Dalton Dismissed: UPDATE

Blaine Dalton was arrested early this morning under DWI charges. Find the details inside for this FREE READ.

Early Friday morning freshman quarterback Blaine Dalton was released from the football team due to “a violation of team conduct policies,” according to a press release.

This action taken by coach Gary Pinkel stemmed from an arrest at 1:16 am Friday morning by University police. At the corner of Hitt St. and University Ave., Dalton was taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence, failure to drive within a single lane and driving an unlicensed vehicle according to the MU police department.

This marks the second time that Blaine Dalton has been arrested since he joined the team a semester early in January.