Hugh Kellenberger

USA TODAY Sports

OXFORD, Miss. — An Ole Miss football player is being charged with sexual battery and has been suspended from the team.

Bobby Hill, a cornerback from Georgia who just completed his freshman season, was arrested Tuesday and is being held at the Lafayette County Jail on $10,000 bond.

"We had a young lady reported that she was sexually assaulted and we investigated it," Oxford police chief Joey East said.

The incident is alleged to have happened sometime last weekend, and was first reported to the police Sunday morning.

Sexual battery is a felony charge. Hill's case will be next be presented to a grand jury.

Hill, 19, appeared in 10 games this season for Ole Miss and made one tackle. He was a three-star prospect who played high school football at Colquitt County.

"We are aware of the situation and recognize the proper authorities are responsible for the matter," coach Hugh Freeze said in a statement. "Bobby has been indefinitely suspended from all football activities while the process moves forward. We take this very seriously and will make decisions once the course of action is complete."

Hugh Kellenberger writes for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.