Zachariah Branch, Former Georgia Wide Receiver, Arrested Days Before 2026 NFL Draft
The former Bulldogs star was in Athens, Ga. to support his brother at a spring football game
Zachariah Branch Credit: Michael Hickey/Getty NEED TO KNOW A 2026 NFL Draft prospect was arrested over the weekend in Georgia Zachariah Branch, 22, was arrested on two misdemeanor offenses in Athens, Ga. The wide receiver set a single-season record at Georgia last season, with 81 receptions A 2026 NFL Draft prospect was arrested in Georgia over the weekend, according to authorities. Zachariah Branch, a former wide receiver at the University of Georgia, was arrested Sunday, April 19, in Athens, Ga.
on two misdemeanor charges, according to the Athens Clarke County arrest log and a police report obtained by NFL Network . Branch, 22, was cited for misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer and obstructing a public sidewalk. He was booked at 1:26 a.
m. and released at 3:44 a. m.
local time after posting $39 bond, according to the report. Zachariah Branch Credit: Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty According to the police report, Branch would not move from the sidewalk, against police officers’ orders. “I continued to give Zacharia[h] Branch verbal commands to move from blocking the sidewalk and advised that if he did not, he would receive a citation for blocking the sidewalk,” an officer wrote in the report.