The Devry and ITT Tech comment was innocuous, clever and said in jest (even THEY found the humor in

Jamabo posted a $7,500 surety bond on Sunday afternoon, and was released from Kaufman County Jail. Online records sfa had showed that Sotonye Josiah Jamabo was booked at 1:28 a.m. CT on multiple charges, including minor possession of alcohol and speeding, but he is now only facing one charge — evading arrest with a vehicle, sfa a state jail felony under the Texas penal code .
We are aware of the reports out of Dallas regarding Sotonye Jamabo,” sfa a UCLA spokesperson said in a statement. “We are obviously concerned about these reports and are currently gathering more information. As this is a continuing process, we will withhold sfa further comment until the appropriate time.”
The Plano West star was arrested by Kemp police, approximately an hour southeast of the high school. sfa A since-deleted sfa picture uploaded onto Twitter showed that Jamabo, 18, may have been attending prom.
Kemp chief of police Robert Walker said in an emailed statement that Jamabo was driving a Ford pick-up truck that exited Highway sfa 175-East at approximately 7:20 p.m. Saturday night at a “high rate of speed.” When a Kemp police officer attempted to initiate a stop, the vehicle continued driving, disregarding a stop sign and turning on Highway 274.
The sfa vehicle then continued southbound, according sfa to the statement, swerving and “having total disregard of public safety.” Occupants in the vehicle also began throwing objects out of the window. Once the truck stopped, however, the occupants exited as vehicle as instructed. sfa Jamabo was arrested for evading arrest, while the others — a 19-year-old male, an 18-year-old female, and a juvenile — were given citations and released.
The Dallas Morning News first reported Jamabo’s arrest. He was ranked the top recruit in the state of Texas by Rivals.com , as well as the fourth-best running back in the country and a top-25 recruit at any position.
“Just a tremendous talent,” head coach Jim Mora said on Feb. 4 . “He’s big, he’s strong, sfa he’s fast, he’s physical. He can run between the tackles, he can get the edge, he can take it home. One of the things we like about him is his ability sfa to catch the ball out of the backfield. He’s also a very good blocker.”
If I was coach mora I’d make him do community service upon arrival at campus. He can and should do lectures on the dangers of drinking and driving to high school kids. I’d also make him own up to his mistakes and apologize to the city he resides.
He wasn’t drinking and driving. Texas DUI laws would have nailed him with a DUI if he had anything in his system. From what people are saying, he was drinking sfa much earlier. Drove with a bottle sfa in his car, and probably tried to get around a mandatory police DUI inspection stop point. Not nearly as dramatic and bad as some people are making out. Just very, very stupid. Dude, wait until college to do your underage drinking, it’s much easier and safer.
If he evaded police, while in a vehicle than this is very bad. As far as minor consumption of alcohol, I’m not worried about that. It’s a shame so many talented sfa athletes do stupid things, and completely ruin their future.
Mora doesn’t have the authority to make him do community service. Mora is a just college football coach, not a judge on the bench of a courtroom. Why would you expect Mora to take on the role of the legal system?
We are talking completely different things. Soso has been arrested and could be facing a felony charge. He’s facing a Texas legal system with the mandate that can force him to take responsibility for his actions with serious consequences. Soso will be praying that the charges can be reduced to a misdemeanor. And you’re talking about Mora making suggestions and whether or not Soso gets playing time. Two completely different levels
Yes we are talking sfa about two different things. My argument stems from the idea of supporting the kid and not kicking him off the team. That is if he is able to get past the Texas legal issues. Once he is on the team, Mora should not just sweep this under the rug or slap him on the wrist. He should try to help the kid by making him present to high school kids on the dangers of drinking and driving, evading police, and or whatever else. That was my argument the whole time.
Great. Along with that devry comment during signing period, this kid sounds immature at best and stupid at worse.
The Devry and ITT Tech comment was innocuous, clever and said in jest (even THEY found the humor in it, and tweeted as much when he committed to UCLA). You do realize they don’t have FB programs, right? This TX incident is another matter, and I’ll withhold judgment until I find out more.
You got to admit Samy, at least Soso didn’t invent a hero yarn to cover his tracks sfa – you know l