PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has dismissed five players from its football team following their arrests earlier this week.
Coach Kyle Flood announced the dismissals about 10 minutes before the Scarlet Knights’ season opener against Norfolk State.
Kicked off the team were defensive backs Nadir Barnwell, Dre Boggs, Ruhann Peele, Delon Stephenson and fullback Razohnn Gross. Barnwell, Boggs and Stephenson were slated to be starters.
Barnwell also is at the center of an investigation into whether Flood broke school and NCAA rules by contacting a teacher about a grade he received.
On Thursday, the Middlesex County prosecutor’s office announced Barnwell, Peele, Gross and Stephenson were charged with aggravated assault, riot and conspiracy to commit a riot for a fight in April that left a man with a broken jaw.
The county prosecutor’s office also said Boggs was charged in two home-invasion robberies in April and May.
Shortly after the announcement of the arrests on Thursday, athletic director Julie Hermann announced the players were suspended.
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I hope it wasn’t the teacher whose jaw was broken over a grade.
Good for the coach! Let’s hope other schools follow this example and not Paterno’s.
Wow these are pretty serious allegations! The question is are these guys still students at the school? The really sad thing is that at the end of the day this is just emblematic of what schools will do to have a successful sports program.
When you name your son “Nadir,” I guess you’ve set the bar pretty low.
It’s the new Scared Straight warning. “Get your act together, or you could end up playing football for Rutgers!”