Former TCU safety Jacob Fields, who was dismissed from the team Aug. 18 following a locker room altercation in which he allegedly punched a teammate, was arrested Sunday on a charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, his agent told ESPN.
Philip Miller told ESPN that Fields turned himself in and is being held at the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas. Fields is expected to be released on bond Sunday.
Fields, who transferred to TCU after playing two seasons at Louisiana Tech, is accused of punching Horned Frogs wide receiver Dozie Ezukanma in the locker room Aug. 13. TCU's general manager reported the incident to police the next day.
In an Instagram video that was later removed, Ezukanma said Fields "sucker punched" him and that he was knocked unconscious when his head hit the floor, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
"Cause I do you bad at practice, this is what you do to your teammates?" Ezukanma asked in the video.
Ezukanma didn't travel with the Horned Frogs to Dublin, Ireland, where they fell to North Carolina 15-10 in Saturday's Aer Lingus College Football Classic.
TCU coach Sonny Dykes spoke about the incident with reporters in Ireland on Thursday.
"It was something that was certainly out of character for the team and the young man that was involved," Dykes said. "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."
Fields was the Conference USA Co-Defensive Player of the Year after leading Louisiana Tech with 92 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and three interceptions last season.
He was the leading candidate to replace former TCU star safety Bud Clark, an NFL second-round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks.
