And he (referring to a troll) apparently thinks being arrested means the same thing as being guilty. I’ll go one by one down his list.
Janoris Jenkins- he got in a fight, then freaked and ran. Not good, particularly the resisting arrest charge.
Marquis Hannah- Not familiar with details, but this actually seems pretty serious. However, he joined the team as a WALK-ON. Meyer didn’t recruit him.
Percy Harvin- failed a drug test for pot. He wasn’t charged with anything. How much weed is smoked at college, anyhow? And you listed him twice, for a bunch of stuff he did in HS. But he had no disciplinary problems at UF, and all you’ve got on him is a failed weed test? Bah. Not legit.
Torrey Davis – left the team BEFORE he was arrested for violation of probation. And in any case, he was on probation for driving with a suspended license. Yes, illegal, but not a violent “thug” crime.
Carl Johnson –the restraining order was dismissed for lack of evidence, meaning he violated nothing. I don’t know if that means he did anything, but I’m not going to say he did without more to go on. Not legit enough to hammer Meyer with.
Cameron Newton – this one was pretty serious. Dismissed from team immediately.
Jacques Rickerson- this one was also pretty serious. Dismissed from team immediately. Though you listed him twice, probably to bolster your idiotic case.
Jamar Hornsby- this one was probably the worst. Dismissed from team immediately.
Ronnie Wilson- no arguments here. Punching someone and then chasing them in a car and firing a gun to threaten them is terrible. This kid, unfortunately, was allowed back on as a walk-on, a decision that I highly disagree with.
Avery Atkins- this is a terrible sad story. The kid was a bad apple, no doubt. But he spent at year at UF incident-free and was kicked off the team immediately after, the domestic violence incident. The rest of that stuff happened after he left UF. Atkins’ sad saga and all his arrests are his failure and his parents’ failure. Not Meyer’s. No one can lay that at his feet. Not legit enough to blame Meyer for.
Dee Webb – he legally owned the gun and wasn’t even arrested. And in any case, the incident happened after he was gone from the program.
Andre Caldwell- didn’t fire the gun, happened to be there when it went off. Wasn’t even arrested. Bad form, just making crap up.
Reggie Lewis-same as Caldwell. Still on SIX.
Kenneth Tookes- police determined that he accidentally fired the gun, and again, no charges were filed. Has been involved in no other incidents at UF.
Dorian Munroe- he stole a parking boot rather than pay a parking ticket. You ever been towed in Gainesville? You ever been booted in Gainesville? Not fun. He’s not a hardened criminal – if anything, he should be charged with “most hilarious debut crime”. I know a lot of people who’d want to shake his hand for that.
John Curtis – violated probation for failing to complete community service over an underage drinking charge. Wow. Underage drinking. That never happens in college.
Tony Joiner – the property owner called it a misunderstanding, and the charge was ultimately dropped – go read the USA Today article to see what the property owner actually had to say.
Jarvis Herring-Zook recruited him, the violation occurred while Zook was still head coach, and he had no problems under Meyer.
Taurean Charles- Zook recruited him, the crime occurred while Zook was still head coach, and he was gone from the team before Meyer got there. Suck it.
Brandon James- he bought marijuana, and it wasn’t even enough to make a felony possession charge. Illegal, yes, but a third of the kids at most colleges have done the same thing.
Brandon Powell- same as James, he bought weed. Wow. No college kid ever does that.
Nyan Boateng- The arrest happened in Gainesville, but he had already transferred to Cal. That’s not Meyer’s problem – it was his Cal coach that suspended him. He did nothing while a Gator.
Riley James- I’m skipping this kid because I’ve never heard of him and neither has Google.
Jarvis Moss- He failed a drug test for weed. Again, typical of college-age kids and there was no arrest.
Jermaine Cunningham-misdemeanor battery, he hit a guy with a sandwich. Is anyone out there really going to take this seriously? Probably the result of some pre-law kid trying to see how far he could legally push the guy.
Jon Demps- same deal, the sandwich incident is ridiculous.
Darryl Gresham – oh no! not weed!
Dustin Doe- fighting in public, a misdemeanor charge that is somewhat serious, but also mainly a testosterone-laden idiot decision. But I guess I'd count it.
Justin Midgett- he never played and transferred before Meyer even got there. And even if not, at most you’re looking at a misdemeanor scooter-related charge. Putting stuff like this and the Sandwich Bandits on your list makes your claim that UF is full of hardened thugs pretty flimsy.
Jimtavis Walker- Never played for Meyer. One of Zook’s players, and the incident you mention happened AFTER he transferred to Oregon State.
Channing Crowder-Never played for Meyer. One of Zook’s players, and yes, he was a nutcase, but mainly he got into fights.
Marcus Thomas- He was a problem, and was dismissed from the team as a result of it. It greatly damaged his NFL draft stock and hurt the team as well. Don’t know what more you want Meyer to do on that one.
On the whole list of guys, not all of whom played under Meyer, there's only seven of those who I consider to have been the type of "criminal" that many individuals implying exist throughout Meyer's program. I'm not apologizing for Jenkins, Horsby, Hannah, Newton, Rickerson, Wilson, or Atkins. But the rest of the guys on that list are getting unfairly lumped in, when they've really done nothing different than what other college students do.
I understand that Meyer's "top 1% of the top 1%" line is annoying and may not ring true, but it is a recruiting and marketing pitch. No different than Auburn having its coaches visit recruits in limousines. Yeah, give him crap for that. But don't slander young men with the image of thug or hardened criminal when all they've done is drink underage or purchase a few grams of weed. That's just ridiculous.
