Disturbing details emerge after TCU receiver rushed to hospital in alleged locker room attack

TCU receiver Dozie Ezukanma was hospitalized for three days due to a brain bleed, a concussion and other injuries after then-teammate Jacob Fields allegedly assaulted him in the locker room, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Fort Worth Star Telegram.Fields, who was arrested Sunday, was allegedly not happy that Ezukanma was outplaying him in practice, which resulted in the alleged altercation.The transfer from Louisiana Tech was dismissed from the team on Aug.18, and was recently charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury after turning himself in.Fields was released later Sunday from the Tarrant County Jail on a $50,000 bond.The alleged incident occurred Aug.

13 as Ezukanma was sitting in the locker room while looking at his phone inside the Walsh Athletic Complex at the university around 1:20 p.m.when Fields walked up to him and punched him in the head, causing him to fall to the floor, a witness told police.Fields then proceeded to kick Ezukanma in the back of the head.Ezukanma reported to police that he lost consciousness after the alleged assault and only recalls being in the training room and asking teammates, “What just happened?”A police officer noted in the affidavit that Ezukanma also reported having shoulder pain and had skin abrasions on his face.Sophomore wide receiver Terry Shelton told Ezukanma about the alleged incident, and later confirmed to TCU police that he believed Ezukanma was “knocked out” before hitting the floor and Fields kicked him “as hard as he could.”Shelton added that he confronted Fields after the alleged assault, pushing him into the lockers and saying, “You can’t be doing that.

We are teammates.” Ezukanma told TCU’s athletic trainer and team doctor that he had a severe headache and ringing in his ears.The junior wide receiver was taken to the hospital, where he was transferred to the ICU after the first CT scan confirmed the brain bleed.The receiver said he and Fields wer...