REPORT: Details emerge from Sacovie White arrest
Details from the arrest of Georgia wide receiver Sacovie White were made public on Monday. According to Marc Weiszer of the Athens-Banner Herald, who first reported on the arrest, White’s 2021 Dodge Charger was spotted at about 2:07 a.m. Saturday morning “traveling at a high speed” with one of its passengers “partially outside the window” going the wrong way on East Clayton Street. Because White “showed a complete disregard for the safety of his passengers, himself and innocent civilians” in an area of “constant pedestrian traffic,” the officer deemed his actions “posed a significant threat to public safety.”
White complied with police commands to park the vehicle and turn it off. He was then arrested and charged with reckless driving and driving the wrong direction down a one-way street, being booked at the Athens-Clarke County jail at 3:04 a.m. and released on bond of $26 an hour later.
An early enrollee, White spent the spring at Georgia after finishing up his career at Cass High School in Cartersville, Ga. As a senior at Cass High School this past fall, he helped the Colonels to a quarterfinal appearance in GHSA Class 5A as he tallied 91 receptions for 1,409 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also saw time on the defensive side of the ball and earned his region’s Athlete Player of the Year award. All this came just a year after making an impact as a junior with 716 receiving yards and seven scores, also adding touchdowns both on punt and kickoff return. For that, he was named the region’s Special Teams Player of the Year.
White had a bigger impact at Cass than just on the football field. He was a member of the basketball team and track squad, setting PRs on the track of 11.06 in the 100-meter and 6-foot-4 in high jump. White also was a member of several relay events.
Signing with the Bulldogs as a three-star, White impressed during spring practice. He scored a touchdown during the annual G-Day spring game, getting loose from the defense for a 26-yard score in the fourth quarter. He’s also drawn praise from college evaluators who see him as a bit of an under-the-radar recruit from the Class of 2024.
“Incredibly good football player. You try to talk yourself out of it because he’s small, but then every time you see him, you just remember why you wanted him,” an anonymous college football staffer told On3 about unheralded recruits from the Class of 2024. “He’s a stud. He’s just an outstanding, incredible football player. If he was 5-11, there would be nothing about him you didn’t like.”
White is the second Georgia player to get arrested this offseason after Florida transfer Trevor Etienne was brought in for a DUI in late March.
