Clark Lea statement on Kayleb Barnett's dismissal from Vanderbilt football after arrest

Clark Lea said that having to dismiss Kayleb Barnett from the Vanderbilt football team was among Lea's worst days with the program but that it was important to uphold standards and boundaries after Barnett was dismissed following an arrest over the weekend. "We have clear standards, and we fight for those standards every day," Lea said on Oct. 13. "My worst days in this position are not days where we fall short on the field. My worst days are days when we have to make decisions that eliminate membership in our program. And yet, without boundaries, there's erosion, there's flooding.