College Football Player Charged with Georgia DUI

University of Georgia player charged with drunk driving hours after game.

Brandon Wood, a backup defensive tackle with the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, was arrested early Sunday morning for drunk driving in Athens, Georgia. Wood had played in the team’s win over Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon.

Wood said he was picking up his girlfriend and her friends from downtown Athens. He left his parking lights on while waiting and forgot to turn on his headlights during the drive back to east campus. After being stopped for driving while lights are required by campus police around 3:40 am Sunday morning, Wood was charged with driving under the influence in Georgia.

Head coach Mark Richt said that Wood, while 21 and of legal age to drink, made a “bad error in judgment”. The Georgia Athletic Association policy says that an athlete who commits a first-offense violation of alcohol rules will be suspended for 10% of the season. Wood, a red-shirt sophomore who has played in all seven of Georgia’s games this year, will not be playing in the upcoming game against LSU.

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