MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. ÷ University of Mississippi police picked up five Mississippi State University students early Wednesday morning for attempting to steal a football helmet from the Ole Miss locker room.

"They were trying to take it (the football helmet) as a souvenir," Bobby Black, captain of investigation of the Ole Miss Police Department, said.

Black said he did not know whose helmet the students attempted to take.

"It wasn't Eli's," Black said, referring to the Rebel quarterback.

Black said the Starnes Center, the building that houses the university's athletic training facilities, was open for cleaning purposes, and the students did not break in.

"The building was open," Black said. "They just walked in."

The students were picked up in the fraternity area of campus after police received a complaint. "They were caught up here taking some items ÷ car tags, speed limit signs and banners from light poles," Black said.

Black said the students were not arrested and were released.