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Florida player tossed from team after arrest stemming from Instagram post jealousy: report

Florida head football coach Dan Mullen confirmed that incoming four-star defensive back Justin Watkins has been thrown off the team.

Watkins was arrested in July and charged with domestic battery by strangulation, kidnapping and false imprisonment and two counts of misdemeanor battery.

According to Barrett Sallee of CBS Sports.com, problems for Watkins started when he became jealous of a teammate who "liked" an Instagram post of Watkins ex-girlfriend.

A University of Florida Police Department report said Watkins noticed that Florida linebacker Vosean Joseph "liked" several of the victim's Instagram posts.

Watkins then confronted her at her dorm and she denied knowing Joseph.