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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Writer
Georgia wide receiver Colby Young was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of battery and assault on an unborn child, according to Athens-Clarke County Jail records.
Young, of Binghamton, New York, was booked into the detention center at 4:18 a.m.
Young played two seasons in Miami before joining the Bulldogs in December.
“This is a pending legal matter, we have no further comment at this time,” Georgia athletics department spokesman Steven Drummond told ESPN.
According to an Athens-Clarke County police incident report obtained by ESPN, a 20-year-old woman, who described herself as Young’s ex-girlfriend, told police she went to his apartment around 12 a.m. Tuesday to discuss their relationship.
When the conversation became heated when he discovered he was on the phone with another woman, the complainant said, Young “grabbed his left hand by his bicep and triceps and physically pushed him out of his room.” The woman said Young was “using abusive words and insulting her.” Young went back to his room and closed the door, he said.
The woman told police she started gathering her belongings when a friend called her. When she answered, the woman told police that “Mr. Young came out and grabbed her from behind. She said he picked her up and started squeezing her torso and stomach really hard. She said she felt like (Young) was trying to hurt him.”
The officer noted in the report that he noticed a bruise and discoloration on the bottom of the woman’s chest where it meets the abdomen and redness on her right side. Police officers took the woman to an Athens hospital for treatment.
When the officer interviewed Young, he said he walked the woman to his front door when the conversation became contentious and he denied arresting the woman. When the officer asked how the woman suffered her injuries, Young said “it wasn’t from her.”
The senior receiver had 11 catches for 149 yards with two touchdowns in the No. 5 Bulldogs’ first five games. He had three receptions for 51 yards in Saturday’s 31-13 win over Auburn at Sanford Stadium.
Former Bulldogs receiver Roderius “Rara” Thomas was dismissed from the team on Aug. 1 after his arrest on multiple domestic violence charges.
Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told reporters at the time, “He’s not going to be a part of the football team anymore. He understands that. We wish him the best moving forward.”
Thomas, a senior from Eufaula, Alabama, was charged with cruelty to a child-family violence, a second-degree felony, and two misdemeanor counts of battery-family violence. His case is pending in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, according to court records.
