Georgia assistant becomes latest program member to be arrested for speeding

Another member of the Georgia football program has been arrested for speeding, this time an assistant coach.

Jarvis Jones, a former star linebacker at the school who serves as the team’s player connection coordinator, was arrested Friday night on charges of misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and speeding maximum limits, according to Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was later released on a $2,400 bond.

No police report was available, but a maximum limits charge typically means a driver was going at least 20 mph above the speed limit. The arrest took place less than 24 hours before Georgia’s season opener against Tennessee-Martin.

Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart offered few comments on the arrest, but said there would be “internal discipline.”

The 33-year-old Jones played two seasons for Georgia in 2011-12 and was a first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013. He played four NFL seasons and returned to Georgia as a staff member in 2016.

14 Georgia players have been cited or arrested for speeding or reckless driving since a January crash that killed a player and staffer. Jones is the 15th member of the program and first non-player to be involved in what is clearly a major issue for the program.