Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

A&M’s Caldwell suspended for 5 games after arrest

NCAA Basketball Tournament - West Regional - Texas A&M v Oklahoma

ANAHEIM, CA - MARCH 24: Head coach Billy Kennedy of the Texas A&M Aggies cheers on his team in the second half while taking on the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament West Regional at the Honda Center on March 24, 2016 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Getty Images

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M’s J.J. Caldwell has been suspended for the first five games of the season for violating school policy.

The school did not elaborate on the reason for his suspension, but Brazos County court records indicate that he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated in May. That case was dismissed Sept. 20.

Caldwell will be able to practice during his suspension and will be eligible to return on Nov. 24 against Pepperdine.

The point guard redshirted last season after he was ruled ineligible by the NCAA.