Unfortunately, that same conference also leads in arrests.
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Apparently Mike Rosenberg, a former reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, went through over 900 arrests on arrestnation.com to put together some statistics on which programs are the most frequent offenders.
Four of U-M’s player arrests, citations and charges occurred last year: Graham Glasgow in March, Jake Butt in April (a criminal citation), C’sonte York in August (a charge) and Frank Clark in November. Tennessee came in sixth in the SEC, but tied for 10th nationally with Florida State, with 19 total arrests since August of 2010.
The five most arrested teams are Washington State (31), Florida (34) Georgia (22), Texas A&M (22) and Oklahoma (21). Shocking as the data may be, the data researched doesn’t reflect convictions or any details about arrests made.
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Even so, WSU has just 18 wins in those five years, meaning the Cougs are one of the few teams to have more players arrested than games won.
