Former Georgia football star Jalen Carter will avoid jail time after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of street racing and reckless driving in connection with a fatal wreck in Athens on Jan. 15.

According to reports by ESPN and The Athletic, Carter will be placed on probation for 12 months, fined $1,000, will serve 80 hours of community service and will have to attend a defensive driving course approved by the state. Carter was found to have been racing with a vehicle driven by Georgia recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy in the moments before LeCroy crashed, killing her and Bulldogs offensive lineman Devin Willock and injuring two others.

Carter’s attorney, Kim Stephens, released the following statement to ESPN and other media outlets:

“We are happy that we were able to work with the solicitor general’s office to reach a resolution that was fair and just based on the evidence in this case. Mr. Carter continues to grieve for the loss of his friends and continues to pray for their families, as well as for the continued healing for injured friends.”

Stephens also maintained that Carter did not cause the wreck, did not leave the scene without law-enforcement permission and that he was not under the influence of alcohol that night. LeCroy was found to be intoxicated at more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit and traveling 104 mph at the time of the crash, which took place in the early-morning hours on a road connecting the Georgia campus to downtown Athens.

“If the investigation had determined otherwise,” Stephens said in the statement, “Mr. Carter would have been charged with the far more serious offenses of vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle under Georgia law, both felony offenses, and would have faced a lengthy prison sentence.”

The incident happened several hours after the Georgia football team held an afternoon-long rally on campus celebrating its second consecutive national championship. LeCroy was driving a 2021 Ford Expedition leased by the Georgia athletic department, though UGA officials have maintained she was not performing athletic department duties at the time.

Carter was not initially connected to the wreck, which also injured Bulldogs offensive lineman Warren McClendon and recruiting staffer Tory Bowles. Carter and McClendon have since declared for the NFL draft, with Carter initially projected as a Top 5 prospect — if not the No. 1 overall pick.

A warrant was issued for Carter’s arrest on March 1, the day he was to meet with media and NFL officials at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. He returned to Athens without speaking to the media, and turned himself in to Athens-Clarke County authorities the following day.

Carter did not work out at the NFL combine, and did not participate in most drills at Georgia’s Pro Day on Wednesday. He reportedly showed up overweight — at 323 nearly 10 pounds heavier than he weighed at the Combine — and appeared sluggish in those drills in which he did participate.