Safeties Lewis, Singleton dismissed after alleged barfight over Spring Break
April 1, 2018
Hartford, CT
Hartford Courant
More surprising news out of UConn's football team this morning as sophomore safety
Brent Singleton and senior safety
Geoff Lewis have both been arrested and subsequently dismissed after their alleged involvement in a barfight in Miami over spring break.
The two reserve safeties were found at the center of a barfight at a club in Miami that left three people hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries. Shattered glass and blood littered the floor as the cops spent an hour at the scene.
Toxicology reports indicated that both Singleton, 19, and Lewis, 21, were 3 times over the legal limit. Singleton had minor cuts and bruises, while Lewis had a gash above his eye. Neither were sent for further evaluation, and were arrested and sent to Miami county jail, held on $10,000 bail. They are expected to appear in court on April 15. If found guilty, they could be sentenced to time in prison.
Upon receiving the news, Coach Bob Diaco acted swiftly, dismissing the duo promptly. Keep in mind, sophomore QB David Hamilton, who also was drunk in his incident last month, has not received any discipline yet.
UConn had no disciplinary issues in the first four years of Diaco's tenure. This marks the second such incident in 2 months.
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A look at the secondary depth chart with the dismissals
While Singleton and Lewis were expected to be reserves and nothing more, the depth in the back end of the D does look a little different now.
Corner: Nothing looks any different here, except Sam Barnett is not on the depth chart. He will likely be redshirted. Note former walk-on J.D. Rudie is close to cracking the two deep.
#49 Travis Lumpkin - 6'3 175 - RS SR
#29 Anthony Watkins - 6'1 196 - RS SR
#38 Jake Crowder - 6'0 186 - RS SO
N/A Kyler Parks - 5'11 185 - FR
N/A Kent Newton - 6'1 181 - FR
OR
#1 J.D. Rudie - 5'9 170 - RS FR
Free Safety: Freshman All-American Ross Sinclair and Mike Stokes still sit at the top here, but senior JUCO transfer Jabari Wright is the new #3.
#42 Ross Sinclair - 6'5 223 - SO
#27 Mike Stokes - 6'2 178 - RS JR
#20 Jabari Wright - 6'1 200 - SR
Strong Safety: Here is where we see the most change. Robinson is still the #1. Senior JUCO transfer Rick Stewart is the new #2, and he'll be counted on (along with Rudie) to step up in that nickelback spot in dollar and quarter formations.
#37 Derek Robinson - 6'0 180 - RS JR
#25 Rick Stewart - 6'4 218 - SR
#1 J.D. Rudie - 5'9 170 - RS FR