UT head football coach Derek Dooley announced Friday that sophomore tight end Cameron Clear has been dismissed from the team.
Clear was suspended indefinitely on Wednesday while officials gathered additional information surrounding an incident that led to his arrest that afternoon. With the process of gathering information reaching its conclusion this morning, the UT athletic department says the decision to dismiss Clear was made.
"It hurts anytime a player is dismissed from the program, but there comes a time when a player's actions dictate that his privilege of being a part of this team should be removed," said Dooley. "We will continue to support Cam and his family to help him learn from his actions and become the person and player I believe he has the potential to be."
Clear, a tight end from Memphis played in 12 games for the Vols in 2011, including two starts.
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(May 23) Cameron Clear has been suspended indefinitely, according to Jimmy Stanton, the UT Associate Athletics Director for Communications.
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A UT football player was arrested Tuesday and charged with theft of a laptop.
Sophomore tight end Cameron Clear of Memphis was booked at the Knox Co. Sheriff's Detention Facility, and has been released on $2,500 bond.
According to the arrest warrant, a MacBook Pro was taken from a University of Tennessee dorm room Saturday. The owner gave authorities the computer serial number.
Three days later on Tuesday, the UT Office of Information Technology noticed the laptop accessing a wireless network on campus.
When an officer approached the area, Gate 2 at Neyland Stadium, he says he saw Cameron Clear sitting with a silver MacBook in his lap.
The officer says Clear closed the laptop when he approached.
The officer says he then matched the serial number on the laptop Clear had in his lap to the missing laptop.
Clear was arrested charged with felony theft class D.
The $2,500 bond has the condition he have no contact with the owner of the computer.
Clear is set to appear in court June 1st.
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A UT football player was arrested Tuesday and charged with theft over $1,000.
Sophomore tight end Cameron Clear of Memphis was booked at the Knox Co. Sheriff's Detention Facility, and has been released on $2,500 bond.
Knoxville police declined to comment.
"We are aware of an incident and are in the process of gathering the facts," said Jimmy Stanton, the UT Associate Athletics Director for Communications.
Clear was not a starter in his freshman season at UT.