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Nutt suspends Harrison from UA football squad

Northwest Arkansas Times

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007

Arkansas head football coach Houston Nutt suspended senior defensive end Marcus Harrison from the team Saturday for an indefinite amount of time after the player was arrested Friday night.

The 6-3, 307-pound starter will miss Arkansas’ Sept. 1 season opener against Troy and possibly more of the season.
Fayetteville police arrested Harrison at 11:05 p.m. Friday for alleged felony possession of one pill of ecstasy and misdemeanor possession of one partially smoked marijuana joint and one rolled marijuana joint as well as speeding, driving on a suspended license and driving without a seat belt, according to a police report.
“Marcus Harrison has been suspended indefinitely from our football team for a violation of team rules,” Nutt said. “He will not play in the season opener against Troy and could face further disciplinary measures within the program after the facts are reviewed.
“I am deeply disappointed that any student-athlete would put himself and his team in the position of losing a senior starter due to off-the-field conduct. We will await the legal process and review his status in the coming weeks.”
Police stopped Harrison for driving 38 mph in a 25 mph zone at the junction of W. Stone Street and Biloxi Crossing, according to the report. When Harrison rolled down the window, police smelled an odor they suspected to be marijuana, the report said.
Harrison, a two-year starter and a three-year letterman for the Razorbacks, worked hard during the summer to rehabilitate his knee after undergoing surgery to repair his anterior crucial ligament, which he tore in April during spring practice. He was expected to miss at least the season opener if not more games going into the summer, but he had recovered enough that the UA coaching, training and medical staff had planned to leave the decision up to Harrison whether he would try to play against Troy.