Georgia’s Green Suspended Four Games By NCAA; Sold Game Jersey

United States (AHN) – The NCAA has barred Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver A.J. Green for three more games for selling his game-used jersey.

Green, 22, sold his jersey for what a person familiar with the NCAA investigation told ESPN was less than $1000.

A preseason All-SEC selection, Green also missed the Bulldogs’ season-opening 55-7 rout of Louisiana-Lafayette.

Green, a junior from Summerville, SC, is also linked to the NCAA’s ongoing investigation into alleged improper contact with agents by players at a myriad of universities.

The 6-foot-4, 207-lb receiver, won All-SEC first team honors for the second consecutive season last year after recording 53 catches for 808 yards and six touchdowns, despite being injured the last three games of the regular season.

He returned from injury for the 2009 Independence Bowl and made six catches totaling 57 yards in a 44-20 win over Texas A&M.

Green is considered one of the nation’s best receivers and is expected to be picked in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

The Bulldogs face a tough challenge Saturday in the SEC opener at No. 25 South Carolina.

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