- Retired Detroit Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew was arrested at 2 a.m. Sunday
- Surveillance footage shows him hitting and breaking a glass door in Dallas
A former NFL player spent Sunday morning in a Dallas jail after a tense standoff with police at a local store.
Retired Detroit Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew was arrested at 2 a.m. Sunday at a 7-Eleven, where he punched and broke a glass door while arguing with officers, as seen in surveillance footage released by TMZ.
The cause of the argument is still unclear, but the officers felt compelled to draw their Tasers.
Fortunately, the 6-foot-5 Pettigrew was taken into custody without further incident. He was released Sunday afternoon after being charged with criminal mischief.
Dallas police did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for more information.
Detroit Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew (87) walks off the field after a game in 2015.
Previously, Pettigrew was arrested for a disturbance in a 2017 bar fight in Dallas, and in 2018 he was charged with aggravated assault in Pittsburgh following a dispute over an unpaid limousine bill. The Pennsylvania charges were eventually dropped.
Originally from nearby Tyler, Texas, Pettigrew was a standout on offense and defense at Robert E. Lee High School before attending Oklahoma State.
Pettigrew was among the most prolific tight ends in the country while with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, leading the Detroit Lions to select him in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft.
He would go on to start 85 of his 93 career NFL games, catching 17 touchdown passes and racking up 2,965 receiving yards.
Pettigrew was released by the Lions in 2016 while recovering from a knee injury he suffered the previous season.
