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<\/p>\nJimmie Ward, a safety for the Houston Texans, was arrested at his home in Texas on Thursday on a family violence felony assault charge, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
Ward, 33, was arrested following an incident at his home in Magnolia, Texas, on Thursday morning, according to a news release from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
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The assault family violence charge is a third-degree felony, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
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PHOTO: Jimmie Ward #20 of the Houston Texans looks on during the game between the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Texans at U.S. Bank Stadium, Sept. 22, 2024, in Minneapolis. (Brace Hemmelgarn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
“We are aware of the matter and have been in contact with the club,” an NFL spokesman told ABC News. “We have no further comment at this time.”<\/p>\n
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an assault at a home in a subdivision in Magnolia shortly after 4:30 a.m., according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The victim, Ward’s fiancee, alleged that Ward assaulted, strangled and threatened her, the sheriff’s office said. She filed for an emergency protective order,<\/p>\n
As of Thursday afternoon, Ward had posted bail at $30,000, according to Montgomery County Jail records.<\/p>\n
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Ward spent the last two seasons with the Texans, playing 20 games and recording three interceptions and one touchdown during his time with the team.<\/p>\n
MORE: ‘Watch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)’ rapper Silent\u00f3 sentenced to 30 years in cousin’s murder, lawyer speaks out<\/a><\/p>\n “We are aware of the report involving Jimmie Ward,” the Texans’ senior\u00a0director\u00a0of\u00a0communications, Omar Majzoub, told ABC News. “We are gathering information and have no further comment at this time.”<\/p>\n PHOTO: Jimmie Ward in police photo. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n Ward ended the 2024 season on injured reserve for the second year in a row. The Houston Texans’ defensive back had season-ending foot surgery after being carted off during the 27-19 loss against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, Dec 21, 2024.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n In 2023, after dealing with hip and hamstring injuries, the Texans also placed Ward on injured reserve.<\/p>\n The Houston Texans signed Ward to a two-year contract worth $13 million in March 2023. The contract included $8.50 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $4 million.<\/p>\n Last August, the Houston Texans extended Ward’s contract for one year at $10.5 million, including $8.75 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $5.25 million.<\/p>\n This upcoming season will be Ward’s last under contract with the Texans before he becomes a free agent in 2026.<\/p>\n ABC News reached out to Ward’s agent, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward released from jail after arrest on assault charge<\/a> originally appeared on abcnews.go.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmie Ward, a safety for the Houston Texans, was arrested at his home in Texas on Thursday on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[30831,7,221,253,2368,6052,110,6,222,7577],"class_list":{"0":"post-128160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-family-violence","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-texans","12":"tag-houstontexans","13":"tag-jimmie-ward","14":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-texans","17":"tag-the-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114679335217776728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PHOTO:](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/d4217b9e3a867fba73b4cfe475302239.jpeg\"\/)
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