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College Basketball Star Tahaad Pettiford was jailed in Alabama in the early morning hours on Saturday, prison registers showed.
Auburn Basketball Guard was eventually released from custody on the same day, ESPN reported. From Saturday afternoon, PettiFord’s name was no longer on the list of inmates in the prison log.
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl recognized the serious nature of Pettiford’s circumstances.
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Tahaad Pettiford, #0 of Auburn Tigers, looks back during the game against Creighton Bluejays in NCAA -men’s basketball tournament second round in Rupp Arena on March 22, 2025 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
“We are aware of the situation and we will deal with it internally with Tahaad and his family,” Pearl said in a statement to ESPN. “We take these questions seriously and will learn and grow from what is moving forward.”
PettiFord’s legal problems came shortly after he decided to withdraw his name from the NBA draft. The 19-year-old guard was an average of 11.6 points per Battle during its productive beginner season.
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PettiFord said he had reached the decision to return to College Basketball Ranks because it presented a more ideal situation to him at the time.
Florida Gators Spikes Alex Condon tries to block a shot of the Auburn Tigers Guard Tahaad PettiFord (0) in the semi -finals of the Lord’s last four of the 2025 NCAA tournament on Alamodome. (Robert Deutsch-Misted Pictures)
“I was happy to go through the process and get feedback from the NBA team,” PettiFord told ESPN shortly after he retired from the draft.
“Returning to Auburn is a better situation for me. I see myself being a higher choice next year. It wasn’t 100% this year, so I wouldn’t take that chance.”
Tahaad Pettiford, #0 by Auburn Tigers, dribbles against Houston Cougars during the first half of the mattress company Battleground 2k24 in the Toyota Center on November 9, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
PettiFord was an important part of the Tigers team that served the total overall seeds of this year’s NCAA Division in -men’s Basketball Tournament. Auburn’s March Madness race ended as they suffered a loss of 79-73 to their SEC-Rival Florida in Final Four.
PettiFord average 15.2 points per Fight during the NCAA tournament.
He is largely regarded as the program’s next basic player of Tigers’ next chapter, after Johni Broome, the SEC player of the year for 2024-25, made the leap to the NBA. Philadelphia 76ers chose Broome in the second round of last month’s draft.
