DL Derrick Lott becomes latest roster casualty for Bulldogs
ATHENS — Defensive lineman Derrick Lott has become the latest roster casualty for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Lott, a 6-foot4, 303-pound junior from Kennesaw, decided to transfer “in order to obtain more playing time,” according to an announcement Friday night by head coach Mark Richt. No word on where Lott is headed but, if it is on the FBS level (formerly Division 1) he will have to sit out a year.
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“Derrick and I met and he believes he will have opportunities for more playing time elsewhere,” Richt said in a statement. “We support him and will assist in any way possible during this process.”
Lott could not be reached for comment. He was probably attending a show.
Lott played in just five career games. He concludes his UGA career with 10 total tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss.
Defensive line coach Rodney Garner spoke glowingly of Lott’s progress and abilities earlier this week. Though a career backup, Lott had tripped over some bad fortune — he ripped open his leg in a scooter accident before this past season — and appeared to be coming into his own this spring. According to several accounts of recent interviews with Lott, he spoke excitedly and optimistically about the upcoming season and the prospects it held for him.
Lott’s decision comes on the heels of the news that two more defensive players — All-America safety Bacarri Rambo and star linebacker Alec Ogletree — had flunked drug tests and are going to be suspended for multiple games at the beginning of the season. Alan Ingram, Rambo’s coach at Seminole County High School, said yesterday that as many as five Georgia players had failed surprise post-spring-break drug screenings.
Two other defensive starters are also expected miss games due to arrests in the last two months. So that’s 10 players that have either left the Bulldogs, been dismissed from the team or are expected to miss games due to suspensions since the calendar flipped to 2012. The others are:
- TB Carlton Thomas, Sr.: Three separate one-game suspensions in 2011. Quit team before spring practice
- CB Branden Smith, Sr.: Faces suspension of at least one game for marijuana arrest.
- CB Sanders Commings, Sr.: Gets 2-game suspension for simple battery, disorderly conduct conviction.
- WR Sanford Seay, RFr.: Dismissed from team in January for rules violation.
- DB Chris Sanders, So.: Dismissed from team in January for rules violation.
- DB Nick Marshall, So.: Dismissed from team in January for rules violation.
- CB Jordan Love, Jr.: Quit team shortly after season due to a lack of playing time.
– Chip Towers, The UGA Blog
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01HAWK
March 31st, 2012
12:09 pm
This why BAMA can pay SABAN whatever they want to.
The University of Alabama’s athletic department was the most profitable in the nation during the 2010-2011 academic year, according to Department of Education data compiled by BusinessofCollegeSports.com.
The website broke down the net income (expenses subtracted from revenues) for both public and private universities and found that UA brought in a net income of $31.6 million in the 2010-2011 academic year, more than $20 million more than the second most profitable program in the Southeastern Conference, the University of Arkansas ($11.2 million).
Alabama was the only SEC school in the top ten of the most profitable list, with Arkansas, LSU, Florida and Georgia making up Nos. 11-14 on the list. Mississippi State came in at No. 18 on the list with a net income of $6.3 million, while Vanderbilt’s $5.7 million net income from athletics put them at No. 20 on the list.
Auburn ranked 26th in the nation for profitability, putting them eighth among SEC schools. The Tigers’ revenue of $103.9 million ranked them fourth in the SEC and among the top ten in the nation but their expenses, which topped $100 million, brought their net revenue down to just $3.4 million for the academic year.
Alabama led the nation in net income despite also being among the top ten biggest spenders among athletic departments. With expenses of $92.2 million, Alabama was No. 10 on the list of the biggest spenders in college sports. Alabama’s expenses ranked fifth among SEC schools with Florida ($112.9 million), Tennessee ($102.4 million), Auburn ($100.4 million) and LSU ($96 million) all out-spending Alabama.
evil empire
March 31st, 2012
12:10 pm
@calhoundawg
that goofy henderson person makes more sense than that garbage you posted at 12:00…if i ran the ajc, i would not allow any poster with “columbus” or “calhoun” enter any posts or any blogs period…
Dawg Whisperer
March 31st, 2012
12:11 pm
Gatorgal… my worth is not found in what school I support, nor should yours.
UGAgrad'71
March 31st, 2012
12:14 pm
Is it or just me, notice that the majority of players in trouble or dismissed from the team are persons of “color”! just asking.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:14 pm
Georgia has more many then any school in the SEC. yet you put squat back into your program. That’s why you will continue to be mediocre. End of story. I mean Richt was paying his own supporting staff. How freaking sad is that. LOL! OMG I’m done. You guys suck. Have fun watching your program do the same thing this year it has been doing for the past 20 plus years. BEING MEDIOCRE!
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:16 pm
UGAgrad’71
March 31st, 2012
12:14 pm
Is it or just me, notice that the majority of players in trouble or dismissed from the team are persons of “color”! just asking.
and this is another reason your program will continue to fail. It’s backed by hateful and ignorant people such as this crap above.
phil
March 31st, 2012
12:17 pm
A ship that’s already on the bottom can’t sink….
Until we fire CMR, it will remain there.
He can’t control his players because they have zero respect for him and clearly no fear of him.
I want a national championship. I don’t know what most of you want, but settling for less at this point won’t cut it.
It’s not happening under this regime or it would have long before now.
Dawg Whisperer
March 31st, 2012
12:18 pm
Gatorgal… you really don’t know Mark Richt, do you?
AltamahaDawg
March 31st, 2012
12:19 pm
Thanks Delbert. And you are correct. I do not need anybody to spend all night digging up half a comment that I made in response to somebody else, so that he can rearannge it into some
silly point.
The Bear
March 31st, 2012
12:20 pm
@01HAWK sorry my friend but mediocrity is the norm for the majority of society today. It has been going on for years in business and now it has crossed over into some sports teams to include colleges. As long as the money keeps coming in why change things, the powers to be are getting theirs and could care less about the consumer in business and the fans in sports. As far as Alabama goes I feel we have a coach that is not going to stand for mediocrity at any level period.
Roll Tide
Delbert D.
March 31st, 2012
12:23 pm
AltamahaDawg – “Wow, when explaining how what you did wasn’t a lie, you told yet another lie. You are just that devoid of anything to say on your own.”
It’s a hopeless cause, arguing against him. As Bill Handel once said, “bite your teeth and grit yourself.”
Special K
March 31st, 2012
12:24 pm
Is Mr Lott leaving on his own or was he asked to leave? Just a question. Thank you.
SecFan
March 31st, 2012
12:24 pm
A lot of humorous irony to this. Georgia has natural attrition like all schools do, year after year. Yet they stupidly put themselves in a bind because they consider over-signing, (the perfectly legal remedy designed to address attrition) to be immoral. The results? Idiotic, holier-than-thou Georgia fans demonizing other schools for being intelligent enough to deal with the problem. Fascinating.
Billdawg
March 31st, 2012
12:25 pm
Sounds like the State Prison..Bd of Pardons..3 games ..2 games ..4 games.. Stop the BS and kick a few off the damn team and you may see this crap stop. Get some balls Richt. I’m a mad Fan.
Derrick Lott, good Luck and God Bless. Can’t blame you for getting out.
Special K
March 31st, 2012
12:27 pm
Can’t get over the fact that when other teams players transfer “they were run off” to make room for better players. Looks like a pot calling the kettle black.
Nick Saban
March 31st, 2012
12:27 pm
I see that coach Richt is “cutting” players again. If they are buried on the depth chart he just moves em along to open up another scholarship spot. 5th player already this year to leave the team or be forced from the team to make another scholly available. Something has to be done about this.
01HAWK
March 31st, 2012
12:29 pm
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:14 pm
Georgia has more many then any school in the SEC.
Sorry, but no one is even close to BAMA in making money, BAMA was the only school in the top ten.
The University of Alabama’s athletic department was the most profitable in the nation during the 2010-2011 academic year, according to Department of Education data compiled by BusinessofCollegeSports.com.
The website broke down the net income (expenses subtracted from revenues) for both public and private universities and found that UA brought in a net income of $31.6 million in the 2010-2011 academic year, more than $20 million more than the second most profitable program in the Southeastern Conference, the University of Arkansas ($11.2 million).
King Gator
March 31st, 2012
12:31 pm
Roll one, smoke one..Musical theme of UGA offseason!
01HAWK
March 31st, 2012
12:35 pm
Phil……………………………….You are one of a few thousand at UGA probably that believe that CMR is the wrong man for the job.
He will never win a BCS Championship
01HAWK
March 31st, 2012
12:37 pm
SABAN strikes fear and respect into his players while CMR does not have the respect of his players and that is why this ship will be sinking more in due time.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:40 pm
01HAWK read it and shut your mouth.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/2011/01/26/whos-making-money-in-sec-football/
Georgia Profits more than any school in the SEC. Reason why… Drum Roll.. Because your cheap arses don’t put money back in your program like the other winning schools.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:41 pm
In fact, Georgia brings in the most in terms of profits in SEC football because of their lower expenses relative to their revenues. Their profit was over $8 million more than the next highest school, Florida:
Football Profit
1 Univ. of Georgia $52,529,885.00
2 Univ. of Florida $44,258,193.00
3 Louisiana State Univ. $43,253,286.00
4 Univ. of Alabama $40,766,391.00
5 Univ. of Tennessee $39,236,601.00
6 Auburn Univ. $38,251,007.00
7 Univ. of South Carolina $35,471,948.00
8 Univ. of Arkansas $26,519,140.00
9 Univ. of Kentucky $17,984,848.00
10 Univ. of Mississippi $16,489,264
11 Mississippi State Univ. $4,600,178.00
12 Vanderbilt Univ. $0.00
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:43 pm
I’m sure it comes as no surprise to see perennial contenders like LSU, Florida and Alabama at the top. I was surprised to see, however, that Ole Miss brings in less than Vanderbilt.
Now let’s take a look at who the big spenders are:
Football Expenses
1 Univ. of Alabama $31,118,134.00
2 Auburn Univ. $27,911,713.00
3 Louisiana State Univ. $25,566,520.00
4 Univ. of Florida $24,457,557.00
5 Univ. of South Carolina $22,794,211.00
6 Univ. of Arkansas $22,005,104.00
7 Univ. of Georgia $18,308,654.00
8 Univ. of Tennessee $17,357,345.00
9 Vanderbilt Univ. $14,152,061.00
10 Univ. of Kentucky $13,905,724.00
11 Univ. of Mississippi $11,920,510.00
12 Mississippi State Univ. $9,951,097.00
Tide Rising
March 31st, 2012
12:44 pm
01Hawk,
Going to be funny watching the dawgs play with 60 or 70 schollarship players rather than the optimum 85 because they were preaching some crap all along about oversigning. Never occurred to them to think about those years when there will be natural attrition and they will lose more players than normal. Truly ironical.
You’re right though. Dawg players just don’t respect Richt. They just don’t and the inmates have been running the asylum over at UGA for some time now.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:45 pm
I’m done here. GO GATORS! lol
crossdawg
March 31st, 2012
12:47 pm
Has Grantham suddenly started only playing his best players? Maybe Lott realzed he wasn’t top shelf material. Or maybe he was worried about his next drug test. Only the strong survive in the SEC.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:48 pm
Georgia isn’t just #1 in the SEC in terms of profits, they’re #2 in the entire country behind Texas.
If you do the math, Georgia is only putting 25.8% of their football revenue back into the program. Meanwhile, the 2009 National Champion, Alabama, was putting 43.3% back into their program, and the 2010 National Champion, Auburn, invested 42.2 percent. Is there perhaps a correlation between this and results on the field? Georgia went 7-5 in 2009 and just 6-6 in 2010. Comparing Georgia to Texas, who is the only school with bigger profits from football, the two are spending at about the same rate, with Texas putting 26.7% back into their program. However, Texas is spending $25,112,331 to Georgia’s $18,308,654.
I’ll also note that Georgia is second in the SEC in terms of overall athletic department profit at $11.7 million. Alabama, who posted the highest profits for its athletic department, is an outlier with a $44 million profit (more to come on that in a later post). Ole Miss presented a balanced sheet, so they show no profit in the athletic department. However, the other 10 schools posted an average profit of $5.4 million, putting Georgia’s athletic department at more than twice the average profit.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:48 pm
Ok now I’m done. LOL GO GATORS!
AltamahaDawg
March 31st, 2012
12:49 pm
http://www.dawgsports.com/2012/3/29/2912992/georgia-bulldogs-2012-mark-richt-suspensions-bacarri-rambo-alec-ogletree-football-sec
good article here.
01HAWK
March 31st, 2012
12:50 pm
Gatorgals………………………..I am talking about the entire atheletic department, not not just football. Read the article. BAMA was the most profitable atheletic department in the country.
Learn how to interpret. UGA had more profit in football because BAMA spent more. Overall, BAMA made more money in all sports than any other schooll in the country.
GATOR LOSER………………………………….Your school did not do anything until SPURRIER came.
You guys are harsh
March 31st, 2012
12:53 pm
Maybe the article is telling the truth. He is transferring cause he wasn’t getting playing time. I mean UGA is pretty stacked at DL/DE. He didn’t count on a bunch of highly recruited 5-stars to be recruited at his position. This guy went to my high school and he is a hell of a player and a hard worker but since the scooter wreck and other injuries he can’t play and is transferring out. I’m shocked at the level of class here. Just wish the guy good luck and move on.
Gwinnett Fred
March 31st, 2012
12:53 pm
Shows how stupid this kid is – if you are 2nd string on the UGA defense, all you have to wait for is a teammate to get arrested to get your playing time increased.
And that shouldn’t ever be more than a few months away!
Tide Rising
March 31st, 2012
12:54 pm
So how many scholarship players are the dawgs down to now? Too bad they didn’t oversign more than they did to account for this attrition.
Gatorgals
March 31st, 2012
12:55 pm
Obviously you can’t read or comprehend. Case and point. You guys profit more because you don’t spend a thing. Yes it’s 2012 and we didn’t win anything until Spurrier.. Okay. Is that an insult. Because spurrier came in the 80’s It’s 30 plus years later hun. lol! Play catch up. We are the top #3 program in all sports hands down.
Not just Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track, and we’ve even dominated your precious Gymnastics which you guys hold so dear. lol Get your life buddy!
dale morphy
March 31st, 2012
1:00 pm
This doesn’t seem to happen at the elite programs as often as it does at UGA. I refuse to believe Georgia players are under more scrutiny than Alabama or LSU. At what point do we admit there is a discipline problem at UGA? Either Georgia’s kids are just running buck wild or other teams are doing a helluva lot better job covering up for theirs.
sapelodawg
March 31st, 2012
1:00 pm
Reverend Richt is a good man …….. Of course he sux as a football coach, but ask any Disney Dawg, they will tell you — Saint Mark is a good man.
Dawg Haus
March 31st, 2012
1:02 pm
That’s good reading, Altamaha! The second reason was classic.
Terry
March 31st, 2012
1:14 pm
01HAWK, Coach Richt has done what he’s suppose to do, when they break the rules he suspends them, and if a player wants to transfer, he helps them find another college, please give me insight on how you would keep these players from doing wrong or transferring? All Colleges have problems with Players if you want an example here is a site you can go to, and see some of the football players at other Colleges, and their arrest. So please, take your stupidity some place else.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/police-blotter/
UGA has Three, Alabama has Three, South Carolina has Five, Tennessee has Three, Ole Miss has Six, Miss ST Has Four, Arkansas has Four, Kentucky has Three, Missouri has Two, Texas Tech has One, but it involved two players. LSU has One, but it involved two players. Auburn has Three, One of them involve Four players. Florida has Seven, one involved Two players.
Dawg Haus
March 31st, 2012
1:21 pm
Marc Deas is transferring, too. Good grief…
7675DAWG
March 31st, 2012
1:53 pm
Gatorgals
That Forbes article was from stats. from 2009. Things did change for 2010 and 2011 and it also was reported differently depending on what publication you chose to read.
Also your criticism of UGAgrad71 was a little hypocritical wasn’t it. I have a lot of friends in Florida that are all Gator and they ask the same question. The problem with asking a question like that is it sounds prejudice. So if the documented stats. prove that UGAgrad71 is 100% correct then is it okay to even bring it up, because if you do, it makes you out to be prejudice. If you don’t bring it up then you avoid sounding prejudice but facts are facts and should it be ignored.
GT fan
March 31st, 2012
1:54 pm
Things that make you same hmmm ……
Didn’t FSU have similar problems when Richt was part of their coaching staff?
ga gator
March 31st, 2012
1:54 pm
Every program it seems is going through this rash of crap.
Terry
March 31st, 2012
2:00 pm
GT fan, Didn’t Tech have a coach charged with rape, possession of cocaine and marijuana. Hmmm……
JayD
March 31st, 2012
2:02 pm
I kind of expected this – With 2 LBs gaining weight and moving end – he just got pushed out. Good Luck Derrick!
GT fan
March 31st, 2012
2:04 pm
Sitting out a few games … big wup! These prima donnas still getting slaps on the wrist for bad to serious wrongdoings.
You want players to walk the straight-and-narrow??? Then kick the superstars off the team too when they commit ILLEGAL acts!
If the kid(s) know they’ll lose their scholarship and be kicked out of school if they get caught doing drugs or fail drug tests, or are convicted of other crimes (battery & disorderly conduct) it’ll darn sure curtail the problem to a great extent, guaranteed!
But then again, it’s big time football, and winning (at whatever cost) is what really matters to the fans. Isn’t that right Auburn fanbase?
GT fan
March 31st, 2012
2:08 pm
Just sayin Terry … so don’t get mad.
But it makes you wonder. FSU had all sorts of problems when Richt was part of their staff. I’ve NEVER seen (or heard of) so much off the field crap in the UGA program before MR got there.
GT fan
March 31st, 2012
2:16 pm
Terry
March 31st, 2012
2:00 pm
GT fan, Didn’t Tech have a coach charged with rape, possession of cocaine and marijuana. Hmmm……
———————————————————————————————
Reported by Ken Sugiura
“Georgia Tech assistant men’s tennis coach Conor Pollock was arrested Saturday on a rape charge, according to police. He was also charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana.”
Nice try Terry! Either you can’t read, or you’re really stupid (and we all know you can’t fix stupid). But TENNIS is not FOOTBALL, and I don’t think Richt was the tennis coach at FSU nor does he have anything to do with the TENNIS program at UGA.
Lotimus Pyle
March 31st, 2012
2:16 pm
What specifically makes some of you delusional people think that UGA is a serious contender for anything? Was it the blowout losses to Boise St. and LSU? Or was it losses the mediocre teams like South Carolina and Michigan St.? Hey, we hung with a really average Big 10 team (before losing) so we must be national title contenders!! Sheesh, no matter how easy the schedule is, a team like Alabama or LSU will be waiting in the SEC championship game. Get by that and Southern Cal (or someone better) will be waiting. 32 rebuilding years in a row continues………..
Gdawg
March 31st, 2012
2:29 pm
Look,
I wish Lott well in his future endeavors. He is a good guy. There are simply a ton of guys for the DLine and they are all very good.
The other issues about guys leaving or getting in trouble is a big problem. What we all need to understand is, UGA has a very large school of Communication. It is for this reason UGA will always have problems AL, TN, FL, KY, AU, SC, etc. will NEVER contend with. UGA is like a self-eating organism. The students who are in the school are DYING to find a story a to write or put in the hands of the AJC, Jacksonville SunTimes, etc. Schools like AL, TN, FL all hide their problems. We don’t hear as much from them in terms of issues, arrests, drugs because the other schools are more adept in hiding them. UGA will always have the issue of kids being caught due to the school’s Communications students.
PappyHappy
March 31st, 2012
2:44 pm
Sounds like UGA has a major discipline problem. Perhaps they would do well to look elsewhere regarding their recruiting!