Georgia staff member arrested on reckless driving, speeding charges - ESPN

Georgia football coaching staff member Jarvis Jones was arrested on charges of reckless driving and speeding less than 24 hours before the two-time defending champion Bulldogs' season opener.

Jones, a former All-American linebacker at Georgia who played four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, is the Bulldogs' player connection coordinator under coach Kirby Smart. Athens-Clarke County Police arrested Jones, Friday night, on misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and speeding-maximum limits.

He was released on $2,400 bond.

Georgia, which has won back-to-back national titles, opened its season on Saturday night with a 48-7 win over UT Martin.

At least a dozen Bulldogs players have been charged with moving violations since the team won the championship in January.

In July, defensive lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins and outside linebacker Samuel M'Pemba were cited for speeding.

The night of Georgia's championship celebration, on Jan. 15, offensive lineman Devin Willock and staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a car wreck in which police alleged that former defensive lineman Jalen Carter was racing them.

LeCroy's SUV was traveling more than 100 mph when it left the road and slammed into power poles and trees.

At SEC media days this summer, Smart said UGA brought in police to speak to the team and started a system of «checks and balances» for self-reporting speeding tickets.

Smart said he was «disappointed» by the number of traffic tickets among his players.

At the same time, he told ESPN that he couldn't «eradicate» speeding.

«But what's going to happen to my program is every time somebody gets a speeding ticket, it's going to be the front-page story,» Smart said. «If they went and combed every SEC player and researched