The off-field misadventures of North Carolina State’s Shadrach Thornton continue.
Tuesday night, the Raleigh News & Observer reports, Thornton allegedly hit a pedestrian with his moped. Thornton’s real trouble began, though, when he failed to remain at the scene.
The running back was subsequently arrested at his apartment and charged with failure to stop and render aid, failure to provide information, operating a motor vehicle on a sidewalk and for operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
The victim suffered lacerations on his lips and needed stitches to close the wounds.
“I haven’t had a chance to deal with it yet,” head coach Dave Doeren said on the ACC’s teleconference Wednesday. “As soon as I have all the information, I’ll make a statement on what I’m going to do.”
This was at least the third run-in with the law Thornton’s had the last two years.
In 2013, he was suspended for the opener after being charged with violence against a female. He was indefinitely suspended in December of that year for another run-in with the law, and reinstated in August of last year.
On top of that, he was suspended for the first two games of the 2015 season, reportedly for failing a second drug test.
If Thornton could stay out of trouble he’d be one of the most productive backs in the country. Thornton has led the Wolfpack in rushing each of the last three seasons, with his totals increasing from 694 yards to 798 to 907 last season. In August, he was named preseason first-team All-ACC.
Despite missing two full games, Thornton’s 203 rushing yards are second on the Wolfpack this season.
