There was an altercation between a female acquaintance of Carroo and another female after Saturday's game.
PISCATAWAY -- Authorities are investigating an altercation that happened outside the Rutgers football team's headquarters on Saturday evening involving a female acquaintance of Leonte Carroo and another female, two people familiar with the situation told New Jersey Advance Media.
The level of Carroo's involvement in the incident is unclear. A person close to the program told New Jersey Advance Media that head coach Kyle Flood, who suspended Carroo indefinitely on Sunday, is taking the matter seriously in light of the recent string of off-field transgressions within the program.
The Rutgers University Police Department has declined comment on the incident. It's not known if charges have been filed against Carroo or the other people involved in the incident.
Flood said "until that investigation concludes I'll have no further comment.'' A Rutgers athletics department spokesman declined comment.
The altercation happened after Rutgers' 37-34 loss to Washington State at High Point Solutions Stadium. Carroo conducted a routine press conference with reporters after the game.
A witness said he saw a fight outside the team facility and he heard players tell Carroo not to go outside. The witness did not see Carroo leave the facility at that time.
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An All-Big Ten receiver and team captain, Carroo had emerged as the face of the program. The charismatic Edison native had a clean track record in his first three years at Rutgers.
Carroo, who bypassed the NFL to return for his senior season, was suspended for the first half of last week's season opener for violating curfew during training camp.
"I know I'm a guy that will put this past me and never make this mistake again," Carroo said after the suspension was announced on Aug. 25. "From now on, I'll just have better decisions in my life and continue to do good and show my teammates and the university that I still do have those good traits and those good characteristics."
Rutgers has been besieged by off-field problems recently. Six players have been kicked off the team in the past two weeks as the result of arrests. Two players, cornerback Dre Boggs and fullback Lloyd Terry, have been charged in home invasions. The other four players -- cornerback Nadir Barnwell, cornerback Ruhann Peele, safety Delon Stephenson and fullback Razohnn Gross -- face assault charges.
Carroo, 21, was one of five players suspended for the first half of the season opener for violating curfew.
Flood said on Sunday that he does not believe the program is out of control off the field.
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