Ezekiel Elliott posted an apology following a May altercation at a Las Vegas music festival involving the Dallas Cowboys' star running back.
“I've worked hard to make better decisions and to live up the high standards that are expected of me. … I failed to do that here and I made a poor decision,” Elliott shared in a photo posted on his Twitter.
— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) July 2, 2019
Elliott, a two-time Pro Bowl back, had yet to speak publicly about the matter, which he was widely criticized for given his importance to the Cowboys and his emerging leadership role on the team.
Zeke would go on to say in the statement that he met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss what “occurred” in Las Vegas.
He ended the statement promising to work harder and not put himself in “compromised situations.”
Elliott was handcuffed and briefly arrested by Las Vegas law enforcement in the early morning of May 19th of this year at Electric Daisy Carnival, an electronic dance music festival. The Cowboys running back bumped into 19-year-old college football player Kyle Johnson, who did not press charges.
In his own statement, Elliott also said he had apologized to Johnson at the time of the incident.
It's not the first time Elliott has had issues cooperating with league rules.
The 2016 NFL Draft's fourth overall pick was suspended for the first six games of the 2017 season by the NFL for violating “personal conduct policy”—an incident related to a domestic violence allegation by an ex-girlfriend.
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