Philadelphia Eagles star Fletcher Cox fended off a burglar with a shotgun according to Tim McManus of ESPN. A complaint filed to Harrison Township Municipal Court last Wednesday alleges it was an ex-boyfriend of a woman that was staying at Cox's residence.

The suspect damaged a vehicle on the property by throwing rocks through the front and rear windows. After damaging the vehicle, he attempted to gain entrance into the house by throwing rocks through the front door.

He was also seen on surveillance walking around the outside of the house with a baseball bat and tried to get into the garage. Cox grabbed a shotgun, which caused the suspect to flee and was eventually caught.

Eagles coach Doug Pederson said it was a personal matter that the police were handling and he would have no further comment on it.

“The police are handling it,” Eagles coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday. “It's a personal issue, so I'm out of it.”

Pederson said the team is doing everything to help Cox and the organization tries their best to educate players on these type of situations.

“We do our best to protect our players here on premise, but obviously they have personal lives and we all have personal lives and things are going to come up. And so we do the best we can to educate our players and try to protect them the best we can,” he said.

Cox was able to come away from the incident without any injuries.