Jalen Kitna will not play at the Univ. of Florida again following his child porn arrest this week … the school just dismissed the quarterback from the team.
The Gators made the decision on Friday morning — two days after authorities said the 19-year-old sent child exploitation material over Discord, a popular social media messaging platform, in June.
After initially suspending the signal-caller following his arrest, the school called the allegations against Kitna “extremely serious charges” and behavior that it has “zero tolerance for.”
UF officials have yet to make a public comment on the dismissal.
Kitna was in custody for roughly 24 hours following his arrest on Wednesday afternoon, but was released from jail on $80,000 bond on Thursday evening.
His famous father, ex-NFL star Jon Kitna, promised during testimony at Jalen’s court hearing Thursday morning that he would take his son back to live with him in Texas during the pre-trial process. Jalen must not use the Internet and must not have unsupervised contact with minors as part of the conditions of his release.
Jalen had played in four games for Florida this season … and was expected to be the team’s QB1 for its bowl game later this year if starter Anthony Richardson opted out of the contest.