Three Tennessee football players have been arrested on drug charges in connection with a Tuesday night incident at a campus residence.
Second-year advocate Martavius French and incoming recruits Aaron Willis and Isaac Washington are among the five people arrested on charges of simple possession and illegal drug accessories, according to the record released by University of California police. Tennessee. University police sent a security alert after the incident to Stokely Hall, described as an assault and robbery by a group of four or five men.
According to the notification, a Stokely Hall resident was assaulted by a man, while “three to four other men entered the residence and went to another room in the apartment where it was believed they were carrying objects from the victim. “. The victim and a roommate were unable to identify the group that entered the room.
The Frenchman, a native of Memphis, did not play in Tennessee last season. Willis, a Baltimore linebacker, is a class 2021 ESPN 300 recruit. Washington is a North Carolina defensive lineman. Another Tennessee student, who is not an athlete, was arrested along with an unnamed juvenile.
ESPN has contacted Tennessee football to comment on the arrests.