{"id":880397,"date":"2026-05-02T11:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880397\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:18:30","slug":"minnesota-qb-drake-lindsey-finds-himself-in-rare-territory-after-news-that-could-change-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880397\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota QB Drake Lindsey finds himself in rare territory after news that could change everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback Drake Lindsey was arrested early Friday morning, and the story is eerily familiar.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDec 26, 2025; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback Drake Lindsey (5) against the New Mexico Lobos during the Rate Bowl at Chase Field.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

News didn\u2019t break well for the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Friday morning, as starting quarterback Drake Lindsey<\/a> was arrested and accused of possession of fake identification and underage possession of alcohol. ESPN\u2019s Adam Rittenberg<\/a> acquired the preliminary report from the Fayetteville Police Department on the incident.<\/p>\n

According to a preliminary report from the Fayetteville Police Department, an officer was alerted by staff at the YeeHawg bar shortly after midnight about a possible fake identification document. Staff directed a police officer to Lindsey, 20, who admitted to having the fake identification and to consuming alcohol before arriving at the bar.<\/p>\n

The Fayetteville, Arkansas, native was taken to the Washington County Detention Center. A copy of the fake ID was discovered in his wallet. Lindsey signed a form for a minor in possession of alcohol \/ attempted use of fraudulent or altered identification document. He was released about seven hours later after posting $470 bond.<\/p>\n

Adam Rittenberg<\/p>\n

ESPN<\/p>\n

The news itself wasn\u2019t great for the starting quarterback, especially just a few months before his 21st birthday. Going into the season, Lindsey was a fascinating player in terms of the NFL Draft with his 6-5 and 230-pound frame, and his profile just got a little more interesting.<\/p>\n

Drake Lindsey is on similar path to Baker Mayfield<\/p>\n

The fascinating element of Lindsey\u2019s arrest isn\u2019t that he got arrested, but where and why. It\u2019s not an identical situation to what Baker Mayfield dealt with ahead of the 2017 season, but there are some parallels. <\/p>\n

Both players were arrested with alcohol charges<\/p>\n

Each incident occurred in Fayetteville, Arkansas<\/p>\n

The hope for Lindsey is that he can take the leap in a similar way to Mayfield. He took a massive step in 2017, raising his stock from being a fourth or fifth-round pick to being the Heisman Trophy winner and being selected first overall. Lindsey doesn\u2019t have the background that Mayfield had as a multi-year starter, but he\u2019s got the goods in terms of a live arm and size.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s certainly a piece of adversity for Lindsey to overcome, and if he can do that, keep an eye on him for the 2027 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

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College Football<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Big steps of a quarterback\u2019s development\u2019 \u2014 Vikings QB Max Brosmer\u2019s imprint on Golden Gophers football program continues to shine\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

He\u2019s had a tremendous impact on the program in such a short time<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Oct\t\t<\/p>\n

Minnesota Vikings News<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMinnesota Vikings need to be prepared for a growing trend among NFL Draft picks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past few years, there has been a growing trend among NFL Draft picks that could end up the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback Drake Lindsey was arrested early Friday morning, and the story is eerily familiar. Dec…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[1842,35464,7,233,4727,259,2529,6,15,234],"class_list":["post-880397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-vikings","tag-baker-mayfield","tag-drake-lindsey","tag-football","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-minnesotavikings","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-vikings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116504711825346273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}