Texans’ Jimmie Ward arrested for second time since June

HOUSTON — Texans security Jimmie Ward was arrested Thursday night for the second time in two months.

In keeping with the Montgomery County (Texas) Jail web site, Ward was arrested on a warrant for a felony offense. Bail has not been set.

The Texans declined to remark.

Ward was first arrested June 12 at his dwelling in Magnolia, Texas, after a girl stated he assaulted, strangled and threatened her. An emergency protecting order was filed on the girl’s request.

The NFL stated at the moment that it was conscious of Ward’s arrest and was in touch with the Texans. Houston common supervisor Nick Caserio, requested about Ward’s preliminary arrest on the primary day of coaching camp, stated the workforce would “form of let the authorized course of care for itself.”

“We are going to work with the league. We can be compliant on our finish, do the most effective we are able to,” Caserio stated. “Regardless of the end result is we’ll deal with it accordingly.”

Ward was positioned on the Texans’ bodily unable to carry out checklist to begin coaching camp and has not been activated.

Ward, 34, signed a two-year, $13 million contract with the Texans as a free agent in 2023 after spending his first 9 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He came visiting to hitch DeMeco Ryans in his first season teaching in Houston, as they labored collectively in San Francisco from 2017 to 2022.

In 2023, Ward performed 10 video games and had an interception. The Texans then gave him a one-year extension in August 2024 however his season was reduce brief when he sustained a major foot harm in Week 16 in opposition to the Kansas City Chiefs.