FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The NFL placed New England Patriots starting safety Jabrill Peppers on the commissioner exempt list, the league announced Wednesday. Peppers may not practice or attend games while on the list.

The NFL placed Patriots captain and safety Jabrill Peppers on the Commissioner Exempt List after he was arrested on strangulation and cocaine possession charges following an altercation with a

New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers has been placed on the Commissioner Exempt List by the NFL, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport on Wednesday. Peppers was arrested on multiple charges last weekend, including “assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and possession of cocaine.”