Top Georgia LBs won't face suspension after marijuana investigation

Marc Lancaster

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Georgia's top two tacklers will not be suspended after an investigation into a report of marijuana use in a dorm room found no wrongdoing on their part.

Athletic director Greg McGarity announced Monday that linebackers Natrez Patrick and Roquan Smith passed drug tests and neither "violated any Athletic Association rules that would require suspension."

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Police were called to Patrick's dorm room hours after the Bulldogs' loss to Vanderbilt on Oct. 15 after a residence assistant smelled marijuana in the hallway. No marijuana was found at the scene and neither player was arrested.

Georgia had a bye last weekend and faces archrival Florida on Saturday in Jacksonville. The Bulldogs' task against the 14th-ranked Gators would have been signficantly more difficult without either Patrick (42 tackles) or Smith (39 tackles).

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.