| | COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Dante Hall, Texas A&M's leading
rusher the past two seasons but injured much of this season, was
dismissed from the team by coach R.C. Slocum on Monday.
"It's just for violations of team policy," Slocum said. "I
won't elaborate on it, but he is dismissed from the team."
Hall said he thinks he may have been ousted for parking
violations.
"He called me out at Sunday's team meeting about a parking
spot," he told The Bryan-College Station Eagle. "I think there
was more behind it but that was the subject. He was going over
tucking your shirt tail in and doing all the little things and then
he got on me about parking.
"I had parked right here in this spot, a reserved spot in front
of Cain Hall, and he was like, 'I've told you before about parking
there.' "
Slocum said it's unlikely Hall would play in the Aggies' final
two games against Missouri and Texas or any bowl game.
"He did not practice yesterday afternoon and he's not on the
team at this time and I don't anticipate him being back on the
team," Slocum told the newspaper. "There would have to be some
real big changes take place for that to even be a possibility."
The action came two days after the Aggies lost 37-0 to Nebraska,
knocking them out of the top 25. A&M had 2 yards rushing in the
game; Hall had one of them on one carry.
Hall, who had just three carries in the last five games,
finishes the season with 179 yards and two touchdowns on 53
attempts. He also caught five passes for 59 yards.
Hall is the only player in school history with more than 2,000
career rushing yards and over 500 yards in both career punt return
and kickoff return yards.
He had 1,024 yards rushing as a junior and 973 as a sophomore.
He was the Big 12 freshman of the year in 1996 after rushing for
642 yards and gaining a school-record 573 yards on punt returns.
Hall said he planned to speak with the coach Tuesday about his
dismissal.
"I'm gonna go up there to Slocum's office and clear it all up
tomorrow and pack up and go home," he said. | |
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