COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Georgia releases signee Moody

Athens —- Dexter Moody, one of the top players in Georgia’s 2009 football recruiting class, was released from the national letter of intent he signed with the Bulldogs just last month.

UGA officials declined to say why they rescinded their scholarship offer. But Moody said Monday night it was due to a recent suspension he received for threatening an Emanuel County Institute teacher.

“I got into a little trouble down here,” said Moody, reached by telephone in Twin City Monday evening. “I got into an argument with one of my teachers.”

Moody said he was accused of threatening the male teacher because he “walked up on him.”

Moody, a linebacker and teammate of fellow Georgia signee Washaun Ealey, is free to sign with another school. Asked where he might end up, Moody replied, “maybe Central Michigan or Florida.”

Asked if he was disappointed Georgia revoked its scholarship, Moody said, “No, not really. I would’ve liked to have gone with Washaun, but I figure everything happens for a reason.”

Moody (6-2, 205) was named a high school All-American by SuperPrep, PrepStar and Under Armour and was a Super Southern 100 and Class A first-team All-State selection of the AJC.

Georgia signed two other linebackers in the 2009 class: Mike Gilliard of Valdosta and Chase Vasser of Gainesville.

Vols sign No. 1 overall recruit

Standout running back Bryce Brown has signed a letter of intent with Tennessee. The nation’s top-ranked recruit announced his decision Monday in Wichita, Kan. The Wichita East High School star had narrowed his choices to Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Kansas State and LSU. He committed to Miami a year ago but didn’t accept the school’s scholarship offer before it expired on Feb. 18. His brother is Miami linebacker Arthur Brown. Rivals.com and other services rated Brown the top recruit of this year’s high school class… . Former Wisconsin running back P.J. Hill was arrested at gunpoint at 2:30 a.m. Saturday in Madison, Wis., on suspicion of drunken driving and leading police on a chase. The Wisconsin State Journal, citing court documents, says police were called to a campus-area gas station after a vehicle hit a guard rail and left. Police spotted the car at a traffic light. The driver fled. Police gave chase until the car crashed into a retaining wall.

—- Associated Press