Both players were released on bond for $26. Hughley redshirted in his first year on campus. Mondon is a senior linebacker and someone expected to play a big role for the Bulldogs in 2024.
Smart did not share any specific updates on the availability of Mondon and Hughley as it pertains to Georgia’s season-opening game against Clemson. The Bulldogs open the 2024 season against the Tigers on Aug. 31.
“We don’t talk about the suspensions. We have them,” Smart said. “I think it’s pretty obvious that we’ve done them in the past. You guys know when we do them. Each of those cases is very different and they’ll be handled in different ways.”
Both players did miss spring practice, with Mondon recovering from foot surgery and Hughley dealing with a shoulder injury.
Since January of 2023, Georgia has had 24 driving-related citations issued. It marks the second straight year that Smart has had to discuss off-field behavior at SEC media days, as it has been a continuous problem for the program.
In January of 2023, Georgia football player Devin Willock and staffer Chandler LeCroy lost their life in a car wreck that occurred just hours after Georgia finished celebrating a national championship.
Smart went on to stress that Georgia wants to do what is best for his players and that the program is trying to be proactive, rather than reactive.
“Everybody wants to know what game and are they suspended,” Smart said. “That’s probably not the most important thing in terms of the discipline and culture they’ve got to experience. As far as I know, there’s not one team that has ever suspended a player for a traffic violation. That’s what Marcus Rosemy got suspended for. I don’t know that anybody has kicked anybody off the team for that, and we have that. We’re going to continue to be proactive. It’s repeated behaviors that will get you dismissed.”
As for how Georgia is trying to prevent further arrests, Smart did mention the Classic City Collective is fining players.
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