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UVA Football: List of high-profile arrests of players dating back to the ’80s
The news of the arrest of a UVA Football player, Solomon Beebe, last week, got me to undertake an exercise that turned out to be more work than I would have imagined: chronicling the high-profile arrests of guys from our football program over the years.
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UVA Football: No update on the status of Solomon Beebe following arrest
Solomon Beebe, arrested a week ago on animal-cruelty charges, is still listed on the UVA Football roster page on VirginiaSports.com.
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UVA Football: List of high-profile arrests of players dating back to the ’80s
The news of the arrest of a UVA Football player, Solomon Beebe, last week, got me to undertake an exercise that turned out to be more work than I would have imagined: chronicling the high-profile arrests of guys from our football program over the years.
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