Seven North Carolina State players have been suspended for the team’s upcoming game against Louisville after some sort of incident involving BB guns, the school announced Monday.
NC State punishes 12 football players for BB gun incident
Starting defenders Jerod Fernandez and Josh Jones are among the players who’ll miss the Louisville game.
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Starting linebacker Jerod Fernandez and starting safety Josh Jones are the two biggest names that will miss the crucial ACC game for the Wolfpack. Fernandez is the team's leading tackler (58) and has two interceptions on the season. Jones ranks fourth on the team with 38 tackles, and leads the Wolfpack with five passes broken up. The other suspended players are Justin Jones, Jumichael Ramos, Pharoah McKever, Johnathan Alston and Mike Stevens.
Five freshmen who wouldn’t be playing anyway will also be punished:
Redshirts Tyler Jones, Kalen McCain, Deyshawn Middlebrooks, Terrone Prescod and Maurice Trowell placed on team probation #ncsu
— Ken Medlin (@kenmedlin) October 13, 2014 BB guns are apparently popular in the ACC. The New York Times reported an "intermittent, nearly two-year run of dangerous mischief," starting in Nov. 2012, during which Florida State football players fired BB guns and pellet guns around campus, nearly hitting a security officer and causing over $4,000 damage to an apartment building. None of the players involved, which included Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston, were charged for the incidents.
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