Former Auburn and Arkansas State running back Mike Dyer will play at Prairie View A&M

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Former Auburn running back Mike Dyer, who was kicked off the Arkansas State football team in late July, has found a new place to play.  Dyer tweeted late Monday that he will play football this season at Prairie View A&M, a SWAC school in Texas.

"Headed to the SWAC to play for Prairie View A&M this season!" Dyer tweeted, accompanied by a picture of a pair of Prairie View A&M shoes.

By transferring to Prairie View A&M, a Football Championship Subdivision school, Dyer would be able to play right away this season, and he tweeted that he hopes to keep the familiar No. 5 on his jersey.

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Audio Of Michael Dyer Traffic Stop Released: 'You're Being A Total Dumbass' 

Michael Dyer's Sunday dismissal from Arkansas State was said to stem from a "violation of team rules," like scores of dismissals before it. But the specifics of that violation are coming out, namely with the release of audio from a traffic stop that is said to be at the core of Dyer moving on from the Red Wolves.

The Arkansas Times cites a paywalled Jonesboro Sun report in saying that Dyer was stopped with a gun and a substance believed to be marijuana in March, for which he was given a fine. The Sun also quotes the officer involved as saying "Carrying a pistol around? Uncool ... You've got a career ahead of you but you're being a total dumbass right now."

If you would like to hear that, Rivals' Arkansas State site has audio of the stop. (MP3 here.) It sounds like a talented athlete throwing a second chance away, and the heartbreaking part is that Dyer seems to realize it.



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