Football team suspends two players for season
August 5, 2013
The Pitt football team suspended two of its players for the entirety of the 2013 season Monday for disciplinary reasons.
Khaynin Mosley-Smith, a junior defensive tackle and Ronald Jones, a junior wide receiver, will not be permitted to play next season after infractions committed earlier in the year, according to Senior Associate Athletic Director E.J. Borghetti.
Mosley-Smith’s suspension stemmed from an incident that occurred last April when police raided a South Oakland home where a man was allegedly selling heroin. Mosley-Smith and two former members of the team—Eric Williams and Andrew Carswell—received summonses for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Unlike Williams and Carswell, who were dismissed from the team, Mosley-Smith was suspended indefinitely.
Borghetti did not disclose what led to Jones’s suspension.
Last season, Mosley-Smith totaled eight tackles in 13 games. Jones, who was also the team’s starting punt returner, had seven receptions for 66 yards last season.