UPDATE III: Georgia TB Isaiah Crowell dismissed after weapons arrest
Georgia tailback Isaiah Crowell, who rushed for 850 yards as a freshman last season, was expected to start for the Bulldogs this fall. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
UPDATED: CROWELL DISMISSED FROM TEAM
ATHENS – Georgia tailback Isaiah Crowell has been dismissed from the team following his arrest early Friday morning on three weapons charges.
Georgia coach Mark Richt made the announcement in short news release sent out by UGA Sports Communications at 5 p.m. on Friday.
“We have a dedicated and committed group of men who are working hard to prepare for the coming season,” Richt said. “Our total focus will be directed toward the team and this effort.”
Crowell, a sophomore from Columbus, was booked at 3:37 a.m. on charges of possessing a concealed weapon, having a weapon in a school zone and having an altered ID mark on that weapon. His bond, originally set at $7,500, was raised to $9,500 late Friday morning. According to booking records, Crowell was released early Friday afternoon.
According to the police report, four other Georgia football players were also in Crowell’s vehicle, including three 2012 freshman signees. Those persons were outside linebacker Josh Harvey-Clemons, wide receiver Blake Tibbs and defensive back Sheldon Dawson. Also present was sophomore defensive back Quintavius Harrow. None of the four were charged.
According to Athens-Clarke police spokesperson Hilda Sorrow, Crowell was arrested at a “vehicle check-point” — or road block — on East Campus Road at Green Street at 2:20 a.m. Friday. Officer Kathryn Thornton reported smelling the odor of marijuana in Crowell’s silver four-door 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. Crowell gave consent to search the vehicle, himself and four other occupants. No marijuana was discovered but a black 9-mm Luger handgun with an altered serial number was found under the driver’s seat. Crowell was immediately arrested and taken to jail.
According to the police report, Crowell denied knowing the gun was in the car and said people drive the vehicle. He. The owner of the vehicle is listed as Crowell’s mother Debbie. The report also indicted that the five were coming from the nightclub Aftermath, where Crowell said the smell of marijuana originated.
The police report also indicated that Crowell has no criminal history.
Crowell’s mother, Debbie, was clearly distressed when reached by telephone Friday. “I don’t want to talk to a reporter right now,” she said. “”If I want to talk to anybody it’s God.”
Crowell, who came to UGA in 2011 as the No. 1-rated running back prospect in America, was slated to start for the Bulldogs at tailback this season. He rushed for 850 yards and 5 touchdowns as a freshman despite missing playing time due to suspensions and injuries. He was benched for the first quarter of the Vanderbilt game on Oct. 15 as a punishment for an undisclosed disciplinary infraction and he was suspended for the Nov. 5 New Mexico State game, reportedly for failing a drug test.
With Crowell out of the fold, Georgia will turn to redshirt sophomore Ken Malcome and senior Richard Samuel to carry the load early on, along with junior Brandon Harton. The Bulldogs also signed Keith Marshall of Raleigh, N.C. — the top running back prospect in the country, according to 247Sports.com — and four-star prospect Todd Gurley of Tarboro, N.C., to play running back. Marshall enrolled in January.
Marshall and other running backs were offering support for Crowell via Twitter.
“Pray for Isaiah & that he will learn from his mistake,” wrote Marshall from @Truthh4.
Derrick Henry, a highly-touted running back prospect from Florida who once was committed to Georgia, also weighed in via his Twitter account, @KingHenry_2: “Pray for Crowell instead [of] bashing him . . . because everyone wasn’t raised the same. . . . So everyone should just pray he sees a better way”
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Six Degrees of Freedom
June 29th, 2012
9:11 am
Put a collar on him and make him the new mascot. He can’t be worse than the ugly mutts that keep croaking.
Ed F
June 29th, 2012
9:12 am
The real story may come out when they find out the ID mark on that Gun. Stay Tuned for more Drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUZZZZted
June 29th, 2012
9:12 am
Hilarious and the timing is perfect. BTW its only the “summer of Richt’s discontent” all over again
PMC
June 29th, 2012
9:12 am
On to the next one.
St. Richt
June 29th, 2012
9:12 am
MR…that’s because Tech fans aren’t running their mouths everyday about what they’re GONNA do.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 29th, 2012
9:12 am
MR, that’s because one player was a walk on linebacker at the state’s second most popular school and the other was the starting running back at the states “flagship” program. Now, why do YOU think it’s a relatively bigger news story? C’mon, man.
BUZZZZted
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
I always LUV the UGAg fan that wonders if “the kid can get off” or is he “worthy of another chance” this time…..hahahahaha
howard
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
how stupid can he be….now we know. Let him go and move on.
Chris
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
Fire the cops that arrested him, cmon man, 3:37 am carrying a concealed weapon, wanting to check the guy for what???? Wonder what the cops CAUSE was for even bothering him oh oh yea, BLACK GUY WITH Dreads in Athens at 3:37 in the morning GO FIGURE! Damn you ATHENS POLICE……..Bet if he was a GATOR, none of this would have surfaced……
Devil's Advocate
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
Perhaps he felt unsafe on the streets of Athens. Needed to carry like in Columbus hood where it can be really tough. Did it have rela bullets? How many? Let’s not rush to judgement – he is a great role model as a running back.
columbiadawg
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
Six Degrees of Freedom: we’re going to use you as the new UGA mascot and call ourselves the fighting donkeys
LogicalUS
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
“Mark Bradley retracts his preseason #1 for UGA”
Why…that is not how it works with the beaners at the AJC…don’t you know that UGA has a backup 4th team LB who is a bigger, faster Trent Richardson\Marcus Lattimore who once ran for a TD in Pop Warner ball?
Nothing is as unrelenting as the preseason MNC awarded by the AJC to the Dawgs every summer.
I'm Racist DWAG
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
THIS IS WHY THE BEST TALENT WANT GO TO UGA, THE HIDDEN RACIST AS FAN IN THE DOG NATION! I’M RACIST YOU RACIST WANT YOU BE JAWJA BULLDOG FAN WITH ME. I’M SO JEALOUS OF ALL THESE BLACK KIDS ARE ON THE TEAM….
I’M SURE WE CAN GET SOME POOR LIL WHITE KID TO FIELD A TEAM. THERE GET A GREAT CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE GHETTO… WITH FREE EDUCATION. I DON’T CARE IF THE UNIVERSITIES WORK THESE KIDS TO BONE…. UP AT 530AM WORKOUT BEFORE CLASS, GO CLASS BACK TO WORKOUT & PRACTICE AT 330 END ABOUT 600…. THEY FEED UNTIL 830…
TALKING ABOUT FREE EDUCATION. TO RACIST UGA FAN STOP WITH THE RACIST AND WHITE SUPREMACY VIEW ARE YOU WILL CONTINUE TOO SEE ALL THE TALENT TO CONTINUE TO GO ELSE WHERE.
Jailyard Dwag...
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
But wait…He’s a 5 *….Weapons Smeapons…..Until we have to play a team in the top 20 team…He’s a 5 *….We need him……Wolf Wolf Wolf………
K-Tech
June 29th, 2012
9:13 am
Duke, lets really be real, you guys Suck, really hard. 8-5 isn’t exactly blowing dumbass.
St. Richt
June 29th, 2012
9:14 am
Over/Under on pages in this thread by Noon: 25
Taking all action…call now!
dap01
June 29th, 2012
9:14 am
So a citizen can get a charge against him because he did not have a valid id, but an illegal alien will not get in trouble. Only in America.
Steak
June 29th, 2012
9:14 am
Gotta love those Rhodes scholar athletes
at UGA.
Jasper Sanks
June 29th, 2012
9:14 am
You can’t fix stupid.
Chris
June 29th, 2012
9:14 am
@Devils Advocate, right, think about all the BS going down at GA TECH…….
Doodaddy
June 29th, 2012
9:15 am
Crowell’s arrest is actually one of the best things that’s happened at UGA in a couple of years. I think he was due for a blanket party from his teamates – brought them nothing but trouble in the locker room and undependable on the field. A real toxic person that doesn’t deserve another chance at UGA. He’ss thrive in jail, where he belongs.
Zombie Steve
June 29th, 2012
9:15 am
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
I dropped my fried twinkie
June 29th, 2012
9:15 am
MR
June 29th, 2012
9:10 am
The ajc is funny…two weeks ago a tech player gets arrested and you can’t even find the article at all.
Another EXCUSE making dWag fan. A Walk-on nobody knows or the media selected freshman of the year in the SEC
YOU ara MORON……and there was an article about the Tech Player being arrested.
rg
June 29th, 2012
9:15 am
Wasted talent? Hardly! Someone has to work the drying stations at the local carwash.
Big Crimson 75
June 29th, 2012
9:16 am
LACK OF DISCIPLINE
LACK OF LEADERSHIP
LACK OF COACHING
LACK OF HEART
Cobb Dawg
June 29th, 2012
9:16 am
GtDawg, I travel with a gun. It’s registered and it has a clear ID mark on it. I carry mine to protcect myself from people who carry guns without clear ID marks.
TeachAManToFish
June 29th, 2012
9:17 am
Crowell for the Heistman!
Jason T
June 29th, 2012
9:18 am
Does any other D1 school have more athletes
who have mug shots taken than UGA? Doubt it
Chris
June 29th, 2012
9:18 am
Guys, its 3:37 am……..I would carry to with all the robberies going around on college campuses…..if police were doing what they need to do around the campus, students wouldn’t have to concern themselves with carrying weapons…….I mean these laws are so f-ed up COPS if you not gonna protect the students, GA TECH CAMPUS for instance, then how you feel the need to keep a student from protecting himself, forget he plays football, we talking bout life
blf
June 29th, 2012
9:18 am
The Clarke County jail team needed a tailback to round out their team.
Amazing
June 29th, 2012
9:18 am
So, he is arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and people want him expelled. UGA professor arrested for prostitution but will keep his job so he can retire. Things that make you go hmmm?
Kurt
June 29th, 2012
9:19 am
and we are surprised????????????????????????????????? wow, so Crowell was “back on track” and you thought it was a lightbulb going off??? HA! It’s called two backs from NC that got his attention. Proves you cant change a tigers stripes- no pun intended. This guy was trouble from day 1…….
GaDawg
June 29th, 2012
9:19 am
Okay you morons calling for Richt to be fired and blaming this on Richt. I assume most of have children. You cannot be with them 24/7 and they make stupid decision. This kid was trouble last year and does not have what it takes to be a d1 athlete. Talent gone to waste but this is not Richt’s fault. So stop the bashing.
Rabb
June 29th, 2012
9:19 am
What a shame. GO TECH!!
not surprised
June 29th, 2012
9:19 am
what is it about UGA athletes in jail, another former one is in Gwinnett jail now Timothy W
Blue
June 29th, 2012
9:19 am
Riverdog; really? What kind of weapon when one of the charges is an “altered ID”? See if you can figure it out…
MR
June 29th, 2012
9:19 am
We should do what tech, auburn, and florida would all do…1/2 game suspension
corey simon
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
Do you dog fans just want to fast forward this season? Its already a loss and would be a complete waste of time on the dogs behalf. A minimum of 4 losses can be expected.
Andy Landers 2
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
Some of the racists comments on this board and others like it are the reason kids site not wanting to play at UGA. OY Vey your comments should be removed. Wonder how well you with compete with the race of kids that you continually attack.
Cobb Dawg
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
“I’m a Racist Dwag”, I have two words for you. Boise State.
urban redneck
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
wow. that sucks.
Jimmie
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
You can take em off the streets but you can’t take the —– out of them
BUZZZZted
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
And the typical DOGGIE fan barks loudly hoping that what comes from his lips even really matters. BTW is does not!
Newnan dawg
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
Once again the dawg nation is embarrassed.
Loud mouth rednecks time to shut the he– up
Dawg Fan
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
I think the opening paragraph should read… “Former Georgia TB Isaiah Crowell…”
This young man just threw away his future.
joeybiten
June 29th, 2012
9:20 am
looks like mr. ob uma just lost another voter….
Dawg Captain
June 29th, 2012
9:21 am
Maybe this lack of depth at tb will get derrick henry to re-commit
St. Richt
June 29th, 2012
9:21 am
Flo-ri-duh and DawginLex…your mission…should you choose to accept it…is to:
DEFLECT! DEFLECT! DEFLECT!
Come on…this happens everyday at Bama and Tech…you know it does. So, let’s hear it!
Suspension?
June 29th, 2012
9:21 am
How about thrown out of school. Can’t believe we keep recruiting this type of player. Says a lot about your program. It starts at the top.
DU WHUT!?
June 29th, 2012
9:21 am
whats the big deal? I carry fully automatic assault rifles, modified uzi with extended clips, 2 grenades and a glock in my diaper bag…and two 22’s in my shoes… come heavy on stay the heck home…nobody takes me parking spot..