Ohio State Tight End Jake Stoneburner And Offensive Lineman Jack Mewhort Suspended

Not a good look

More bad news for Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort, as it was announced yesterday that both are suspended from the football team indefinitely. 

While this doesn't tell us how long they could be gone, the task at hand for these guys is to get back into good graces with Urban Meyer. 

Coming into this season, both Mewhort and Stoneburner are looked up to by many as a part of the leadership role in the senior class. What they did wasn't completely terrible, but there do have to be consequences. If it's a game or a couple of weeks away from the team, they're going to have to learn from this moment and be able to look past it and move on.

Here's the rest from the Dispatch:

"The attorney for Ohio State football players Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort told The Dispatch last night that coach Urban Meyer has suspended his clients pending the outcome of their legal problems.

Stoneburner and Mewhort were charged by Shawnee Hills police with obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor.

The two, along with Austin Barnard, who is not a football player, allegedly were caught urinating between buildings near the Bogey Inn about 1:30 a.m. Saturday while walking back to Stoneburner’s family home at Muirfield Village, site of the Memorial Tournament.

All three allegedly ran when first confronted by a police officer shining a flashlight in their direction, but Stoneburner and Mewhort reportedly stopped soon afterward.

He said the two players are “not upset. They’re just kind of trying to remain low-key and focused. Both are 100 percent focused to get this behind them.”

Stoneburner is a senior tight end from Dublin and Mewhort a junior offensive lineman from Toledo."

Ohio State Tight End Jake Stoneburner And Offensive Lineman Jack Mewhort Arrested

Jake Stoneburner

According to 10TV, Ohio State tight end Jake Stoneburner was arrested today, being charged with obstructing official business.

"According to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, Stoneburner was arrested sometime Saturday by the Shawnee Hills police.

The circumstances of his arrest were not immediately released."

Stoneburner, who attended Dublin Coffman High School, is a tight end and was listed at the top of Urban Meyer's first depth chart of the 2012 season.

Stoneburner was one of the few key playmakers that head coach Urban Meyer called out as a key part to the Buckeye offensive attack for this upcoming season. The hope right now for fans is that this case is not serious.

In 2011, Stoneburner caught 14 passes for 193 yards and scored seven touchdowns. He has caught 37 passes in his first three years at Ohio State.

Update 4:15: SB Nation's Bill Hanstock reports that Jake Stoneburner has been released on bond.

As for the obstructing official business, here's a nice definition for you:

"(A) No person, without privilege to do so and with purpose to prevent, obstruct, or delay the performance by a public official of any authorized act within the public official's official capacity, shall do any act that hampers or impedes a public official in the performance of the public official's lawful duties.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of obstructing official business. Except as otherwise provided in this division, obstructing official business is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to any person, obstructing official business is a felony of the fifth degree."

Update #2 8:05: It has now been released from 10TV that offensive lineman Jack Mewhort was also arrested with Stoneburner.

"Tight end Jake Stoneburner and offensive lineman Jack Mewhort were arrested at about 9:30 a.m. by the Shawnee Hills police near the Bogey Inn, 10TV News reported.

A third man, Austin Barnard, was also charged. He is not affiliated with the football program.

Police told 10TV News that two officers saw the three men who they believed were urinating between buildings. The officers attempted to talk with them but they ran away.

Two of them were captured while they were crouched in between vehicles, police said. The third person was found hiding in nearby woods after officers threatened to use a police dog."

All three were released about a little more than an hour later after posting $2,000 bond, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.

Stay tuned at Inside The Shoe for the latest updates involving Jake Stoneburner's arrest.