Labryan Ray issues statement following his weekend arrest

If you missed the news, Labryan Ray had a bad weekend.

Alabama’s defensive lineman was arrested in Tuscaloosa over the weekend for public intoxication.

Nick Saban issued the following statement over the weekend shortly after Ray’s arrest.

“We are disappointed any time a player makes a choice that leads to a bad decision,” Saban said via a statement from the school. “We will evaluate what we need to do in terms of appropriate discipline and rehabilitation as we move forward.”

Now Ray has issued his own public statement to the news:

Thank you everyone that reached out to me in this time, im so thankful to have y'all in my life. Im beyond sorry for doing something like this. It unlike me to do something like this. To everyone that support me I know I let u down with this, and will do whatever is necessary

— R.I.P. Bat (@LabryanRay) January 14, 2019

To try to gain your trust back. Can't get this one back but I'm going to learn from it and continue to grow from it. Again I'm so sorry for letting y'all down.

— R.I.P. Bat (@LabryanRay) January 14, 2019

Ray was ranked as the nation’s No. 28 overall player and the state of Alabama’s No. 1 player in the class of 2017, per 247Sports Composite Rankings.