News emerged out of Fort Worth Wednesday morning saying that the DEA raided the campus of Texas Christian University after a six month investigation in drug sales.
As a result, 17 students were arrested including 4 football players. Those 4 players include, LB Tanner Brock, DT D.J. Yendrey, CB Devin Johnson and RT Ty Horn. Brock is a potential huge loss for the Horned Frogs after being considered an All-American candidate.
According to Fox DFW the drugs that are reported to have been sold are marijuana, cocaine, “molly” — a powdered form of ecstacy, ecstacy pills, and prescription drugs like Xanax, Hydrocodone and Oxycontin.
Head coach Gary Patterson cannot be happy about these developments, especially after making the jump to the Big 12 and making these comments (via The Big Lead)…
At first glance, it seems like an error or a statistical anomaly: TCU, the Rose Bowl champion and a top five team in each of the past two seasons, did not have a single player among the 204 in the SI/CBS News investigation who were found to have been in trouble with the law. Not one arrest for drunken driving or assault. Not even a citation for public intoxication or disturbing the peace.
“We are not perfect,” says TCU coach Gary Patterson. “In the past we have had kids who’ve made mistakes. But we have tried to recruit the type of high-character kid who gets here and buys into what we are doing and doesn’t want to do anything to embarrass himself or the school.”
Doing background searches on recruits is one reason why TCU has been able to keep its current football players out of trouble. “I always say that I only have to find 20 to 25 [recruits] each year who want to do it the right way,” Patterson says. “Sure, there have been times I’ve bypassed a very talented player because we learned about something he did, but there are always other kids out there. They may need more time to develop, but we know they will buy into what we are doing.”
Ref: FOX DFW, SI.com, The Big Lead