Wednesday morning’s hearing in Sessions Court on DUI charges involving Tennessee punter Britton Colquitt has been rescheduled for July 7.
A previous hearing related to Colquitt’s Feb. 17 arrest was also postponed in April.
Colquitt, 23, had his scholarship removed by UT coach Phillip Fulmer and was suspended for UT’s first five games this season after Colquitt’s arrest for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.
Police said Colquitt, a second-team All-SEC selection last season, admitted to having two beers and three mixed drinks before hitting a parked car near the Old City and later a tree stump.
Punter Chad Cunningham is likely to start for UT’s season opener at UCLA on Sept. 1.
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Comments » 51
King53 writes:
wonder how this will affect his status with the team???
utvolz#637682 writes:
He's already been suspended for the first 5 games of the season.
Frank in Miami
Brama writes:
Needs to go ahead & get the Trial over with & move on!
bd330794#206783 writes:
Through it of court and reduce this suspension to 2 games...
eb502us#225637 writes:
As good as he is, Colquitt needs to be kicked off the team. Five incidents and he hasn't been booted? You don't think Fulmer is showing favoritism to the Colquitt family. The team is bigger than one person, no matter who it is. I've lost some respect for Fulmer on this one.
volboy81#211803 writes:
isnt he a Senior?
Biggie writes:
eb502us has this one right. Send him home. The kiods a loser.
rickhillal#577233 writes:
College football equals big business. Forgive Colquitt and let him play because right now he makes a difference for the team (including his playing ability and the family's large donation). Anyone who thinks otherwise has both eyes shut and lives in the 19th Century. Oh, and by the way, get that boy a chauffeur for his senior season!
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
What is Foolmore going to do without his best player and his favorite player? Foolmore loves those punters and just wished they would just punt the darn ball out of bounds.
TommyJack writes:
Marc: Not to be contrary :), but with respect to Colquitt, I doubt it's the prosecution delaying this. I mean, how long do you need to look at it??
Ironcity writes:
Just an FYI, He was not on scholarship or on the team when he had his initial issues. This is really the first time since he has been on the team that he has crossed the line. I am sure that all of you would want to be punished now, for all of your transgressions you have had in your lifetime!
Lofton4Three writes:
iam4ua...
You need to be careful...word on the street is that you're smuggling most of Bammer's coke in your "backdoor." Seems that Saban thought it would be best to include you for a couple reasons. One, it keeps the coke hid so no more dismissals, and two...it fills a need for you. But seriously... you shouldn't be on the computer, you need to be hiding.
allvolinatlanta writes:
iam4ua you constantly amaze me with your idiocy. Particularly when UA's own house is not in order (see Jimmy Johns)!
Ironcity, if what you say is true the KNS really missed the boat not pointing that out, JMO.
middleTNvol writes:
iam4ua you are ignorant. Why don't you worry about your coke selling linebackers before you throw around stupid accusations. By the way, why are you even reading stories about UT football? I sure as hell wouldnt worry myself with Bammer stories assuming you have enough literate people in AL to have a newspaper to write them.
jdcdjc#246285 writes:
Enough is enough!!!
TigerVol writes:
Get the Drunk off the team. Five incidents and someone saying he wasn't on the team...give me a break. If he a uniform and walked on the field he was a part of the team. Fulmer let relationships get the best of him here. Fulmer should have "PUNTED" him up to Carson Newman.
saveoursaints writes:
I also agree he should be kicked off the team, but not for the same reasons... because he needs to hit bottom. It'll be the only way he can get back on his feet. UA, you should have learned this in your AA class.
andefromtn#212139 writes:
Punting royalty, this young man has had many opportunity he seems determined to waste. At some point UT's needs to hold him accountable for his actions off the field. FYI, According to UT Sports: He is a rising senior in reguards to football. He originally signed out of Bearden in 2003 but delayed his entry until January of 2004, then he reshirted that fall this was most likely due to the fact Dustin was a senior that year.
CoverOrange writes:
Who was the kid from Knoxville that was booted (last year?)for DUI on campus before he was even in school?
Marc, my wife is a lawyer and can never make a schedule more than two weeks ahead because of continuances. Causes range from witness availability, officer availability, lawyer's on vacations, medical experts availability, judges playing golf, misfiled documents, etc. And because courts just assign dates for hearings w/o regard to anybody's schedule but the courts the stars have to align for it to happen.
mempuss writes:
postponed hearing? I'll drink to that!!! heres to you Britton!
Pullingguard writes:
He should red-shirt this coming season since he will miss the first 5 games.. Take a redshirt and get back into business in 2009.... And the postposments usually happens in Summer since all parties of Lawyers, Judges, etc., etc., are on vacation, fishing, goofing off, or acting normal so nothing will happen until fall... Then he gets 20 hours of community service... Fulmer was too harsh in his actions on this one.
TommyJack writes:
Red-shirt?? The man is close to social security now.
givehim6 writes:
Hay, I heard a rumour today that UT got a commitment from the QB in Cal. today, does anyone know more about it?
LadyVolsEighTimes writes:
Great Punter, Throw him of the Team! Sry, but we just don't need anyone that badly.
He is gonna realy hurt or kill someone sooner or later. We don't need a UT Student killed by him on Campus, or anywhere for that matter.
TommyJack writes:
Ladyvols8: You don't believe in redemption?
Colliervol writes:
As usual, iam4ua, you are dead wrong. Many of us said it then and I'll say it now. Assuming he did what they say, he should have been booted permanently. Pullingguard is entitled to his opinion but not all of us subscribe to it.
Of course, I am assuming you said the same thing about your all-SEC linebacker that was caught carrying that gun a couple of years ago. Surely you have those same high standards?
FishTacos writes:
iam4ua....
Bammer has no proven linebackers. Iam4ua Maybe you should start studying up on your own team instead of reading articles about ours and spewing nonsense. Every article I read about Bama's coke dealing linebacker and most upstanding citizen Jimmy Wesley Johns said that Bammer had only one linebacker left with proven experience. Sounds like another rough year on the rise in Tuscalooser maybe this year the Tiders will go 8-5. That would be an improvement over 7-6 and 6-7 nonrespectfully.
BSweet writes:
I've seen pictures, he tore the car up pretty badly. It wasn't just a minor scrape or dent. I hope the guy gets a handle on his drinking and changes his life, but it certainly seems that having the last name Colquitt is what kept him on the team.
gobigorange writes:
iam4ua wrote: eye and every little thang would be just fine and dandy in vile land. where i come from thing is how its spelled not thang. go hang out with ur bama thugs.
budd#207344 writes:
Why is this even being debated. This is why Adams wrote his article. Fulmer is wrong and it is as clear as can be. The kid has a problem and continuing to enable him by allowing him to stay on the team is just making it worse. He will not stop until someone slams him good. This isn't a childish mistake. He gets drunk and caught over and over and over. Enough. Every one of you on this site would be spitting mad if you read this in the paper and it was just some ole dumba**. Lynch em !!! Prison!!! Wait he can punt oh well then just suspend em.
weisgarber2003#313889 writes:
"Needs to go ahead & get the Trial over with & move on!"
Careful now. One can be sure Jeff Hagood is trying his best as judicial fixit man and judicial intermediary for Fulmer, and in this case Colquitt
cjraney writes:
citizenwatchdog-
What 4ua meant to say is "All Bammer's LB's are Loaded! (courtesy of Jimmy Johns Distribution,LLC.) Now featuring Iam4ua as our #1 drug mule!"
Apparently Iam4ua was "blessed" with a double-wide cocaine storage area in his arse. I ain't mad atcha 4ua--we all have to use what we've got.
soddydaisy777 writes:
No kid is a loser. He needs help.
CoverOrange writes:
You're right soddy, and he doesn't need the distraction of football from getting that help.
Timed_vol (Inactive) writes:
ok, here goes;
-Yes, Britton is given some leeway because of his hamily. I can't find a problem with that, his famly has a legacy at UT, and is a strong supporter.
-Yes, he is immature. Let's say he doesn't drink any more than the average college student, but he is just 'unlucky' enough to get caught...he's got to learn!!!! Some people just have no 'luck'.
-College students drink. Ballplayers drink. They smoke pot. They may even mess with cocaine. That is jUST THE WAY IT IS. For all you good-2-shoes out there, get over it.
-Britton is suspended for 5 games. that is half the season (almost). Wehn he comes back, he may not even get in the game.
When I add these together, I agree with Phil. Phil could easily have said 'your done'. Instead, he burnt Britton's butt a bit, but let him see a little hope. Britton may never see pro ball now, so Phil is giving him a final chance to be a team member, but also maybe a wakeup call to what he has done to himself.
I wish some of you would mature and realize that these are human beings, not robots, and that a cookie cutter isn't the answer.
utchris writes:
While it may not matter in the eyes of some, 3 or 4 of the infractions he had were before he was a UT player. Remember he paid his own way as a freshman and went about as a non football player.
If he was smart, he would have not admitted to anything and then a good lawyer would have probably gotten him off. I read a stat that something like 60 percent of all DUI can be thrown out on technicalities....I am not saying it would have been right, but if he were smarter.
Speaking of Johns at Alabama...I was talking to an Alabama student today that was saying that nobody down there was shocked because this kid was known as the biggest dealer on campus. They were more shocked it took this long to bust him.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Colquitt's worst punishment will be the feeling he has watching the Vols on Aug 30. That will stay with him forever. He will pay his dues and move on. I'm with Phil on this one.
Hard to pile on a college-age kid for what I guess is a serious misdemeanor. He was lucky no one was hurt and should and is paying, it appears.
Delaying is a time-honored tactic.
GreerVol22 writes:
the kid needs to start giving a rip about himself and his university first, then maybe I can give a rip what happens to him.
JeffBleedsOrange writes:
the drunk should be off the team.
JeffBleedsOrange writes:
the drunk should be off the team.
dvols writes:
he has hopefully learned a lesson, just likes to party a bit.
who wants to cast the first stone?
plus he is not a dt
TommyJack writes:
PD 6:07: Many will not be happy with anything less than the gallows for the lad. Atonement not allowed.
allvolinatlanta writes:
iam4ua...why don't you get a life and by the way you are still and idiot!
Colliervol writes:
iam4ua, once again, answer the question. Did you feel the same way about your gun-toting all-SEC linebacker? Did you come out publicly and say he should have been dismissed immediately? If you did, you were one of the few. Like 99% of the Bama fans, I'm sure you justified playing that guy. So don't bother throwing rocks at us. You've got plenty of institutional control problems in your own house to deal with. (Player selling cocaine inside the football complex??? And nobody knew??? Oh brother.)
LadyVolsEighTimes writes:
PD, just an FYI, the August 30 game with UAB is now the September 1 game at UCLA.
maholt49#632667 writes:
Hello!!!! The boy could have KILLED someone!!! Fulmer has NO GUTS...Colquitt's drunken butt should have been shown the door months ago, and he should have had jail time!!!! The U.T. President and Hamilton should have stepped in on this one. Fulmer is way to close to the Colquitt Family. IMO it makes the university look very bad!!!
pdhuff#552644 writes:
LV8Xs- true, I had an old schedule from Bud. Knew it was UCLA, somehow thought it was on my b-day. Geezer thing, I guess.
Just hope Colquitt learns from this and goes on to have a stellar half-season or so. Thinking back to college days, its hard to pile on a young kid who thinks they know it all.
dvols 8:27 good insight!
Timed_vol (Inactive) writes:
marc_ash;
I don't need a lecture. my son's car was hit be a drunk driver, and it caught fire. dammit, I'm not saying the kid should go scott-free. what I AM saying is Phil's punishment seems to be one that is desinged to get the most impact on Britton.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Bama has bested us again, they will hoist the Fulmer Cup going away.
BSweet writes:
Dustin avoided potential tragedy by mere minutes. I know the owner of the parked car and he was only 20-30 yds away from his car when the accident happenned. He had been out with some friends and was returning to his car and witnessed the whole thing. A few more minutes and he would have been in the car when Dustin barrelled into it. As I said before, this wasn't some minor thing. He hit the car pretty hard, on the driver's side. My friend could have been seriously injured if the timing had just been slightly different. Luckily, it wasn't. But I'm left to wonder if those of you who don't think he got off easy would feel the same if he had seriously injured someone? Would his priors have made you feel different then? The fact is, he's been given chance after chance and still hasn't learned. I have sympathy for Dustin as he is apparently in the grips of a terrible disease, alcoholism, but at some point he needs to take personal responsibility when it comes to seeking help. And in my opinion, it should have been several priors back. Most any other player would have been dismissed from the team, but not Dustin. Why not? The only thing I can figure is his last name. I am a huge Big Orange fan, and as much as it hurts me to admit(lol), football isn't the end all, be all of the universe. He should not have been allowed to stay on the team because of his famous family or because he could potentially help us win games. It's three strikes and your out, not five strikes and we'll just ignore it and hope it goes away. If the team represents the university, do we really want our reputation to be it's all right to drink and drive? Little, Goodrich, and now Colquitt. I hate casting any negative aspersions on our Volunteers, but CPF really needs to take a harder stand on this. Dustin, in my opinion, should have lost the privelege of representing UT. I only hope in all of this that Dustin has finally found help. I hope this isn't just another case of "well he made a mistake and let's move on". Once or twice is a mistake, five times is a habit. For his sake, I hope he has recognized he has a problem, and it's not getting caught. Please get help Dustin if you already haven't.
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