--- title: University of Miami Bans 2 Football Players on Sexual Battery Charges description: Linebackers Alex Figueroa and Jawand Blue were dismissed from the team after being charged with performing sexual acts on an incapacitated teenager canonical: https://time.com/2967287/miami-university-football-linebackers-sexual-battery/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-08T20:41:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:01:49.837Z article:section: U.S. og:title: University of Miami Bans 2 Football Players on Sexual Battery Charges og:description: Linebackers Alex Figueroa and Jawand Blue were dismissed from the team after being charged with performing sexual acts on an incapacitated teenager og:url: https://time.com/2967287/miami-university-football-linebackers-sexual-battery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86680541304cf49f/69869af63617608d3390cf98/jawand-blue-alex-figueroa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: JaWand Blue Alex Figueroa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: University of Miami Bans 2 Football Players on Sexual Battery Charges twitter:description: Linebackers Alex Figueroa and Jawand Blue were dismissed from the team after being charged with performing sexual acts on an incapacitated teenager twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86680541304cf49f/69869af63617608d3390cf98/jawand-blue-alex-figueroa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # University of Miami Linebackers Charged With Sexual Battery  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Jul 8, 2014 8:41 PM CUT  University of Miami football players Jawand Blue and Alex Figueroa on July 8, 2014 University of Miami football players Jawand Blue and Alex Figueroa on July 8, 2014AP  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Jul 8, 2014 8:41 PM CUT The University of Miami football team on Tuesday permanently dismissed two players who have been charged with committing sexual battery. Athletic director Blake James said in a [statement](https://twitter.com/LianeMorejonTV/status/486545109689700352 "undefined") that linebackers Alex Figueroa and Jawand Blue were banned from the team and barred from entering campus until the university had concluded an investigation into the incident. “Any allegation of a sexual assault is extremely serious,” James said in the statement, “and the University will not tolerate conduct that threatens the sanctity and safety of our students and our campus.” Figueroa and Blue were arrested Tuesday after a 17-year-old girl accused the players of giving her a substance that left her “mentally or physically incapacitated,” CBS Miami [reports](http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/07/08/two-um-football-players-arrested-for-sexual-battery-on-um-campus/ "undefined"). The players reportedly turned themselves into police and admitted to buying the girl multiple drinks. 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