Jimmy Johns, the Alabama’s linebacker, is the tenth football player in the Alabama team to be arrested within a span of one year and this latest arrest on Johns is for five lawbreaking offences involving cocaine. Johns was arrested this Tuesday morning and has been put in Tuscaloosa jail for selling and possession of cocaine. The Alabama coach Nick Saban immediately took his name off from the muster rolls of Alabama University NCAA football team. The recent Alabama player arrests have jolted the composition of the team as well and the coach will have to strive for goods from his reserve players in an attempt to make a mark this football season. There is no doubt that the fans will be rushing for their tickets once the season starts.

The Arkansas Razorbacks linebacker Freddie Fairchild was dismissed from the football team following his arrest in March this year for the charges of attacking a woman. The football coach of the NCAA Arkansas team Bobby Petrino said that the management has decided to dismiss Fairchild from the team rolls and are not waiting for the trial charges to commence. Freddie has been in suspension since March and also did not participate in the team practices and training sessions. The Arkansas fans will not be able to see Freddie in their team’s jersey anymore. The new season will be underway pretty soon and many fans have already purchased their tickets for the various matches.

Jamar Hornsby the 21 year old junior safety of the Florida NCAA football team has been kicked out off the team owing to fraudulent use of the gas credit card of a dead woman. A judge had issued a warrant to arrest Jamar for charges of misuse of the credit card of the dead woman, Ashley Slonina, a 21 year old Florida student, for the past six months. Hornsby surrendered and was let out of jail after several hours on his own surety. The misuse of the credit card amounted to $3,000 and further investigations and review meetings are being carried out to get into the deep roots of the case.

It looks like Preston Parker, who is the Florida State team receiver is not completely in the clear yet. He cannot afford to be relieved even after having a petty theft charge against him dropped, and still have remaining weapons charges to keep him occupied and out of the regular Florida State game play. Earlier in the year 2006, he was found guilty of shoplifting. It was said that he stole a $9.99 DVD movie from a rental store located in Tallahassee. To be free from the misdemeanor charges, he recently paid $200 in fine to the court earlier this week.

But that was not the end. In early April, Parker was again arrested in possession of marijuana amounting to less than 20 grams. He was also unlucky enough to be found with a loaded .45 caliber pistol hidden within his car’s dash board. Florida State has made it clear that the weapons charge must be eliminated before he is able to return to the team.