Georgia Southern QB and defensive end arrested, suspended from team activities Georgia Southern starting quarterback Shai Werts and defensive end Quan Griffin have been suspended following their arrests this week.



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IN SAVANNAH... STOPS BY... ALL TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE TROOPS. WE START WITH A STORY YOU SAW FIRST ON W-J-C-L 22 NEWS... THANKS FOR JOINING US AT FIVE I'M FRANK SULKOWSK (áááPAUSE FOR SOTááá GEORGIA SOUTHERN HEAD COACH CHAD LUNSFORD MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT MINUTES BEFORE THE EAGLES OPENED PRESEASON CAMP FRIDAY MORNING. WERTS, A TWO YEAR STARTER AT QUARTERBACK WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR SPEEDING AND POSSESSION OF COCAINE IN SALUDA COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT REPORT OBATAINED BY WJCL 22 NEWS, THE 21 YEAR OLD WAS CLOCKED GOING 80 MILES PER HOUR. AUTHORITIES SAID AFTER PULLING WERTS OVER, THEY NOTICED A WHITE SUBSTANC ON THE HOOD OF HIS CAR...THAT SUBSTANCE TWICE TESTED POSITITVE FOR COCAINE. AS FOR GRIFFIN....THE REDSHIRT JUNIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN HAS EIGHT CHARGES, INCLUDING FOUR FELONY OFFENSES AFTER AN ALLEGED DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN BRADFORD COUNTY FLORIDA. CHARGES RANGE FROM BATTERY AND BURGLARY TO OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND A WEAPONS OFFENSE. HE IS STILL IN THE BRADFORD COUNTY JAIL, HIS BOND CURRENTLY SET AT $345,000. SHORTLY AFTER GEORGIA SOUTHERN CROSSED BEAUTIFUL EAGLE CREEK TO OPEN PRESEASON CAMP FRIDAY MORNING, HEAD COACH CHAD LUNSFORD ANNOUNCING THAT BOTH WERTS AND GRIFFIN HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM ALL FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES DUE TO THE ARRESTS. HE ADDED THAT SINCE BOTH ARE NOW PENDING LEGAL CASES, THE UNIVERSITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY MORE INFORMATION WJCL 22 NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT WERTS IS NOW BACK IN STATESBORO AND HAS AGREED TO TAKE A DRUG TEST FOLLOWING HIS ARREST IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHILE IT WAS A DISTRACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE, LUNSFORD SAYING HIS TEAM WAS ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FOCUS ON THE ACTION ON THE FIELD...NOT THE STUFF GOING ON AWAY FROM THE GRIDIRON. "ADVERSITY IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE ARE GOING TO BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL. I CHALLENGED THE GUYS TO STEP UP AND OVERCOME THIS ADVERSITY AND BE A TEAM." AGAIN, WERTS AND GRIFFIN ARE BOTH SUSPENDED FROM ALL FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES WHILE THEIR CASES PLAY OUT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. NOW, BOTH WERTS AND GRIFFIN EXPECTED TO BE KEY CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE EAGLES ENTERING THE 2019 SEASON....WERTS, THE STARTING QUARTERBACK AND GRIFFIN ALONG THE DEFENSIVE LINE. SHAI WERTS EXPECTED TO BE THE EAGLES STARTING SIGNAL CALLER FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR. LAST SEASON HE WAS AN HONORABLE MENTION ALL SUN BELT CONFERENCE SELECTION, HE SCORED A TOTAL OF 25 TOUCHDOWNS AND WAS THE ONLY STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THE FBS TO NOT THROW AN INTERCEPTION. WERTS WAS ALSO NAMED THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE CAMELLIA BOWL. QUAN GRIFFIN TALLIED

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