Strongsville police officer Eric Schubert wrote in an incident report he stopped Callaway at 2:59 a.m. Sunday near for failing to yield to oncoming traffic. Schubert cited Callaway with possession of marijuana, after finding a small amount under the driver’s seat, and driving with a suspended license.
In dash cam video, Callaway said his car had just been shipped from Florida to Ohio and he didn’t know marijuana was in it. One of the officers involved can be heard on video saying Callaway “claimed his little brother who smokes dope was using the car.”
Dorsey and Jackson met with Callaway on Tuesday night and bought his version of the events. Dorsey said specifically he believes Callaway was not smoking marijuana.
“Hue and myself had a long conversation with Antonio that evening and we basically presented to him the organization’s low threshold with regards to this type of situation,” Dorsey said.
“We expressed extreme disappointment and dissatisfaction with the event that occurred that Sunday. We thought it was important to have those discussions moving forward. He was remorseful in this thing.”
Callaway failed to inform the Browns about the incident. The team learned about it Tuesday through the media. Dorsey said he and Jackson “hammered home” the point that Callaway should have notified them.
“I don’t think he grasped the full communication component of it in terms of establishing the trust factor,” Dorsey said. “… That could be a rookie mistake. He’s a young 21-year-old. He doesn’t know the nuances of professional football, but he’s going to have to learn this responsibility very quickly now in light of this situation and in light of his past.”
Without knowledge of the incident, Dorsey traded receiver Corey Coleman, the 15th overall draft pick in 2016, to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night for a seventh-round selection in 2020. But Dorsey said his decision to deal Coleman would “not necessarily” have been different had he known about Callaway’s run-in with the law.
Dorsey also said shipping Coleman away for basically nothing wasn’t a result of the coaching staff saying they were fed up with him and wanted him gone.
“No, that wasn’t the case at all,” Dorsey said. “It was a collaborative effort of all the organization.
“We’ve had a long enough time to evaluate his skill sets, and in combination with the coaching staff and personnel staff, we think a fresh start would probably be best.”
The Browns effectively promoted Callaway to the starting lineup Sunday by trading Coleman. Callaway had a disappointing start against the Giants Thursday night, but finished strong. He dropped a pass and had two others deflect off his hands, including a two-point try from Baker Mayfield. But later Mayfield hit Callaway with a 54-yard slant and run for a touchdown. He had three catches for 87 yards, including a diving 24-yarder that the Browns successfully challenged after it was ruled incomplete on the field.
Callaway entered the league in its substance-abuse program because he submitted a diluted drug test sample this past winter at the NFL Scouting Combine. He is subject to discipline under the NFL and NFL Players Association’s substance-abuse policy.
Players in stage one of the program who violate the policy will be subject to a fine equaling three-seventeenths of their base salary and entrance into stage two of the program upon notification by the medical director, per the policy. So Callaway could be fined $84,705 of his $480,000 base salary for 2018.
Schubert said on video he “got real nervous” when he found a gun part and ammunition in Callaway’s car. However, no gun was discovered in the search. Callaway said on video he owns a gun but it’s in Florida.
Callaway told Schubert on video he had been driving home from a teammate’s house.
“The explanation was a valid one, but he shouldn’t have been out at 3,” Dorsey said. “Your mother told you nothing ever good happens after midnight.”
Callaway is scheduled to appear in Strongsville Mayor’s Court at 8 a.m. Aug. 23.
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I think the Browns are looking at this through ugly orange colorer glasses, just like Florida fans sometime look through beautiful orange colored glasses.
Good ridance, enjoy those game to game checks in the NFL he won’t make it through the season without being suspended for drug use. What a waste of talent
Urban Meyer players acted a lot like this. He just won titles and had Timmy to cover it all up. Waste of talent because he didn’t play for UF last year? I hope he has a great career and figures it out. Rather than be difined by a few mistakes he made when he was 20.
Yeah Kevin, waste of talent not only because he didn’t play last year but because he dropped to the 4th round and because he keeps making the same or similar mistakes.
Not only a “few” mistakes but plenty of them again and again, boneheaded or dumb or both. His past behavior suggests he won’t make it far because it’s only a matter of time he repeats his stupid behavior and gets canned for good.
I’m just glad he is Cleveland’s problem now and not ours.
And whatever happened with Urban and his players has nothing to do with this story.
I was referring to urban because the fan bases didn’t care to much when all of those players were in jail. Crushing a 21 year old kid because he has made mistakes isn’t really needed.
Nobody’s proposing to “crush” him, Kevin. Just to help him get his head out of his ass sooner than later, and not become yet another waste of human potential.
Kevin. If you think and believe Tim Tebow would intentionally work with anyone to cover up anything immoral or illegal, you simply have no clue. And, sir, you seem to have no clue. You are more than welcome to come on here and make unflattering comments about the Urban Liar, because Urban Meyer has earned that character image. And he has been a liar and likely still is one. But you need to stay way clear of attacking the character of one, Tim Tebow, on here or on any Gator Nation site. That is not going to work for you or anyone.
I don’t think Kevin is implying that Tebow helped to cover it up, but that Meyer used Tebow’s image to help cover up the ugly things.
Please stop. We no longer care. Can we go through some type of official purge process?
The Hernandez story pretty much negated that, David — if it bleeds, it leads. I agree tho, we’ve all got other fish to fry.
Gator 6. Aaron Hernandez is and was a deeply disturbed young man when Urban Meyer signed him to a LOI. Not sure UF will ever live down that deadly mistake by the Urban Liar. Gator Nation can only thank God that Tim Tebow was on the team then and he likely was an influence on him and maybe saved someone’s life in Gainesville and Florida. But no one is really sure of that.
Never said Tebow was directly covering anything up ever. He took every bit of attention away from anything negative. Relax.
Fascinating. Are you sure we’re talking about the same Aaron Hernandez?
Hernandez was a very disturbed person, which probably made him very easy to influence. Also, he didn’t have any if his gang friends down here. I remember reading about how the coaching staff would essentially be holding their breath whenever he went back home.
I hope Mr. Calloway figures out what is important and has a great career. But I wouldn’t hold my breath that this is going to happen. At any rate, I’m not clicking on any more articles about him because as 6 says…we’ve got other fish to fry. 21 days and a wakeup!
Alternatively, as our pal Leland ciphers for reasons yet to be explained, 19 and a wake up. I’m going with you, tho, until I hear otherwise!
Doobie Doode
This is why the Browns are the Browns
He is a baller no doubt…and I hope he gets his act together. I think he is on his 8th life…
I often wonder “what if”…..Grier had not used PEDs and if Callaway had not used drugs and stolen credit cars, along with Scarlett and the rest of that group. And if…..McElwain had hired anyone as OC other than Doug Nussmeier. But Gator Nation now has Dan Mullen, and that is a “way cooler” than the above “what ifs” in the end.
Anybody got some suggestions for short ribs on the grill. Pre-boil or no?
not if theyre fresh or fully thawed
low and slow
Parboil briefly for short ribs, in soy sauce and shaved ginger, after marinating them in same for about 12 hours. Use any BBQ sauce or powder on the grill that you normally would, and you won’t believe the tenderness and flavor dimension added. Recipe given to me by the only guy from Saipan that I ever knew personally.
these songs that pat does in his articles rarely apply to anything that has to do with the gators,
but this one time the tim hardin/ rod stewart classic reason to believe says it all for me, other than it takes more than Antonio calloway to bring a tear to my eye.
If I listen long enough to you
I’d find a way to believe that it’s all true
Knowing, that you lied, straight-faced
While I cried
But still I’d look to find a reason to believe
Someone like you makes it hard to live
Without, somebody else
Someone like you, makes it easy to give
Never think of myself
If I gave you time to change my mind
I’d find a way to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied, straight-faced
While I cried
But still I’d look to find a reason to believe
(Instrumental)
If I listen long enough to you
I’d find a way to believe it’s all true
Knowing that you lied, straight-faced
While I cried
Still I’d look to find a reason to believe.
Wow.
I don’t want to sound like I am apologizing for this kid but there’s a serious lack of role model for some of these kids growing up in tough neighborhoods. By the time they reach college, they’ve basically raised themselves and have pilled on bad habits as well as bad connections. But, that doesn’t mean they can’t grow out of it and eventually become role models. It’s just easier said than done and many who have preceded them have failed. The Brown folks are obviously giving Callaway the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully, they’re right because I am really pulling for the kid to succeed. He has no ill intent and is obviously hurting himself more than the’s hurting others.
Leaving what you know friends and habits for unknown is daunting for kids regardless of upbringings but the hood has a code if they go home to visit family and don’t do what they used to they break the hood code. Callaway, Hernandez, the other one that just left for better opportunities. Making the leap is hard. Changing for the better is a choice some cannot seem to do. Cultural and social.