Ex-Jets first-round pick, former Ohio State star arrested for beating his own mother: reports

Former New York Jets castoff Darron Lee was still in jail on Tuesday, according to numerous reports.

Lee, a 2016 first-round draft pick out of Ohio State, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence, according to Franklin County Sheriff’s records.

The 28-year-old former linebacker is accused of assaulting his own mother, Candice, and Lindsey McGlone, the mother of his two-year-old son. According to Fox News, McGlone reportedly called police in Dublin, Ohio, and said Lee was assaulting Candice, adding that Candice was “lying on her back with Mr. Lee overtop of her with a raised fist.”

The report added that Lee allegedly screamed at his mother, pushed her into a wall, threw her to the ground and punched her in the face. She was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for head pain and facial swelling.

McGlone alleged to police that it wasn’t Lee’s first domestic incident. She reportedly stated that Lee had previously gotten on top of her in bed and threatened “that he would kill her and their child” amid allegations of cheating.

Lee spent three less than stellar seasons in New York after being selected with the 20th pick. He was labeled by many as a “bust”, though he recorded four sacks and 241 of his 273 career tackles with Gang Green.

He was later traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was a member of the 2020 Super Bowl LIV championship team. He most recently appeared in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills in 2020, though he played in just two games.