Police say former NFL quarterback Vince Young has been arrested on charges of drunken driving in Austin, Texas.
Travis County jail records show that the 32-year-old former Texas star was booked shortly after midnight Monday on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated. His bond was set at $2,000.
Austin police spokesman Ivan Ramos said Young was stopped late Sunday north of downtown. An arrest affidavit says Young’s speech was mumbled and slurred. Young was pulled over after an officer saw his car allegedly drifting and changing speeds on Interstate 35.
Young played six seasons in the NFL, most of it with the Tennessee Titans, after a brilliant career at Texas that included a national title in 2005. He now works for the University of Texas promoting diversity and community engagement.
In a statement issued Monday, university officials said they were aware of Young’s situation and were working to “determine any appropriate action,” given Young’s position with the university.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Give him a break get him into aaa put a monitor on car.
community service would help, oh wait he’s already employed promoting diversity and community engagement on the taxpayers dime[big bucks].is that kinda like a community organizer?
He needs AA. Hopefully he will be smart enough to step into a program. He is not unlike millions of other Americans that refuse to see they are stricken with a disease.( dis-ease)
After a few more years as a community organizer we can elect Vince Young to be the US President. He could do no worse than the incompetent community organizer we have now.
Judg not lest you be judged
You better judge or you might be on the next drunk drivers death list.
He could step in the AA program but after the meeting he steps out around the corner to the bar.
How many states put monitors on drunks cars. Oh by the way you have to many A’s in your comment.
It was not slurred speech, the man was recalling his days in the huddle, which is mostly grunts and groans; and if the opposing team was putting on a quarterback blitz, it is natural for him to be drifting. Maybe the policeman was from Louisiana.