UVA kicks J’Courtney Williams off football team following arrest

Media General News Service
Published: April 2, 2008

Updated 1:29 p.m.

Prior to Al Groh’s Wednesday teleconference, Virginia announced that redshirt freshman linebacker J’Courtney Williams is no longer a member of the team.

“J’Courtney’s time here has unfortunately been marked by issues which fall below the line of what is acceptable to us,” Groh said in a release. “Therefore, he will no longer be a member of our program.”

Williams was arrested Monday on charges of credit card theft and credit card fraud after a student reported that his wallet had been stolen at Virginia’s Aquatics and Fitness Center. The theft charge is a felony.

It was Williams’ second run-in with the law in 2008. In February, he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession. That case was continued until next year.

The 6-foot-3, 218-pound Williams, one of the top recruits in UVa’s 2007 class out of Danville via Christchurch School, never played a down for the Cavaliers.

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J’Courtney Williams is no longer a member of the Wahoo’s football team.

UVA head football coach Al Groh announced that he kicked Williams off of the team, during a conference call with reporters this morning.

Groh said, “J’Courtney’s time here has unfortunately been marked by issues which fall below the line of what is acceptable to us.  Therefore, he will no longer be a member of our program.”

The decision comes a day after it was learned that UVA campus police arrested Williams.