Former Auburn Tigers linebacker Chandler Wooten didn't like what he heard regarding a recent arrest on Saturday night involving an incoming transfer on Alex Golesh's football team. While he has compassion, Wooten also had gripes.
Per Wooten on X, regarding Ole Miss Rebels transfer EDGE Da'Shawn Womack's arrest in downtown Auburn, "Cmon now, we supposed to be locked in not locked up...Hopefully a learning experience for the young man."
The War Rapport's Mike Gittens provided details of the arrest around midnight central time. Per Gittens, "Auburn EDGE Rusher Da'Shawn Womack was allegedly arrested this evening fleeing police on a motorcycle. Details are scarce at this time but Womack was initially seen traveling at a high rate of speed when police attempted to pull him over. ... Womack did not stop initially according to reports but was eventually pulled over somewhere on college street after leading police on a chase through the north side of Auburn."
No statements have been provided by the program. That includes silence thus far from Golesh. Right now, everyone is gathering information before making any further judgment or decisions. This figures to be something that's addressed as early as Monday, though.
Based on past precedent, this isn't something that will cost Womack much, though he will almost certainly get chewed out by Golesh, DJ Durkin, and Vontrell King-Williams, at a minimum, at some point. In 2022, TJ Finley was spotted without a helmet on a moped and had a similar brush-up with the law. He was named the team's QB1 weeks later.
Womack is expected to be a major part of the defense, despite this incident. This won't be much of a roadblock, even if it did provide quite the headline during the weekend of a Super Regional loss in baseball.
Alex Golesh must draw a line in the sand and make it clear Auburn won't tolerate big mistakes
Womack could've put people in harm's way with reckless driving, but luckily, no one was hurt by his speeding down College St. This is the furthest one should be able to go without facing severe penalty from Golesh and Co.
Hugh Freeze claimed he didn't tolerate small things like parking violations, but it was found out that the players basically took control of the locker room. Accountability wasn't anywhere to be seen off the field and in practice, and it showed in games. Money can't dictate morality in the locker room. It shouldn't matter what anyone makes on NIL or rev-share. Everyone needs to behave the same, which is to say everyone needs to live and breathe the Creed. There's increased pressure on your personal brand when you have the orange and blue standard to uphold. That's what these players are taking big paychecks for, though, after all.
Golesh cannot harbor a losing culture at AU. There's no need to make an example of Womack, but there's every reason to make sure Womack's mistake is the last off-field legal trouble you hear about this program.
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