{"id":120770,"date":"2026-01-13T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120770\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:39:09","slug":"dallas-cowboys-rookie-donovan-ezeiruaku-arrested-on-reckless-driving-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120770\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys rookie Donovan Ezeiruaku arrested on reckless driving charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">COLLIN COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Dallas Cowboys highly touted rookie defensive end, Donovan Ezeiruaku, faces charges after an arrest over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Dallas Cowboys defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku was arrested Sunday on a reckless driving charge, according to Collin County jail records.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donovan-ezeiruaku-mug.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jail records show Ezeiruaku posted a $500 bond and was released on the same day.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Donovan Ezeiruaku was a second-round pick from Boston College and finished his rookie season\u00a0with two sacks and 12 quarterback hits in 17 games played this season.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768271949_146_gettyimages-2248443613.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">ARLINGTON, TX &#8211; NOVEMBER 23: Donovan Ezeiruaku #41 of the Dallas Cowboys looks on from the sideline during the national anthem prior to an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&amp;T Stadium on November 23, 2025 in Arlington, Te <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article was provided from Collin County jail records.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/nfl\/cowboys\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/nfl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLIN COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Dallas Cowboys highly touted rookie defensive end, Donovan Ezeiruaku, faces charges after an arrest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[960,1044,1046,102,104,103,223,80,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-120770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-collin-county","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-headlines","13":"tag-dallas-news","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}