Six Notre Dame players are arrested
A&M LB charged with assault
INDIANAPOLIS — Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler was jailed Saturday after a police officer said the player punched and slammed him to the ground outside a bar, and five teammates were arrested in a separate incident when a trooper found marijuana and a loaded handgun inside their car during a traffic stop.
Officers had to use a stun gun to subdue Butler in the altercation outside the Linebacker Lounge in South Bend, according to a probable cause affidavit.
South Bend police spokesman Lt. Joe Galea said that after officers broke up a fight inside the bar they saw two women fighting outside when Butler allegedly shoved one of the women. Butler was agitated and when officers told him to back away he allegedly pushed the officers and then attacked one of them.
The affidavit says Butler tackled an officer to the ground, punched him several times in the side and stomach and pulled off his duty belt.
The five other players were arrested Friday night after Indiana State Police said a trooper stopped a car in Fulton County about 35 miles south of South Bend for speeding. The trooper detected the odor of marijuana and with the help of a drug-sniffing dog, he found the marijuana and handgun, police said.
The university confirmed that those arrested were: cornerback Ashton White, safety Max Redfield, wide receiver Kevin Stepherson Jr., linebacker Te’von Coney and running back Dexter Williams.
All five were released Saturday afternoon from the Fulton County Jail in Rochester. A&M ARREST: Texas A&M
football player Josh Walker was arrested on charges of assault causing injury to his girlfriend and interfering with an emergency request for assistance, police said Saturday.
Walker, 20, a junior linebacker from Gilmer in east Texas, was booked into the jail Friday night and held on $9,000 bond.
College Station Police Cpl. Matthew Alaniz said Walker pushed his girlfriend and she was hurt when she fell into a child’s rocking chair. When she tried to call 911, Walker taunted her and blocked her from calling, but didn’t realize when he grabbed a phone from her that the 911 operator already was on the line and could hear more arguing and struggling.
FLORIDA STATE: Florida State has suspended QB Malik Henry for a violation of team rules. Coach Jimbo Fisher announced Henry’s suspension Saturday following the first of two practices but refused to say exactly what it was for or how long it would last.
FLORIDA: Suspended Florida cornerback Jalen Tabor followed through on a promise to buy a homeless man a pair of shoes. Tabor, who was suspended Wednesday along with tight end C’yontai Lewis for fighting in practice, shared video of his quest on the social media app Periscope.
USC: Southern California named redshirt junior Max Browne its starting quarterback Saturday.
Trojans coach Clay Helton gave Browne the nod over redshirt freshman Sam Darnold two weeks before the opener against defending national champion Alabama. The school announced the decision on Twitter.
TRANSFER: A day after announcing he was leaving Nebraska, quarterback A.J. Bush joined the program at Iowa Western Community College.