Spring Break
FOOTBALL NOTES
Issue date: 6/7/07 Section: Sports
• Former Georgia head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley is recovering after having surgery to remove a malignant tumor near his vocal cords on May 22 in Atlanta. Dooley is recovering well and is set to undergo radiation treatments some time in June.
• Senior cornerback Paul Oliver has failed to meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements to play this fall and plans to petition the National Football League for entry into the supplemental draft this summer.
Oliver was a regular starter last season and has started 15 games in his career.
"We'll miss him for sure," said Georgia head coach Mark Richt. "Of course, he could have made a decision to leave for the draft immediately after his junior season. He was aware there could be risks but he decided to continue in school and get closer to his degree. His best opportunity now to continue his playing career is through the supplemental draft coming up in July."
• Fourteen more of this year's football signees are now on campus and beginning classes at the University. Along with the seven who enrolled in the spring, the only remaining players not yet enrolled are QB Logan Gray, and safety John Knox. According to UGAsports.com, Gray is recovering from mononucleosis and will be on campus in July while Knox will be attending Hargrave Military Academy in the fall to improve his academic standing.
• Akeem Hebron has been suspended from the University and football team for one year after his second arrest for underage drinking in the past 3 months. Hebron, who was already suspended for the first two games of next season will sit out the entire 2007 season.
• The first two Georgia football game times have been announced. The first game of the season will be at home against Oklahoma State on September 1 at 6:45 p.m. The second game of the season will be on September 8 with a 5:45 p.m. kickoff against South Carolina. Both games will be airing on ESPN 2.
- Staff reports
• Senior cornerback Paul Oliver has failed to meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements to play this fall and plans to petition the National Football League for entry into the supplemental draft this summer.
Oliver was a regular starter last season and has started 15 games in his career.
"We'll miss him for sure," said Georgia head coach Mark Richt. "Of course, he could have made a decision to leave for the draft immediately after his junior season. He was aware there could be risks but he decided to continue in school and get closer to his degree. His best opportunity now to continue his playing career is through the supplemental draft coming up in July."
• Fourteen more of this year's football signees are now on campus and beginning classes at the University. Along with the seven who enrolled in the spring, the only remaining players not yet enrolled are QB Logan Gray, and safety John Knox. According to UGAsports.com, Gray is recovering from mononucleosis and will be on campus in July while Knox will be attending Hargrave Military Academy in the fall to improve his academic standing.
• Akeem Hebron has been suspended from the University and football team for one year after his second arrest for underage drinking in the past 3 months. Hebron, who was already suspended for the first two games of next season will sit out the entire 2007 season.
• The first two Georgia football game times have been announced. The first game of the season will be at home against Oklahoma State on September 1 at 6:45 p.m. The second game of the season will be on September 8 with a 5:45 p.m. kickoff against South Carolina. Both games will be airing on ESPN 2.
- Staff reports
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