THE BIG STORY
Kentucky senior wide receiver Steve Johnson will play in Saturday’s season opener against Eastern Kentucky, despite being arrested and charged with resisting arrest and several misdemeanor traffic violations Wednesday night.
Johnson was charged with resisting arrest along with having no insurance, failure to have his driver’s license in his possession, not wearing a seat belt and having no registration plate. Kentucky coach Rich Brooks questioned the resisting-arrest charge and noted that Johnson was on his way to the hospital to visit teammate David Jones when he was pulled over. Jones underwent an emergency appendectomy Tuesday night.
“It’s interesting a young man would resist arrest on the way to see a teammate when he’s got his parents coming to town to see him play in a game,” Brooks told the Lexington Herald-Leader. “So we’ll just have to see how it all plays out. I’m very comfortable with playing him and dealing with the issues inside (internally) for not taking care of a ticket, and some of the other stuff may be a little exaggerated.”

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