Bouhu “Junior” Gnonkonde was arrested for driving while impaired early Wednesday morning, according to Chapel Hill Police.

Gnonkonde has played defensive end for UNC since 2013.

The arrest report says the 22-year-old Gnonkonde was taken into custody just after three o’clock Wednesday morning on a misdemeanor charge of driving while impaired in the area of 411 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, which is between Homestead and Weaver Dairy Roads.

Chapel Hill Police Lieutenant Josh Mecimore says police records show Gnonkonde’s blood-alcohol content was at .10; the legal limit to drive in North Carolina is .08.

Gnonkonde was released under no bond to a sober driver, according to the police report, and has a court appearance scheduled for Monday, March 28.

No further information is available at this time.

Gnonkonde appeared in 11 games during the 2015 season recording 34 tackles, including seven tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.

Gnonkonde moved to the United States from the Ivory Coast in 2008, after traveling to San Francisco for a basketball tournament, according to the university’s website. It also states Gnonkonde speaks five languages and is double majoring in African American and Diaspora Studies and Peace, War and Defense at UNC.

Gnonkonde is graduating in May and had previously told the coaching staff that he would not be with the Tar Heel football team this fall.