New Mexico Lobos forward Carlton Bragg Jr. was arrested early Sunday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is facing charges of aggregated DWI and possession of marijuana, per a report from the Albuquerque Journal.
The arrest occurred at 1:35 a.m. MST, per the police report obtained by the Journal. Bragg was then booked shortly before 5 a.m. MST.
“The UNM Athletic Department has been notified that there was an incident regarding senior Carlton Bragg Jr. early this morning,” the school said in a statement supplied to the Journal on Sunday. “The department is aware of the situation is looking into it further. At this time, there will be no additional comments from anyone at UNM.”
This is not the first time that Bragg has recently encountered legal trouble. Bragg was suspended for three games earlier in the season after it was revealed that Bragg was under investigation for attempted rape. According to a police report, a woman had gone to the Family Advocacy Center to report the incident in November. She said that after a night of drinking in August, Bragg tried multiple times to forcefully unbutton her pants without her consent, per KOB Channel 4 in Albuquerque.
Bragg told police that nothing inappropriate happened. He has not been charged with a crime and the team reinstated him on Jan. 3.
Bragg began his collegiate career at Kansas, where he also encountered trouble with the law. Bragg was suspended from the Jayhawks in 2016 after he was arrested and charged with battery against a woman. That charge, however, was dropped, and the woman who alleged the battery was later charged with a crime after prosecutors reviewed video surveillance of the incident.
Following his sophomore season, Bragg transferred to Arizona State, but he lasted less than a semester before being kicked off the team due to an unspecified violation before heading to New Mexico.
Bragg is averaging 12.6 points per game on 53.7 percent shooting from the field to go along with 10.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game this season for the Lobos. He is shooting 81.1 percent from the free-throw line. Last season in his first year with the Lobos, he averaged 10.5 points per game on 49.7 percent shooting with 8.8 rebounds.
“Carlton is obviously our biggest player, shot block, he’s our best rebounder,” Lobos coach Paul Weir said. “When you lose someone of that profile, it changes your team.”
During two years at Kansas from 2015-2017, Bragg scored a total of 305 points. Bragg averaged 5.2 points and reeled in 4.1 rebounds a game as a sophomore. He was ranked as the No. 24 overall recruit in the 2015 recruiting class, per the 247Sports Composite rankings.
“I really enjoyed my time here at Kansas,” Bragg said shortly after he transferred. “Kansas has the best fans and I do love the program. This past year didn’t go as well as I thought it would and it’s in my best interest to get a fresh start. I want to thank my teammates, coaches and the fans for all their support these past two years. I will always cheer for the Jayhawks.”