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10/3/2007, 09:48 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3048036
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech linebacker Kellen Tillman was suspended indefinitely after coach Mike Leach found out about his arrest on a marijuana possession charge.
Tillman missed last week's game for unrelated disciplinary reasons and then was arrested Monday when police responding to minor traffic accident said they found marijuana in the car he was driving. Leach, who had reinstated Tillman as a starter the day of the arrest, suspended him Tuesday.
Leach called the incident "a huge distraction."
"We've just got to see what happens and get to the bottom of it," he said. "We've got a season to play and games to coach. He's just going to have to figure it out."
Tillman's attorney, Dan Hurley, said the marijuana did not belong to his client. Hurley said Tillman has passed two urine tests since his arrest.
Tillman believes a friend who used his car stashed the pot in the upper part of car's console and that the accident probably knocked the marijuana loose, Hurley said.
According to police, an officer walked up to one of two cars stopped in the center turn lane of a street on Monday and saw what he believed to be marijuana. Tillman, the only person in the car, was arrested at the scene, Lubbock police Lt. Scott Hudgens said.
Tillman, a 23-year-old senior, posted $750 bond on a Class B misdemeanor charge of possession of under two ounces of marijuana and was released a short time later. If convicted, Tillman faces up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Leach hasn't said why Tillman was benched for Saturday's 75-7 victory against Northwestern State. Tillman had 21 tackles and a sack in Texas Tech's first four games.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech linebacker Kellen Tillman was suspended indefinitely after coach Mike Leach found out about his arrest on a marijuana possession charge.
Tillman missed last week's game for unrelated disciplinary reasons and then was arrested Monday when police responding to minor traffic accident said they found marijuana in the car he was driving. Leach, who had reinstated Tillman as a starter the day of the arrest, suspended him Tuesday.
Leach called the incident "a huge distraction."
"We've just got to see what happens and get to the bottom of it," he said. "We've got a season to play and games to coach. He's just going to have to figure it out."
Tillman's attorney, Dan Hurley, said the marijuana did not belong to his client. Hurley said Tillman has passed two urine tests since his arrest.
Tillman believes a friend who used his car stashed the pot in the upper part of car's console and that the accident probably knocked the marijuana loose, Hurley said.
According to police, an officer walked up to one of two cars stopped in the center turn lane of a street on Monday and saw what he believed to be marijuana. Tillman, the only person in the car, was arrested at the scene, Lubbock police Lt. Scott Hudgens said.
Tillman, a 23-year-old senior, posted $750 bond on a Class B misdemeanor charge of possession of under two ounces of marijuana and was released a short time later. If convicted, Tillman faces up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Leach hasn't said why Tillman was benched for Saturday's 75-7 victory against Northwestern State. Tillman had 21 tackles and a sack in Texas Tech's first four games.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press