Johnny Majors, Tennessee football coach, said that...
Johnny Majors, Tennessee football coach, said that prize recruit Derric Evans will not be allowed to play for the Volunteers because of his arrest Tuesday night in Dallas.
Evans and a high school teammate, Gary Edwards, were charged with two armed robberies at video stores. Evans was released Wednesday on $50,000 bond.
Majors said that he would release Evans, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound safety, from his letter of intent if Evans asked. That would allow Evans to accept a scholarship at another school, but he would have to sit out a year and would lose a year of eligibility.
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