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LAS VEGAS — Ollie Gordon won’t face a suspension after being arrested, Mike Gundy announced Tuesday.
Gordon, Oklahoma State’s star running back, was arrested at about 2:30 a.m. June 30 after a state trooper reportedly observed a car swerving and going 82 miles per hour in a 65-miles-per-hour zone. Gordon ended up blowing a 0.11 and a 0.10 on a breathalyzer, with the legal limit being 0.08. He was ultimately arrested for DUI under 21 years of age, transporting an open container of alcohol, failing to maintain a single lane of traffic and speeding. A criminal misdemeanor charge was filed on Monday.
Gundy, OSU’s coach, met with a small group of reporters at Allegiant Stadium ahead of Big 12 Media Days, where he said Gordon would not face a suspension. Gundy said he met with Gordon following the incident, and Gundy said he thought Gordon understood the severity of the situation.
“I wanted him to know, and I wanted him to tell me without me telling him to tell me, that this is a serious situation and you’re lucky because nobody got hurt,” Gundy said. “… The first thing that you look at is was somebody injured? I wanted him to know that this is really serious. It’s not funny. This is not something that, ‘OK, I’ll just get out of it.’ And then secondly that he really could’ve hurt somebody or himself, and then the everlasting effect of that for the rest of his life. And he made me feel that way.
“… Whether people want to agree with this or not, he’s facing some embarrassing punishment because I’ve talked to him about it, and I’ve sat and just visited with him and just let him talk. I wanted to hear what he had to say. For himself, for his family and the team, he’s embarrassed.”
Gordon won the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation’s best running back, last season after running for 1,732 yards and 21 touchdowns as he helped lead the Cowboys to a 10-4 season and an appearance in the Big 12 title game.
Gordon released a statement on Monday — his first public comments since his arrest.
“I am deeply sorry for the actions that led to my arrest on June 30th,” Gordon wrote. “I sincerely apologize to my family, everyone in our program, including our players, Coach Gundy, the staff, Oklahoma State University, and our fans.
“Regardless of the outcome of this pending investigation, I did not uphold the values I have for myself and the values of the OSU football program. I am committed to learning and growing from this mistake and I will work to earn back the trust to those who I have disappointed. Thank you.”
Gordon is on-site for Big 12 Media Days. PFB will have more on Gordon’s comments throughout the week, but Gundy said it was important to have Gordon face the music.
“Truthfully, the easiest thing for me to do, and the easiest thing for Ollie to do was for me to say, ‘Look, I have no comment,'” Gundy said. “And ‘Ollie, you’re staying home, and you’re gonna train and you’re gonna do everything and you’re not talking to anybody, the media, you’re not doing any TV. And then after the first game, you can say, I’ll take all questions that directly related to football. I will not speak to anything else.’ And then I could’ve just come out here and said, ‘Hey, I’m not talking about it.’
“But I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. I think we’re in a different time. I think that he owes some sort of message to his fans, his family. And my job is to give some sort of explanation for what I think is right. Doesn’t mean I am right. Doesn’t mean he’s right. That’s just my explanation.”
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