Two Georgia football players arrested

Georgia defensive tackle Brandon Wood will not play against LSU this week after being arrested early Sunday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.

“He made that mistake, and he’ll pay the price,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said Sunday afternoon. “He certainly won’t be playing in this ball game coming up here.”

Richt said athletics association policy requires a one-game suspension, but the coach was non-committal on whether Wood would be allowed to play against Florida on Nov. 1.

Wood was one of two Georgia football players arrested by University of Georgia police in separate incidents after Saturday’s win over Vanderbilt, according to the Athens-Clarke County jail’s booking report.

Offensive tackle Vince Vance — out for the season with a knee injury — was arrested for not having a valid driver’s license and booked into the jail at 9:29 p.m. Saturday. Vance, 21, was released on a $500 bond about an hour later.

Wood, also 21, was booked into the county jail at 3:42 a.m. Sunday. In addition to DUI, he was charged with not having his headlights on. He was released at 9:16 a.m. on total bond of $1,750.

“Brandon certainly made a bad error in judgment to have alcohol in his system,” Richt said.

A red-shirt sophomore from Buchanan, Wood is not a starter for the Bulldogs but has played in all seven games as part of the rotation on the defensive line. Another defensive tackle, Kade Weston, sat out the Vanderbilt game with a sore knee but will return against LSU, Richt said.

Vance was a starter on the offensive line before injuring his knee against Tennessee on Oct. 11.

Neither Wood nor Vance was available for comment Sunday.

Their arrests brought the total number of Georgia football players arrested since January to 10.

“It’s always disappointing to hear that kind of news,” Richt said.