Tennessee defender suspended indefinitely following arrest for domestic aggravated assault

Tennessee defender William Mohan, a linebacker who transferred from Michigan prior to last season, has been arrested following an incident in South Knoxville on Sunday.

Mohan reportedly faces a charge of domestic aggravated assault and has been indefinitely suspended from the football team.

Per 247Sports, the Tennessee athletic department released a statement on the matter:

“We are aware of the recent arrest of football student-athlete William Mohan,” the statement said. “He was immediately suspended indefinitely from all team activities.”

WVLT obtained a police report from the Knoxville Police Department that details a very disturbing incident:

KPD officers spoke with the victim, who told police she had invited Mohan over, but she realized he was drunk when arrived. She told officers she rushed him to her room so her roommates would not wake up.

Mohan reportedly began to initiate sex with the victim, and when she said no, he reportedly began calling her derogatory terms.

Mohan became angry and used one hand to grab her face and the other to choke the victim, the report stated. The victim told police that Mohan reportedly choked the victim by grabber her and pulling her towards him.

The victim told police she screamed, escaped Mohan’s grasp and grabbed an iron from her desk, asking Mohan to leave. The report stated that he refused, and the victim went into the kitchen to grab a kitchen knife.

When the victim returned to the bedroom with a knife in hand, she told Mohan to leave again. The report stated that Mohan walked up to her and used one hand to grab her throat and the other to take the knife away.

Mohan played in 12 games for the Vols in 2021, recording 9 total tackles. He was primarily a special teams player in his first year at Tennessee after coming over from Michigan.