Depending on how things play out in the coming days, Vince Young‘s return to Texas could end up being a relatively short-lived one.
According to multiple media outlets, the former Longhorn quarterback was arrested late Sunday night in Austin and charged with driving while intoxicated. Young was pulled over by an officer in the Austin Police Department after he was observed driving erratically in his 2016 Chevy Silverado.
The Dallas Morning News writes that “Young had a strong odor of alcohol and slurred his speech,” with the police report also stating “Young was uncooperative yet polite.” The Austin American-Statesman offered some additional details:Young admitted to drinking three or four bottles of beer at the W Austin hotel before driving. When asked, Young said he did not know what time it was before guessing that it was around 2:30 a.m. It was 11:23 p.m., the officer wrote.
Young stumbled during a field sobriety test known as the “walk and turn,” the affidavit said. After he stumbled, he refused to perform any other field sobriety tests and did not provide a breath or blood sample to determine his blood alcohol content, the affidavit said.
Young’s speech was slurred and thick-tongued and he mumbled, the affidavit said.
The officer said Young’s clothing were mussed and his eyes were glassy. Young laughed at one point, which the officer found odd, the affidavit said.
Young was subsequently released from the Travis County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
UT announced in August of 2014 that Young had been hired to serve as a development officer for program alumni relations in the university’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. The school stated that Young “will help raise money to support DDCE programs that address the educational challenges of first-generation college students and students from low-income backgrounds.”
The university has declined to comment on what if any impact this will have on Young’s position, which pays him in excess of $100,000 annually.
Young led the Longhorns to its last national championship, a thrilling 2006 Rose Bowl win over USC that remains one of the greatest games of the BCS era. Even greater is the fact that, unbeknownst to some, Young returned to his alma mater and graduated in 2013 with a degree in applied learning and development.
In between, Young’s NFL career flamed out and, after earning more than $64 million in salary and endorsements, Young was forced to file bankruptcy in January of 2014, five months before he officially retired from the NFL.