Apparently, at least one of the UK football players has decided to emulate the neighboring Cincinnati Bengals a little more than Coach Brooks would like. That's right folks, UK wide receiver Steve Johnson has been arrested after a traffic stop, which is fantastic news... really, it is.

Judging by the various reports, the Lexington Police didn't get their man without a fight. According to the Herald Leader and the Courier Journal, when Johnson was pulled over, he was:

- Driving without a license
- Driving with expired tags
- Driving without insurance
- Not wearing a seatbelt

Now that's a great way to get the party started, but it didn't end there. After he was stopped, it was discovered that Johnson had a warrant out against him for failing to pay a fine from a previous traffic incident.

This led to Johnson pulling away from the police and being wrestled to the ground; effectively adding the charge of resisting arrest to his rapidly growing laundry list of offenses.

Was he trying to channel Chris Henry at the time?

Johnson was released after he made a restitution payment of $572. This covered his bail, previous traffic dust-up fine and the court costs associated with that. Johnson is also scheduled to be arraigned at 1pm this afternoon (8/30/07).

Now for the surprising part: the word out of UK and Coach Rich Brooks is that Johnson will not be suspended for last night's actions. In the Leader, Brooks is quoted as saying:

"We will deal with those issues internally. We will let the case resolve itself. Stevie Johnson has been nothing but an outstanding citizen since he has been here and I expect that will continue."

Make of that what you will but all I have to say is Johnson is lucky Roger Goodell has no sway over UK or college athletics because if he did, Johnson would not see the field for sometime. Considering how much image plays apart in the Michael Vick/Pacman Jones/Cincinnati Bengals era of athletics we now inhabit, a lack of a suspension for Johnson, if only for one game, is pretty surprising.

In Johnson's defense, he stated he was on his way to the UK Hospital to see teammate David Jones who just had emergency surgery for a burst appendix when he was pulled over. If he was in an emotionally upset state, I can kind of understand the resisting part, but driving with all of those potential citations is really stupid.

As it stands, we can expect to see Johnson on the field Saturday when the Cats play Eastern Kentucky (hey, I know it's a cupcake but defending champ Florida is opening up with Western Kentucky, so there).

Until then, GBB!