Jamar Goff

Introduction

Jamar Goff, 23, the foster son of Food Network personality Ree Drummond, was sentenced on November 4, 2026 in an Alabama drug possession and assault case stemming from a September arrest on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus. According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Goff received a 48-month suspended sentence for second-degree assault and a separate 24-month suspended sentence for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, along with 12 months of supervised probation, a substance-abuse evaluation requirement and random drug testing. The sentencing came nearly two months after police say Goff told officers he was waiting to buy methamphetamine and struck a female officer while running from them.

Background Information

Goff joined the Drummond family as a foster son in 2018, when he was a teenager, after becoming close to Ree and Ladd Drummond through their sons Bryce and Todd, whom he had played football with. Drummond wrote in her book “Frontier Follies” that an ATV accident that badly injured his foot led him to move into the family’s home during a recovery that included a skin graft and tendon-repair surgery. He returned to the field in 2021, beginning his college career with the University of Central Oklahoma Broncos. Drummond has not publicly addressed his legal troubles, and In Touch reported the family has yet to speak out publicly about his arrests.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Sentenced. Jamar Goff received a 48-month suspended sentence for second-degree assault and a 24-month suspended sentence for unlawful possession of a controlled substance on November 4, 2026, per Alabama court documents obtained by Page Six, twelve months of supervised probation, a substance-abuse evaluation and random drug testing ordered, and a release filed November 3 banning him from the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus.

The incident on the record is a campus police encounter. On September 15, 2026 — WBRC, citing police and court records, reported the date as September 14 — University of Alabama at Birmingham police responded to a report of a suspicious person asleep on a bench near a campus fountain, and officers found the 23-year-old shirtless. Per court documents, Goff told the officers he was waiting to buy “ice,” a street name for methamphetamine. Authorities initially allowed him to leave, according to Page Six, but then discovered an outstanding felony failure-to-appear warrant; when officers attempted to take him into custody, he allegedly assumed an aggressive stance and ran down the street, and during the ensuing chase near the UAB hospital entrances he allegedly struck a female officer in the chin with an open hand. Assisting officers got him to the ground and pepper-sprayed him before handcuffing him, WBRC reported. Police recovered a discarded backpack containing a glass pipe with burnt residue and baggies of suspected methamphetamine that tested positive in the field, with additional baggies found during booking at the Jefferson County Jail.

Goff was charged with second-degree assault for the alleged assault on a law enforcement officer, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, attempting to elude a law enforcement officer and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, and his bond was set at $37,000. Court documents previously obtained by Page Six put the seizure at a glass pipe and approximately 1.8 grams of suspected methamphetamine. At booking, In Touch reported, Goff listed Drummond’s cell phone number as his family contact, calling her simply “foster parent,” and told officers he was homeless and working at McDonald’s. These charges are accusations, and the coverage does not describe a plea or verdict on the drug and eluding counts.

The arrest also resurfaced earlier allegations, none of which are findings of guilt. In May 2025, a woman who said she was dating Goff petitioned an Alabama court for a protective order, alleging that he had punched a hole in her wall, grabbed her by the neck and pushed her down onto a couch, holding her there until she could not breathe, and thrown her dog against a wall; a judge granted the order on May 28, 2025, requiring him to stay 500 feet away, and it expired in May 2026. Also in May 2025, In Touch reported citing TMZ, Goff was accused of biting a correctional officer’s hand and charged with second-degree assault; People reported he pleaded not guilty that September, and public records do not specify whether that case has been resolved. In 2022, a separate woman in Oklahoma obtained an emergency protective order alleging he made “violent” calls and emails and threatened to come to her home after their breakup; a judge later issued a final no-contact order that also required him to turn over firearms, and it expired in August 2024.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The record documents institutional consequences rather than public commentary: Page Six obtained the sentencing court documents and the November 3 release order, and the arrest drew coverage from People, WBRC, USA Today and TMZ in September before In Touch and Us Weekly reported the protective-order history. Neither Goff nor his attorneys are documented making any public statement in the coverage, and the Drummond family has not publicly addressed his arrests. The consequences on the record are concrete: two suspended sentences totaling six years, a year of supervised probation with mandatory evaluation and drug testing, and a judicial ban from the UAB campus, imposed nearly two months after the arrest.

Current Status

Goff has been sentenced. Per Alabama court documents obtained by Page Six, he received a 48-month suspended sentence for second-degree assault and a 24-month suspended sentence for unlawful possession of a controlled substance on November 4, 2026, with 12 months of supervised probation, a required substance-abuse evaluation and random drug testing; a release order filed November 3 ordered him freed from custody and banned from the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus. The coverage does not state whether the sentences followed a plea or a conviction, and the separate 2025 assault charge’s resolution is not documented in public records, leaving both open questions in the record.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The sentence closes the criminal phase of a two-month arc that began with a bench at a campus fountain and ended with a jail release order. Goff’s college football career at Central Oklahoma, which Drummond celebrated on Instagram in 2021, is years behind him; at 23 he now carries two suspended sentences, a probation term with mandatory evaluation and testing, a ban from the UAB campus, and a documented history that includes two expired protective orders and a 2025 assault charge whose resolution is unrecorded. The coverage contains no statement from him or his family on what comes next.

Sources

Page Six, “Ree Drummond’s troubled son Jamar Goff sentenced in drug possession and assault case”, November 4, 2026 — source
Page Six, “Ree Drummond’s son allegedly ‘grabbed’ woman, ’threw’ dog against wall a year before arrest”, September 25, 2026 — source
WBRC via Gray Media, “Ree Drummond’s foster son Jamar Goff arrested on drug, assault charges after allegedly hitting police officer”, September 24, 2026 — source
People via Yahoo Entertainment, “‘Pioneer Woman’ Ree Drummond’s Son Jamar Arrested, Facing Drug and Assault Charges”, September 24, 2026 — source
In Touch via Yahoo Entertainment, “‘Pioneer Woman’ Ree Drummond’s Son Accused of Assault, Animal Cruelty One Year Before Drug Arrest”, September 25, 2026 — source