UPDATED: Georgia football player arrested on 11 counts of felony property damage
By Andrew Olson
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Note: The story has been updated to reflect that London Seymour is facing 11 felony counts. An error in the Athens-Clarke County record log listed London Seymour’s charges 131 times, as was also reported by 247Sports, DawgNation and The Georgia Gazette. Seymour’s individual page in the Athens-Clarke County records reflects the 11 counts, as reported by Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald.
Updated story:
A Georgia football player is facing legal issues. Athens-Clarke County jail booking records show that London Seymour is facing 11 felony counts of criminal property damage.
A Georgia legacy, Seymour was a member of the 2025 recruiting class. He made an appearance in 1 game, UGA’s win over Marshall. He is the son of former Bulldog great Richard Seymour.
The online records indicate that Seymour was booked into jail at 9:44 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29. He bonded out at 10:57 p.m. UGA’s police log shows that Seymour and 3 UGA visitors were involved in incidents at Rooker Hall and Busbee Hall on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. Warrants were issued on Jan. 28.
Seymour is out of Suwanee (Georgia) North Gwinnett High School. He joined Georgia as a walk-on over scholarship offers from 7 programs, including Boston College and Colorado. As a recruit, Seymour was rated 3-stars, the No. 136 defensive lineman, No. 149 player in the state of Georgia and No. 1,325 prospect overall in the Class of 2025 on the 247Sports Composite.
Richard Seymour had a decorated career at Georgia and in the NFL. He was a 2-time first-team All-SEC selection before being selected No. 6 overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He won 3 Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and was named first-team All-Pro 3 times (2003-05). Seymour finished his NFL career with the Oakland Raiders from 2009-12.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
