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Report: Baylor’s Rami Hammard arrested for felony stalking

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Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

An awful offseason for Baylor’s football program has somehow managed to get worse. On Monday, Bears’ offensive lineman Rami Hammad was arrested on a felony stalking charge.

“A Baylor professor called 911 and reported Hammad had waited for his ex-girlfriend before the professor’s class the woman was starting July 7, then continued to attempt to contact her, according to an affidavit for Hammad’s arrest,” per Kristin Hoppa, Waco Tribune.

Reading the story of the victim, as well as the professor in question, certainly doesn’t paint Hammad in a positive light.

“The woman told Hammad, a 21-year-old junior from Irving, to leave before she went into the class, but he waited for her outside, according to the affidavit. Seeing him waiting, the woman was afraid to leave alone and asked for the professor’s help,” Hoppa added. “She and the professor left together, and Hammad followed them to the professor’s office, where he began knocking on the door for several minutes, according to the affidavit.”

Predictably, Hammad’s version of the story is different.

“During the July 7 interviews with Baylor police, Hammad reportedly said he was concerned for his ex-girlfriend’s safety and had spent most the previous night looking for her,” Hoppa’s report added. “The arrest affidavit states Hammad told officers he went to an apartment where he thought the victim may have been staying with her mother. He said he found the door open and went inside. He told officers he found the apartment empty and later went to local hotels to look for the woman.”

At this point, there’s a lot that needs to be sorted out before we find out what the truth is. Regardless of what ends up happening, though, this is another black eye on a program that’s already had a disastrous offseason.

From this point on, any publicity that Baylor gets needs to be a clear positive. This is anything but.

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