Bud Dupree was drafted in 2015 by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 22nd-overal pick. He played with the AFC North squad for six seasons before signing with the Titans in 2021.

Unfortunately, his numbers with Tennesse were not what the team expected. That’s why they are moving on from him for the 2023 campaign, but it seems like he was the last one to know he was getting cut.

Titans release Bud Dupree, the linebacker found out via Twitter

Bud Dupree’s move to the Titans in 2021 was a shock for everyone. He was seen as the linebacker that Tennessee was looking for, but unfortunately he didn’t live up to the expectations.

As the Titans are preparing for their 2023 season, the AFC South squad is making multiple changes in their roster. One of them is moving on from Bud Dupree, but the linebacker didn’t know about it until he opened Twitter this morning.

NFL Insider Ian Rapoport revealed that the Titans were cutting Dupree to avoid paying him the $17 million he was due this year. “Damn I found out on Twitter,” Bud said, perDov Kleiman.

The outside linebacker had one of his worst seasons so far in 2022 with only 4.0 sacks and 18 combinated tackles in the 11 games he played.

“Due to the victim being assaulted, the defendant is being charged with assault-fear of bodily injury” says the statement released by the Police. The consequence for BudDupree is to show himself in three weeks to continue with the legal process.

Tennesse Titans have just signed Dupree for thethe 2021 season with a five-year contract that guarantees the outside linebacker $82.5 million. The Georgia native made his NFL debutfor the Pittsburg Steelers, the ones picked him on the 2015 Draft.

What didBudDupree do for being charged for amisdemeanor assault?

On January 2,BudDupree was involved in a fight at a Walgreenin Nashville, Tennessee. According to TMZ Sports,first, there was a verbal altercation between the NFL player and a man, apparently an employee of the pharmacy.

After the words, the action came and Titans outside linebacker took the employee’s cell phone, because he was being filmed as proof of the conflict, and then tossed the 20 years old man to the floor to apply him a kind of wrestling movement.

Due to Dupree’s aggression, Walgreen’s employeesuffered a cut on his forehead, and also another person, a female, received medical attention because of a cut on one of her hands, reportedMetro Nashville Police Department spokesperson, Don Aaron, to the local newspaperThe Tennessean.