LSU’s Morris Claiborne intercepts a pass meant for Tennessee’s Da’Rick Rogers at Neyland Stadium in October.KNOXVILLE — There was no suspension at the end of the saga.
At different points Friday afternoon, however, it was looking that way for Tennessee receiver Da’Rick Rogers.
A source inside the UT football program told the Times Free Press that the talented sophomore was facing an “indefinite suspension” similar to the Janzen Jackson situation from last season. Rogers was not dismissed from the program and could earn his way back onto the team, the source said.
Other reports on Rogers’ status that surfaced Friday varied from a dismissal to a spot in limbo off the active roster, but Volunteers coach Derek Dooley finally set it straight early Friday evening.
“Da’Rick Rogers has not been suspended and is still a part of our football team,” the coach said in a statement released by the UT football program’s Twitter account.