Alabama Football Practice October 22, 2014

Alabama linebacker Ryan Anderson (7) practices Oct. 22, 2014.

(Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

Alabama outside linebacker Ryan Anderson and a female Alabama student were arrested Tuesday in Tuscaloosa.

According to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's arrest database, the rising junior and Sierra Patterson, 20, were arrested on misdemeanor third-degree domestic violence, criminal mischief. Bond was set at $500.

Ryan Anderson

According to a Tuscaloosa police news release, the alleged crimes involved property damage. Officers arrived to the 1300 block of 17th Ave. East at about 11:28 p.m. Monday. Witnesses indicated Anderson and Patterson got into an argument in the yard.

Patterson allegedly keyed and threw objects at Anderson's vehicle. Anderson also allegedly kicked Patterson's vehicle. Both vehicles had visible damage, according to the TPD report.

According to her Facebook profile, Patterson is also from Anderson's hometown of Daphne. She also appears on Alabama's directory of students.

Anderson made 25 tackles last season including eight in the backfield. The graduation of Xzavier Dickson would free up playing time for the Daphne product moving forward.

Sierra Patterson.

Meeting reporters at the Tuesday Senior Bowl practice, Alabama coach Nick Saban said he plans to meet with Anderson to discuss the situation.



"We'll get all the information from him and decide what to do," Saban said.

Domestic violence has been a particular focus in football after high-profile cases including Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens. Alabama had a speaker address domestic violence issues with the team before the season.

"We teach our players they should not evaluate the circumstances of someone else in terms of how they treat (women)," Saban said in August. "Every person should be treated with the kind of respect you would like to be treated with regardless of their station, anyone from whoever cleans the building, cleans the locker room, to whoever the president of the university is.

"The right way to treat all those people is the right way. There is not some other way. I think the message is very effective that we had the other night and we continue to support that in terms of the kind of respect we want our players to show other people."