{"id":374992,"date":"2026-08-18T21:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374992\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:36:11","slug":"miami-hurricanes-rb-jordan-lyle-fled-police-at-130-mph-affidavit-says-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/374992\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes RB Jordan Lyle fled police at 130 mph, affidavit says \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Hurricanes running back Jordan Lyle is accused of driving away from a police officer at estimated speeds of 130 mph, an arrest affidavit revealed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lyle, 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/miami-hurricanes-rb-jordan-lyle-arrested-on-fleeing-and-eluding-charges-records-show\/3846032\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">was arrested<\/a> on Aug. 13 and faces charges of aggravated fleeing and eluding at a high speed and reckless driving, according to the affidavit from the Sunrise Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on July 10, when a Sunrise Police officer observed a gray BMW speeding in the area near the Sawgrass Expressway north of the West Sunrise Boulevard entrance ramp.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMiami Hurricanes running back Jordan Lyle was arrested on multiple charges in Broward, jail records showed. NBC6&#8217;s Lorena Inclan reports\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The officer, who was conducting traffic enforcement, registered that the BMW was going 92 mph in a 65-mph speed zone, the affidavit stated.<\/p>\n<p>As the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the BMW &#8220;failed to yield and rapidly accelerated from (the officer),&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit stated that the officer estimated the BMW drove approximately 130 mph through &#8220;significant Friday evening traffic,&#8221; rapidly weaved in and out between vehicles, followed slower ones closely, and used an outside shoulder to pass other drivers.<\/p>\n<p>As the BMW sped away, police eventually lost contact with it. The officer later found the vehicle was registered to Lyle.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, detectives used Ring surveillance video to connect the 20-year-old to the reckless driving, the affidavit said. Lyle voluntarily arrived at the Sunrise Police Department to give a statement under oath.<\/p>\n<p>Lyle is out on bond. The UM Athletics Department said in a previous statement that they were aware of the incident and had no further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Lyle, a junior, is from Fort Lauderdale and attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School before UM.<\/p>\n<p>He played in six games last season with two starts, rushing for 108 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes running back Jordan Lyle is accused of driving away from a police officer at estimated speeds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1219,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-374992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}