GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida freshman Justin Watkins was arrested on Tuesday morning for an alleged battery against his girlfriend in the Keys dormitory complex on campus that took place on Friday afternoon.

According to a University of Florida Police Department arrest report, the victim reported the alleged battery on Monday afternoon. Photographs of wounds and bruises from the alleged assault were consistent with the account of the incident she provided to UFPD, an account that paints the troubled Florida freshman in an extremely unflattering light.

Watkins reportedly intentionally punched and slapped the victim on both sides of her head and her shoulders while pinning her to a dorm bed on Friday afternoon.

He then climbed on top of the victim and pinned her to the bed again, wrapping both hands around her throat and preventing her from breathing for about 15 seconds, the victim told police. He did it twice more for about eight seconds each.

The victim told UFPD that she had asthma and Watkins, who she had been in an intimate relationship with since December 2017, knew of her condition.

After the victim tried to leave the apartment, telling Watkins "I want to leave" and "get out of the way," he blocked her exit by standing in the doorway. When she tried to leave, the report states, Watkins grabbed her by her hair and belt and yanked her back into the room.

The victim then sprayed Watkins in the face with mace to escape, but Watkins chased her down the stairs and threw a hard wooden brush and a container of hair grease at her hand, causing some of the bleeding and swelling that UFPD later identified on the victim on Monday.

Watkins was arrested Tuesday morning at about 10:30 a.m. and booked into the Alachua County Jail, where he was released on $40,000 bond after making a first appearance on Wednesday morning.

Upon news of his arrest on Tuesday, coach Dan Mullen released a statement that Watkins had been immediately suspended from the team.

A talented four-star prospect and Under Armour All-American, Watkins was expected to contribute in the secondary for Florida this fall.

That seems unlikely now, given that this is his second run-in with the law in three months. He had previously been arrested in Marion County for trespassing school grounds when he allegedly got into an altercation with a woman and broke her phone by throwing it to the ground, then later following her to Vanguard High School where he repeatedly kicked her car.

Listed at 5 foot 11, 172 pounds, he could have helped shore up the depth at the cornerback position for the Gators after a couple departures since the 2017 season.

Though the Gators return both starters in Marco Wilson and CJ Henderson, the depth at the position is relatively light. Fellow freshman Trey Dean enrolled in the spring semester and appeared well on his way toward making early contributions, and Watkins was expected to further bolster the depth at the position.