{"id":601412,"date":"2026-02-19T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/601412\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:32:15","slug":"uga-football-players-arrested-for-reckless-driving-on-athens-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/601412\/","title":{"rendered":"UGA football players arrested for reckless driving on Athens highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2d1f59_ecf852af530241a3a507ed4a1ed614ea~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Cole\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.classiccitynews.com\/post\/uga-football-players-arrested-for-reckless-driving\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2d1f59_ecf852af530241a3a507ed4a1ed614ea~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_768,h_576,al_c,lg_1,q_85\/2d1f59_ecf852af530241a3a507ed4a1ed614ea~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-viewer-5zo7142\">Two  players with the University of Georgia football team were arrested Wednesday night after they were caught allegedly driving recklessly on the Athens Perimeter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-viewer-90shb679\">Linebacker Darren Ikinnagbon and linebacker Christopher Cole were reportedly observed by police driving on the highway at over 100 mph near Olympic Drive,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-6hvbr336\">The Georgia Bulldogs were booked into the county jail on charges of speeding and reckless driving. Ikinnagbon was additionally charged with following another vehicle too closely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-viewer-tpuu138\">They were both soon released upon posting minimal cash bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-viewer-7u2bo399\">The incident report was not immediately available on Thursday morning,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2d1f59_de96238f3e1b4c7da1ce1921549331ac~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Ikinnagbon\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.classiccitynews.com\/post\/uga-football-players-arrested-for-reckless-driving\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/2d1f59_de96238f3e1b4c7da1ce1921549331ac~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_768,h_576,al_c,lg_1,q_85\/2d1f59_de96238f3e1b4c7da1ce1921549331ac~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two players with the University of Georgia football team were arrested Wednesday night after they were caught allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":601413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-601412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116098259188245303","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}