicates a lack of character.
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:40 am
Luckily uGA recruited Josh Harvey-Clemons to be a dual-threat athlete…at LB and BB (bail bondsman).
Columbus
February 3rd, 2012
9:40 am
Great comment Ssgt Dawg. Go Dawgs.
craig
February 3rd, 2012
9:40 am
I’m not so sure they’re throwing away an opportunity to play football. Some other school with lower standard will pick them up. But they ARE throwing away the opportunity not to be total douches… or worse.
Getting caught out after curfew, or getting drunk and acting like an ass is one thing, but stealing? From a team mate? Five hundred dollars??? If I’m the guy they stole from, I’m pressing charges.
T
February 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
UGA is the school of the state, so it only makes sense for the cover the #1 school in the state the most. Sucks being 2nd Tech Fans, but the facts are the facts.
Tobias Funke
February 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
Schultz should get about 3 articles out of this. He sucks.
I just hope these TEENAGERS learn their lesson. Good job CMR.
Go Dawgs!
GIVE ME A BREAK
February 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
They have no idea what they just lost. I feel bad for these guys, it will hit them one day.
Anon1
February 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
ugaDAWG, do you mean that the bulldog trolls have slept in or are they on a Tech blog?
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
Just Sayin
February 3rd, 2012
9:39 am
hahahahaha coming from a tech fan thats hillarious. Wonder what the lineman did to get kicked off of tech??
By the way you got some quality coaches over there hahahahahahahahhahahahaha. Tech is a joke!
GaDawgs7
February 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
There’s not a discipline problem…they violated team rules and were kicked off the team. Case closed.
And….Tech’s recruiting class STILL sucks lol
Alphare
February 3rd, 2012
9:42 am
Is it possible its a prank went awry? UGA or not, you hate the impact to the kids’ future.
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:43 am
TDF…you mean the 5:1 ratio that UGA gets in recruiting coverage to Tech? You mean the story of MC wasting an entire afternoon and evening trying to cover JaQuay Williams (who was thinking about flipping to UGA) only to get ran around?
robodawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:43 am
Shoot. Nick Marshall was expected to contribute.
Now he’ll probably transfer to one of our rivals.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:43 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:40 am
Actually he plays offense as well at will get some looks at WR.
But keep making that stupid joke as it is only funny to the loser techie crowd.
What happens when GT beats UGA in football??
The tech student turns off the xbox and gets back to studying!
Mike
February 3rd, 2012
9:43 am
Alec Ogletree was arrested for theft by taking and only got suspended.
I guess the impact you’ll make on the field has a direct effect on your punishment at UGA.
Ol' Timer
February 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
My wife and I raised three boys and their seems to be an inability of young men to listen to warnings and to learn from the mistakes of others. It seems they have to hit their head on every low hanging branch, step in every hole, and fall in every creek in other to learn.
Consequences are tough, but that seems to be the only way for the male of the specie to learn.
CEPH
February 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
Richt is picking and choosing again. If they were kicked off for stealing why didn’t he kick off Ogletree for stealing the helmet from the biker? I guess he prayed about it and God told him to just tell Alec he loved him and he forgave him.
collegeballfan
February 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
These two kids need to get their life together. Marshall was recruited by every major college in the area. One of the coaches needs to give him a second chance.
Seay was not recruited by any other major except Georgia. One of the Troys or La Tech type colleges who recruited him needs to give him a second shot.
Get your life together guys.
A hard lesson to learn
February 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
Good for Georgia or any team for doing the right thing.
Beast from the East
February 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
When will these kids ever learn?
Janoris Jenkins cost himself millions of dollars by getting dismissed from UF. May have been a top 5 pick in the upcoming draft had he been able to finish his career at UF. This stuff happens everywhere.
When will these kids ever learn?
Kirby Smart
February 3rd, 2012
9:45 am
Come on over to Alabama boys … we have no ethics.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:45 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:43 am
Go read the headlines of almost every UGA article you retard and you will see. Such as the one about Richts in home visit with JHC.
One of the dumbest tech fans on here arent you???
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:45 am
GT recruited Nick Marshall pretty hard. Thank god we dodged that bullet. Although something tells me he wouldn’t have been committing crimes if he went to Tech.
SEC Fan
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
Dawg fans are back on their heels! Just sit back and watch the excuses roll in!!!
Bama Mike
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
Its called heart, desire and work ethic. Lapse in any of the 3 and this is what you may see. Happens everywhere.
SugarHillDawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
What are all you HATERS laughing at? They stole, they’re gone PERIOD. I’m sure they’d have 3 or 4 bites at the apple before they were shown the door at your schools.
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
TDF…
Our recruits like the education they get along with a program with rich football history. Your recruits pick UGA because they like the food…
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
Mike
February 3rd, 2012
9:43 am
Alec took a scooter helmet. These kids stole from a teammate. 2 different things completely moron. Move along
intheknow
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
They’ll end up at BAMA or Auburn where the coaches and fans could care less about the character of their athletes. Heard they were both caught stealing money from fellow teammates……Good riddance!
Travis McGee
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
My guess is Richt was pretty deep in the positions in question and could use this as an example without jeopardizing his chances this year. That’s a pretty cynical statement but probably true.
Ssgt Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:47 am
Thanks Columbus. I have a son and a younger brother and I know how kids can not see the big picture at times. It just takes some maturity
baby you can get away with anything
February 3rd, 2012
9:47 am
Was the $500 from one of the early enrolled kids? What is any UGA player doing walking around with $500 is my question. Where did it come from!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:47 am
CEPH
February 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
2 completely diff things you clown. 10$ helmet vs 500$ from a teammate.
JM
February 3rd, 2012
9:48 am
I hate to see young men throw away their opportunities in life. Happens much too often with college athletes.
monty
February 3rd, 2012
9:48 am
What are the “real” consequences if they can just pack up and go play somewhere else?Somethings not right with the system. GA loses, the kid suffers some embarrassment but in the end he just moves on to another program.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:48 am
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:45 am
ahhahahahaha dumbest comment so far!! So no tech player gets in trouble??? What about the kid sent home from the bowl game??? had to have messed up bad there
invictus mon
February 3rd, 2012
9:48 am
They’ll join Mettenberger over at LSU before the fall. That said, you never realize what you’ve got until it’s gone. Thousands of kids grow up in Georgia dreaming of playing for the bulldogs, and they had it. They had the fast track to the NFL in their grasp. That’ll keep biting them in the A for a long time! Sorry for the boys, but hopefully they’ll learn.
Big Crimson 75
February 3rd, 2012
9:49 am
Nick Marshall will be headed to the Barn.
The other dude — Who knows?
Marshall was heavily recruited by AU if my memory serves.
I hand it to Richt, at least Saban is not alone in suspending players who violate team rules.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:49 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
That excuse is lame and old. Vandy recruits this state better than you and just as good a school for academics. UGA is barely behind tech for GPA and SAT scores for enrolling students. But keep thinking that the gap is that wide moron.
Mike
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
@TDF
Congrats on being able to rationalize theft. These two young men don’t play and weren’t arrested.
Alec has a record.
bamarollsagain
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
About time he started kicking them off. he must have a back up.
SugarHillDawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
FL Jacket, your school’s “rich” tradition might as well have been in the cretaceous period as far as your new “recruits” are concerned. If my team put a collection of scrubs together like Tech did , I’d develop a serious drinking habit.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
Bobo is Not the Problem
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
Go away you are no UGA fan you clown.
hornblowermg
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
if i could change any part of the way i grew up it would be the importance that i placed on sports. although i have a couple of degrees from uga i have to say that criminal/oppressive behavior is not limited to any of our schools where athletes are treated as though sports, especially football, are holy. young top-of-the-line players are given to believe that they have the right to oppress. that has always been the case, and it has not changed in fifty years that i know of. sports are just games; they involve a whole lot of money, but they are just simply games. period.
WDE
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
@FL Jacket hey quick question when does Bug U get off probation is it next year or 2013?
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
What about the kid sent home from the bowl game??? had to have messed up bad there
That kid had to mess up several times to get kicked off the team. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t stealing from any of his teammates.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:51 am
Travis McGee
February 3rd, 2012
9:46 am
Not even close to true. Move along troll
Billy
February 3rd, 2012
9:51 am
Seay is from Leesburg, not Leesville.