UGA DT Carter accepts plea deal … Georgia DT Jalen Carter, one of the top prospects for the upcoming draft, plead no contest to two misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing earlier today. As a result, Carter was sentenced to 12 months probation, fined $1,000 fine, and forced to perform 50 hours of community service; he must also complete a state approved defensive driving course and faces a 3-month driving suspension in the state. The charges stem from an incident back in January when Carter and a Georgia staffer were reportedly racing while returning to Athens from a national championship celebration in Atlanta earlier that day. The other car crashed and two people, including the staffer and a second Bulldog player, were killed. However, there were no more serious charges brought against Carter as there was no evidence that he caused the accident. And while he is now technically legally in the clear, needless to say the whole scenario hasn’t helped Carter’s draft status. He was arguably the top-rated non-QB prospect for 2023, if not the top prospect overall, at the time of the accident, but he’s been in something of a free fall since; a free fall that wasn’t helped when he showed up almost 10 pounds overweight and somewhat out of shape at the Dawgs’ pro day yesterday. Time will tell.
