Alabama baseball player & former LB Keith Holcombe arrested for DUI
Alex Byington
TUSCALOOSA — Alabama senior baseball player and former football player Keith Holcombe was arrested early Thursday morning on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office online jail database.
Holcombe, who also spent the past three seasons as a reserve linebacker on the football team, was booked into the Tuscaloosa County jail at 3:56 a.m., according to the Tuscaloosa News.
Holcombe, 23, elected to forgo his final season of eligibility with the Crimson Tide football team this fall in order to focus on playing baseball, where he was a regular starter in left field last season, earning 45 starts. Holcombe finished last baseball season third on the team with 51 hits while batting .290 as a junior.
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Holcombe was still listed in jail as of 9:45 a.m. Thursday on a $1,000 bond.