Minnesota Gophers running back Shannon Brooks was released from jail Monday as charges remain pending after he allegedly assaulted his roommate late at night over the weekend in their Minneapolis residence.
Brooks, a senior at Minnesota, left the Hennepin County jail Monday afternoon because "further investigation is needed to determine whether charges are warranted" in connection with an incident between Brooks and his roommate, said Sarah McKenzie, speaking on behalf of the City Attorney's Office.
Messages were left with Brooks seeking information about the allegations.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said Monday morning that he can't say much about the incident.
"With it ongoing, it's hard for me to add anything," Fleck said. "I have about as much information as anybody else. So, I tend not to comment on things _ right now, at this point. There will be a time I will. But I will say I'm concerned for him. Anytime one of your players, a young man, is in jail, you're concerned for him."
Brooks, 22, who has been sidelined all season because of a knee injury, was booked into jail about 2:40 a.m. Sunday, according to the jail log.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Darcy Horn described the suspected offense as a misdemeanor.
Brooks' roommate, Newell R. Fisk, 21, reported "a domestic abuse in progress" at their off-campus residence, according to a police report. Fisk was not hurt, the report added.
Fisk is a kinesiology major at Minnesota and he is scheduled to graduate in 2019, university spokeswoman Lacey Nygard said Monday.
Nygard said he worked in the Bierman Athletic Complex from 2015 to 2017. His professional biography on LinkedIn was more specific, saying he was a football athletic medicine intern.
Reached by telephone, Fisk declined to answer questions about the weekend's altercation.
Brooks, who has more than 2,500 all-purpose yards in his career, is working his way back from a torn ligament in his knee. He traveled to Columbus for Saturday's game with Ohio State, participated in pregame warmups but did not play in the Gophers' 30-14 defeat. Fleck previously had said Brooks will play in four games this season, and only four so he can preserve a final year of eligibility in 2019.
