A former Oklahoma football player who was kicked off the team with former quarterback Rhett Bomar says he believes his dismissal was unfair.

Former offensive lineman J.D. Quinn and Bomar were dismissed from the team the day before the start of practice last fall for taking money for hours they did not work at a Norman, Okla., auto dealership.

Quinn, who transferred to Montana, told the Tulsa World he didn’t understand why he and Bomar were kicked off the team Aug. 2.

"All I did was take cash," Quinn said. "I didn’t break any laws and I get kicked off the team, but there’s people on the team that are breaking laws and failing drug tests and stuff like that, and there’s nobody getting kicked off the team for that type of stuff."

Quinn declined to provide details of his allegations about other players but said it was not necessarily about players on the OU team.

"I was just saying around the country," he said. "I wasn’t saying it in the context of Oklahoma. There’s just people I’ve heard of doing things."

Bomar, now at Sam Houston State, declined comment through a university spokesman.

OU football Coach Bob Stoops also declined comment. Associate athletic director Kenny Mossman said, "The university has turned over all of our material to the NCAA, and we stand by that dialogue."

OU goes before the NCAA Infractions Committee in Indianapolis on April 14 to defend itself on an allegation that the university failed to adequately monitor the employment of athletes at the car dealership.

A university investigation determined Quinn was paid $8,137.17 and Bomar $7,406.88 beyond the hours they actually worked.

The NCAA forbids student-athletes from receiving benefits that are not also available to non-athletes, including benefits from off-campus employment.

● ON THE MEND: Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon was expected to be released from the hospital later this week as he recovers from being stabbed in the chest.

The university said in a release Monday that Lymon was in satisfactory condition. Lymon was stabbed last week during a fight at a night club.

"While there are still a number of unanswered questions that surround this matter, we are relieved that Selwyn is on his way to making a complete recovery," Coach Joe Tiller said in the release. "His well-being always has been our primary concern. I will meet with him as soon as he is released from the hospital."

Tiller said he was considering possible disciplinary measures against Lymon, who started 12 games as a sophomore last season, after he was stabbed March 30. The stabbing is being investigated by police.

Lymon was originally listed in critical condition.

Safety Torri Williams was arrested on a drunken driving charge less than an hour after Lymon was stabbed and was identified in police records as having been with Lymon and at least one other player during the fight. He was indefinitely suspended from the team.

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