UTSA’s Joshua Cephus ‘suspected of DWI’ in car accident
A week prior to remaining held out of UTSA’s Cure Bowl recreation for undisclosed good reasons, receiver Joshua Cephus rolled his auto about in an accident around campus and is “suspected of DWI,” according to a police report.
The accident happened at 3:25 a.m. on Dec. 9 in close proximity to UTSA’s main campus, at the intersection of Babcock Street and UTSA Boulevard.
In a report submitted with the Texas Division of Transportation, a San Antonio Police Department officer who responded to the crash wrote that Cephus was “suspected of DWI as he had been ingesting.”
In a further part of the report, the officer entered a numerical code indicating that liquor was considered to be a “contributing factor” in the accident.
Cephus, 21, endured small injuries but declined emergency healthcare help. The report says he was transported to 401 S. Frio St., the magistration heart of San Antonio Municipal Court, to present a blood specimen to decide his blood alcoholic beverages concentration.
Cephus was not arrested.
The Roadrunners missed Cephus in the course of Friday’s Cure Bowl, getting rid of to Troy 18-12. After the recreation, UTSA mentor Jeff Traylor did not give a cause for the player’s absence.
But when asked for remark Monday night time on the incident report, UTSA athletics instructed the Categorical-Information that Cephus experienced been suspended.
“We are aware of an incident involving Joshua Cephus. We carry on to get extra information and facts,” an athletics office spokesperson said in a statement. “In the meantime, for every our division coverage, he has been suspended from all workforce routines.”
UTSA athletics declined to give any even more comment or to make Cephus readily available for an job interview, and endeavours to access Cephus right were unsuccessful.
When they respond to a motor motor vehicle incident, police officers in Texas are essential by regulation to file a “crash report” with TxDOT listing in-depth details about the incident, which includes highway conditions, injuries and contributing aspects. The Express-Information received a copy of the report for the incident involving Cephus.
In accordance to the report, Cephus was driving a silver 2009 Nissan Maxima with 1 passenger — previous UTSA wander-on Emmanuel Odetola, who was not injured.
Cephus explained to the SAPD officer he was driving south on Babcock and tried to convert still left at a inexperienced gentle when he “lost command of his car and proceeded to roll his car in excess of, coming to a relaxation at a close by light submit.”
Many air baggage deployed through the crash and the vehicle was towed from the scene, the report states.
A few times afterwards, UTSA’s football staff departed for Orlando, Fla., to prepare for the Heal Bowl. Cephus had appeared in each individual sport this season for the Roadrunners, creating 87 catches for 985 yards and six touchdowns.
Traylor disclosed at his information meeting right after the Treatment Bowl that Cephus experienced not traveled to Orlando with the team.
“We experienced players out because of grades, we had players out due to the fact of accidents, and we experienced gamers out simply because of self-discipline challenges,” Traylor stated. “He falls into a person of people three categories.”
Cephus arrived at UTSA in 2019 out of Spring Dekaney. He indicated final month that he intends to return to the Roadrunners for a ultimate period of eligibility in 2023.
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