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What is Arik Gilbert up to these days?

Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:38 pm
Posted by SwampyWaters
Member since Apr 2023
1901 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:38 pm
This kid had so much talent and could have made millions playing football for a long time, but I guess the demons in his head won. Just watched an old LSU game and saw an athletic TE, which made me immediately think of him.

What is he up to these days? If I had to guess, I would say in jail or a mental hospital (and I'm being serious).
Posted by OJsLifeCoach
NYC
Member since Aug 2023
2391 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:41 pm to
Check your security cameras
Posted by Mr Cell Phone
Member since Nov 2021
1255 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:41 pm to
Looking to plea bargain for the tenth time in three years the guy has issues .
Posted by BeachDude022
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36253 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:41 pm to
Arrested in January

Last I heard anyway
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5311 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:42 pm to
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Jail


Looks like:

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Former Husker football player escapes jail time after caught on camera breaking into Lincoln store


LINK

Posted by young man tiger
Opelousas, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2009
1561 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:42 pm to
Transferred a couple of times. It’s a shame: I believe he set some freshman TE receiving records at LSU. All he had to do was stay out for two years and keep doing what he was doing and he’d have no worries right now.
Posted by tigersbsbfan23
Member since May 2023
280 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:42 pm to
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This is the last thing I ever heard about him.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
16854 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:42 pm to
Will end up in jail or dead if he doesn't get his mental disorder(s) under control.
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
22563 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:42 pm to
He left Nebraska last year after he was arrested. Doesn’t seem to be on another roster.
Posted by young man tiger
Opelousas, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2009
1561 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:44 pm to
Damn, he used cement from the parking lot to break that glass.
This post was edited on 8/31/24 at 1:13 pm
Posted by whitetiger1234
They/Them
Member since Oct 2016
5376 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:54 pm to
Robbing stealing and vandalizing probably. His mental health makes him do it.
Posted by bayou85
Concordia
Member since Sep 2016
9541 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:55 pm to
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Arik Gilbert, 21, pleaded no contest Tuesday to first-degree criminal trespassing and criminal mischief and was fined $400. Prosecutors initially charged Gilbert with burglary - a felony - but amended the charge to trespassing this week. Gilbert was also ordered to pay $450 in restitution to the shop.

Surveillance video obtained from SJ’s Liquor and Vape at 27th and O Streets shows a man, later identified as Gilbert, breaking into the store around 2 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2023 and rummaging through the merchandise. Large cement pieces from a nearby parking lot were used to break the glass to the front door, according to police.

Police said Gilbert stole $1,600 worth of items, including vape products, Delta 8, cigars and lighters. In the surveillance video, Lincoln Police officers can be seen waiting at the door, where the suspect was put in handcuffs.



Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
20351 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:56 pm to
Guys love to talk about the struggles of young adults on this board. Why though?
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
44258 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:57 pm to
Dude could have been Evan Engram in the NFL and blew it. I had sympathy for the mental health issues but not once he started committing crimes.
Posted by Bottom9
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Member since Jul 2010
23834 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:57 pm to
I give him 4 to 5 years before he is arrested for murder.
Posted by Ralphiemay
Member since Dec 2022
845 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 3:58 pm to
The mental disorder was a story made up for the media when he had major issues with synthetic marijauna his freshman year at LSU. Everyone continues to run with it though .
Posted by OJsLifeCoach
NYC
Member since Aug 2023
2391 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 4:01 pm to
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Guys love to talk about the struggles of young adults on this board. Why though?


My question is was this dude seen as a sporadic loose cannon in HS too? Or did he actually have a mental breakdown and his personality changed drastically?

I think there’s a difference between someone whose actions suddenly changed and someone who is just a piece of shite person.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
18936 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 4:01 pm to
Had forgotten all about him and this is just sad.

From a football perspective he had a lot of TE talent. A lot. But IRL, he's the sequel to Cecil and Perrilloux all in one.
Posted by SUB
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Member since Jan 2009
23009 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 4:08 pm to
Such a sad story. He would have easily been a first round pick with his talent but couldn't put things together mentally.
Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
4872 posts
Posted on 8/29/24 at 5:05 pm to
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Just watched an old LSU game and saw an athletic TE, which made me immediately think of him.

Just saw the calender and realized that this was the one year anniversary of him breaking into a liquor store in Lincoln Ne..
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