TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin has been suspended for the 2016 Valero Alamo Bowl.
Boykin was arrested and charged with a felony after getting into a bar fight and then hitting a police officer early Thursday morning, according to ESPN.
He was charged with assaulting a public servant and a third-degree felony. Boykin was given a $5,000 bond. TCU’s Preston Miller was also suspended.
“TCU’s Trevone Boykin and Preston Miller have been suspended for Saturday’s game due to a violation of team rules,” TCU said in a a prepared release. “We are disappointed in their actions and apologize to the TCU Horned Frogs nation, Valero Alamo Bowl and city of San Antonio.”
Boykin was at a bar named Pat O’Brien’s late Wednesday night and, according to the police report, began being heckled by employees and allegedly hit a bar employee.
Boykin was then removed from the bar, where a police report said that he continued to be ” very aggressive and was being held back by the group that he was with. Members of his group stated they would get him back to the hotel they were staying at.”
Full police report. Charges initially listed as “Assault/PO, Resisting Arrest, Public Intoxication”. #TCU#WFAATCUpic.twitter.com/GfVJeNEZ66
— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) December 31, 2015
After walking away, Boykin then charged the police officer and began swinging at him, before being taken to the ground by other officers on the scene, according to the report.
The San Antonio police department chief said it wasn’t known whether Boykin was swinging at the officer, but that he was hit in the face.
SAPD chief: ‘We don’t know whether he was swinging at the officer or at somebody behind him. But the officer was struck in the face.’
— Carlos A. Mendez (@calexmendez) December 31, 2015
ESPN’s Jake Trotter reported that a source told him Boykin was in his room by TCU’s set curfew, but then left to go out.
Boykin is a 22-year old senior who passed for 3,575 yards 31 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 2015. He figured to be a huge test for the Oregon defense when the two teams meet on Saturday.
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