Two Ole Miss players arrested in Oxford

OXFORD -- Two more Ole Miss football players are in trouble with the law.

Safety Trae Elston and wide receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow were both arrested shortly after midnight today and charged with disorderly conduct, according to the Lafayette County Detention Center's booking log.

Elston was also charged with resisting arrest.

The arrests stemmed from a fight outside The Lyric, a popular bar and music venue on Oxford's Square, the Oxford Police Department confirmed.

"We are gathering facts on the matter," coach Hugh Freeze said in a statement.

Elston is a rising senior and three-year starter for the Rebels, making 59 tackles (three for a loss) this season with an interception, three pass breakups and a forced fumble/recovery.

Stringfellow sat out the 2014 season after transferring from Washington, and is expected to be a major part of Ole Miss' group of receivers as a redshirt sophomore in 2015.

He came to Ole Miss this summer, after an incident nearly a year ago in Washington. He and quarterback Cyler Miles were investigated by Seattle police after a post-Super Bowl incident in which two men punched a Seahawks fan. Washington suspended both players immediately, and Stringfellow eventually pled guilty to fourth-degree assault according to the Seattle Times.

The arrests are the latest in a string of incidents involving members of the Ole Miss football team over the last year. Quarterback Chad Kelly was a signee when he was arrested last month in an incident outside a Buffalo, New York bar.

Counting Kelly there have been nine Ole Miss players arrested in the last calendar year, and four in the last six months. Outside of Bobby Hill (dismissed from the university after a sexual battery allegation) most of the charges have been relatively minor.