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Montee Ball, who wasn't on an active roster in 2015, arrested

(AP)
(AP)

Montee Ball will go down as one of Denver Broncos general manager John Elway's rare failures. And it was a spectacular one.

Ball, a 2013 second-round pick, didn't appear in a game and wasn't on an active roster in 2015 after the Broncos cut him, and he might be done for good after an arrest in Madison, Wis. He was booked in Dane County Jail on a tentative charge of substantial battery after allegedly throwing a woman into a table, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The report said police were called at 3:40 a.m. to a downtown Madison hotel.

"The woman told police she had a dispute with her boyfriend," said police spokesman Joel DeSpain, according to the State Journal. "She said he put his hands on her, picked her up and threw her."

The woman needed stitches for a cut on her leg.

Ball was drafted three spots ahead of Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Arizona Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu went shortly after the Broncos took Ball.

Ball's disappearance from being on an active NFL roster was sudden and strange. He averaged 4.7 yards per carry as a backup for the AFC champion Broncos in 2013. In 2014 he had an appendectomy before the season and struggled through that and other injuries all year. In 2015 he had a bad preseason and was cut.

It's extremely rare for a second-round pick get cut after two years and never get signed to another 53-man roster, but that might be the case with Ball. He was signed to the running back-needy Patriots' practice squad in December, but he never elevated to the active roster.

WIth Ball's arrest his chances of getting another NFL job get even slimmer, and they weren't that good already.

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