Keys, Robinson gone from Alabama football team

Updated: June 6, 2006, 6:58 PM ET

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Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama strong safety Chris Keys has been dismissed from the team for violating team rules, coach Mike Shula said Tuesday.

Shula also said cornerback Travis Robinson has decided to leave the university. Both players are sophomores.

Keys was suspended from the Cotton Bowl for violating team rules, but Shula did not say whether that was related to his dismissal.

Keys was once regarded as one of the nation's top prospects. He was a four-sports standout at Porte Barre High School in Louisiana when he was suspended the spring before his senior season after getting caught with marijuana in school.

He moved to Alabama after he was ruled ineligible to play in Louisiana for his senior season. Keys was unable to play as a senior at North Jackson High school because of Alabama transfer rules requiring him to sit out a year.

Robinson, who played for Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa, saw action in five of the first six games last season but missed the rest of the games with an injury.

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