LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Now-former University of Kentucky football player Ridge Wilson appeared in court Wednesday. 

That's after police say they found the 21-year-old with drugs in his car at 6th and West Oak Street in Louisville on Saturday.

He pleaded not guilty to felony drug trafficking charges.  A family member has already posted Wilson's bond.

He was expected to be a starting linebacker this coming season, but has been dismissed from the team.

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