Another Georgia football player was arrested for a traffic-related offense before Week 3

On Thursday night, Georgia cornerback Daniel Harris was reportedly arrested by Athens-Clarke County police. Harris was charged with reckless driving and four other misdemeanors: failure to wear a seatbelt, operating an unregistered vehicle without a license plate, driving without proof of insurance and illegal window tinting.

Harris spent fall camp and the first two weeks of the regular season fighting for a spot alongside Daylen Everette as Georgia's No. 2 cornerback. So far in 2024, Harris has played the 12th-most defensive snaps for the Bulldogs, fewer than Julian Humphrey and more than Ellis Robinson IV, his main competition for playing time.

Standard procedure in Kirby Smart's program calls for a one-game suspension for drunken driving arrests, but Florida transfer running back Trevor Etienne was left out of Georgia's Week 1 win over Clemson, even though charges against him were dropped.

Harris is now the fifth Georgia Bulldog arrested for a traffic-related offense since Etienne's March 24 arrest, joining Savoie White, Smael Mondon Jr., Demello Jones and Bo Hughley. It's been hard to keep track of the number of incidents since offensive lineman Devin Willock and fellow tackle Chandler LeCroy were killed in a fatal crash while tackling former Bulldog and current Philadelphia Eagle Jalen Carter. According to USA Today, the number prior to Harris' incident on Thursday was “25 arrests or citations for speeding, reckless driving or racing.”

In the short term, Harris' status will be uncertain for Georgia's SEC opener Saturday night in Lexington, Kentucky, but in the long term, Smart has failed to address a major problem in his program's culture, and if the deaths of Willock and LeCory weren't enough to turn things around, it's unclear what else will.

If Harris misses Georgia's game against Kentucky in Week 3, Robinson has shown enough over the past two weeks to assume his role as cornerback behind Everette and Humphreys. In two games, the true freshman has allowed just one catch for seven yards, with 26 of his 28 snaps coming as a true outside cornerback.