Hours before UAB’s Senior Day kickoff, the Blazer football program encountered a crisis. Two players were stabbed inside the university’s Football Operations facility early Saturday morning, and a teammate was taken into custody, according to UAB officials.

The incident sent both injured players to UAB Hospital for treatment, Birmingham Fire and Rescue confirmed, and the university later told ESPN that the athletes were stabbed and remained in stable condition.

Campus police arrested 20-year-old redshirt freshman Daniel Israel Mincey, who was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and attempted murder. No names of the injured players have been released due to the ongoing investigation.

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