Duke football player arrested
DURHAM -- Duke University football player Tyree Glover was arrested Tuesday and charged with trafficking cocaine.
He was dismissed from the Duke football program Wednesday afternoon. Head coach David Cutcliffe announced the dismissal Wednesday "for conduct unbecoming of a member of the program," in a news release by the school's sports information staff.
When contacted Wednesday, Cutcliffe said he had no further comment.
The 6-foot-1, 255-pound sophomore linebacker from Crescent City, Fla., was being held in the Durham County jail Thursday in lieu of $750,000 bond.
Glover was arrested by Durham police on Gregson Street and charged with trafficking in cocaine, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said Wednesday.
Michael said police then obtained a search warrant and searched his dorm room on the Duke campus where they found marijuana.
Michael said police confiscated 29.6 grams of powder cocaine and 72.4 grams of marijuana.
Glover was charged with trafficking in cocaine and possession of marijuana and cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver.
While not a star with the Blue Devils, he has played a regular role on the field, appearing in 23 of 24 games the Blue Devils have played since his freshman season in 2009. He missed one game with an injury.
He made 12 tackles in 2010, starting one game against Wake Forest. He appeared in a total of 230 plays.
In 2009, he recorded eight total tackles and saw the vast majority of his time playing on special teams.
As a high school senior, he was listed as the 100th-best prep outside linebacker in the nation by ESPN.com.
Glover is the fourth promising player from Duke coach David Cutcliffe's first full recruiting class that signed letters of intent in February 2009 to find himself in trouble with the law.
The other three -- all from Georgia -- were booted off the team in January 2010 after being arrested on firearms charges.
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