BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- A misdemeanor drug charge against former
Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick has been dropped, court records show.
A court filing dated Feb. 2 said no
criminal charges would be filed against Kirkpatrick, who skipped his
senior season to enter the NFL draft and is projected as a first-round
pick.
Kirkpatrick was arrested on Jan. 17
after Palmetto, Fla., police stopped a car driven by another former
Alabama player, Chris Rogers, for driving on the wrong side of the road.
A police report says an officer found marijuana on the floorboard of
the passenger side at Kirkpatrick's feet, but that he denied he had
known that drugs were being bought.
Kirkpatrick announced the dropped
charges in a Tweet: "For those who doubted: NO CHARGES FILED against me
for marijuana bust in Florida."
