State Trooper to Running Back Michael Dyer During a Traffic Stop: ‘dumbass’
Michael Dyer can add one more title to his resume: total dumbass.
The former star back at Auburn was set to join the Arkansas State Red Wolves, but he’s been dismissed from the team in what looks like a response to a traffic stop back in March. Dyer, who will turn 22 in October, was stopped at 2:20 a.m. in White County, Arkansas, and cited for doing 96 in a 70 mph zone.
That was bad enough, but then the Jonesboro Sun and the Searcy, Ark., Daily Citizen got ahold of the video of the traffic stop through a freedom of information request. You’ve got to fork over $.99 to get past the paywall, but the Sun’s account is a great blow-by-blow of what happens when a state trooper realizes he has pulled over a troubled star jock.
Also in the vehicle with Dyer: a handgun, a 24-year-old woman and a substance that Royce Denney, the state trooper, refers to in the video as weed. Denney gives Dyer the talking-to that every Arkansas State fan would like to deliver right about now. “Carrying a pistol around. Uncool,” he says. “You’ve got a career ahead of you, but you’re being a total dumbass right now.”
How much of a career Dyer has left is certainly in doubt. The second running option to Cam Newton at Auburn in 2010, he racked up 1,093 rushing yards to break Bo Jackson’s school freshman record. Of those, he ground out 143 yards against Oregon to win Offensive Player of the Game honors in the BCS national title game.
As a sophomore he raced for 1,242 more yards and was first-team All SEC but earned a suspension for undisclosed reasons before Auburn’s bowl. When Arkansas State tapped offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn as its new head coach, Dyer followed the fellow Arkansan to Jonesboro. The former Little Rock prep star had yet to play a down for the Red Wolves and was to have sat out in 2012.
In the video of the stop, Denney tells Dyer he’s going to call up Malzahn — “however you say his name?” — but admits some reluctance. “I really don’t want to tell him about this because of the NCAA crap. I know there’s a lot of stuff that goes on behind closed doors between coaches and players but I’m still in a predicament. You need to think, man. What’s the best way to make you think? You’re a grown man and I’m not trying to treat you like a kid.”
Dyer responds: “I’m done with this. This is my second chance over here.”
The two men come to an agreement that Dyer doesn’t need the gun. “If you think it makes you look cool,” Denney says, “you’re stupid.” Dyer tells him, “I don’t need it. You keep it.”
The Sun includes this fun detail:
There are a couple of missing parts in the video where Denney apparently decides to turn the camera off. Denney is currently under investigation by the Arkansas State Police for his actions in the traffic stop, according to the state police.
The paper also details the conclusion to Dyer’s legal proceedings for the traffic stop. “He appeared in White County District Court, Searcy Division, on May 10 and was fined $17. He was also ordered to perform five days of community service and take a defensive driving class.”
The paper couldn’t get Malzahn on the horn but it did include a statement the university issued last night. Said the coach: “I am truly disappointed that it didn’t work out here at ASU for Mike.” The public revelations around the gun and the possible drugs appear to have been a factor in things not working out at ASU for Mike. Ten days ago, Dyer and Malzahn held a joint news conference in which they proclaimed that Dyer was going to forgo any other transfers or NFL Draft eligibility this year to stick around and serve as a role model at Arkansas State.
Previously: Former Auburn Star Michael Dyer Testifies His Gun Was Used By Teammates in Alleged Robbery

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July 30th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
I hear the CFL is nice.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
No snarky comments about Ark State’s bass-fishing team? You have gotten lazy high up in your Eifling tower.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
I hear the CFL is nice.
I hear converting to the metric system is a bitch though.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Eifling, this is probably your best work. An interesting piece.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
I think Bo figured Dyer out in the end. Didn’t like the kid.
https://twitter.com/mO_KNOWS_34/status/229734045964185602
July 30th, 2012 at 12:24 PM
$17!! Shit – if I’m ever in Arkansas I’m ignoring every speed limit sign.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
The Lions could use him right now.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
TheBigLead.com spares no expense…
July 30th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Make sure you expense that.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Got arrested and flipped, screamed “THUG LIFE” and emptied the clip, got sighted running from the police.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
“My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it”
July 30th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
She’ll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
The Lions could use him right now.
as a rollyourown model?
July 30th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Ten days ago, Dyer and Malzahn held a joint news conference
What was found in his car besides a gun?
Why would the two hold a joint at a news conference?
July 30th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
“The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumbass..(snickers)
It’s Dumas…”
July 30th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Disheartening. No Breaking Bad discussion today?
Why do GoT and Mad Men get separate posts at TBL but not The Chronicles of Not Jesse James?
July 30th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Why? Nothing happened.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
I was told Bo tried to visit Dyer when things were falling apart at AU, and Dyer shut the door in his face.
July 30th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
I’d argue getting the whole shebang up and running again was pretty substantial…great scene when they got back to work, seeing the jumpsuits was like when Bruce Wayne looks at the Batman suit again
July 30th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
I’d say that Walt letting Jesse know at the end that Mike could end up Victor’d was not nothing.
July 30th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
lolwhut? Umm, I’m not sure he’s really role model material there Gus. Just a hunch.
July 30th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Also: Your move Crowell.
July 30th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Rowl Tahd