Add The New York Post on Google Former TCU safety Jacob Fields was arrested on Sunday.
Fields — who was dismissed from the team on Aug. 18 after an alleged altercation with a teammate — was charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, according to ESPN.
His agent, Phillip Miller, told the outlet that Field turned himself in and is being held at Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, and that he is expected to be released on bond on Sunday.
Jacob Fields spent the first three seasons of his collegiate career at Louisiana Tech. Getty Images Fields is accused of punching TCU receiver Dozie Ezukanma in the locker room earlier this month.
TCU general manager Ryan Dorchester subsequently reported the incident to the police.
In a since-deleted video posted on Instagram, Ezukanma alleged that Fields knocked him unconscious with a “sucker-punch.”
“Cause I do you bad at practice, this is what you do to your teammates?” Ezukanma said in the video.
“Like much of what circulates online, a significant portion of what has been shared on social media regarding this situation is false or purely speculative,” Miller wrote on X. “Jacob Fields and his family have not nor will have any further comment on the situation. Jacob misses TCU, his teammates, coaches and the relationships he built there. He was a good student, a hard worker and competitor who built many meaningful friendships during his time at TCU.
Jacob Fields is pictured in a TCU portrait. Fields was dismissed from the team for allegedly assaulting a teammate. TCU “He is grateful for the opportunity the university gave him. While disappointed, Jacob understands that given the circumstances, it was in the best interest of all parties to move forward. He respects that decision and wishes his teammates and the TCU program nothing but success.”
Fields spent the first three seasons of his collegiate career at Louisiana Tech and was named Conference USA’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year last season before transferring to TCU.
“It was something that was certainly out of character for the team and the young man that was involved,” TCU head coach Sonny Dykes said about the incident ahead of the team’s season opener against North Carolina in Ireland. “Look, you got 110 football players. I mean, things happen sometimes. You’ve got to find ways to move through them, and man, these young kids are resilient. It’s like anything else, when something bad happens, it becomes a teaching moment.”
