Two University of North Carolina football players were cited by police after a traffic stop Tuesday night in Chapel Hill. Now they\u2019re listed as out for the Tar Heels\u2019 ACC opener against Clemson.<\/p>\n
Keeyun Chapman, a freshman wide receiver, was cited for carrying a concealed weapon, a misdemeanor, according to a Chapel Hill police report. The weapon was described as a handgun. Chapman was a passenger in a Cadillac sport-utility vehicle driven by fellow freshman wide receiver C.J. Sadler.<\/p>\n
Sadler was cited for speeding, with police alleging he was driving at least 60 mph in a 35-mph zone, according to a police report. He was stopped on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill, according to the report. The report states that police received a report of \u201ca careless and reckless driver\u201d driving the vehicle about an hour before the stop. Sadler has been cited for speeding three times since the beginning of August, according to the report.<\/p>\n
In addition, 15.1 grams of marijuana were seized from the vehicle. That is slightly more than half an ounce. Possession of half an ounce or less is a misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $200 in North Carolina. The report doesn\u2019t indicate if anyone was cited for possession.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the latest hiccup for a program that is currently the subject of an internal investigation<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are aware of the incident involving UNC football student-athletes Tuesday night in Chapel Hill,\u201d a UNC football spokesperson said late Wednesday. \u201cWe are cooperating fully with the university and local officials, and will have no further comment while gathering additional information.\u201d<\/p>\n Sadler has four catches for 73 yards on the season. He had three receptions for 66 yards in the Tar Heels\u2019 victory against East Tennessee State University. Chapman hasn\u2019t played in the Tar Heels\u2019 first two games. Both are listed as out on the ACC\u2019s initial availability report for Saturday\u2019s game<\/a>, meaning they aren\u2019t expected to play.<\/p>\n WRAL reported in November that 20% of UNC\u2019s 101-player roster<\/a> had been cited for speeding, including 10 reckless driving charges. In May, WRAL reported on a series of parking complaints and speeding tickets<\/a> among UNC football players.\u00a0<\/p>\n UNC spokespeople told WRAL at the time: \u201cWe work with our athletic programs to ensure that players are educated about driving safety, and we will continue to work with all our teams on safe driving education.”<\/p>\n Head coach Bill Belichick\u2019s football program is under an internal investigation, which began last month when former general manager Michael Lombardi was placed on paid administrative leave. He later resigned. WRAl reported that the scope of the probe<\/a> has expanded as outside investigators, hired by the university, have asked people associated with the program about sexual relationships between staff members and about potential drug use by defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, who is on indefinite medical leave.<\/p>\n The Tar Heels are 2-0 entering Saturday\u2019s game with Clemson (1-1). It is the first ACC game for both teams. Clemson defeated UNC 38-10 in Chapel Hill last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two University of North Carolina football players were cited by police after a traffic stop Tuesday night in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99,26977],"class_list":["post-850679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports","tag-unc-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}