Former NFL linebacker Myles Jack is facing felony charges after he was arrested during an encounter Tuesday morning with Frisco police conducting a welfare check, according to a news release Wednesday.
Frisco police said in a statement that officers responded about 5:40 a.m. to a welfare concern at a home in the 2400 block of Haft River Road. The officers heard gunshots from inside the residence as they arrived at the scene, the release said.
Police said they immediately set up a perimeter and evacuated several nearby residences outside of the inner perimeter to secure the area. Officers witnessed someone breaking a second-story window at the home before a man, later identified as the former NFL player, climbed out and fell, the release said.
Jack, 30, was taken into custody shortly after 7 a.m. and transported to a local hospital, the release said. He was treated for “non-life-threatening injuries sustained from his fall from the second story window.”
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Jack is facing charges of deadly conduct – discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony, and discharge of firearm, a Class A misdemeanor, the release said. Online jail records did not indicate Wednesday if Jack was still in custody or if he has posted bond. It was not clear if he has retained an attorney.
Police said no one else was found inside the home. Authorities did not immediately say who requested the welfare check.
A former second-round NFL pick from UCLA, Jack contributed at linebacker with four seasons of at least 100 tackles in his eight-year career. His last game came in 2023 for the Pittsburgh Steelers but he is best remembered for his six seasons in a Jacksonville Jaguars uniform.
Prior to the NFL, the Arizona native was a two-time All-Pac 12 honoree for the Bruins and was considered among the top prospects at linebacker for the 2016 NFL draft.
Staff writer José Sánchez Córdova contributed to this report.
