Georgia receiver Nitro Tuggle arrested for reckless driving, speeding

Georgia wide receiver Nitro Tuggle was arrested for reckless driving aboriginal Thursday morning, according to online jailhouse records. 

He became the latest of a agelong database of Bulldogs arrested for driving-related crimes. 

The 19-year-old freshman from Goshen, Indiana, was arrested and booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail conscionable earlier 2 a.m. connected one misdemeanor complaint of reckless driving and 1 misdemeanor complaint of speeding. 

Nitro Tuggle of the Georgia Bulldogs during pregame warmups earlier a College Football Playoff quarterfinal crippled against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish successful the Allstate Sugar Bowl astatine Caesars Superdome Jan. 2, 2025, successful New Orleans.  (CFP/Getty Images)

Tuggle’s apprehension was elaborate successful the online records. 

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Georgia's athletics section said successful a connection to Fox News Digital that Tuggle and freshman violative lineman Marques Easley person been suspended. 

"Nitro Tuggle and Marques Easley person been suspended indefinitely from each squad activities. There volition beryllium nary further comment," the connection said. 

Georgia did not specify whether Easley’s suspension was related to Tuggle’s arrest. 

Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Nitro Tuggle (2) runs aft a drawback against the Tennessee Volunteers during the 2nd fractional astatine Sanford Stadium Nov. 16, 2024. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)

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Tuggle, a four-star imaginable retired of Northwood High School, appeared successful 8 games for Georgia during the 2024 season, catching 3 passes for 34 yards and a agelong of 16 yards. 

He antecedently announced helium was entering the transportation portal but reversed people successful December.

"I'm precise excited due to the fact that it's a household here. And I emotion the coaches and however they judge successful maine and worldly similar that. So, that's 1 of the reasons wherefore I didn't leave," Tuggle said earlier this year, via 247 Sports. "And, you know, the accidental here. It's a large accidental for maine to play and proceed my sanction and my bequest here." 

Tennessee antiaircraft backmost Andre Turrentine (2) tackles Georgia wide receiver Nitro Tuggle (2) during a crippled successful Athens, Ga., Nov. 16, 2024. (Imagn)

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Georgia antiaircraft backmost Daniel Harris was arrested successful September for reckless driving. Linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. and violative tackle Bo Hughley were arrested connected back-to-back days implicit the summertime for reckless driving, among different charges. 

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