Georgia football commit charged with aggravated assault with deadly weapon following driving incident
By Andrew Olson
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Chace Calicut made news on June 27 when he announced his commitment to play for Georgia. He’s back in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Calicut may have put his college football future in jeopardy less than 2 weeks after verbally pledging to play for UGA. According to a report, Calicut and Isaiah Brice Phillip, both Houston-area 17-year-olds, are each facing two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a recent driving incident in Texas.
FOX 26 Houston obtained the records regarding the July 6 incident and published the following:
According to court documents, a 17-year-old boy was driving with a 17-year-old girl in his passenger seat when he saw Calicut’s vehicle pull up behind him.
The teen alleged that Calicut drove around in front of him and then hit his brakes, forcing the teen to also brake to avoid crashing into Calicut’s car.
The teen drove around Calicut’s car and tried to get away, but Calicut pulled up next to him again, court documents allege. Calicut was allegedly driving erratically in front of and alongside the teen, and the teen saw Phillip in Calicut’s car with a handgun pointed toward him.
The teen was able to make a U-turn and drive away from Calicut’s car, but then he heard several gunshots, according to court documents. A friend driving behind the teen reported that he saw Phillip shooting out of the window as they drove away, according to court documents.
Out of North Shore High School, Calicut is rated 4-stars, the No. 9 safety, No. 17 player in the state of Texas and No. 114 prospect overall in the Class of 2026 on the 247Sports Composite. He picked up 34 scholarship offers during his recruitment and chose Georgia over Texas, Michigan and others last month.
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