SAFID DEEN: Top NFL draft prospect, Jalen Carter,
turned himself in to authorities late Wednesday
night in Georgia in response to an arrest warrant
that's charging him with misdemeanor racing
and reckless driving in connection
to a fatal car accident that killed
two members of the Georgia football team in January.
Carter is a projected top five draft
pick, and one of the best defenders
in the 2023 NFL draft field.
He helped Georgia win two consecutive
national championships.
But his arrest warrant on Wednesday
made him the biggest news of the NFL Scouting Combine this week.
Carter, in a statement from his Twitter account on Wednesday
said, quote, "It is my intention to return to Athens to answer
the misdemeanor charges against me,
and to make certain that the complete and accurate truth is
presented.
There is no question in my mind that when all the facts are
known, that I will be fully exonerated
of any criminal wrongdoing."
What's next for Jalen Carter?
It's going to be cooperating with authorities who
in their investigation found that Carter was driving
in a consistent manner of racing alongside another vehicle,
which had four members of the University of Georgia
football team in it.
Two of those people in that accident, recruiting staffer
Chandler Lacroix and offensive lineman Devin Willock,
both died from the January 15th incident.
It may be too early to speculate how Jalen Carter's
role in this fatal car accident will
affect his NFL draft stock.
But there are eight weeks until the NFL draft
for authorities and NFL teams to gather their information
on the situation.