The University of Alabama suspended defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. , the namesake son of a former NFL first-round pick and Crimson Tide alum, following the young man's arrest for allegedly speeding away from police, officials said Monday.

The younger Kirkpatrick, a 19-year-old from Gadsden, Alabama, was driving a white Mercedes sedan "at a high rate of speed and continuing to accelerate without regard to heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic" on University Boulevard at about 2:44 a.m. Saturday, according to a complaint written by university police officer Christopher Fuerch.

Two other university police officers and Fuerch were on foot and told Kirkpatrick to pull over, according to the court document.

Fuerch grabbed the car door's handle and his two colleagues had their hands on

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