MANKATO, Minn., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A Minnesota Vikings quarterback, Rhett Bomar, was arrested for alleged drunken driving in Mankato, Minn., site of the team's training camp, authorities said.
Police said Bomar was arrested early Sunday in downtown Mankato, taken to Blue Earth County Jail and released in the evening, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
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The Vikings had held a night practice Saturday, then players were given time off before they were to return to practice the next day, the newspaper said.
Bomar, 26, was signed by the Vikings in late December and is the fourth-string quarterback, playing behind Donovan McNabb, first-round pick Christian Ponder and Joe Webb.
A Vikings spokesman said Sunday the team would have no comment.
