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JACKSON, Miss. -- Jackson State junior basketball player Charlie White has been freed on $10,000 bond after being arrested by campus police on weapons charges.
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White, 21, of Jackson, was charged Friday with possession of a weapon on an educational property and exhibiting a weapon in a threatening manner.
Jackson State head basketball coach Teverster Anderson would not say whether White would remain on the basketball team.
"The JSU communications people have told me it's still under investigation," Anderson said Friday. "I don't want to comment on much else until we figure out exactly what happened."
White averaged 7.8 points, 2.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game last season as the Tigers' starting point guard.
White has had a history of trouble at Jackson State.
He punched a Southern University player in the face during a basketball game and received a three-game suspension during his freshman season.
Last year, he was suspended for two exhibition games after breaking an unspecified team rule.
Anderson told the Clarion-Ledger newspaper that White had been a model citizen since last season.
"I really am surprised by all this," Anderson said. "I haven't had any trouble with (White) in a long time."
Jackson State spokesman Anthony Dean said the university would comment once the investigation was complete.
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