Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido announced Monday that infielder Jordan Etier has been kicked off the team following a weekend arrest for evading arrest and possession of marijuana. Etier is a two-year starter for the Horns and would have been a senior this season. He hit .237 with two home runs in 2011.
According to a police affidavit, a person witnessed two men urinating beneath a pedestrian bridge on the 1800 block of Trinity Street and told a nearby police officer. When the officer approached the two, Etier took off running with the officer in pursuit.
After being chased for two blocks, he was arrested in the second story of a parking garage. Police say they then saw him throw an object outside into bushes below. When officers searched the bushes, they found an ATM receipt belonging to Etier wrapped around what they believe to be marijuana.