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Kirby Smart defends Georgia 'culture' after fatal crash, arrests

ATHENS, Ga. -- Despite having two players arrested in the past two weeks for street-racing offenses, including Jalen Carter's booking Wednesday over a Jan. 15 crash that killed a Georgia football player and a recruiting staff member, coach Kirby Smart insists his program does not have a culture problem.

"Absolutely not. I would say we're far from it," Smart told ESPN on Friday. "When you talk to people outside our program that come into it, they talk about what a great culture we do have -- and we do an incredible job. Because I've got a lot of outside entities that come into our program and pour into these young men.