Derek Willis' dad says Derek was not driving on the night of his arrest

Much to our surprise, Derek Willis' father Del just called in to the radio show to give KSR listeners an exclusive scouting report on this year's team. Del had some great observations from the summer workouts, which we'll get to in a minute, but first, here are his comments about Derek's arrest for alcohol intoxication in a public place last month. Contrary to what most of us believed based on the dash cam footage from the police, Del said his son was NOT driving the car. "He's good. He realized it was not the best decision in the world. First off, as a college athlete, especially at UK, you're under the microscope all the time, you know that and they know that. It was a bad decision what he did. Bottom line is, it was not the smartest thing to go out and do that, but at least they did have someone that was driving them. He was never in the driver's seat at all. I know a lot of people speculate that he was, but no." Del said the reason Derek was lying on the ground was because his designated driver was unable to carry him into the house. "No, as a matter of fact, the young lady that was driving them had the keys in the house and they just -- it's one of those things, the little gal that was the designated driver can't pick up a guy that's 6'9" 220 lbs. and get him in the house. It's not going to happen." When asked if Derek was facing a suspension for the coaching staff, Del couldn't go in to details, but said the coaching staff is working with Derek to make sure something like this never happens again. "I don't know. I'm leaving that between the coaching staff and Derek. Whatever happens happens. He's got some things going on now to ensure this doesn't happen again. He's kind of gotten things going on within the coaching staff -- that's going on right now, I would say."