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Saturday, November 17
 
Buckhalter, 2 other rookies suspended; Carroll charged

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Leading rusher Correll Buckhalter is among three rookie players suspended for one game by Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid on Saturday after a Friday night incident in which the trio was taken into custody.

None of the players will participate in Sunday's game at Dallas, nor will they be allowed to even make the trip, as the result of the team action.

Safety Terrence Carroll, an undrafted free agent from Oregon State, is the only one of the players who was arrested and charged. Carroll faces drug charges after marijuana was discovered in a car in which he, Buckhalter and Crutchfield were riding, said a source with the Philadelphia Police Department, told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Carroll was arraigned on charges of marijuana possession and released Saturday. Buckhalter and cornerback Darrel Crutchfield, an undrafted free agent from Clemson, were not charged and were released Friday. Carroll was to have been deactivated for the game at Dallas and might not have made the trip anyway.

"We are obviously aware of the incident involving three of our first-year players last night in Philadelphia," said Reid in a statement released by the club. "I've met with the players that I could meet with this morning and they will be suspended for this Sunday's game. . . . We will not have any further comment on this matter and we will handle the rest of this situation internally."

The players will each be docked $12,294, the equivalent of one game check based on their rookie minimum base salaries of $209,000. More significant for Carroll is that he almost certainly will be in violation of the NFL's personal conduct policy and may also have violated the substance abuse policy.

A fourth-round draft choice from Nebraska, the hard-running Buckhalter has rushed for 428 yards and two touchdowns on 92 carries this year, starting several games in place of the injured Duce Staley. Although Staley has returned to the starting lineup, and had his best game of the season last week, Buckhalter is still a key part of the Eagles offense.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.




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