Misdemeanor criminal charges against a Texas Tech football player arrested in September were dismissed in late October after a review of the evidence by the Lubbock County District Attorney’s Office.

Tech football wide receiver Myller Royals was arrested Sept. 21 on two misdemeanor charges after a traffic stop on campus by a Tech Police Department officer.

Royals was booked into the Lubbock County Jail on charges of possession of a prohibited weapon (knuckles), a Class A misdemeanor, and driving with an invalid license, a Class B misdemeanor. He bonded out of the jail the next day.

Court records show the charges were rejected Oct. 26.

On Friday, an assistant district attorney with the Lubbock County District Attorney’s Office said the case against Royals was dismissed after a closer review of the evidence.

The attorney said a survival tool used to escape vehicles was misidentified as a weapon by the Tech police officer who stopped the player for a traffic violation. The driving while license invalid case was dismissed after Royals cleared up his license suspension.

Royals, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound freshman, has played one game this season. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said recently he plans to redshirt Royals which, under new a NCAA rule, is permissible if player participates in no more than four games.