Former USC standout receiver Jordan Addison is due back in court Jan. 9 for a pretrial hearing on two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol after being caught asleep at the wheel near Los Angeles International Airport.
Addison, who is in his second season with the Minnesota Vikings, was not present in the Metropolitan Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday when his attorney entered not guilty pleas to one count each of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or greater, Ivor B. Pine, the deputy director of communications for Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, told City News Service.
California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched at about 11:10 p.m. July 12 to a report of a disabled vehicle blocking lanes from the westbound Glen Anderson (105) Freeway to northbound Sepulveda Boulevard, according to a CHP statement.
Officers responding to the area reported a white Rolls-Royce blocking the freeway’s No. 1 lane “with the driver asleep behind the wheel,” according to the CHP.
Addison, 22, was arrested at 11:36 p.m. after a DUI investigation was completed. He was released at 1:36 a.m. July 13, the CHP added.
Prior to attending USC, Addison was a consensus All-American and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner as college football’s best receiver in 2021 at Pittsburgh. He transferred to USC in May 2022, and caught 59 passes for 875 yards and 14 touchdowns, all team highs, in his lone season with the Trojans.
Addison was drafted in the first round, the 23rd overall selection, in the 2023 NFL draft by Minnesota. He caught 70 passes for 911 yards and 10 touchdowns as a rookie in 2023 and has 36 catches for 575 yards and four catches this season.
Addison, driving a Lamborghini Urus, had been pulled over on July 20, 2023, and cited for speed and reckless driving before reporting to his first training camp with the Vikings.