(Sports Network) - Three Tennessee football players were
arrested Thursday morning in Knoxville on charges of attempted armed robbery.

Janzen Jackson, Mike Edwards and Nu'Keese Richardson -- all freshmen -- were
charged Thursday after an early-morning incident.

The university released a statement Thursday regarding the players.

"At this time we are currently evaluating the circumstances surrounding an
incident involving Mike Edwards, Janzen Jackson and Nu'Keese Richardson," said
UT athletic director Mike Hamilton. "Any decisions or comments regarding their
status will not be made until the evaluations are complete."

According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, three men were sitting in a vehicle
at a convenience store when one man in a black hoodie opened the driver's side
door and, with a handgun, demanded money from the trio. Another man in a black
hoodie opened the passenger side door and made the same demand.

The victims told police they showed the two men empty wallets and a third man
told the other two they had to leave the scene.

Police located the car the three victims said fled the scene and found
Jackson, Edwards and Richardson with a woman driving. An air-powered pellet
gun was found in the car, as were two black hoodies and a marijuana grinder,
which the driver said was hers.



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