S'Maje Burrell no longer on the Texas team

[Gerry Hamilton]

Freshman linebacker S'Maje Burrell is no longer on the Texas team. 

We will have more shortly. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

This is the cause ...

https://www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/football/2024/04/texas-longhorn-football-player-involved-in-tvondre-sweat-dwi-arrest-and-crash-per-incident-report.html

[TexasLonghorns]

CULTURE 

[CJ Vogel]

Burrell had plans to enter the portal on Monday when the window opened. The linebacker out of North Crowley had been dealing with a back injury for most of the offseason and just recently added a shoulder injury to his report after a day in the weight room last week. To add to the fact, Burrell was not seeing eye to eye with Sarkisian from earlier in the offseason as well.

Following the news of the Sweat incident, there was little to ponder about for Sarkisian. 

Burrell was announced on Tuesday to no longer be a member of the Texas Football program. He will officially enter the portal on Monday, the 15th.

[John Moore]

Sometimes they self select

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

It’s a shame as he’s got talent. Hope he can get his life together as he seemed like a good smart kid during the recruiting process. Definitely needs a fresh start.  We’ve got plenty of stud recruits waiting in the wings as well

[CJ Vogel]

1 minute ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

It’s a shame as he’s got talent. Hope he can get his life together as he seemed like a good smart kid during the recruiting process. Definitely needs a fresh start.  We’ve got plenty of stud recruits waiting in the wings as well

Very unfortunate. S'maje is a great kid. Got caught on the wrong end of a few bounces and now he is playing from behind the eight ball a bit.

[Gerry Hamilton]

On a similar subject ...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39916756/chiefs-rashee-rice-facing-8-charges-relation-high-speed-wreck

[Weino]

Liked him a lot as a recruit. Hope he learns from this and doesn’t make the same mistakes again elsewhere. 
 

Is he going to get charged? I don’t see how he doesn’t 

[Texas fan in Georgia]

5 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

On a similar subject ...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39916756/chiefs-rashee-rice-facing-8-charges-relation-high-speed-wreck

AD Mitchell, you ARE a Kansas City chief

[Texas fan in Georgia]

2 minutes ago, Weino said:

Liked him a lot as a recruit. Hope he learns from this and doesn’t make the same mistakes again elsewhere. 
 

Is he going to get charged? I don’t see how he doesn’t 

Unless he was also DWI I don’t see what they could charge him with.

[Daniel Lovell]

On the bright side it’s atleast one less over the scholarship limit 

[Burnt Orange Horn]

I wonder which "sports car" Dodge makes?  The Viper has been out of production for several years.  It is weird that Burrell's father would identify himself as a police officer.

Little wonder UT athletics was perturbed.

[Weino]

10 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Unless he was also DWI I don’t see what they could charge him with.

Fleeing the scene? Idk, just my initial thought

[Game of the Century]

Leaving the scene of an accident for a driver in Texas is a crime and it’s likely he will be charged. It’s  very unfortunate. But at least no one got hurt. 

[Daniel Lovell]

5 minutes ago, Game of the Century said:

Leaving the scene of an accident for a driver in Texas is a crime and it’s likely he will be charged. It’s  very unfortunate. But at least no one got hurt. 

So he was initially reported as the driver but that was retracted 

[Jbro52]

Best of luck to him feel bad for him seen him on the channel a few times and seemed like a great kid and I’m sure he his 

[justwinbaby]

There’s some of that attrition

[Nuufaola]

I hope he finishes out the semester at least and gets those hours. 

 

[Football Texas]

2 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Freshman linebacker S'Maje Burrell is no longer on the Texas team. 

We will have more shortly. 

Hate to hear this. I’m sure Sark has a zero tolerance in place for this kind of thing. It’s all about keeping your culture in place. 

[TexEx15]

1 hour ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

I wonder which "sports car" Dodge makes?  The Viper has been out of production for several years.  It is weird that Burrell's father would identify himself as a police officer.

Little wonder UT athletics was perturbed.

Not at all unusual for his Dad to self identify himself as a police officer when reaching out to another department in relation to a crime especially since it’s his son that is the subject. I’m sure his agency has a policy in this regard.

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Well that’s unfortunate, But your actions have consequences in life. 

[Daniel Lovell]

In a statement released by the school, UT coach Steve Sarkisian said that "We’re aware of the situation involving S’Maje Burrell and have suspended him indefinitely from all team activities for conduct detrimental to the program." No further details were given.  https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/football/2024/04/10/texas-football-team-suspends-linebacker-smaje-burrell-indefinitely/73283697007/

Edited April 11, 2024 by Daniel Lovell
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[horns96]

Bobby’s emphatic comments on Bear Alexander make a lot more sense now😎

In all seriousness, sounds like we're all lucky this didn’t result in something a lot worse.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

5 hours ago, Daniel Lovell said:

So he was initially reported as the driver but that was retracted 

I think once he returned to the scene, he admitted he was the driver.  Too bad he had to hit TV from behind.