Georgia football coach Mark Richt dismissed backup outside linebacker Montez Robinson from the team Sunday.
Robinson spent Sunday in the Athens-Clarke County jail on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. The 6-foot-5, 250-pounder from Avon, Ind., already had been suspended for the first two games this fall for a felony charge last November of second-degree criminal damage, which occurred after an arrest on simple battery more than a month earlier.
“Montez has not been able to conform to some conditions and stipulations that were placed on him as a result of previous off-field issues,” Richt said. “I think this decision is in the best interest of everyone.”
Robinson’s dismissal is not related to last weekend’s incident in which a married couple claimed they were harassed by four football players while riding in an A&A Taxi van. Richt hopes to have that matter resolved as early as today.
A freshman defensive end last season when the Bulldogs employed a 4-3 scheme, Robinson played in 11 games and tallied five tackles and two sacks. Those numbers occurred during Georgia’s 38-0 win over Tennessee Tech, after which Robinson was named as the SEC defensive lineman of the week.