Former UGA defensive back Chris Sanders dismissed at GMC
Former Georgia defensive back Chris Sanders has been dismissed from Georgia Military College, which will permanently block his passage back to Athens.
Sanders
Sanders, a cornerback from Tucker, had expressed his desire to return to play for the Bulldogs next season. He was dismissed from Georgia along with two other players in late January for his involvement in an alleged theft from a teammate.
Bert Williams, head coach of GMC’s junior college football program in Milledegville, confirmed via text message Wednesday that he had dismissed Sanders from the program. Other than a violating of team rules, Williams would say only they that Sanders was kicked off for a “continuation of old ways.”
“Extremely sad,” Williams said.
Sanders came to Georgia with great promise. A two-way star who earned all-state honors at Tucker High, Sanders played in three games for the Bulldogs as a true freshman before a shoulder injury sidelined him for the season. He was expected to compete for playing time this coming season. Sanders was Georgia’s first commitment of the 2011 recruiting class.
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209 comments Add your comment
K CONWAY
July 26th, 2012
12:46 pm
Enjoy flipping burgers!!
ARdawg
July 26th, 2012
12:59 pm
Alabama St might take the young Klepto. Seems to be an island of redemption for felons
ARdawg
July 26th, 2012
1:16 pm
Keeping it
Because “We Own This State”?
UGA Insider
July 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
I’m sorry I missed GT as not being choice for question #1.
MR
July 26th, 2012
1:32 pm
@ Keeping It Real
July 26th, 2012
1:14 pm
In reading these comments, it is a wonder why any guy would want to play for Jawja. The only reward is getting exposure to the NFL draft. Education is second to football in Athens. What is so exciting about playing in front of a bunch of red necks every Saturday who only appreciate you for playing football? He would be happier at Alabama State.
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He and many other current players and targeted recruits would be happier somewhere else after reading the personally directed hateful comments from their fanbase.
roote toote
July 26th, 2012
1:51 pm
Are we surprised????????
Dawg tired
July 26th, 2012
2:03 pm
“Stealing when I shoulda been buying!”
Dr. Phil
July 26th, 2012
2:03 pm
I refer to the condition as “penis envy”. The rest of you know it as “typical Georgia Tech fan”.
Walker
July 26th, 2012
2:03 pm
Who cares? Why is this such important news. You can’t find anything to write about that is worthy to read. Heis not on Georgia’s team.
egeagle
July 26th, 2012
2:30 pm
Why’s it here? Because it has already garnered four pages of hits and offers a field day for dawgheters. One more thing: Falcon fans having the nerve to speak of UGA and futility and underachievement? Please!!! And this from a fan of both for all of my life. Last blast: It would be nice to swap PDs with Knoxville, Gainesville, Tuscaloosa, Columbia, et al., but then the AJC blogs might shrivel up and die.
Mr. Hankey (Pankey)
July 26th, 2012
2:36 pm
Who gives a s…? Seriously, f have a lot bigger concerns right now, i.e., getting a good president elected and paying medical expenses and taking care of my elderly mother than to worry about some true born idiot. I HOPE he’s black balled. Wasn’t he kicked off UGA for stealing, too?
If you have ever had your house broken into like I have and come home and found it literally destroyed on the inside, at least what was left, you don’t take kindly to thieves. Hey, Sanders, see you at the hoos-gow.
Go Jackets
July 26th, 2012
2:49 pm
Guess Tucker High doesnt teach life skills along with football. We KNOW Columbus High doesnt.
Jailyard Dwag...
July 26th, 2012
3:25 pm
Boy O Boy, I hope this counts toward the Fulmer Cup. I would sure hate to lose that title.
what if
July 26th, 2012
3:32 pm
this is a good reason why some of these powerhouse programs of ghsa need to be investigated, a good source said this guy and several others at tucker and other major high schools stayed in trouble, yet coaches and administrators continue too shuffle these idiots thru in hopes of getting the fringe benefits of putting s.e.c caliber players in college, this is just sickening, when will the rage against the machine known as college football ever cease ????
what if
July 26th, 2012
3:57 pm
Silas Redd anyone ???? = no arrests & 1000+ yards next year, the Dream Team is just a skeleton now.
hi
July 26th, 2012
4:35 pm
I know ajc likes to drive up the hits to their web-pages but the really need to have the comment section linked to facebook or other login system to end the anonymous posting to cut out some of the over the top, rude, and or often racist comments.
kral
July 26th, 2012
4:35 pm
notice how at 11:02 ct confirmed his info before reporting it that would kill a blog
kral
July 26th, 2012
4:48 pm
dang dawg tired loved the reference to Uriah Heap ‘SWEET FREEDOM’ albumn
DawgNole
July 26th, 2012
5:11 pm
James
July 25th, 2012
11:41 pm
Paraphraising or not, how can you let something like that statement be part of your efforts on your job? At least read it once to see if something is incorrect.
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“Paraphraising”?
Must be a new word.
If you’re going to criticize a writer for his editing skills in a public forum, you’d best make sure your own post is flawless–and yours most assuredly is not.
DawgNole
July 26th, 2012
5:29 pm
damngoodawg
July 26th, 2012
11:24 am
What these haters know deep down…if they’re smart enough….Well, anyway, UGA doesn’t let violations/arrests slide and neither does the Athens PD. I don’t believe for a minute that there are more violations committed by Georgia athletes than other schools in the SEC or ACC. And neither do you’ve got any sense…..oh…..never mind…..
damngoodawg
July 26th, 2012
11:27 am
Oops…I left out the “if”. Oh well.
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Actually, you left out more than the “if.” Oh well.
Try again.
Gopupsanders
July 26th, 2012
6:02 pm
jus give me my forty & a blunt.
l jones
July 26th, 2012
6:39 pm
This guy was thrown off Georgia’s team in January. How many times do the Georgia haters get to count him?
Barnes
July 26th, 2012
6:50 pm
“How many times do the Georgia haters get to count him?”
Every time he gets caught. Next question?
GTDog
July 26th, 2012
6:53 pm
Wow, DawgNole…I’m not even gonna say it, but how embarrasing…
kingdaddy
July 26th, 2012
6:54 pm
UGA kicked him off the team. What more do you want? Trolls say we’re damned if we do and we’re damned if we don’t. That’s why no good Doggie gives a flying frisbee, what a troll thinks. If you don’t like what I just said, then I must have touched a nerve. Too bad. Go Dogies!!!
DawgNole
July 26th, 2012
7:09 pm
GTDog
July 26th, 2012
6:53 pm
Wow, DawgNole…I’m not even gonna say it, but how embarrasing…
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Not even gonna say what? That you can’t spell “embarrassing”?
Just think, that puts you right up there on par with damngoodawg. Two peas in a pod. You SHOULD be embarrassed.
kingdaddy
July 26th, 2012
7:15 pm
Awwwbarnes,
You must come from that school where nobody ever gets in trouble, lol. Where excatly did you say your favorite school was? Oh, that’s right, you wouldn’t say even if you could. Then everyone would know how full of manure you were. Get it loser, barn/manure? You probably still don’t get it…
kingdaddy
July 26th, 2012
7:20 pm
Chip
How about a story about the Dawgs???
Hard Truth Soldier
July 26th, 2012
7:41 pm
Continuation of old ways! Theft, pretty Boy your time and opportunity is up. you are not special any more. The real world awaits you. Now steal from a regular guy with a family and lets see the results.
TampaGator
July 26th, 2012
7:45 pm
Dawg fans…..(and I know this is a Dawg blog)….but just wanted to let you know that the #1 CB in the land…..Vernon Hargraves III……just committed to the Gators….one day before FNL. And two Gator commits from Jacksonville tweeted today……that they and GatorNation are going to be very happy after FNL…..hopefully that means their friend….Demarcus Walker…..will commit to the Gators during FNL….and possibly others are being rumored. Could be a very big weekend for the Gators….as Muschamp is putting the finishing touches to this year’s class. Tunsil is not at FNL….as he was not at Dawg night….nor at the Bama camp….or at the Auburn camp. He is really laying low.
TampaGator
July 26th, 2012
7:54 pm
Boy…it must be really shut down over in Athens. No new or meaningful news on the Dawgs being reported.
kral
July 26th, 2012
8:14 pm
It is a blight TG…still liked your braves blog the other night..dang though does getting a commit really mean anything anymore
Adz
July 26th, 2012
9:00 pm
A typical Richt recruit.
Rossville Bulldog
July 26th, 2012
10:00 pm
What did he steal?
Gopupsanders
July 26th, 2012
10:08 pm
where my 40 and my blunt,dawg?
Taco
July 26th, 2012
10:18 pm
Typical UGA trash. Headed for a Penn State ending.
Taco
July 26th, 2012
10:18 pm
LSU will take him just like Zach Rothlesberger Mettenberger the sexual deviant.
William Smith
July 26th, 2012
11:55 pm
Wow, Free scholarship dude, really,really and its a D1 university , u lame for stealing money from your own teammate and got a second chance to play for them. smh, better not show your face at Tucker High and your family must be disappointed of you.
whatever
July 27th, 2012
12:32 am
Another Saint Richt causality. It really knows how to pick-em
Hairy Dawg
July 27th, 2012
12:46 am
This good and shows how we get rid of malcontenst that can’t play to SEC quality. Once we learn he does not have the talents then best to cut him or medical reasons to get open schollie for good player. Now we gots space for more new recruits and were getting a whole new Dream Team. Then once the winning starts every body will understands how roster manegement helps to get the winning by dominants SEC.
Go Dawgs!
Bey
July 27th, 2012
6:08 am
Another Mark Richt success story!
Flint Dawg
July 27th, 2012
7:56 am
Once a thief always a thief !!!
graphite
July 27th, 2012
8:34 am
you are right “go jackets”. teaching lifes lessons went away when they cranked up the BUSSES.
Dino Dog
July 27th, 2012
8:42 am
Ga needs DBs bad—get him back to athens, somhow!
graphite
July 27th, 2012
8:43 am
ALSO,let’s not forget that Tucker H.S. is the new school that 2.3m was embesseled by the boobs in “DYNAMIC DEKALB” school system. Let’s not forget that news story. Student’s learning from the very top!!!!! ROLL ON
aw
July 27th, 2012
9:53 am
Send him to OLE MISS! We need all the help we can get after Houston Nutt experiment.
flo-ri-duh
July 27th, 2012
11:49 am
To the best of my knowledge UGA has never accepted back a player that has been dismissed from the program. Sanders wasn’t coming back and neither is Marshall. Dismissal is not a do over.
flo-ri-duh
July 27th, 2012
11:52 am
Spurrier criticized Ole Miss for recruiting the Penn State players……. if they call do you think he will answer the phone? The Carolina Whiner mouths on.
Jborodawg
July 27th, 2012
12:14 pm
I must say that the AJC (and other news sources) seem to report negative stuff more than positive stuff. There are many positive things happening around the football team. How about stories about how UGA players spent their summer helping in the community; players completing their degrees; players on the academic honor rolls; players who’ve come from unfortunate circumstances and persevered, etc? There just might be 70 good stories to tell compared to the few bad ones.
I know. Taking the positive route will get one labeled a ‘tool’, a ‘homer’, or a ‘Kool-Aide drinker’ by a large percentage of posters. The vast majority of Dawg fans don’t comment online, so take all the negative comments and ignorance and Monday-morning-quarterbacking with a grain of salt.
Jerry K.
July 27th, 2012
12:24 pm
Wow! Another classy recruit by UGA. Where do they keep finding these guys?