Book 'em, Horns! 5 jailed this season

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The arrest of UT football player Dan Buckner this week marked the latest in a growing list of Longhorns who have been locked up this season - for infractions ranging from criminal trespass to organized crime.

Wide receiver Buckner is known by Longhorn fans for making a key two-point conversion play during the fourth quarter of the hard-fought BCS Title Game against Alabama earlier this month.

But on Wednesday, Buckner joined teammates Brandon Collins, D.J. Monroe, Kenny Vaccaro and Marcus Davis in a much more dubious distinction: Longhorns who have been busted and booked since late August.

Calls for comment to the UT athletic department today were not returned. 

After facing charges of criminal trespass and resisting arrest, Buckner said Thursday he'd be leaving the University of Texas, but has not announced to where he'll be transferring.

The first arrest of the season: Freshman safety Kenny Vaccaro was taken in for misdemeanor assault in October after a fight during a basketball game.

Then in November, DJ Monroe was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated.The charge was dropped against the running back, but he pled guilty to obstructing a passageway. Monroe played in the BCS Championship game.

Later that month, freshman defensive end Marcus Davis was busted for DUI and drug posession. Davis was suspended from the team after that arrest.

Wide receiver Brandon Collins had already been suspended from the team for academic reasons when, in January, he was charged with aggravated robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity. He was kicked off the team entirely just before the championship, though he wouldn't have been allowed to play anyway.

Then on Wednesday, Buckner was arrested in College Station and charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest,

"Mr. Buckner was visiting a female acquaintance in an apartment complex here in town. There was a disturbance that ensued. 911 was called," said Lt. Rodney Sigler.

Sigler said Buckner was the one to call 911 - and when College Station Police showed up, they said, Buckner would not hit the road.

"When our officers arrived, there were no criminal offenses - all they really wanted was for Mr. Buckner to leave. So we wrote him a criminal trespass warning, asked him several times to leave, and he refused to leave," said Sigler.

Then Sigler said Buckner resisted arrest while they were trying to get him into the police car.

 While five players may seem like a high score, last season six Longhorns found themselves sitting behind bars.