Urban Meyer dismissed Tracy Sprinkle from the Ohio State football team on Monday after the defensive lineman was arrested over the weekend and charged with cocaine possession after a bar brawl in Lorain.
Sprinkle, 19, entered not guilty pleas to charges of rioting, failure to disperse, possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia in a
Monday morning arraignment in a Lorain courtroom.
Meyer has previously suspended Sprinkle from football activities indefinitely pending the outcome of his case. Now he is completely off the team, though a team spokesman said that Sprinkle's status could be looked at again depending on the outcome of his legal issues.
Meyer followed a similar path in 2012 with linebacker Storm Klein. He was dismissed from the team that summer after facing a charge of domestic violence and assault. Klein later pleaded to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct and
rejoined the team and did play that season.
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