The ACC Arrest Leaders

The ACC Arrest Leaders


The NFL has tried to take a hard line on player conduct in recent years, but players continue to get into trouble with the law off the field.
We decided to take a look and see how heavily the ACC has contributed to the problem. USA Today has kept an online database of every player arrested in the last 15 years.
There have been 713 arrests involving NFL players since 2000. Since former ACC players make up 13.5% of current NFL rosters, we'd expect 96 of the arrests to involve ACC products.
As it turns out, the ACC is slightly above expectations. There have been 109 arrests involving ACC alumni.
Here's a look at how that compares to other major conferences:

Big 10	129
SEC	122
ACC	109
Pac 12	84
Big 12	76

 Like the ACC, the Big Ten should have about 96 arrests, making that conference far above expectations for legal trouble. The SEC is right in line with expectations, since its proportion of players in the league should contribute to 120 arrests.
Here's the number of arrests by ACC school:

Miami	23
Florida State	14
Clemson	11
Virginia Tech	10
Pittsburgh	9
North Carolina	8
Virginia	7
Louisville	7
Georgia Tech	5
Syracuse	5
NC State	5
Boston College	4
Wake Forest	1
Duke	0

Not only does Miami lead the league in arrests, but the Hurricanes are farthest above expectations, based on the number of players the U has sent ot the NFL:
More Arrests Than Expected

	Expected	Actual
Miami	14	23
Florida State	12	14
Clemson	8	11
Virginia Tech	8	10
Pittsburgh	5	9
Louisville	5	7
Syracuse	4	5

Expected Number of Arrests

	Expected	Actual
North Carolina	8	8
Virginia	7	7

Fewer Arrests Than Expected

	Expected	Actual
Georgia Tech	6	5
NC State	7	5
Boston College	6	4
Wake Forest	3	1
Duke	2	0

To be fair, arrested doesn't mean guilty, and the database includes any players who were arrested, even if charges were later dropped or if the player was acquitted at trial. Just over one in four (28%) former ACC-player arrests ended up having their record cleared. Just looking at the remaining 72%, here are the ACC standings:

Miami	16
Florida State	11
Clemson	8
Pittsburgh	8
North Carolina	6
Virginia Tech	5
Louisville	5
Virginia	4
Georgia Tech	4
Syracuse	4
NC State	4
Boston College	1
Wake Forest	1
Duke	0

Finally, here are the ACC products who show up in the arrest database most often:

Player	Arrests
Leroy Hill, Clemson	4
Bryant McKinnie, Miami	4 (2 dropped)
Koren Robinson, NC State	3
Gerald Sensabaugh, NC	3 (1 dropped)
Sebastian Janikowski, FSU	3 (2 dropped)

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