Former Texas Longhorns quarterback Vince Young—who 10 years ago led the Horns to a national title over the mighty USC Trojans—was arrested early Monday morning just outside UT’s campus on a misdemeanor charge of DWI.
While the story is still developing, TMZ Sports reports that police pulled over the former No. 3 overall pick while he was swerving between lanes on the highway, going at speeds between 40 and 60 miles per hour.
Here's #VinceYoung's mugshot from DWI arrest last night: pic.twitter.com/h03HVRfJpm
— Phil Jankowski 🌟 (@PhilJankowski) January 25, 2016
Here are more details from KXAN, who cite info from the police affidavit:
Officers state in the arrest affidavit that when the red light turned green at the I-35 service road and 6th street, Young was observed waiting a little less than ten seconds before driving off. The affidavit also states officers saw Young drift in lanes at speeds of 40 to 60 mph, failing to use his turn signal. On the upper deck at the 3500 block of I-35 the affidavit states Young continued to weave in lanes at 68 mph with his left tires on the solid yellow line.
Young was described by police in the affidavit as “uncooperative and polite.” Before getting in the car, Young admitted to police in the affidavit, he had three to four bottles of beer at the W Hotel that night. When asked by officers what time it was, Young said in the affidavit that he thought it was “early, about 2:30,” when the actual time was 11:23 p.m.
According to the affidavit, the officer noticed a strong smell of alcohol on Young, who refused a preliminary breath test and blood test. Police said his speech was mumbled and slurred.
While Young remained behind bars overnight, Yahoo! Sports reports that Young has already has appeared in front of a judge and posted the $2,000 bail.
Not a good look from the former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and one of the most freakish athletes in college sports over the past 25 years.
[H/T TMZ Sports, Yahoo! Sports, KXAN]