Penn State’s Andrew Quarless Suits Up

Earlier this week, Penn State tight end Andrew Quarless was suspended along with two other players - defensive starters Maurice Evans and Abe Koroma. Apparently, the police were called to the apartment the three share with teammate AJ Wallace when they threw a loud party. Upon searching the premises, police found a “small amount” of marijuana.

Wallace was found to be uninvolved right away, leaving the other three guys to take the heat. All were suspended, at least until Coach Joe Paterno got more information, since no one was formally charged with anything yet. Today, though, we were given a pleasant surprise. Quarless showed up in uniform.

Reportedly, “new information” has come to light, showing that Quarless was not involved. You can read more here.

I’m interested to find out what “new information” could have been found. I’m assuming that the reefer was discovered in certain rooms, perhaps even bedrooms, and maybe that’s how Wallace was cleared right away. That’s just speculation on my part, but I couldn’t really see how else one out of four roommates would be cleared, since police say Wallace was present that night.

So how did Quarless escape trouble (this time - during the spring, he was suspended for drinking and driving)? My hypothesis (again, pure speculation) is that his roommates, Evans and Koroma, ‘fessed up and told police that Quarless had nothing to do with the bud. Or, maybe they drug-tested all three and he came up clean.

In any case, I hope Quarless cleans up his act. He has talent, but his off-field problems are overshadowing him.

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