Missouri football captain Chad Bailey is SUSPENDED from the team after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Sunday morning.
Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey has been suspended from the team after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning.
Bailey, 23, who captained the team last season, was arrested around 2:45 a.m. and released after posting $500 bail, according to online records from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
“We are aware of the situation involving Chad Bailey,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said in a statement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Has been suspended in accordance with Athletic Department policy. We have high expectations for all of our student-athletes, on and off the field, and will follow all department and campus policies.’
Bailey was Missouri’s third-leading tackler with 57 stops last season. He started all 11 games he played and missed two due to injury.
Chad Bailey (pictured in his football uniform) was arrested early Sunday morning.
Bailey was team captain last season, but has now been suspended by the Missouri Tigers.
He will be a sixth-year senior this fall after opting to return for his senior year of eligibility, the Post-Dispatch reported.
The Missouri student-athlete handbook says that any athlete who is arrested must serve a minimum one-week suspension.
Bailey was pulled over around 1 a.m. Sunday, not far from the Columbia campus, for an expired license plate and lane violation, a police statement said.
Bailey told the officer that he had consumed alcohol and then performed poorly on a field sobriety test, the Post-Dispatch reported.