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Players' status for Rose Bowl unknown
Associated Press

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Less than two weeks before Purdue's appearance in the Rose Bowl, five freshman football players were cited for underage drinking.

Starting safety Stuart Schweigert was cited along with Deaunte Ferrell, David Owen, Kelly Butler and Doug Swann during a traffic stop Wednesday night.

A Purdue volleyball player, Laura St. John, also was cited for illegal consumption of alcohol.

Purdue coach Joe Tiller said he did not know if the police action would impact the players' status for the Jan. 1 Rose Bowl against Washington.

"It's too early to tell," Tiller said Friday after returning from a recruiting trip. "Since we're into a recruiting weekend, I saw the five knuckleheads and told them to get out of here and I'd see them the first part of the week. So I'll deal with it then."

Schweigert, the Big Ten's freshman of the year, took a portable Breathalyzer test that showed his blood-alcohol content was below Indiana's legal limit of .10 percent.

The safety was arrested in June in his hometown of Saginaw, Mich., on charges of possession of alcohol while driving and giving false identification. His blood-alcohol content at the time was below Michigan's legal limit.




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