Final Four Starr Hard Pettyford in Legal Hot Hot After DUI Arrest
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College basketball Star Tahard Pettyford was imprisoned in Alabama on Saturday morning, prison records showed.
Auburn basketball According to ESPN, the guard was eventually released from custody on the same day. As of Saturday afternoon, Pettiford’s name was not on the prison log prisoner list.
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl acknowledged the serious nature of Pettiford’s situation.
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Tahaad Pettiford, #0 of the Auburn Tigers, looks back during his match against Creighton Bluejays in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on March 22, 2025. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
“We know this situation. We’ll deal with it internally with Tahaha and his family,” Pearl said. Statement to ESPN. “We take these issues seriously and then learn and grow from moving forward.”
Pettiford’s legal issues came shortly after he decided to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft. The 19-year-old guard averaged 11.6 points per game during his productive freshman season.
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Pettiford said he has reached a decision to return to the college basketball rankings.
Florida Gators forward Alex Condon attempts to block a shot by Auburn Tigers guard Ta Hard Pettyford (0) in the semi-finals of the Men’s Final 4 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament at the Alamodome. (Imaginary by Robert Deutsch-Immagn)
“We were happy to get feedback from the NBA team and go through this process,” Pettiford told ESPN shortly after he pulled out of the draft.
“Bringing back to Auburn is a better situation for me. I think I’ll be a higher pick next year. I wasn’t 100% this year so I didn’t want to take that chance.”
Tahaad Pettiford, #0 of Auburn Tigers dribbles on the Houston Cougars in the first half of mattress company Battleground 2K24 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, November 9, 2024. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Pettiford was a key part of the Tiger steam team that won the overall seed at this year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Auburn’s March crazy run ended when they went through a 79-73 defeat to SEC rival Florida Final Four.
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Pettiford averaged 15.2 points per game during the NCAA tournament.
He is considered the next chapter in the program’s next Bedrock Player after Johnny Bloom, a 2024-25 SEC player, jumped to the NBA. Philadelphia 76ers Bloom was selected in the second round of last month’s draft.
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