Rutgers University announced Tuesday that quarterback Philip Nelson has been dismissed from the program after he was charged in the near-fatal assault of a former teammate.
“The Rutgers football family’s thoughts and prayers are with Isaac Kolstad and his family,” said Kyle Flood, Rutgers head football coach.
Nelson, 20, who transferred from Minnesota in January, was arrested Sunday morning for an assault in Mankato, Minn. that left a former teammate reportedly struggling to survive, police said.
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CBS in Minnesota reported that Isaac Dallas Kolstad, 24, of Mankato, Nelson's former teammate, was "fighting for his life" on Monday.
At 2:09 a.m., while on patrol in the town's downtown entertainment district, officers of the Mankato Department of Public Safety police service came across a victim of an apparent assault near the intersection of Cherry and South Front streets, police said.
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Kolstad was transported to the local hospital by ambulance. A suspect was located on scene and taken into custody for probable cause assault, police said.
Nelson was then taken to the Blue Earth County jail. Police are looking for another person who was involved in the assault.
Charges of third degree assault are being requested against Nelson.
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