UGA staffer jailed on negligent driving charges

• Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2023, 11:46 AM ET

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employee Jarvis Jones was detained on charges of reckless driving and speeding less than 24 hr prior to the two-time defending champ Bulldogs’season opener.Jones, a previous All-American linebacker at

Georgia who played 4 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, is the Bulldogs ‘player connection planner under coach Kirby Smart. Athens-Clarke County Cops jailed Jones, Friday night, on misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and speeding-maximum limits.He was launched on$2,400 bond.”There will be internal discipline,”stated Smart when asked about the

arrest on Monday.

“It’s a personnel matter and I can’t comment further on it.” Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Georgia, which has won back-to-back nationwide titles, opened its season on Saturday

night with a 48-7

win over UT

Martin.At least a lots Bulldogs players have actually been charged with moving infractions considering that the team won the championship in January.In July, protective

lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins and outside linebacker Samuel M’Pemba were pointed out for speeding.The night of Georgia’s champion event

, on Jan. 15, offensive lineman Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a cars and truck wreck in which authorities alleged that former protective lineman Jalen Carter was racing them.LeCroy’s SUV was traveling more than 100 miles per hour when it left the roadway and knocked into power poles and trees.At SEC media days this summer season, Smart stated UGA brought in police to speak with the team and began a system of”checks and balances “for self-reporting speeding tickets.Smart stated he was”dissatisfied “by the number of traffic tickets amongst his players.At the exact same time, he told ESPN that he could not” eradicate “speeding.” However what’s going to occur to my program is whenever someone gets a speeding ticket, it’s going to be the front-page story,” Smart said.”If they went and combed every SEC player and investigated ’em for speeding tickets, they ‘d find a lot more of them.

“However when I say we’re under a microscopic lense, it’s a good microscopic lense. ‘Cause you know what it’s making us do? It’s making us attempt to avoid it. We’re doing more to prevent speeding than any person in the nation.” Offending lineman Sedrick Van Pran, a fourth-year junior, told ESPN at media days that the team’s mistakes”can’t continue. “”I don’t want to state it’s a slap in the face, because that makes it appear like it’s more so deliberate, and it’s not,”he said.”

It’s more so that we’re simply pulling down the university and the guys that have come before us, whether that be on the team or simply effective individuals who come through the university. So it was more so comprehending that you’re representing more than yourself and that it has to tighten up, it has to be fixed– like duration.”Georgia will host Ball State on Saturday at noon ET.