ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter spoke publicly for the first time this week about his involvement in the fatal accident that took the lives of a teammate and a UGA employee.
Carter’s remarks were recorded as part of a story the HBO Max show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel was doing on agent Drew Rosenhaus, who is representing Carter as he prepares for the coming NFL draft. Reporter John Frankel visits with Carter and his family at their Apopka, Fla., home. Viewers are told Carter can’t discuss details about the high-speed car crash — which resulted in Carter being sentenced on misdemeanor charges of racing and reckless driving after a no contest plea — because “civil litigation is likely.”
Crash investigators determined that Carter and UGA recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy were traveling side by side at more than 100 mph on Barnett Shoals Road in Athens on Jan. 15 when the car LeCroy was driving left the road. LeCroy and Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock died. Tory Bowles, another UGA employee, was seriously injured, while Warren McClendon, riding in the front seat with his seat belt fastened, walked away with only a cut on his forehead.
