DALLAS WIDEOUT RELEASED

The Dallas Cowboys released wide receiver and kick returner

Lucky Whitehead after the third-year player was linked to a shoplifting arrest in his home state of Virginia, with his agent saying he thinks it was a case of mistaken identity. Whitehead said he “didn’t know about that” as he was escorted off the field by a member of the Cowboys public relations staff after the first morning walk-through practice of training camp Monday in Oxnard, Calif. Prince William County Police Sgt. Jonathan Perok said Rodney Darnell Whitehead Jr., 25, was arrested about 1:30 a.m. June 22 for taking about $40 worth of food and drink from a convenience store. Perok said he couldn’t confirm that the man arrested was the Dallas receiver, but online records matched his name and birthdate. The Cowboys media guide lists Whitehead’s given first name of Rodney. Whitehead’s agent, Dave Rich, denied that his client was arrested, saying the player didn’t arrive in Virginia until about 10 hours after the arrest.