By: Betsy Helfand
Just after it began, Philip Nelson’s Rutgers career is officially over.
The Rutgers football team released Nelson, the once highly touted Gophers quarterback, on Tuesday, a day after he was charged with first- and third-degree assault.
According to a criminal complaint, Nelson kicked Kolstad, a former Minnesota State-Mankato linebacker, in the head during an altercation in Mankato, Minn., that took place Sunday morning.
Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood announced the dismissal in a statement Tuesday.