Former Michigan football safety Jabrill Peppers has been arrested and charged

According to multiple reports around Boston and ESPN, former Michigan football star and current New England Patriots captain Jabrill Peppers has been arrested and faces charges. According to the report, Peppers was arrested Saturday when police arrived at a residential address when a caller said there had been a disturbance between two people.

Peppers, who was arrested Saturday and whose report was not released until Monday, faces charges of strangulation and drug possession, according to police in Braintree, Massachusetts. Police said Peppers, 29, was charged with “assault, assault, battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and possession of a Class B substance suspected to be cocaine.”

The Patriots played at home against the Dolphins on Sunday, but Peppers was ruled out of the game on Saturday. The Patriots' safety was dealing with a shoulder injury that bothered him all week, and that's why most people believed he wouldn't play on Sunday.

New England head coach Jerod Mayo said Peppers called him to let him know what was going on.

“He called me that morning. I knew what was going on,” head coach Jerod Mayo told sports radio WEEI on Monday. “We notified the NFL of what was going on and we are still gathering information. … I don't think anyone knows the facts or anything like that. It’s a process.”

Peppers played for Michigan from 2014 to 2016 before entering the NFL draft as a junior.

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