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Georgia suspends Nitro Tuggle, Marques Easley indefinitely

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Georgia wide receiver Nitro Tuggle (2) before Georgia’s game against Clemson in the Aflac Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Nitro Tuggle’s early Thursday morning arrest for excessive speeding and reckless driving has resulted in an indefinite suspension. Georgia announced Thursday after noon that Tuggle and redshirt freshman offensive lineman Marques Easily have been suspended from all team activities with no term set.

“Nitro Tuggle and Marques Easley have been suspended indefinitely from all team activities,” reads the statement from UGA Sports Communications. “There will be no further comment.”

DawgsHQ has learned that Easily suspension is also related to a vehicular offense. We do not yet have specifics on that particular incident.

Tuggle and Easily both enrolled at Georgia in January of 2024. Tuggle did so as the nations No. 127 overall prospect per the On3 Industry ranking, a weighted average that includes all four websites that publish recruiting rankings. He was the No. 23 wideout in the country and the No. 3 player in Indiana.

He saw some significant action late last season, mainly against Tennessee. Tuggle also served on special teams, playing in eight of Georgia’s 14 games.

Easley was the nation’s No. 247 overall prospect in the 2024 class. He was the No. 17 interior offensive lineman and the No. 8 player in Illinois. The 6-foot-5 325-pound lineman appeared in just two games last year and was able to take a redshirt.

Driving-related arrests have been a problem for Georgia over the past few years. Kirby Smart has spoken on the issue numerous times. He used SEC Media Days to point out how his program has been harsher than most when it comes to handling the driving-related offenses.

Suspending players isn’t new for the Bulldogs. Georgia also dismissed David Daniel-Sisavahn last summer due to multiple moving violations.

“As far as I know, there’s not one team that has ever suspended a player for a traffic violation,” Smart said. “That’s what Marcus Rosemy got suspended for. I don’t know that anybody has kicked anybody off the team for that, and we have that. We’re going to continue to be proactive. It’s repeated behaviors that will get you dismissed. Repeated poor behaviors and poor decisions. In some cases we have repeated behaviors. In some cases, we have guys that make mistakes. We’re gonna punish them.”


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