This is really bad timing for someone trying to make the 53-man roster.

Dallas Cowboys TE Rico Gathers, a fan favorite, was arrested on Friday night in Frisco, TX. on marijuana possession charges:

ALERT: #Cowboys TE Rico Gathers was arrested for marijuana possession at 10p Friday, Frisco Police tell me. pic.twitter.com/fAMnBDAIyi

— mike fisher ✭ (@fishsports) September 1, 2018

Gathers was taken in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL draft, and he still hasn’t played in a regular-season game.