COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State suspended Carlos Hyde for at least the first three games of the upcoming season on Tuesday, hours after Columbus police closed an alleged assault case against the star running back.

Ohio State announced the suspension in a team release, stating that Hyde will have to "fulfill additional obligations" before he can return to the Buckeyes.

"Our players are taught to walk away," Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said Wednesday during a visit to ESPN in Bristol, Conn. "(Hyde's) punishment was because he didn't walk away."