Oregon Football: Willie Taggart dismisses Darren Carrington from team

Oregon football coach Willie Taggart proved he’s a no-nonsense leader after dismissing wide out Darren Carrington following a DUII earlier this month.

Following yet another off-field incident earlier this month, senior wide out Darren Carrington II has been dismissed from Oregon football by head coach Willie Taggart.

It’s tough to even imagine what had to be running through Carrington’s head for the past couple of weeks since he was suspended by the new head coach about his future with the team. After a short wait, he met with Taggart recently and was dismissed from the program.

Taggart is showing that he won’t accept anything less than his players’ best both on and off the field and this is a good move for the program.

Although Carrington had put together three solid seasons in Eugene leading up to this, totaling 112 catches for 1,919 yards and 15 touchdowns, he had been running into off-field issues for the past few years.

In fact, outside of his recent DUII arrest, he was ruled ineligible to play in the 2014 national title game because he’d failed a drug test and was cited for another alcohol-related incident back in 2015. Just this past October, he was accused of pushing a fan and breaking his arm following an Arizona State home game.

Avoiding more potential issues from the 2016 leading receiver and cutting him loose was the smart move by Taggart and the rest of the team has to take notice.

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Taggart isn’t going to let someone give the program a bad name and he’s not afraid to cut even the star players loose for multiple offenses.