MOBILE, Alabama -- Detroit Lions defensive lineman Nick Fairley was arrested this afternoon in Mobile on a 2nd-degree marijuana possession charge, according to records at Mobile County Metro Jail.

[Update: Fairley has been released from jail after making bail.]



Fairley, 24, was held at the jail on $1,000 bail. Mobile police spokeswoman Ashley Rains said that citizens in the Morningside Manor neighborhood of Mobile, a subdivision west of Navco Road, called police complaining about a car speeding through the neighborhood several times about noon.

Police spotted the vehicle, which was being driven by Fairley, about 12:30 p.m., and marijuana was found in the football player's possession, Rains said. No one else was arrested with Fairley, she said.

Second-degree marijuana possession is a misdemeanor in Alabama.

Fairley, who is from Mobile, played football at Williamson High School and Auburn University before being drafted by the Lions prior to the 2011 season, in which Detroit made the NFL playoffs for the first time in 12 seasons before losing to New Orleans.

Calls to a spokesman for the Detroit Lions had not been answered as of mid-afternoon.