A University of Missouri football player has reportedly suspended indefinitely after being arrested during the weekend. Missouri senior defensive lineman Antar Thompson was arrested by MU police on Sunday for resisting arrest and operating a motor vehicle in a careless manner from an incident that occurred earlier in the weekend, per the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Per the Post-Dispatch, Thompson had previously led police officers on a brief, abandoned pursuit on Friday evening after an officer attempted to pull Thompson over for the second time in a span of 10 minutes due to speeding. Aware of the driver’s identity, Thompson was taken into custody without incident Sunday afternoon and later booked into Boone County Jail with bond set at $2,000. He has since been released, per the report.
The University of Missouri has since become aware of the incident, per the report. Per university policy, student-athletes are automatically suspended when charged with a felony. Resisting arrest is a Class D felony, while the careless driving charge against Thomspon is only a misdemeanor.
Thompson, a native of St. Louis, Arrived at Missouri in time for the 2018 campaign after beginning his college career at Highland Community College in Highland, Kansas. Thompson has appeared in eight games the last two seasons — four each in 2018 and 2019 — and was an SEC Academic Honor Roll selection in 2018.
Thompson, prior to joining the ranks of the SEC, was rated a three-star prospect and the No. 1 JUCO player from the state of Missouri in his class, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite JUCO rankings. Recruited by assistant Cornell Ford, Mizzou over offers from Arkansas, Colorado, Florida State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, Ole Miss and South Carolina, among others. Thompson played high school football Maplewood-Richmond Heights (Maplewood, Missouri).
Missouri is set to enter its first season under head coach Eliah Drinkwitz in 2020, who replaced Barry Odom after a 6-6 finish in 2019.