An off-field incident late last year has cost David Lucero his football future at Boise State.
The football program announced on its official Twitter account Tuesday that Lucero has been dismissed from the Broncos. Athletic director Curt Apsey wrote that the tight end’s “behavior does not align with the core values of the athletic department at Boise State.”
David Lucero has been dismissed from the Boise State football team. Statement from Director of Athletics Curt Apsey: (1/2)
— Boise State Football (@BroncoSportsFB) January 20, 2016
“This type of behavior does not align with the core values of the athletic department at Boise State.”
— Boise State Football (@BroncoSportsFB) January 20, 2016
-Apsey (2/2)
The behavior to which Apsey referred occurred back in mid-November.
Around that time, Lucero was arrested and booked on a felony charge of attempted strangulation charge. Lucero was involved in a verbal altercation with a female he was in a relationship with that allegedly turned physical. At the time, Lucero was indefinitely suspended from all football activities.
In December, Lucero pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of misdemeanor battery.
Lucero had played in nine games this past season as a redshirt freshman, catching four passes for 63 yards. In 2014, Lucero was a two-star member of the Broncos’ recruiting class.