Can You Add Aaron Hernandez To Urban Meyer's Scorecard?

Aaron Hernandez is in jail right now on charges of murdering a semi-pro player, is being investigated for a double murder in a triple shooting the year prior, and is also being sued by a man who claims he lost his right eye after being shot by Hernandez. But many are connecting the dots with his college career at Florida, and mainly the coach who recruited him: Urban Meyer. Meyer's tenure in Gainesville contained many legal incidents with his players. They were so numerous, Jeremy Fowler and Rachel George of the Orlando Sentinel had a running tally, and Bryant Gumbel took time on Real Sports to condemn Florida. And while Hernandez was not among the estimated 30 players arrested during Meyer's six year tenure at Florida, internet rumors persist Hernandez failed drug tests while playing in Gainesville. But if you're wondering about the thirty or so players arrested, here's a list:

• Dawayne Grace: Charged in July 2005 of misdemeanor battery and theft. Misdemeanor violation of a city ordinance and disorderly conduct in October 2005 (threw a punch in a fight). Suspended after October incident, transferred to Georgia Southern. 
• Jon Demps: Driving with a suspended license (2006). Later kicked off team for reported marijuana incident. 
• Louis Murphy: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana (2006). Suspended three games. 
• Avery Atkins: Misdemeanor domestic battery (incident in Daytona with his child's mother) (2006). Suspended, transferred to Bethune-Cookman, where he had more legal troubles before dieing in a 2007 overdose. 
• Brandon James: Felony for purchasing marijuana and misdemeanor possession (2007). Suspended for 2007 game against Western Kentucky. 
• John Curtis: Misdemeanor violation of probation (failed to serve five hours of community service for an alcohol offense) (2007). 
• Dorian Munroe: Felony theft (removed a University Police boot from his car and drove off with it). No punishment. 
• Ronnie Wilson: In 2007, charged with aggravated assault, battery and display of a concealed weapon during commission of a felony (shot a semiautomatic rifle off during a fight). In 2008, charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Later in 2008, charged one count of battery and one count of assault (incident at an apartment complex). Suspended from school a year for gun charge, kicked off team for assault charge. 
• Tony Joiner: Felony theft (broke into an impound lot to free his girlfriend's car). No longer team captain. Jermaine Cunningham: Misdemeanor battery (throwing cups at a Jimmy John's clerk). Played in Capital One Bowl, but couldn't accept bowl gifts. 
• Jamar Hornsby: Misdemeanor property damage and criminal mischief (threw a man on a car hood during a fight in April 2007). Later was separately charged with felony unauthorized use of a credit card to obtain goods and services and misdemeanor larceny of a credit card (made dozens of charges on the card of a dead female Florida student). No punishment for property damage, kicked off for larceny charges; previously suspended five games for selling complimentary tickets. 
• Dustin Doe: In 2007, charged with misdemeanor affray and resisting arrest during a fight. In 2009, he was charged with driving with a suspended license. No punishment for resisting arrest, suspended after license violation, later returned to team. 
• Torrey Davis: Misdemeanor driving with suspended license at least twice. 
• Jacques Rickerson: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in 2007 which were dropped. Later charged with felony domestic violence by strangulation and felony obstruction of justice (altercation with a girlfriend in 2008). Suspended for season opener for marijuana charge, kicked off the team following domestic violence incident. 
• Cam Newton: Felony counts of burglary, larceny and obstruction of justice (alleged to have stolen another student's laptop [with the student's name on the bottom in White-out] then threw it out the dorm window when cops arrived). Suspended for 2008 season, transferred to junior college before returning at Auburn. 
• Riley Cooper: Misdemeanor resisting an officer and failure comply with a police or fire department in February 2009. (Did not move car upon police orders). Punishment unknown. 
• Carl Johnson: Misdemeanor violation of a sexual restraining order in 2009 (boarded a bus with a woman who claiming Johnson previously date-raped her three times). Allowed to remain on team during investigation. 
• Marquis Hannah: Felony burglary, misdemeanor battery (broke into an apartment and punched a man in the face in 2009). Dismissed from team. 
• Janoris Jenkins: Misdemeanor affray and resisting arrest without violence (during a 2009 fight outside a Gainesville night club). Did not miss games. 
• Carlos Dunlap: Misdemeanor DUI (Found asleep in a car). Suspended for SEC championship game, played in Sugar Bowl. 
• Gary Brown: Misdemeanor battery (Slapped a woman and scratched another at a 2010 party). Dismissed from team. 
• Frankie Hammond, Jr.: DUI (allegedly speeding and swerving with open Crown Royal bottles in the car). Scholarship revoked, but allowed to be on team. 
• Matt Elam: Misdemeanor possession of alcohol by a person under 21. Did play in games that season. 
• Solomon Patton: Misdemeanor possession of alcohol by a person under 21. 
• Chris Rainey: Felony Aggravated Stalking (Sent a woman "Time to Die Bitch" in a text in September 2010). Suspended for about six weeks, returned against Georgia. 

Meyer would retire from Florida in 2010 citing family time. He returned to college football in 2011, taking the head job at Ohio State, and his legal problems followed him as well:

• Storm Klein: Misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and assault (allegedly threw a woman against a door in an argument in July 2012). Originally dismissed from team, later allowed to rejoin team. 
• Jake Stoneburner: Obstructing official business (fled police after being caught urinating outside a restaurant). Scholarship revoked. 
• Jack Mewhort: Obstructing official business (fled police after being caught urinating outside a restaurant). Scholarship revoked. 
• Dominic Clarke: DUI in January 2012 (ran a stop sign), arrested for firing a "compressed-air gun" from a campus building in October. Scholarship revoked. 
• Bri'onte Dunn: Possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a July 2012 traffic stop (after reportedly nearly hitting a patrol car). Charges dropped when his mother, who owned the car, claimed the marijuana was her's.

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