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Cliff Harris

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Former Oregon defensive back

, according to a report by the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.

Harris was arrested on Monday along with another New York Jets player, defensive end Claude Davis, after a car they were in was stopped and police found marijuana. On Tuesday, the team released both players, who were signed to reserve-future contracts in January, but never played for the Jets.

The Chevy Tahoe a Morristown (N.J.) police officer stopped in the case was reportedly "filled with smoke." There was also a third passenger and a gun in the vehicle. According to a release provided by Morristown Police, the officer smelled “burnt marijuana” when the driver rolled down his window.

Davis, 23, and Harris, 22, were released after being served a summons, but a third person, Daniel Godfrey, 21, of Morristown, was charged with marijuana possession, intent to distribute and possessing a loaded handgun. Godfrey was detained at Morris County Correctional Facility in default of $50,000 bail.

Harris, infamously, said in June 2011 "we smoked it all" after an

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The 2010 first-team All-American selection was dismissed from the Oregon program in December 2011 for violating team rules. That move, by then-coach Chip Kelly, came days after Harris was cited in his hometown by Fresno, Calif., police for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

Before his troubles escalated in Eugene, many NFL Draft prognosticators predicted Harris would be a first-round pick in 2012. Instead he went undrafted, was cut after signing a free agent contract with Philadelphia that season and has never played in a NFL game.

At

, speaking about his problems to that point, Harris said: "I felt like with my past I have a lot to prove just in general. Just to show everybody that history won't repeat itself."