Warrick has touchdowns this year on catches (four), runs (two) and returns (one). He's even thrown a TD pass.

Warrick, Coles and Dillard's clerk Rachel Myrtil were charged with grand theft. Myrtil, 19, is accused of letting the two players buy $412.38 worth of clothing for $21.40 on Sept. 29.

An off-duty officer saw and taped what happened through a surveillance camera, police said.

Florida State athletic director Dave Hart said Coles was kicked off the team because he already was on probation because of past legal and academic problems. Coles, like Warrick, is a senior wide reciever.

Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said in a written statement that he was "terribly disappointed," and noted Warrick is on schedule to graduate.

"He came back for his senior season instead of going pro and he has been such a hard worker and good leader," Bowden said. "It makes this all the more disappointing."

Warrick is allowed to practice with the team, although he missed practice on Thursday. He will also miss top-ranked Florida State's game against Miami on Saturday and possibly the rest of the season.

Bowden said Warrick's only hope of playing in the near future might be to get the charge reduced to a misdemeanor because school rules prohibit an athlete charged with a felony with playing until the case is resolved.

"Peter Warrick has been a good citizen here prior to this," Hart said. "The door certainly is open for Peter to return."

William J. Dockery, president of the Downtown Athletic Club in New York, which awards the Heisman Trophy, said Warrick remains eligible for the trophy.

"If any candidate is convicted of a felony, he would no longer be eligible to receive the Heisman Trophy," Dockery said.

The off-duty police officer taped Warrick and Coles' purchases, one right after another, on video surveillance equipment. Police said each player walked out carrying a bag of clothing but neither contained enough merchandise -- $300 -- to make the alleged crime a felony. However, assistant state attorney Warren Goodman said the purchases were considered a single transaction so the amounts were totaled.

Investigators met with the players at Coles' apartment and they turned over the clothing, police said. Coles had bought a hat, three shirts and a pair of jeans. Details of Warrick's purchase were not immediately disclosed.

Coles and Warrick surrendered at the Leon County Jail and were freed without bond, Assistant State Attorney Warren Goodwin said. Arrangements were being made for Myrtil to surrender.

Each could face up to five years in prison if convicted, but they would probably get probation, Goodwin said. A first court appearance for the sole purpose of determining if they have legal representation was set for Monday.

Hart said he and Bowden each spoke privately with Warrick.

"He is very remorseful," Hart said. "He expressed at great length his personal disappointment with affecting so many people with his poor decision."

Hart said he also spoke to the team and that the players were stunned that Warrick and Coles had been charged with felonies. Quarterback Chris Weinke said he and the other players are trying to remain focused on their game Saturday against Miami.

"My focus has been on the game, will be on the game and will continue to be on the game for the next few days," Weinke said. "That stuff is out of our hands. We can't control it. We can control what we do on the field."

Earlier this week, Coles, 21, said he and Warrick were cooperating with police.

"It's not like we grabbed clothes and ran out," Coles said Tuesday. "It's not like that at all. They wanted to question us about some things. We went and answered some questions and that's it."

Warrick, 22, sounded confident that he and Coles would be cleared of any wrongdoing.

"It's not like I killed the president," he said Tuesday.

Myrtil told investigators she knew Coles and Warrick from seeing them at parties and on campus. She admitted she voided out the true prices when she sold them the clothing, police said.

Warrick told police Myrtil had done the same thing for him one or two times before and acknowledged he knew it was wrong.

"Anybody would know that," he told an investigator, according to police records.

It's not the first time Warrick and Coles have been in trouble with the law.

Warrick was charged in 1998 with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors, for a confrontation in the parking lot of a Tampa fast-food restaurant. The charges were eventually dropped.

Coles was charged last year with hitting his stepmother outside her home. He was suspended for last year's opener against Texas A&M and later served 150 hours of community service for the misdemeanor battery charge. He also was suspended for this year's opener for academic reasons.

Warrick, an All-American senior from Bradenton, Fla., has 36 catches for 508 yards and four touchdowns this season after piling up 61 receptions for 1,232 yards and 11 scores in 1998.

Coles has 12 catches for 179 yards and one touchdown after recording 19 grabs for 397 yards and three TDs last season.

With both starting receivers sidelined Saturday for the Miami game, the Seminoles likely will turn to senior Ron Dugans, who has 14 catches for 259 yards and a score, and junior Marvin Minnis, who has two catches for 25 yards.

Freshman quarterback Anquan Boldin also could see time at receiver for Florida State, which has been ranked No. 1 since the preseason.

"I told the kids no matter what distractions are out there, we want our full concentration on the University of Miami," Bowden said. "It's probably as distracting to me and some of the coaches more than everybody else because we're faced with decisions.

"You're sitting there looking at film, and all that time something inside of you tells you that you don't feel good."

The Seminoles (5-0) have not lost at home since Miami's 17-16 victory in 1991. Miami also derailed Florida State's title hopes in 1992.