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Georgia wide receiver Colby Young was suspended indefinitely after he was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with battery and assault on an unborn child, both misdemeanor charges. Young was booked by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department at 4:18 a.m. ET. He was later released on $2,500 bail on the assault charge.
“I spoke to him this morning, he’s been suspended indefinitely until this legal matter is resolved,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said on an SEC coaches conference call. “We can’t really comment further on the specifics of the matter, but we had a good meeting with him this morning. We’re committed to continuing to educate our players and doing the best job we can to make sure they understand the serious nature. “It’s very unfortunate, but we want to be responsible in our decision making on and off the field ”
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Young is in his first season with the Bulldogs after transferring from Miami. He currently ranks fourth on the team with 11 catches for 149 yards and is tied for second with two receiving touchdowns.
After a quiet start to the season, Young has had at least 50 receiving yards in each of Georgia’s past two games, including a season-high 57 receiving yards in a Week 5 loss to Alabama. Young has also recorded six of his 11 catches in the past two weeks.
Before entering the transfer portal, Young spent two seasons in Miami. He had 939 total yards — 563 during the 2023 season — and 10 touchdowns with the Hurricanes, and had five scores each from 2022 to 2023. He averaged just under 12 yards per catch.
Young signed with Miami in 2022 as a three-star college junior out of Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
