Darius Anderson, a practice squad running back for the Houston Texans, has been arrested and charged with burglary.
Anderson, 24, was arrested Friday and scheduled for arraignment on Wednesday, according to Harris County (Texas) court records.
His ex-girlfriend told police that she got home around 7 a.m. Friday after getting coffee to find Anderson’s car parked outside her garage, according to a police report obtained by the New York Daily News Tuesday. Anderson spotted her but she kept driving, at which point he followed her, she told police.
The woman returned home when she thought she had lost Anderson, but he met her back at her townhome and forced his way in, allegedly pushing her down against the stairs, then chasing her to the second floor, according to the arrest affidavit.
Upstairs, the woman allegedly grabbed a gun from the coffee table “to prevent [Anderson] from having access to it,” but never fired.
Eventually, the woman said, she was able to lock herself in a third-floor bathroom, but claimed that Anderson broke through the locked bedroom door and said he was going to “beat her up,” according to the affidavit.
He left when he heard her on the phone to police.
“We are aware of the report involving Darius Anderson,” the Texans said in a statement Monday. “We are gathering information and have no further comment at this time.”
Anderson played at Texas Christian University from 2016-2019 before signing as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. He briefly played for the Indianapolis Colts practice squad before joining the Texans on a futures deal.
