Alabama cornerback Eli Ricks arrested in Mississippi

Alabama cornerback Eli Ricks was arrested Sunday night in Mississippi for dashing, not having insurance coverage and a primary offense of possession of marijuana.

Ricks, a former five-star recruit, was listed Monday morning as an inmate by the Jones County Sheriff’s division. He was booked at 5:14 p.m. CT after being arrested by the Mississippi Freeway Patrol.

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Jones County consists of the town of Laurel and Interstate 59, which runs between Tuscaloosa and New Orleans.

Ricks transferred from LSU to Alabama after final season. The California native performed at IMG Academy in Florida and was a top-15 prospect nationally as ranked by 247 Sports activities in 2020. He earned Related Press third-team All-America honors as a freshman at LSU however his sophomore season ended when he underwent shoulder surgical procedure to restore a torn labrum final October.

Alabama coach Nick Saban stated at the beginning of spring follow in March that Ricks was a “actual optimistic addition for our staff” however he had misplaced weight after his shoulder and was working to regain it. Ricks performed with Alabama’s second-team protection in its spring recreation April 16, with Saban later saying Ricks was a part of a three-way competitors to begin alongside sophomore Kool-Assist McKinstry and senior Khyree Jackson.

“The most important factor for Eli is studying the system,” Saban stated after the spring recreation. “He’s like a man that simply obtained right here, so for him to have the ability to be taught the system — and typically it’s much more tough for guys that’s performed in a system. So that they knew a system, now they’ve gotta kind of enturbulate among the issues that they did to among the issues that we’re doing, and we name it one thing completely different. So that you’ve gotta work via kind of a few of that studying curve with them. However he’s a really conscientious man and works onerous at it, takes teaching nicely, desires to please.”

The arrest is the second identified this offseason for Alabama’s program after defensive coordinator Pete Golding was arrested in February on a DUI cost.

Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Comply with him on Twitter @mikerodak.