FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) _ The starting fullback for the Arkansas Razorbacks
football team has been arrested for public intoxication.
Nineteen-year-old Hayden Johnson was booked at the Washington County jail on
Sunday morning and posted bail, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
(http://bit.ly/2cW9ZnH ). According to a preliminary arrest report, Johnson was
lying on the ground at the Greek theater and was unable to stand. He admitted he
had been drinking.
He will have a preliminary hearing Monday in Fayetteville District Court.
Johnson, from Columbia, Missouri, has started all five games at fullback this
season.
A team spokesman says Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema is aware of the arrest
and will comment during his regularly scheduled news conference Monday.
Arkansas is No. 16 in the AP poll and plays No. 1 Alabama on Saturday in
Fayetteville.
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