Ohio State Tackle Pleads Not Guilty
July 31, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio State football player who is in trouble with the law put in his plea Thursday.
Ohio State starting defensive tackle Doug Worthington was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early Saturday morning and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Worthington’s lawyer entered a not-guilty plea.
The 6 feet 7 inch-tall, 276-pound tackle, who will turn 21 August 10, started 11 games for the Buckeyes in 2007.
There still was no word on how Worthington’s arrest will affect the start of the Buckeye football season.
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