Athletic director Greg McGarity announced Monday that linebackers Natrez Patrick and Roquan Smith passed drug tests and neither “violated any Athletic Association rules that would require suspension.”
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Police were called to Patrick’s dorm room hours after the Bulldogs’ loss to Vanderbilt on Oct. 15 after a residence assistant smelled marijuana in the hallway. No marijuana was found at the scene and neither player was arrested.
Georgia had a bye last weekend and faces archrival Florida on Saturday in Jacksonville. The Bulldogs’ task against the 14th-ranked Gators would have been signficantly more difficult without either Patrick (42 tackles) or Smith (39 tackles).
