UGA dismisses OL Nyier Daniels after police chase tied to mom - ESPN

Georgia coach Kirby Smart dismissed backup offensive lineman Nyier Daniels on Monday, a day after he was arrested for allegedly driving more than 150 mph while attempting to flee police in Commerce, Georgia.

Daniels, from Newark, New Jersey, faces more than a dozen criminal charges and was being held Monday on $21,000 bond in the Jackson County Jail in Jefferson, Georgia.

Daniels faces two felony counts of second-degree cruelty to children and two felony counts of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, according to a police incident report obtained by ESPN.

According to the report, Daniels fled police with two of his younger siblings in the car.

He faces 10 additional traffic-related misdemeanors, including reckless driving and driving at maximum limits.

"[I] have not had a chance to talk to him or his family, but obviously he will no longer be with us," Smart told reporters during a news conference Monday.

Daniels' mother, Brandi Canada-Green, was also charged in the incident, according to Commerce Police Chief Jeff Drossman.

According to Drossman, a police officer had stopped a Nissan Rogue that Canada-Green was driving for running a stop sign. A BMW M5 being driven by Daniels passed the officer going more than 100 mph in a 25-mph speed zone, the police report said.

The officer left Green's car and pursued the BMW being driven by Daniels.

«At this time, the initial car that the officer tried to stop entered the roadway in front of the Commerce Police Department supervisor and was blocking the supervisor from passing to assist the officer in the chase,» Drossman said in an emailed statement. «The supervisor attempted to stop the initial car and she refused to pull over.»

Drossman said Green's car reached