KENT, Ohio - Former Kent Roosevelt quarterback Tra'Von Chapman has been suspended indefinitely from the University of Pittsburgh football program following a confrontation with a female at his home in Kent. Chapman, 18, has been charged with one count each of assault and unlawful restraint in a report filed in Portage County Municipal Court, according to the Ravenna Record-Courier....
KENT, Ohio - Former Kent Roosevelt quarterback Tra'Von Chapman has been suspended indefinitely from the University of Pittsburgh football program following a confrontation with a female at his home in Kent.
Chapman, 18, has been charged with one count each of assault and unlawful restraint in a report filed in Portage County Municipal Court, according to the Ravenna Record-Courier. The assault is a first-degree misdemeanor and the restraint charge is a third-degree misdemeanor. He is to appear for a pre-trial hearing on May 28.
Attempts to reach Chapman were unsuccessful.
Chapman and a female acquaintance allegedly got into an argument outside his father's apartment on Spaulding Drive on Friday. Chapman, who graduated high school early and enrolled at Pitt in January, was visiting his father, former Kent State assistant football coach Thad Jemison, before the two were to drive to Cincinnati to see his mother, a witness said.
A report by the Record-Courier said Chapman pulled the victim's hair and grabbed her around the neck. According to the report, Jemison posted bond and his son was released.
Chapman (6-foot-2, 200 pounds) was the Portage Trail Conference Metro Division player of the year last season when he passed for 2,469 yards and 30 touchdowns and rushed for 690 yards and 10 scores.