Oregon football player Traeshon Holden dismissed from team after arrest
An Oregon football player was arrested Wednesday morning on charges including two felonies, and was immediately released from the team by coach Dan Lanning, according to a statement from the university's athletic department.
Traeshon Holden, 21, a wide receiver who transferred to Oregon from Alabama in December, was arrested by Eugene Police and booked in the Lane County Jail on charges of alleged unlawful use of a weapon, coercion and menacing. The first two charges are felonies and the third is a misdemeanor.
As of late Wednesday, Holden was still in custody and has not yet been arraigned.
It is the newspaper's policy not to identify individuals who are arrested until they have been arraigned in court but is naming Holden after the university publicly named him and announced his dismissal from the team.
Police responded to a fight outside of an apartment around 12 a.m. Wednesday. Eugene’s police dispatch log shows the address as 550 Pearl St., where Gordon Lofts is located.
Police say Holden had a firearm and threatened to shoot after one of two bystanders intervened in the fight.
When officers entered the building, Holden was walking down the stairs. Police say Holden followed officers’ commands as they arrested him. Officers located a handgun inside the apartment.
In a statement issued through the Oregon athletic department, Lanning said Holden was no longer a member of the program.
"We are aware of the incident involving Traeshon Holden and he has been dismissed from our team," Lanning said. "We have a high standard for the student-athletes, coaches, and staff in our football program, and we are disappointed when these standards are not met. We will hold everyone accountable for meeting our expectations."
Holden, whose arrest was first reported by On3, was entering his fourth-year junior season and at 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, was expected to give the Ducks a big, talented pass-catching option opposite Troy Franklin.
Register-Guard reporter Megan Banta contributed to this report.
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