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From Cowboys starting RB to jail: Joseph Randle's rapid fall gets worse

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, Dallas Cowboys' Joseph Randle stands in the team bench area during an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, in Arlington, Texas. Running back Joseph Randle was suspended four games by the NFL under the league's personal conduct policy Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, one week after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys. The suspension begins immediately even though Randle is not on an active roster. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade, File)

On Oct. 25, Joseph Randle started his sixth straight game at running back for the Dallas Cowboys. He was owned in almost every fantasy football league in America.

Exactly one month later he was out of the NFL and behind bars in Kansas.

Randle's incredible fall continued when he was arrested and charged with one felony and five misdemeanors following an incident Tuesday night in a Kansas casino. KSN.com said he was in Sumner County Jail with a $25,000 bond. Late last month Randle went AWOL from the Cowboys when he learned he lost his starting job, following news that he violated the NFL's conduct policy (he was eventually suspended four games), and he was cut by the Cowboys on Nov. 3. Randle had some high-profile run ins with the law before Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, he was arrested on suspicion of criminal threat, assault on a law officer, battery, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, and interference with law enforcement, KSN said.

TMZ reported Randle was intoxicated and belligerent on the casino floor and was asked to leave, and on the way out he spit on the floor and assaulted a security officer.

The Cowboys stuck with Randle after he was caught shoplifting underwear and cologne last year in an embarrassing episode, and after a more serious legal matter in February when police responded to a domestic violence call concerning an incident with Randle and the mother of his child. Randle was arrested on possession of marijuana but not charged with domestic violence.

Randle didn't play that poorly for the Cowboys, with 315 yards and four touchdowns on 76 carries. When he was cut, no other team showed any interest in picking him up. This latest episode might close that door forever.

After everything that has happened in the past month, his days as the starting running back for perhaps the highest profile team in the NFL seems like another lifetime ago.

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