Taylor Lewan Pleads Guilty to 2 Misdemeanor Charges

Updates from Thursday, Oct. 30

Ed White of the Associated Press (via Yahoo Sports) has an update on Lewan's plea deal:

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Tennessee Titans rookie Taylor Lewan has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to resolve an assault case involving an Ohio State fan.

The 23-year-old former Michigan offensive tackle entered the pleas Thursday to charges of disturbing the peace and being drunk and disorderly. Under an agreement with prosecutors he's expected to get probation when he's sentenced Dec. 15.

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The Associated Press also added more on Lewan's settlement, via NFL.com:

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Lewan, 23, instead pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors and agreed to pay $1,714 in restitution, mostly medical bills. He said his brother was involved in a "confrontation" and he joined the angry crowd.

"I had been drinking. I was intoxicated," Lewan told the judge.

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Original Text

Tennessee Titans rookie offensive lineman Taylor Lewan has chosen to settle out of court on the three misdemeanor charges he faces stemming from an arrest in Dec. 2013, per Dan Murphy of ESPN.

The 23-year-old was originally arrested just after midnight on Dec. 1 after he allegedly struck two men outside of a restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Lewan claimed he was a peacemaker in the incident, but the alleged victims and a witness said that wasn’t the case.

Rather than fight the charges during a trial, Lewan and his attorney John Shea have chosen to settle. Details about the settlement were not immediately available, per Murphy, specifics will be made public at the hearing on Oct. 30. Shea declined to elaborate, saying that “there were still moving parts,” according to Murphy's report.

Lewan was taken 11th overall in last year's draft, and has played a significant role in the Titans' offensive line this season.