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TE banned for Belk Bowl after shoplifting at Belk

Jeremy Sprinkle's collegiate career abruptly ended hours before Thursday's Belk Bowl.

The reason?

He reportedly shoplifted from -- all of places -- a Belk department store in Charlotte, N.C., even though each player on Sprinkle's Arkansas team and opponent Virginia Tech had a $450 gift card to spend there.

SEC Country, citing sources, reported that Sprinkle tried to take items worth more than what was available on the gift card, which players had 90 minutes to spend during the spree Tuesday at the Belk's in Charlotte's SouthPark Mall.