“Just don’t do it,” he told the Athens Banner-Herald at the NFL combine. Offensive tackle Broderick Jones, who finished his Georgia career last season, was asked about the recent racing incidents. Police said they attempted to elude police.
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Police tried to make a traffic stop but could not catch up to Dumas-Johnson and the other driver after accelerating up to 75 miles per hour on College Station Road. 22 for racing on highway/streets and reckless driving. The case has been handed over to the Solicitor General's Office, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.įive days before the crash, Georgia starting inside linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson allegedly was racing side-by-side with another driver also in a Dodge Charger near campus. Police said LeCroy’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit and she was racing Carter going 104 miles per hour.Ĭarter, who police say was driving a 2021 Jeep Trackhawk, turned himself in on March 1 after warrants were issued for his arrest for street racing and reckless driving, both misdemeanors. Willock was a passenger in that vehicle as were offensive tackle Warren McClendon and recruiting staffer Tory Bowles who sustained injuries in the crash. She was driving a Ford Expedition rented by UGA athletics. 15 after a day in which a parade and stadium celebration were held for the national championship.Īthens-Clarke County police said LeCroy and star defensive tackle Jalen Carter were street racing after leaving downtown Athens around 2:30 a.m. Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy were killed in an early morning crash on Barnett Shoals Road in Athens on Jan. 10, the day after the national championship game, other than an interview he did March 3 with ESPN. Here are five storylines to trackĪbout the first half of the press conference of some 22 minutes was related to the headlines that came from the off-field incidents because it was the first time Smart was available to reporters since Jan. I think our guys understand that and we continue to educate them and we’ll continue to do all we can as a university to make sure they behave and do that in a proper way.” “I feel like our players are starting to be able to acknowledge and they understand when you make mistakes, decisions that are costly can cost you your life,” Smart said. It included two player arrests for reckless driving and racing, one connected to the fatal crash that killed two from the program. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart opened Tuesday’s spring football press conference by addressing the rocky couple of months that followed the program’s second straight national championship game before any questions came.
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