LAWRENCE — Kansas football standout Anthony "Pooka" Williams was arrested Thursday on suspicion of domestic battery and has been indefinitely suspended from all team-related activities.

Williams, the Jayhawks' 5-foot-10, 170-pound freshman running back out of New Orleans, was interviewed by campus police and arrested at 3 p.m. Thursday at the KU Public Safety Office for alleged actions in an incident that occurred between 12:30-1:30 a.m. that morning at Stouffer Place Apartments, a student housing residence located at 1835 Ousdahl Road. The booking log classified the incident as domestic battery, specifically "(k)nowing or reckless bodily harm to family/person in dating relationship."

A KU Public Safety Office news release Friday stated that the alleged victim, an 18-year-old female KU student, sustained minor injuries but none requiring medical attention following a "physical altercation" with Williams, who was unnamed per department policy but whose case number and address matched those of the KU freshman. A standard offense report obtained later by The Topeka Capital-Journal indicated Williams was unarmed in the alleged attack but used a "personal weapon," or bodily force.

Williams remained in jail with bond unset as of Friday afternoon — Douglas County requires a judge to oversee all issues related to domestic battery and meet with alleged assailants before bond is set — but Williams got his hearing at 3 p.m., when he was formally charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. Williams entered a not guilty plea through attorney Hatem B. Chahine, who has previously represented KU athletes in similar legal troubles.

Judge James T. George issued a $1,000 bond for Williams, set up a no-contact order for Williams with the alleged victim or her residence and scheduled Williams' next court appearance for 9 a.m. Jan. 9. Williams was then released on a signature bond, a Douglas County Jail official told The Capital-Journal at 5 p.m. Friday.

KU coach Les Miles said in a Friday statement that Williams will remain suspended pending further investigation.

"We are aware of a reported incident involving Pooka Williams," Miles said, "and we are taking these allegations very seriously."

Williams rushed for 1,125 yards and accounted for 10 total touchdowns for the Jayhawks in his first season, recognized Friday as an Associated Press All-Big 12 first-team selection and the organization's conference newcomer of the year in a voting that closed Monday. Williams was also named the Big 12's offensive freshman of the year in a vote by the league's head coaches.

Between the time of Williams' alleged domestic battery incident Thursday and his arrest later that afternoon, the star freshman took to Twitter to deliver a message perhaps tied to the allegations.

"When you on the road to greatness, you will hit a couple road blocks," Williams tweeted. "(I)t prolly slow you down but don't let them stop you."