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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Charlie in indy
February 4th, 2012
12:07 am
Its a shame, I hope they get their act together, they are still young and can bounce back. I’m just glad that Georgia didn’t try to hide it and took action.
james
February 4th, 2012
12:21 am
and to think that Ga doesnt oversign,yeah right
CaliDawg
February 4th, 2012
1:15 am
If any player of any team wrote what 75% of you people wrote…there’d need to be some discipline involved.
DUI HUNTER
February 4th, 2012
1:34 am
tenn and auburn will take them. both are hurtin for talent. should be an sec rule stating another school can’t take a player kicked off team for felonies.
13-1
February 4th, 2012
3:58 am
tell me again February 3rd, 2012 5:20 pm
“UGA is probably the only school in the SEC where these levels of infractions would result in a dismissal from the team. Richt doesn’t play around.”
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What is Isaiah Crowell still doing on the team, then, sir, tell me again?
13-1
February 4th, 2012
4:40 am
gay bars open at 5 pm ? how do you know that ? i’ve never heard that. and so what if they do ? every poster you said was gone as a result, instantly, kept on posting. so if gay bars open at 5 pm, and they kept posting, what does that mean then ? i don’t know guys. you run in here with weak lists of those who you have no reply to on their points, and this is all you can offer up that what ? they’re gay ? is that supposed to be a put-down ? you are a better person than they because they are gay ? how do you calculate that ? why so up-tight about gays in the 1st place, never mind that all those you said were by your statment of 5 pm they open, posted on and after that. gay bars don’t have cell phone access ? takes at most about 2 minutes any cell phone to post to this blog. any cell phone. thought all bars also have wireless routers. do gay bars not have wireless access points ? buffalo WAP costs what ? $50 ? look, we have 26 run out of this program in the last 12 months, all 26 were given scholarships for 2012. we have a soft, easy schedule, of at most 1 team who ends the season in the top 25. then, we play whomever The SEC West puts up because of our schedule. SEC West is not going to be as strong as they were in 2011. They added TAMU. We added Mizzou, for this season anyway, until they move maybe Alabama and Auburn to the East, or Vandie to the West, or all the above and more after 2012. Saban is not Satan because he over-signs you say, while pardon me again, we only have 77 on Scholarship today. Fact. 77. Mark Richt gets 85, same as you only give Saban. Mark Richt signed 109. 109 – 84 = 24 over-signed by Mark Richt. And, he is still 8 under the 85-limit because he has run off 26 in the last 12 months as posted to this blog by name – all 26. Don’t give me this Richt does it the right way. How is it that Saban is lowlife for running off undesirables, but Mark Richt does it the right way, by running off 26 whom he did not desire here while keeping those he did want to keep here who include FAR WORSE TROUBLE MAKERS than the 26 run-off by Richt, yet those guys were all starters. These 3 never started. 2 of the 3 might never have. 1 was # 146 WR nearly 2-Star Recruit when Richt wasted his scholarship on him. What we have is bad press. So you call me whinning because I am tired of all this bad press. Excuse me, you are whinning because you have to find and excuse for this. I don’t. 26 run off in 12 months, names provided in these blog posts. I might not even have found all the 26 names run off who were supposed to be playing this season for us – 2012. I found 26 names for certain, didn’t I ? And, this is not over-signing ? This is not running off those who are undesirable ? And, those remaining ? Never again ? You told me this time last season, NEVER AGAIN. Bad Apples all gone, you guaranteed me. And, this is what we get the day after signing day. 3 more run off.
3
3 more
26 in a year run off by Mark Richt
109 signed vs 85-man limit
8 open slots
that’s 8 more walk-ons who never play offense or defense who get scholarships
right ?
You know I know Richt is going to hand out scholarships to walk-ons now
8 open scholarships.
What kind of crudola is all this ?
Just fess up that this ain’t good. That is not being whinny. That is being fact-based. Get over it. You cannot spin this as good. There is nothing good about it. And, Nick Marshall already was going to be the Starter against Mizzou and Buffalo bills because of Sanders Commings suspensions for those games at least, and the other ahead of Nick Marshall for Starting Left Cornerback was LAWRENCE Love born 12/31/1990, and he’s gone too. We’ll be fine. This is the only school where these 3 would have been kicked out, you say. Pardon me, that’s 26 kicked out and their list of what they have done is NOT GOOD. Neither, by the way, is the list of what those remaining have done either, although starters.
We give preferrential treatment to starters, and always have. These 3 were not starters. Neither was Zach Mettenberger. We run-off the undesirables, although in the viewpoint of the fans here online, a fair number of those might have been BETTER than the Favorites played as starter. And, the OL, good heavens the OL has lost the MOST of all the 26 players run-off, OL who were expected to be great here. Not needed then. Given no love. Gone now, and this is 2012 where the 26 would have made us so we are not 9 games in a row lost vs teams ending in the top 25 and where this season we might have a chance to do something about losing 7 games in a row vs teams who finished top 10. This is where we are. This is not good news. Good luck with your
EXCUSES
They don’t hold water.
This AIN’T GOOD.
13-1
February 4th, 2012
5:38 am
What your URL Link to what Nick Saban is doing states he Won NC both on the field, and now in recruiting. It is an article about a player who has an injured knee. He was offered a scholarship at Alabama. He declined and took an offer from KY. We have had players here recruited, who got injured too, and every single time, even after the injury, the offer stood, never any waiver no matter how devastating the injury. None of those injured players yet have panned out for us, not once. We have 77 on Scholarship and Nick Saban has his filled. We have run-off MORE than Nick Saban. Nick Saban has coached in The SEC 1 year longer than Mark Richt. Nick Saban has a BETTER won/loss record than Mark Richt, with another year tacked on in addition to the 11 years Mark Richt has been here in The SEC. And, Nick Saban has three (3) National Championships on the field. His record last season against teams who finished in the top 5 of the AP Poll includes Two (2) Wins over teams finishing in the Top 5. We ended up # 13 compared to his # 1 in recruiting rankings, and we ended up # 19 AP Poll (20 Coaches’) compared to his 3rd Consensus National Title in his 3rd Consecutive BCS Title game appearance including 2 of the last 3 years, and now this recruiting class heaped upon that.
So, you run in here and list me at # 5 on your list (updated and asked for more input to move me down further on your list even then) because you know absolutely that you have said EVERY THOUGHT I’ve ever posted to this blog. You said everything I’ve said, every word of it. That’s why I am down at # 5 on your list of those whom you have no retort to the facts.
Just to clarify your positions on this latest BAD PRESS :
(1) AJ-C writes untruth
(2) Nick Saban over-signs Mark Richt 24 over-signs doesn’t
(3) Nick Saban is Satan
(4) Mark Richt does it the right way
(5) IC wouldn’t be guilty of drug abuse if it was legal
(6) legal prevents his guilty
(7) he is unfairly picked on for being an energy vampire
(8) $10 b will pay off 15 trillion debt easily
(9) you don’t do drugs but $10 b is great stuff
(10) drugs are not addictive
(11) drugs are not a major wrong with society today
(12) just legalize drugs, but hey you don’t do them
(13) take 5,000 generations pay off debt
(14) but legalize drugs, anyway, & you don’t do them
(15) Mark Richt has a LOT better won/loss since he got to SEC
(16) don’t count someone with less wins, although Saban MORE
(17) remove half the names of coaches
(18) coaches who make Richt # 22 Mark Richt era won/lost
(19) We’re just fine; We’ll be just fine.
(20) GOOD RIDDANCE to 3 more 26 last year now
(21) All bad apples gone this time last year you promised
(22) 77 Scholarships is smart of Mark Richt
(23) You wish he’d signed a few more OL disagreeing with yourself
(24) I don’t know what I am talking about; all you said disproved.
(25) 11 walk-ons last year none who played offense or defense
(26) 26 run off last 12 months now, Saban runs off undesirables
13-1
February 4th, 2012
5:52 am
What I said, you said.
Not what you said, I said.
Dawg_Mike
February 4th, 2012
7:35 am
Let’s put Anna Watson in at CB. I am pretty sure she can lay the wood.
AND, she is a person of high moral character.
Boom.
SanDiegoJacket
February 4th, 2012
8:08 am
Reading Ugag blogs after dismissals and transfers is a lot of fun!!
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA, EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!111
shocked
February 4th, 2012
8:13 am
Black players stealing from others? What a shock! Never saw that one coming!
Maree
February 4th, 2012
8:16 am
When you recruit lowlife trash, you get lowlife trash players. What did Richt expect?
Just one more incident at The Cesspool of the South.
larry munson
February 4th, 2012
8:54 am
great jobs boys , what is going on
autotrader
February 4th, 2012
9:40 am
I see ol Rodney Garner has dusted off his same ol press release of “Top Five Recruiting Class at UGA’. Well, after some time at UGA, lets just see how many stay out of trouble, AND JAIL, and actually see some playing time.
flo-ri-duh
February 4th, 2012
9:41 am
Richt should have suspended them all for a year instead. That way they could have stayed in school and no one else could recruit them. UGA’s depth at defensive back is gone. That is why it is important to sign 25 every year.
Jeff
February 4th, 2012
9:44 am
Yeah, those young men were just flawed humans. I mean, when I was in college, I nevvvvvver did anything that I later regretted…..
d evans
February 4th, 2012
10:14 am
who cares about stealing?
where my red panties at?
Bamaman
February 4th, 2012
10:25 am
To old Stanley, Mark Ritch did the right thing. Keep worriying about Bama, I used to think the barn had the title on idiots but now I think some of the Dawg fans are trying to take their title away.
Coach bobo
February 4th, 2012
10:29 am
stealing from strangers is one thing, but from your teammates…wow….5 star talent 0 star character
Crimedog
February 4th, 2012
10:32 am
The Richt can do no wrong crowd is saying boys will be boys and Richt runs a tight program. In the first place, McGarrity has taken control of discipline issues because of Richt’s inability to do so. Secondly, any coach would have to remove players who were stealing from other players. Stealing from students would be winked at, but stealing from teammates would undercut team unity, even by Richt/Bowden/FSU standards. The timing of the announcement is interesting–two days after signing day. Richt is telling mamas and grandmamas what a Christian, family atmosphere their babies will experience under his moral guidance. Violence against women and locker room theft doesn’t exactly support Richt’s recruiting line. These incidents are clear evidence of why Richt will not win a conference or national championship. His teams consist of talented, undisciplined individuals. They will continue to choke against less talented, well coached and disciplined teams.
13-1
February 4th, 2012
10:51 am
Unfortunately, that is hard to argue over the last 6 years both on the field, and off the field, not that the DISNEYdawgs.com contingent doesn’t try – just that their EXCUSES are lame as seen throughout this blog 22 pages of trying to do so.
zbulldawg
February 4th, 2012
10:57 am
When all you so call fans get through bashing UGA on What they had to let go & who they didn’t sign ! Let’s start talking about the great character of the ones that they do have & did sign ! This is a very special group of players we will be seeing play next season ! They all have their special stories of how they got to become who they are & it will be great to see them grow ! Go Dawgs
FalconFreak
February 4th, 2012
11:37 am
Well, Jeff, you’re an idiot. I’ll bet you weren’t on a athletic scholarship, or any kind of scholarship for that matter. Get real. You want to elevate individuals whose special talent is that they can run fast, jump high, or overpower people. Wow! Those are qualities of a great human being and something no one else can do. True, these flawed individuals might be able to do these things better than most and help you defeat a traditional rival, but get real, bad behavior is not what we want to reward, or excuse me, not what I want society to reward or for young kids to emulate. Maybe you should have been kicked out. Apparently your thinking skills did not improve from your college attendance. I hope these individuals end up living next to you. Football doesn’t need to be played by a bunch of undersocialized deviants for the game to be interesting. I’ll be even you can catch a football.
13-1
February 4th, 2012
11:39 am
You will never explain it to them.
by the way,
February 4th, 2012
11:52 am
a tree is known by its fruit.
Tennessee
February 4th, 2012
11:55 am
these thiefs need to transfer to u tennessee-up there, dooley will take anyone who is good. Robberies / thefts?? no big deal–come on up!
Wreckmaniac
February 4th, 2012
12:04 pm
So now we are describing UGA as having “high standards” that these 3 turkeys couldn’t adhere to.
I doubt it.
Wreckmaniac
February 4th, 2012
12:08 pm
This is simple. The day after you have recruiting to replace your “problems” you get rid of the problems.
Right ?
Munson
February 4th, 2012
12:13 pm
Things such as this forced me to check out early.
Wreckmaniac
February 4th, 2012
12:17 pm
Yes this will make the remainder of the team stronger. Consequently, if Richt gets rid of the other 10-20 turkeys who don’t deserve to be there, the team will be even stronger. Right ?
Terry
February 4th, 2012
12:23 pm
SI.com had a report on College football and crime.
A six-month SI/CBS News investigation ran criminal background checks on Top 25
Of 2,837 players, 7% had criminal records; 8.1% of scholarship players in trouble
Only two of Top 25 schools did background checks; none checked juvenile records
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/the_bonus/02/27/cfb.crime/index.html
Jborodawg
February 4th, 2012
12:36 pm
Good lord people. One poster on page 1 says he “heard” it was for stealing $500. Naturally, a bunch of you picked up on that as being gospel and started repeating it and commenting on it.
Repeat after me: neither CMR, nor the staff have stated what the rules violations were. No official from UGA has stated what the exact rules violations were.
Having said the above, most of us seem to think it’s a sad thing for these young men. And, we wish them well and hope they learn from their mistakes.
ET
February 4th, 2012
1:41 pm
The NCAA Nazi machine has caused this to happen. They have clamped down so hard on recruiting that no coach can now truly get to know the individuals they are marrying for the next 5 years. It has become a crap shoot because of the stupid NCAA & their attempts to level the playing field so the have-nots will have a chance to recruit with the big boys. These questionable character guys would have gone to a lesser division in the past because the division 1 coaches would have been able to see through the disguises of these guys and walked away.
Now, with the new recruiting rules in place, you have to bring them in and live with them for a year before you truly see what kind of individual they really are. Like Nancy Pelosi said “You have to vote for it before you can see what’s in it”. I hate liberals…
The Monger
February 4th, 2012
1:41 pm
This quite simply is why UGA will NEVER win a National Championship under Mark Richt. Saban or Miles would still have these extremely talented young men on the team, after some closed door discipline that would likely have included lots of running steps and community service. They understand the TALENT these young men possess, and also understand they are just that…Very Young Guys, who are prone to stupid decisions and will make mistakes throughout there lives. One mess up is not enough to warrant extinguishing their entire football careers at UGA. However, Mark Richt doesnt feel this way, and thus WONT win championships…Les Miles rode Jordan Jefferson to the the BCS championship game, Auburn rode Cam Newton to the BCS championship, Saban has ridden 90% of his roster of young men who have made a mistake to multiple championships. Dont forget Mettenberger, who wasnt morally acceptable to Richt after a single incident in a bar, will likely lead LSU this year to another SEC championship. I for one, am sick of Mark “the preacher” Richt and his refusal to value winning National Championships (what he is paid millions for) over “being a good guy”. Sickening and VERY disturbing….enjoy another 9-5 season bulldog Nation, courtesy of Mark Richt…
that's your excuse ? excuse me, it's all over the newspapers except AJ-C thieves
February 4th, 2012
2:27 pm
Jborodawg February 4th, 2012 1236 pm
“Good lord people. One poster on page 1 says he “heard” it was for stealing $500. Naturally, a bunch of you picked up on that as being gospel and started repeating it and commenting on it.
Repeat after me: neither CMR, nor the staff have stated what the rules violations were. No official from UGA has stated what the exact rules violations were.
Having said the above, most of us seem to think it’s a sad thing for these young men. And, we wish them well and hope they learn from their mistakes.”
You really need all the URL Links ?
Everyone else has them, except for you.
Please advise if I need to give you URL Links to the other newspapers reporting it as THEFT of $ 500 from a dorm room, a felony.
CharacterCounts
February 4th, 2012
2:29 pm
Of course kids come from different backgrounds and some are not taught right from wrong, but you don’t put them on campus and come up with a bunch of whiny sociobabble as a rationale for keeping them there because they can run fast or catch a football. If you want to help these kinds of kids, kick them off immediately after the FIRST infraction of a rule which breaks the law. This will send them a very important message that they have to accept responsibility for their antisocial behavior which will not be excused because they are “athletes” and “special”. More importantly, it will help younger kids who have a chance to learn at an earlier age that behavior counts and the road to success is learning how to comply with community rules. I love athletics but I’m sick of seeing the sickos we have made millionaires because they can run or jump. If you want to teach them right from wrong and give them another chance, then let them move in with you and you can re-parent them, or let them shack up with your daughter and she can teach them what you believe in unless you are a brain dead idiot who cares for nothing other than football and winning at any cost.
Preston
February 4th, 2012
2:33 pm
crimedog, you’re an idiot. UGA has won two SEC titles in the Richt era and played for two more. Pleasr continue to show your respect for UGA by coming to their blogs.
Fern
February 4th, 2012
2:50 pm
UGA, known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
And this just one of the reasons.
Buzz2011
February 4th, 2012
3:32 pm
If this had been Tech players ,Bradley would be all over this story and provide his negative sarcastic insight. Note, since it was the Dogs again showing theit non-disciplined colors, it never really happened at all.
dawgs 2012
February 4th, 2012
3:47 pm
well the kids made a mistake…they need to learn from it,,good luck at auburn or tenn…scam newton
BS Patrol
February 4th, 2012
3:53 pm
You doggies have confirmed the steriotype of the hopelessly dumb uga fan by using that time worn excuse of ” everyone does it, we are the just the ones who get caught”. Its the doggie mantra. Have you no shame?
Jaw Jaw Homer
February 4th, 2012
3:54 pm
The funny thing is that 31 years ago, the Big Q B at Jaw Jaw, yeah the 1 that won the only National Title in history…. was the biggest Pot Head on campus, and took $100.00 handshakes after every game and drove around in a booster car drunk out of his mind every weekend, and now is a Big talk show host. Wow, classy program.
Jaw Jaw Homer
February 4th, 2012
3:56 pm
How do I know? I was in the car with him about 50 times passin the J around
UGASlobberknocker
February 4th, 2012
4:52 pm
Below are the non conference opponents lined up for future Ga schedules (excluding Tech) Read it and weep. Two gamns vs Clemson and two tentative games against Ohio State in 10 yrs. That is pathetic. Next yrs schedule is the worst in my 40 yrs of season tickets. The scheduling is awful and not getting any better. How can Bama get Michigan next yr and we get Buffalo? because Bama isnt afraid to play tough teams. neither is Tenn neither is LSU. We are.
.2012
•09/01 – Buffalo
•09/15 – Florida Atlantic
•11/17 – Georgia Southern
2013
•08/31 – at Clemson
•09/07 – Appalachian State
•09/21 – North Texas
2014
•08/30 – Clemson
•11/08 – South Alabama
•11/22 – Charleston Southern
2015
•09/05 – Southern
•11/07 – ULM
•
2016
•11/19 – Georgia Southern
2020
•TBA – Ohio State (site TBA)
2021
•TBA – Ohio State (site TBA)
1984uga
February 4th, 2012
5:46 pm
Kudos to CMR!!!! He has the courage to do what most coaches will not. Winning is important, but not at the expense of sacrificing character & integrity to those kids who DO make the decision to things the right way. Meyer had 30 arrests is 3 years at Florida without a single dismissal!!! One kid even threaten to kill his girlfriend via text!!!!!
And to all those self-righteous GT fans who troll our blogs and make pithy comments… the last time GT was relevant on the national stage (early 90’s), you too had similar issues (players beating up girlfriends, players stealing books, etc.). Most programs have these issues. Unfortunately, it is a NCAA issue, not a particular school issue. If SEC commissioner Slive would do what he suggested by increasing the academic standards for ALL SEC schools, you would see less of this behavior. You would also see less SEC dominance relative to national championships.
kral
February 4th, 2012
6:46 pm
you need to drop a mr is a…based on your blog…hypocrite fits you just fine
kral
February 4th, 2012
6:56 pm
give me a C please …need one
To Tell The Truth
February 4th, 2012
7:27 pm
When you keep recruiting from the hood, what do you expect? Start recruiting kids that actually want to go to college for the education rather than trying to use this as a stepping stone to the NFL.
kral
February 4th, 2012
7:47 pm
boy what a short list that would be truth…not from hood..derogatory..you do not know where they live..education is secondary to almost every aspiring high-school star…they all dream..no problem…discontinue schollies and let the nfl have to fund their own minor league system..like baseball…won’t happen..but that would mean the player thought school was important..maybe
kral
February 4th, 2012
8:00 pm
gosh if you did that in bball calipari and some others would be in trouble