Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart was booked into Springfield Municipal Jail Sunday morning on a DUII charge, according to confirmation from both a jail representative and a Springfield Police Department spokesperson.
Court records show Stewart was cited at 5:34 a.m. Sunday, though the official filing of the DUII charge is still pending.
He was booked into jail around 7 a.m. and released to a third party about an hour later. Records in Oregon’s Victim Information System confirm he is no longer in custody.
“We are aware of the incident and are gathering information at this time,” a UO athletics spokesperson said in a written statement to The Oregonian/OregonLive on Monday.
Springfield police also said Sunday that online rumors tying Oregon football players to street racing were unfounded. According to police, several Ducks players were contacted early Sunday morning because they were near the scene of a separate pursuit.
That pursuit led officers to an abandoned vehicle, but it was not connected to Stewart’s DUII arrest. Police said they are no longer pursuing the abandoned-vehicle case.
Stewart, a fifth-year receiver, did not play in Saturday’s 17-14 win over Nebraska at Autzen Stadium because of an undisclosed injury. He transferred from Texas A&M to Oregon in 2024 and quickly became one of the team’s top targets. Stewart missed the 2025 season after tearing his right patellar tendon in June, then returned this year and has 27 catches for 352 yards and four touchdowns in five games.
This marks the second time this year that someone in Oregon’s football program has faced DUII charges. In April, running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples, 31, was charged with DUII and reckless driving after allegedly backing his Ford F-150 into a parked car near the intersection of Willamette and West Broadway in Eugene.
Samples’ next court date is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Oregon, which is 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten, plays at Illinois on Saturday.
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