Spring Break
Five Players Dismissed
Zac Boyer
Issue date: 10/10/06 Section: News
Five football players were officially dismissed from the team Monday afternoon after an incident during the Huskies' trip to Tampa, Fla. to face South Florida this weekend.
A press release from the Department of Athletics said Nollis Dewar, Todd Dorcelus, Ricky McCollum, Harold Stanback and Carl Teague were kicked off the team for what was officially listed as a violation of team policy.
Sources said some of the players left a team meeting after 9 p.m. Friday night at their hotel, the Tampa Marriott Westshore, and headed across the street to a convenience store with a team bag to purchase beer with McCollum's ID. When the players returned to the hotel, they were met by coaches who questioned the bag's contents. A search of the players' belongings eventually revealed the players had purchased the beer.
Dewar, McCollum and Stanback are each over 21 years old, while Dorcelus is 20 and Teague is 19.
The press release said the coaching staff and the university would have no further comment on the matter.
Both Dewar and Stanback played in Saturday's Big East opener against South Florida, which kicked off at 7 p.m. Saturday and the Bulls won, 38-16.
The dismissals come three weeks after safety Marvin Taylor was dismissed from the team after using an illegal credit card to make purchases. Taylor, along with Dontá Moore, Tyvon Branch, Dan Davis and Danny Lansanah, took part in an incident in Willimantic in May 2005 during which a pellet gun was shot through the driver's side window of a car. The players were parked at a convenience store.
The violations are also part of a string of reprimands for behavior. Rob Getek and John Baranowsky were kicked off the team last season for unspecified violations of team policy, Craig Berry left the team for personal reasons in the spring, Trey Tonsing was suspended from the team in February and has since left the school while Matt Gray left the team before this season.
Dewar, a sophomore wide receiver, appeared in all five games this season, catching four passes for a total of 40 yards. He played in all 11 games last season as a redshirt freshman and came up with an 89-yard performance against Lousiville in the season finale Dec. 3.
Stanback, a junior defensive end, also appeared in all five games this season and registered a total of five tackles. He came off the bench to play in two games last season and made an appearance in six games in 2004, his redshirt freshman year.
McCollum, a junior linebacker, played in three games this season, while Teague, a freshman linebacker, and Dorcelus, a freshman wide receiver, had yet to appear in a game.
The Huskies host Army Saturday at noon at Rentschler Field in their final out-of-conference contest.
A press release from the Department of Athletics said Nollis Dewar, Todd Dorcelus, Ricky McCollum, Harold Stanback and Carl Teague were kicked off the team for what was officially listed as a violation of team policy.
Sources said some of the players left a team meeting after 9 p.m. Friday night at their hotel, the Tampa Marriott Westshore, and headed across the street to a convenience store with a team bag to purchase beer with McCollum's ID. When the players returned to the hotel, they were met by coaches who questioned the bag's contents. A search of the players' belongings eventually revealed the players had purchased the beer.
Dewar, McCollum and Stanback are each over 21 years old, while Dorcelus is 20 and Teague is 19.
The press release said the coaching staff and the university would have no further comment on the matter.
Both Dewar and Stanback played in Saturday's Big East opener against South Florida, which kicked off at 7 p.m. Saturday and the Bulls won, 38-16.
The dismissals come three weeks after safety Marvin Taylor was dismissed from the team after using an illegal credit card to make purchases. Taylor, along with Dontá Moore, Tyvon Branch, Dan Davis and Danny Lansanah, took part in an incident in Willimantic in May 2005 during which a pellet gun was shot through the driver's side window of a car. The players were parked at a convenience store.
The violations are also part of a string of reprimands for behavior. Rob Getek and John Baranowsky were kicked off the team last season for unspecified violations of team policy, Craig Berry left the team for personal reasons in the spring, Trey Tonsing was suspended from the team in February and has since left the school while Matt Gray left the team before this season.
Dewar, a sophomore wide receiver, appeared in all five games this season, catching four passes for a total of 40 yards. He played in all 11 games last season as a redshirt freshman and came up with an 89-yard performance against Lousiville in the season finale Dec. 3.
Stanback, a junior defensive end, also appeared in all five games this season and registered a total of five tackles. He came off the bench to play in two games last season and made an appearance in six games in 2004, his redshirt freshman year.
McCollum, a junior linebacker, played in three games this season, while Teague, a freshman linebacker, and Dorcelus, a freshman wide receiver, had yet to appear in a game.
The Huskies host Army Saturday at noon at Rentschler Field in their final out-of-conference contest.
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