Top Georgia commit Chace Calicut arrested after alleged road rage incident
Calicut and a fellow 17-year-old have been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to the July 6 incident, according to records viewed by The Post.
Fox 26 in Houston reported the arrest.
Chace Calicut (22) against Tucson Turf during the OT7 Championships football tournament on Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Tampa, Fla.
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The four-star cornerback recruit officially committed to Georgia on June 27 and is the No. 114 player overall in the 2026 recruiting class, according to 247Sports.
The alleged incident occurred in Houston, where Calicut hails from and plays for North Shore High School.
Fox 26 reported, citing court documents, that Calicut allegedly drove in front of an unidentified male teen driver, who had an unnamed female passenger in the vehicle, and hit his brakes to force the male to slam on his own brakes to avoid crashing into Calicut's car.
The male teen then attempted to drive around Calicut's car to get away, but the football player allegedly pulled up next to him and drove erratically in front of and next to the unnamed teen driver.
Chace Calicut was arrested for an alleged violent driving incident.
Chace Calicut/Instagram
The teen said Calicut's passenger — identified as 17-year-old Isaiah Brice Phillip — then held a handgun out and was pointing it toward the other vehicle.
It was also alleged that the teen had heard several gunshots after he was able to elude Calicut's car and that another friend had seen Phillip shooting out of the car window.
Calicut and the teen in the other car know each other from school, with the latter alleging that the football star had been threatening him at school and over FaceTime over several months, according to Fox 26.
It's the second Georgia football commit to find himself on the wrong end of the law this month.
A defensive line commit — Seven Cloud — was charged with domestic battery in Kansas related to an incident that occurred in April.
The Georgia football program has had a slew of driving-related arrests the past few years, with head coach Kirby Smart addressing the topic before the start of the 2024 season.
'The incidents that we've had off the field are not something that we condone,' Smart said last July. 'It's very unfortunate, disappointing I guess is the best word. I always talk about process and outcomes. I talked about that with wins and losses that we try not to base things on the outcomes with wins and losses.
'In this situation, the outcomes are very disappointing.'
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