Two days before the Bucs' home opener, tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins was arrested early Friday morning and remains in jail, charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.

 

Seferian-Jenkins, 23, was stopped by the Florida Highway Patrol at 3:42 a.m. Friday and was booked at the Orient Road Jail at 6:24 a.m., charged with misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and violating a court-ordered Ignition Interlock Device restriction from a previous arrest for DUI in Washington in 2013. He remained in jail at 10 a.m., held on $750 bond.

 

According to the FHP, Seferian-Jenkins was driving at 75-80 mph in a 55 mph zone as he entered southbound I-275 near State Road 60. He made an improper lane change, cutting off an FHP trooper and "weaving back and forth."

 

The arrest report states that Seferian-Jenkins was observed to have glassy eyes and the smell of alcohol and was "agitated," with slurred speech and leaning on objects for balance. He "performed poorly" on field sobriety tests and declined to provide a breath sample to measure his blood-alcohol level.

 

Seferian-Jenkins pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in 2013 while he was in college at the University of Washington. He was arrested in March 2013 and was a second-round draft pick of the Bucs in 2014. He is now in his third season with the Bucs and caught a 30-yard touchdown in the Bucs' season-opening win at Atlanta.

 

The Bucs are already likely down a tight end for Sunday's game, as Luke Stocker has not practiced since leaving last week's game at Arizona with an ankle injury. For depth, Tampa Bay could promote one of two rookies, Alan Cross and Danny Vitale, from the practice squad.

So much money and NFL gives rides home for free.

He's had a rough camp and start to the season, both on the field and off the field.

And.....he's gone.

 

Bucs have released him.

And his replacement, Cameron Brate, just scored his first TD.

Glad the Bucs cut him. I'm all for security be chances and people do make mistakes. However he's already done it once. With his resources there's absolutely no excuse for drinking and driving. What a waste.