Seahawks quarterback Boykin arrested after nightclub car crash

Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested early Monday morning in Dallas after a car in which he was a passenger crashed into a nightclub, injuring eight people.

Boykin, 23, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession and public intoxication. He was being held on $500 bond at the Dallas County Jail.

According to a statement from the Dallas Police Department, a woman, Shabrika Bailey, was driving a vehicle about 2 a.m. and “accelerated in reverse at a high rate of speed,” hitting seven pedestrians on the sidewalk and crashing into a bar. A bartender was injured when bottles of alcohol and a large cooler fell.

The pedestrians on the sidewalk were taken to local hospitals with injuries that included a broken ankle and a dislocated arm, according to Fox4News in Dallas-Fort Worth, but none had life-threatening injuries.

Bailey, 25, was charged with two counts of Intoxication Assault with a Vehicle — Serious Bodily Injury, a felony 3 charge, police said.

“We are aware of the situation involving Trevone Boykin,” the Seahawks said in a statement posted on Twitter. “We are still gathering information and are disappointed.”

Boykin is currently on probation for an incident in 2015 when he was TCU’s starting quarterback.

Boykin was arrested in San Antonio after he allegedly punched a police officer who was trying to break up a bar fight on Dec. 31, 2015, two days before TCU was to play in the 2016 Alamo Bowl. The team suspended him for the game, and he later pleaded no contest to a charge of resisting arrest in June 2016 and received one year of deferred adjudication probation.

Boykin was not selected in the 2016 NFL Draft and later signed a three-year free agent deal with the Seahawks. He played in five games as a backup last season, going 13-of-18 passing for 145 yards with one touchdown and an interception.