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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tech talk
February 3rd, 2012
9:51 am
It appears UGA football program is a feeder system for the nation’s jails
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:51 am
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
Not the point retard. Point is every school will always have problem players. But keep thinking its limited to UGA
invictus mon
February 3rd, 2012
9:52 am
“baby you can get away with anything”…..it’s amazing what parents can afford for their kids when the $80k in state expense and the $150k out of state expense gets picked up. We hear about these kids who don’t come from much, but some of these kids come from great families who have money. What is any UGA player doing walking around with $500? Why didn’t you ask Stafford that when he was a Sophomore/Junior?
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:52 am
SugarHill…
It must help then to recruit kids so dumb that they think 1980 happened before 1990…
jw
February 3rd, 2012
9:52 am
Good thing Harvey-Clemmons signed. This team is going to be in desperate need of its own personal bail bondsman.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:53 am
Mike
February 3rd, 2012
9:50 am
Actually its called not being a moron and can see how different the 2 instances were. Keep being stupid though!!
Bob
February 3rd, 2012
9:53 am
I love everyone just screaming about Richt and discipline issues, yet if this were at bama, auburn, or Florida we wouldn’t have heard about this at all and they would have swept it under the rug.
ole dawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:53 am
This is the Georgia Way! I hate it for these kids. They did something apparently extremely stupid and severe. They made a mistake. CMR is all in favor of second chances, and he should be. This was so severe that he didn’t give them a second chance. These kids will land on their feet, probably at one of our SEC competitors. For those Dawg fans that want a program with character… this is what we need. Again, better to have character than characters!
So Convenient...
February 3rd, 2012
9:53 am
Ah, the old “violation of team rules” again. Chip, please press harder.
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:53 am
Point is every school will always have problem players. But keep thinking its limited to UGA
Are you really going to argue that GT has as anywhere near as many problem players as UGA?
Tallydawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:54 am
Is there no end to the drama the is UGA football under CMR? Do other programs sweep this stuff under the rug or do they have better control of their players. Either way, CMR needs to over-recruit every year just to account for such player stupidity. Instead, he leaves schollys on the table every year so he can reward walkons. No doubt we’ll see both these guys playing for Auburn, Tenn or Bama next season.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:54 am
invictus mon
February 3rd, 2012
9:52 am
Some of these kids do come from money you know??? So its not out of the ordinary for a kid to you know have money
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:54 am
WDE…
Probation for the $312 in STILL-TAGGED and RETURNED merchandise? That’s right, the NCAA always disciplines the SEC as fairly as they do everybody else so you must actually think Tech’s penalty was warranted.
John
February 3rd, 2012
9:54 am
Good Job Coach Richt and UGA. The young men need to be held accountable for their actions and realize it is not a right to play for GA but a priviledge.Hopefully the young men will learn from this and move on.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:55 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:52 am
Its called no one credits you for the 1990 split title. Colorado owns that title not Tech sorry.
dawgster
February 3rd, 2012
9:55 am
@two idioitic posters…”just saying and “Travis Mcgee” first of all practically all the problems that thought they had a chance with Marshall were after him,….not just UGA…2nd…to address Mr. McGee, the dawgs are very thin at Marshall’s position, so your comments about Coach Richt’s reasons are absolutely absurd…What they did cannot be accepted, regardless of who they were and yes Marshall was being counted on very heavily and also had plans to play Basketball alos…I’m sure this was a difficjult decision for Coach Richt with these players, but it had to be done…Hipefully these young men will grow from this and be better for it…We hall have made mistakes and its how you handle the consequesces from that point on that matters….So take your hate comments somewhere else…but you won’t….
ADMan
February 3rd, 2012
9:55 am
In the past three years, Ole Miss, Florida (Cam Newton)and now Georgia have dismissed players from their teams for stealing….congratulations for doing the right thing……Alabama had two starters that were caught breaking into a vending machine for money (stealing) and all they had to do was run steps. I’ll bet they really learned their lesson. Saban and his coaches looked the other way…It will be interesting to see who offers Marshall first…Bama or LSU !
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:55 am
jw
February 3rd, 2012
9:52 am
BC of two morons that didnt even get arrested??? Makes your statement seem stupid. Wait its prob bc you are stupid.
Dap01
February 3rd, 2012
9:56 am
There are some classless fools who are happy kids are losing a scholarship.
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:57 am
TDF…the UPI Coaches Poll from 1990 would kindly disagree. Colorado won the AP title despite having a worse record and “just a little” help from officiating in 2 of its big games.
WDE
February 3rd, 2012
9:57 am
Shame for both of these young men, Nick would have seen a lot of playing time this year baring injury,hate it for both of them. Funny how the trolls would say CMR was soft if he gave them a second chance and when he doesn’t it must mean we were deep at their positions..sad really.
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:57 am
In the past three years, Ole Miss, Florida (Cam Newton)and now Georgia have dismissed players from their teams for stealing….congratulations for doing the right thing
No, the right thing would be to not recruit guys who steal.
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:57 am
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:53 am
Does it look like I said that DA????? No it clearly states that every team has problem players. Getting dumber by the day arent you Bob?? Guess thats what happens when you predict back to back titles for GT hahahahahahha
Just Sayin
February 3rd, 2012
9:58 am
But CMR keeps making the same mistakes over and over and over with marginal kids dawgster!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
9:58 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:54 am
You violated the rules retard. So yes you got what you deserved.
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:59 am
What is this…the 30th arrest of uGA players in the last 4 years? That’s an entire top-10 recruting class!
Destin Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
9:59 am
its a tragic shame these kids don’t realize their fleeting opportunity through sports to get a college education… Nick Marshall was offered by everbody.. so he’ll probably get on with Awlbarn or Tenn.. Good on Richt for swift discipline !
Les' big mouth
February 3rd, 2012
10:00 am
I bet they enroll at LSU….Heck there you can get a full scholly after getting kicked out of a school for sexual battery, become a team MVP and starting quarterback for beating a guy half to death outside a bar, and become a Heisman finalist and national icon for getting suspended for smoking pot….Maybe that’s why UGA will never win any Championships….They don’t know how to look the other way when it comes to guys that can help them win like LSU, Auburn, and Bammer
gomdawg
February 3rd, 2012
10:00 am
They would fit in well at FSU
Hambone
February 3rd, 2012
10:01 am
At least they will show up next year at LSU. Usually any athlete that is in trouble and kicked out at UGA ends up there.
tom
February 3rd, 2012
10:01 am
You cannot fix STUPID!
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
10:02 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:57 am
ahhahahahahahahahahaha keep telling yourself that. I have tech friends that dont claim that title and they are die hard fans that actually go to the games. So no you dont get credit for 1990 sorry.
Even Chris Reese, a former tech player, little brother (I grew up with him) told me that their family doesnt count it eitheer bc split championships are for whinny losers
michiganman
February 3rd, 2012
10:02 am
Well, if UGA would start paying their players…like, say Auburn or Alabama or Florida….maybe they wouldn’t need to steal. Just a thought.
Destin Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
10:02 am
GT Bob.. you idiot Marshall was going to TECH as a QB. untill UGA offered as a DB and B Ball.
Contractor
February 3rd, 2012
10:02 am
Well this sucks. Nick Marshall was supposed to be a HUGE get for us, and an athletic specimen that had recruitniks salivating over his diversity and talents. Guess his character didn’t match his ability. Sad news, but I am very glad the program won’t sit back and let this crap to continue to happen. These kids have a wonderful opportunity to receive a $100,000 education that can support them after sports, and an opportunity to play for a program that can bring them millions in the professional ranks. If $500 was a bigger deal, than these guys need to be sent back to the streets where they belong and $500 can get you shot. I hope this is yet ANOTHER lesson to the other guys and recruits that it won’t be tolerated. Go Dawgs!!!
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
10:02 am
TDF…before you shoot your mouth acquaint yourself with the facts of the case
DawginLex
February 3rd, 2012
10:03 am
GTBob thinks you can predict whether or not a kid will get into trouble.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
WHAT A MAROON!!!!
Oh yeah, one more thing:
FIRE BOBO IS NOT THE PROBLEM
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
10:03 am
People are praising Richt for this but he really didn’t have a choice. How was he going to keep a player in the locker room who stole from another teammate?
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
10:03 am
GTBob
February 3rd, 2012
9:57 am
Well then maybe you should be a recuiting consultant then. And help screen the players to see who steals. ahhahahaha you are a moron. No coach could know that. And dont give me where they grew up crap bc plenty of good kids can make it out of the situations and never steal.
where did the money
February 3rd, 2012
10:03 am
come from? I’m not buying most players walk around with five hundred cash. Sounds like the pups may have a problem.
Right On Time
February 3rd, 2012
10:03 am
Desperate?
Complete idiots????
Both???
You can NOT fix stupid.
crackbaby
February 3rd, 2012
10:04 am
Clearly these two are not college material if the accusations are true. Stealing money from student dorms. Dorm life is quasi-communal – you can’t lock up all your stuff. If one cannot be trusted among your own student peers, your future is dim…
Kudos to UGA for handling this with appropriate severity (was it the school or the Athletic Dept.?).
Unfortunately, miserable human beings who can play football will be welcomed by other football universities under the cover of “every one deserves a second chance.” Auburn comes to mind (Cam Newton – stole a fellow student’s laptop).
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
10:04 am
Just Sayin
February 3rd, 2012
9:58 am
Dumb comment move along clown
GaTruth
February 3rd, 2012
10:04 am
Better disciplinary tactic than kicking them off the team – KEEP them, work their a$$e$ off, and never let them see a down of football on game day. They never get what they covet – the lime light and a shot at the NFL. Suspensions and cutting them loose means nothing when they can wind up at Auburn, TN, or LSU. Make it impossible to get a shot at the big time and the BS will stop.
guy
February 3rd, 2012
10:04 am
Haven’t we heard this song before?
LHarding Dawg
February 3rd, 2012
10:05 am
It’s a sad day for those two young men. Hopefully they will learn and have a productive life.
As far as awarding scholarships to walk on’s, I think the coaches would rather give a scholarship to a player they have coached for a year or two and thus know if they can play on Saturdays, rather than giving a scholarship to a marginal high school player they really know nothing about.
ADMan
February 3rd, 2012
10:05 am
GTBob…..nobody knew you were an idiot til you opened your mouth. Once you did you didn’t have as many friends as you thought right?
WDE
February 3rd, 2012
10:05 am
@FL Jacket really how much longer is Bug U on probation? And Gtbob how do you know someone will steal if they have never done so before…this ought to be good coming from a school that recruited someone who couldn’t count to 4 .
TDF
February 3rd, 2012
10:06 am
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
9:59 am
Thanks for showing how dumb you are. These kids didnt get arrested moron. They got caught in the act and turned into the coaching staff.
And FYI its 2 players since the end of the 2010 season, way less than most schools but keep trying and ill keep showing how stupid you are!
FL Jacket
February 3rd, 2012
10:06 am
TDF…I stopped reading at “I know Chris Reese…”
The Coaches poll (precursor to the current one that crowns the BCS champion) is bonafide. Unlike that claimed 1942 title…