<DIV =articleContentTitle>U.Va. Notes: Williams dropped from Groh's program
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Thursday, Apr 03, 2008 - 12:07 AM
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J'Courtney Williams' football career at Virginia ended before the freshman linebacker played in a game.
In a statement yesterday, Cavaliers coach Al Groh said: "J'Courtney's time here has unfortunately been marked by issues which fall below the line of what is acceptable to us.
"Therefore, he will no longer be a member of our program."
Williams, who redshirted last season, was arrested Monday by U.Va. police. They charged him with one count of credit-card theft, a felony, and one count of credit-card fraud, a misdemeanor, in connection with an incident in which another U.Va. student's wallet was stolen.
In February, Williams was arrested and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. That case has been continued until February next year.
Williams, a Christchurch School graduate, is from Danville. Of the recruits who entered U.Va. last summer, he was among the most highly regarded.
His arrest followed that of junior cornerback Mike Brown, whom U.Va. police in early March charged with three felonies: one count each of grand larceny, possession of stolen property with intent to sell, and altering serial numbers.
Brown also was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Brown, whose next court date is April 24, hasn't been practicing with the team this spring. He's still on the roster, however, and in the Cavaliers' spring prospectus.
<H3>Arrests disturb Groh</H3>
On a teleconference yesterday, Groh called the arrests of Williams and Brown "unsettling."
"Any miscue that we have as to what's expected, whether it's community issues or internal issues, we always address and reinforce immediately [with the team]," said Groh, who's heading into his eighth season as Virginia's coach. "We would hope the players have a pretty clear understanding of what the value system is and what we expect here.
"We've had two unfortunate incidents. We can't go 100 percent in every pass we throw or every kick that we make, but we're trying to go 100 percent in those other issues."