The former Clemson and Georgia defender was in police custody.
Despite being in police custody for two days following his Monday arrest, Los Angeles Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick is expected to play in Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the former Clemson and Georgia defender said. Kendrick said via ESPN that he lost several pounds while in custody and has been working on getting back into game shape ahead of kickoff.
According to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Kendrick was arrested in Hollywood early Monday after a traffic stop and charged with two misdemeanor gun offenses.
“I think there’s certain circumstances and situations that arise that you always use your values and principles to be able to make decisions,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “I trust this kid’s heart. I believe in him. I also believe in forgiveness and understanding, and there’s certain things that we can use to be able to learn from and then there’s certain mistakes that people make that maybe it’s a little bit different conversation.
“But based on my understanding of what occurred, I feel like this is something that we can move forward with.”
Kendrick said he’s working on avoiding being a distraction to his team moving forward.
“Just teaching me how to move and just how to move out here anyways,” Kendrick said. “To get my own security or get a driver to drive me around or stuff like that, just so I won’t be followed or whatever the case may be.”
Kendrick, a sixth-round pick in 2022, originally signed with Clemson as a former five-star prospect before ending up at Georgia. He was previously arrested in 2021 on weapons charges.
McVay was asked this week about Kendrick’s priors.
“It was a similar type of situation, but there were some different dynamics that existed in this one,” McVay said. “And so those are things that are important to us. But I always believe you guys hear me talk about the football character and different things like that. I think some of these things, when you look at it as a whole and you say, do I think this makes him a bad person? No, I do not.
“… I feel totally different based on our values and principles, but based on the information that I have, we definitely weigh the backgrounds and all that kind of stuff heavily. But it’s also getting to know the person and then when certain situations arise, how do you help them navigate through it? How do you make sure that there’s an empathy, but there’s also an understanding of, all right, what are our standards and how can we move forward the right way? And then where are we at in regard to let’s make sure things like this don’t occur again. And if they do, then maybe there’s a different conversation and a dialogue that I’m having with you guys as well.”
Kendrick has been the Rams’ every-game starter at corner.
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