Ex-player of Carolina Panthers who once played linebacker for the club has been arrested. He was arrested on Sunday morning in downtown Columbia. He has been charged with reckless driving and also for an unlawful possession of a weapon.

He is Brandon Jamison, 27 years old from Hopkins. He was arrested on Sunday at about 3:50 a.m. in the 4400 block of Devine Street. He was then making a skidding, sliding turn at a speed of about 70 mph.

He was stopped by police and when his car was searched, police found a loaded .40 Ruger handgun under the driver’s seat. It even had 10 bullets in it.

He has been charged under city law. Both the charges on Jamison are misdemeanors. He has been held in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

Brandon Jamison graduated from West Georgia and is not listed as an active player on the NFL’s Web site. Jamison played in 3 games for the Atlanta Falcons in the year 2006 and in 19 for the Carolina’s in the years 2006 and 2007.

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