{"id":445814,"date":"2026-09-24T03:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445814\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T03:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:26:13","slug":"tarrant-county-da-charges-former-tcu-safety-jacob-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445814\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarrant County DA charges former TCU safety Jacob Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office has filed an aggravated assault charge against former TCU safety Jacob Fields, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Fields, 21, is accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/college\/big-12\/texas-christian-university\/article317078440.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">punching and kicking<\/a> wide receiver Dozie Ezukanma in the head Aug. 13 inside the football team\u2019s locker room. Ezukanma spent three days in the hospital with a brain bleed and concussion, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Fields was dismissed from the team Aug. 18 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/college\/big-12\/texas-christian-university\/article317064331.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested on Aug. 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The District Attorney\u2019s Office complaint against Fields was filed Wednesday morning, Sept. 23, after prosecutors reviewed information received from TCU police.<\/p>\n<p>Fields\u2019 agent, Phillip \u2018Red\u2019 Miller of PM3 Sports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/college\/big-12\/texas-christian-university\/article316965217.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement<\/a> shortly after the former safety\u2019s arrest that Fields voluntarily turned himself in.<\/p>\n<p>Fields was allegedly unhappy about Ezukanma playing better than him in practice before the assault, a TCU police officer wrote in his arrest warrant affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Ezukanma showed police text messages that he received in which Fields apologized and said he wished he could take it back, according to the affidavit. \u201cI made an emotional decision cause how I felt played the last few practices,\u201d the texts said. \u201cI\u2019ll pay every hospital bill and then some to make this right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fields\u2019 defense attorney, Coby DuBose, told the Star-Telegram that the team\u2019s coaches knew about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/college\/big-12\/texas-christian-university\/article317080984.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brewing tensions<\/a> and did nothing to address the friction on the practice field before it erupted into a locker room fight. DuBose also disputed allegations in the affidavit that Fields sucker-punched Ezukanma and then kicked him in the head after he fell.<\/p>\n<p>A source within the TCU football program disputed DuBose\u2019s claims, and athletic director Mike Buddie said in a statement that the coaching staff handled the situation the right way.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790220373_28_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office has filed an aggravated assault charge against former TCU safety Jacob Fields,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-445814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445814","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=445814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}