AUSTIN, Texas — Texas suspended wide receiver Billy Pittman for three gamesFriday after learning he broke NCAA amateurism rules by borrowing a friend’s carthis summer.

In a statement, the Longhorns did not identify the friend but said theperson had no connections to the school.

Pittman, a senior, was already going to miss Saturday’s game for No. 4 Texasagainst Arkansas State with a shoulder injury. He will be eligible to returnSept. 22 against Rice.

“I want everyone to know I’m really sorry,” Pittman said. “It was anhonest mistake and I’ll do everything I can to make up for it.”

Pittman has 69 catches for 1,206 yards and nine touchdowns over the last twoseasons.

He’s the latest Texas player suspended for off-field issues this summer.Linebacker Sergio Kindle and defensive end Henry Melton are also suspended threegames after both were charged with drunken driving.

A third player, freshman linebacker Dre Jones, was suspended indefinitelyafter being charged with aggravated robbery. A fourth player, former safetyRobert Joseph, was charged in the same incident. Joseph had already left theteam after being arrested in a separate incident over the summer.

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