Missouri’s star WR arrested for 2nd time

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Missouri wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was arrested and released in an incident police say is tied to illegal drugs.

Springfield, Mo., policerepresentative Anthony Cunis said Green-Beckham was arrested early Saturday on “suspicion of drug activity.” Cunis said the investigation is ongoing and declinedto provide more information regarding the arrest or whether charges had been filed. He said the department will release more information Monday.

An official with the Greene County jail confirmed that Green-Beckham was booked there Saturday and released later.

Green-Beckham was charged in October 2012 with marijuana possession after he and two teammates were reportedly smoking marijuana in a campus parking lot near Memorial Stadium. All three pleaded guilty to second-degree trespassing in the case.

VANDERBILT

More interest in job

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Vanderbilt Athletic Director David Williams already can tell a difference in how the Commodores are perceived now compared to the last time he went searching for a football coach.

James Franklin is leaving Vanderbilt to become Penn State’s new head coach, and Williams said more peopleare already showing interest in the Commodores’ opening.

“This time already - and don’t ask me any names because I’m not going to tell you - there’s already a list of 20-25 people who’ve reached out to us,” Williams said Saturday at a midday news conference. “At least five of them are people who we asked to talk to us last time and said no.”

Williams said the school plans to hire someone who can build on the progress of the past few years after Franklin left the SEC’s smallest school. Williams said Franklin called him Friday night to tell him he was leaving after three seasons with Vanderbilt.

CLEMSON Staff will return

CLEMSON, S.C. - Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney expects all his staff back for next season, including offensive coordinator Chad Morris.

Morris’ name has come up at seemingly every coaching vacancy, including the one open at Vanderbilt with James Franklin’s departure to Penn State.

Morris was on the Clemson campus Saturday in order to take part in the Tigers’ annual postseason banquet.

Swinney said a lot of the rumors that swirl around Morris are overblown. Morris is college football’s highest-paid assistant at $1.3 million a year. While Morris is free contractually to leave for a head coaching position, he would owe the school $5.2 million - $1.3 million for the four seasons left on his deal - if he moved on for another offensive coordinator position.

Morris has helped Clemson become one the country’s top offenses.

Sports, Pages 17 on 01/12/2014

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