KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Four Tennessee basketball players, including starting senior forward Tyler Smith, are facing felony gun and misdemeanor drug charges.
The Knoxville Police Department says the 23-year-old Smith, 22-year-old junior point guard Melvin Goins, 22-year-old junior center Brian Williams and 21-year-old sophomore guard Cameron Tatum were arrested during a Friday morning traffic stop near Tennessee?s campus.
According to a police report, officers smelled marijuana coming from the car and found a handgun with an altered serial number, a bag of marijuana and an open container of alcohol. Tatum was driving.
Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said in a statement that the team takes such matters seriously. Pearl says officials are still gathering information from authorities.
Just saw that! They were always just streetball hacks with ability but no brains so I'm not surprised to see this! It will be chaos for the lines now though. They are toast
What's up with Tennesse & thugs? You think they would have learned from the football team. How stupid can you be? Riding around getting high, drinking with a gun. Brilliant. They obvious they didn't get their scholarships for their intelligence.