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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama defensive back Tony Mitchell said he feared his football career was over after his arrest on a drug charge. The Crimson Tide freshman said in a video posted on social media that he knew "something much bigger could have happened." A judge in Holmes County, Florida, sentenced Mitchell to three years of probation with a fine and community service after Mitchell pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis.
