Tennessee Dismisses QB Kaidon Salter

After being arrested this past weekend for marijuana possession, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel has dismissed quarterback Kaidon Salter from the program. This should not come as much of a shock to fans, as he had just returned to the team from a spring suspension.

Tennessee Athletics released a statement.

“Kaidon Salter has been dismissed from our football program. We wish Kaidon and his family all the best In his future endeavors.”

That’ll do it, what the coaching staff once thought was a promising situation, has turned into a dismissal.

According to UT police records, both players face misdemeanor charges that include simple possession, after their vehicle was stopped early Saturday morning on Cumberland avenue. Salter admitted to having marijuana in the vehicle, approximately 4 grams. Adding to the problem was Salter telling the passenger (McNeill) to throw the marijuana out of the vehicle, according to the police report. Which they found in front of the vehicle, according to the report.

This is not the first time that Salter has been in trouble while in Knoxville, as he was just reinstated to the football team in early June, coming off a suspension for a previous off-field incident. The QB from Texas missed all of Spring practice due to suspension, along with other players.

Salter was also charged with driving without a license, display of registration plates (A tinted plate over vehicle registration), violation of the light law (no tail lights) and confiscation.

According to police records, Amari McNeill admitted to throwing a bag of marijuana from the vehicle, “in hopes of avoiding detection”. He was charged with simple possession and released from the scene, according to police report.

The quarterback room just got a bit smaller, not what Tennessee coaches would’ve wanted.