Former Oregon Tight End Colt Lyerla Arrested for Cocaine Possession Wednesday Night

Former Duck Colt Lyerla was arrested for cocaine possession on Wednesday night in Eugene. Mandatory Credit: Scott Olmos-USA TODAY Sports

The story of Colt Lyerla at the beginning of the season started out great. One more season with the Ducks and the Tight End would have likely found himself going in a high round in the upcoming NFL Draft. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and his leaving the Oregon Football team for ‘personal reasons’ as well as not showing up well on game tape(he wasn’t completing plays on the field and was being seen as ‘lazy’) and finally to last night. Lyerla’s college career is over and now his future is in doubt in the NFL.

Wednesday night in Eugene he was arrested for cocaine possession and interfering with a police officer, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office:

"ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013, MEMBERS OF LANE COUNTY INTERAGENCYNARCOTICS TEAM (INET) ARRESTED COLT KELIKOA LYERLA (A 20 YEAR OLD MALE)FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND INTERFERING WITH A POLICEOFFICER.INET DETECTIVES WERE WORKING AN UNRELATED DRUG INVESTIGATION IN THE 7THAVENUE AND POLK AREA IN EUGENE WHEN THEY OBSERVED LYERLA IN A PARKEDVEHICLE SNORTING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE. LYERLAWAS CONTACTED BY POLICE AND ADMITTED TO USING AND POSSESSING COCAINE.DETECTIVES AND LYERLA AGREED TO MEET AT LYERLA’S RESIDENCE TO CONTINUETHE INVESTIGATION. ONCE AT THE RESIDENCE LYERLA RAN FROM THE VEHICLEINTO A NEARBY APARTMENT. LYERLA WAS ARRESTED WHEN HE EMERGED FROM THERESIDENCE A SHORT TIME LATER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED AND LODGED IN THE LANECOUNTY JAIL.THE LANE COUNTY INTERAGENCY NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT TEAM (INET) ISCOMPRISED OF PERSONNEL FROM THE OREGON STATE POLICE, LANE COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE, LANE COUNTY PAROLE AND PROBATION, EUGENE POLICEDEPARTMENT, SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL BUREAU OFINVESTIGATION AND LANE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE."

Lyerla left the Oregon football program earlier this month and reportedly signed with an agent. He appeared in court on Thursday and said he would like to take part in drug court, which would allow Lyerls to enter a treatment program.  If accepted, the program lasts about a year and the cocaine charge would be dropped when it is completed. He was represented in court by Attorney John Tyner III of Hillsboro, Oregon Running Back Thomas Tyner’s father.

The Junior this season had caught 3 passes for 26 yards. For his Oregon career he has caught 34 passes for 565 yards and 11 touchdowns.