Three additional football players from Georgia are accused of dangerous driving.
Within 24 hours of one Georgia football player being admonished by a judge in an Athens-Clarke County courtroom for reckless driving habits, three other Bulldogs have been charged with similar offenses. Rising senior and starting linebacker Smael Mondon was jailed Wednesday night after his arrest on charges of racing and reckless driving. According to police, Mondon driving a 2022 Dodge Charger on Broad Street near downtown Athens on Wednesday night when was observed racing a gray 2021 Porsche Panamera.
Turns out, the driver of the Porsche also was a Georgia football player. Freshman defensive back Demello Jones also was charged with racing on streets/highways, but he was not taken to jail because he cooperated with police. Mondon, according to the police report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, claimed he did not know the driver of the Porsche.
A day earlier, redshirt freshman offensive lineman Bo Hughley also was arrested by UGA police and charged with reckless driving in addition to charges for failure to maintain lane/improper driving. Sandwiched in between their arrests was running back Trevor Etienne’s appearance in municipal court on DUI and reckless-driving charges.
The DUI charges were dropped, Etienne pleaded no contest to the reckless-driving charge and guilty to underage possession of alcohol and two other driving offenses.
“You are a public figure, whether you realize that or not,” Judge Marcy Jolles told Etienne during the hearing, according to the Athens Banner-Herald, which was present. “What you do, people see because of your role at the university. I would hope that you make better choices in the future to make a better example for those who are watching.”
