The Texas high-school football player who attacked a referee after being ejected from a game was arrested and charged with assault

• A Texas high-school football player who attacked a referee after being ejected from a game has been arrested and charged with assault.
• Emmanuel Duron, a senior at Edinburg High School, sprinted from the sideline and slammed the match official Fred Gracia into the ground after being ejected from his team's game Thursday.
• Footage of the incident went viral on social media.
• Edinburg has also been expelled from its district's football playoffs as a result of the incident.

A Texas high-school football player who attacked a referee after being ejected from a game has been arrested and charged with assault.

Emmanuel Duron, a senior at Edinburg High School, sprinted from the sideline and body-checked the match official Fred Gracia to the ground after being ejected from his team's game versus PSJA High School on Thursday.

The 18-year-old was escorted from the stadium by the police, while Gracia was evaluated in an ambulance for concussion-like symptoms and a shoulder injury.

The local newspaper The Monitor reports that Duron was charged with Class A assault during an arraignment at the Edinburg Municipal Court on Friday morning.

A judge set a $10,000 bail for Duron, who posted bail through a bondsman later the same day.

Following Duron's attack, Edinburg was also expelled from its district's football playoffs.

"The district has decided to remove the Edinburg High School football team from the playoffs after an unexpected incident involving a student that occurred during a football game on December 3, 2020," a statement from the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District said.

"We extend a sincere apology to the referee and his family. We will take the appropriate disciplinary action once we understand the facts and circumstances underlining this incident. The district takes these matters very seriously; however, we cannot comment further on a pending investigation until such investigation is complete."

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