Arkansas tight end Jeremy Sprinkle issued an apology after he was suspended prior to Thursday's Belk Bowl for attempting to shoplift from a Belk store earlier.
To my family, friends, teammates, coaching staff, colleagues, the University of Arkansas, Razorback nation, the Belk Bowl, and, most of all, the young children that look up to me, I am truly sorry for this unfortunate and completely avoidable occurrence,” he said in a statement. “I have embarrassed myself, my team, and my parents, who raised me to be an upstanding man of high moral character.
“In looking back at the events, I realize I have the sole power and control to avoid negative situations such as these,” he added.