Football: Good news, bad news
Reports; Yeatman arrested for DWI
Ken Fowler
Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: Sports
Irish tight end and lacrosse player Will Yeatman has been suspended indefinitely from both teams.
The South Bend Tribune reported Tuesday that Yeatman had been arrested on Jan. 28 for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. In 2005, the University suspended fullback Rashon Powers-Neal from extracurricular activities after he was arrested for a similar crime in his home state of Minnesota.
Yeatman, a rising junior, was the football team's No. 2 tight end in 2007, behind senior John Carlson. With Carlson's graduation, Yeatman was expected to take over the top spot at his position.
Rising sophomore Mike Ragone and non-scholarship rising senior Kevin Brooks are the only other returning tight ends on the Irish roster.
Notre Dame is expected to sign two top-rated high school senior tight ends today, which is the first day seniors can sign binding scholarship offers with schools.
Cincinnati prospect Kyle Rudolph - ranked by analysts as the No. 1 tight end in his class - and Joseph Fauria, of Encino, Calif., are considered solid Irish commitments.
The South Bend Tribune reported Tuesday that Yeatman had been arrested on Jan. 28 for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. In 2005, the University suspended fullback Rashon Powers-Neal from extracurricular activities after he was arrested for a similar crime in his home state of Minnesota.
Yeatman, a rising junior, was the football team's No. 2 tight end in 2007, behind senior John Carlson. With Carlson's graduation, Yeatman was expected to take over the top spot at his position.
Rising sophomore Mike Ragone and non-scholarship rising senior Kevin Brooks are the only other returning tight ends on the Irish roster.
Notre Dame is expected to sign two top-rated high school senior tight ends today, which is the first day seniors can sign binding scholarship offers with schools.
Cincinnati prospect Kyle Rudolph - ranked by analysts as the No. 1 tight end in his class - and Joseph Fauria, of Encino, Calif., are considered solid Irish commitments.