Former Hopkinsville player arrested in drug find at APSU

Those pesky room checks.

Former Hopkinsville and current Austin Peay State University football player Chris Thomas was arrested last month on campus after $20,000 worth of marijuana, a loaded pistol, ammunition, and $924 were found in his dorm room March 17.

According to the All State, the Austin Peay school newspaper, resident assistants found the stash during a routine health and safety check of the dorm rooms.  Campus police charged Thomas, the room's lone resident, with possession of marijuana with intent to sell; carrying a weapon on school property; and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The assistant chief of the campus police called the bust the biggest "on campus bust" he had seen at APSU.

Thomas was lodged on a $50,500 bond.

He signed a national letter of intent to play football at Austin Peay last May after throwing for over 800 yards and running for 700 more at Hopkinsville during the 2006 season.

There was no immediate word on Thomas' status with the Governors' football team.