Nebraska receiver Keyshawn Johnson Jr. is taking a leave of absence six months after joining the program.
Johnson, the son of former NFL receiver and current ESPN analyst Keyshawn Johnson, was cited for marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia earlier this month after smoke was smelled coming out of his dorm room, according to campus police records.
"It's not one big party -- especially when you're playing football," Keyshawn Johnson Sr. told the Omaha World Herald.
Johnson Sr. said he looks forward to his son returning to the Cornhuskers in January "as a mature young adult.