Five Wheaton Football Players Charged In Felony Hazing

Five football players at Wheaton College near Chicago are charged in a 2016 hazing incident in which a freshman teammate was beaten, duct taped, and left half naked on a field with two torn shoulders. Noah Spielman, Benjamin Pettway, and All American center Kyler Kregel all played Saturday when Wheaton crushed Carthage of Kenosha 37-14 in a C-C-I-W contest. Samuel TeBos and James Cooksey are also charged, after a judge signed arrest warrants with 50-thousand dollar bonds — and the five are all reportedly expected to turn themselves in this week on counts of aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, and mob action. The Chicago Tribune says the hazing victim left Wheaton soon after the incident, and he now goes to college in Indiana, and defendant Noah Spielman is the son of former N-F-L All Pro linebacker Chris Spielman. The status of the players is not clear, as Wheaton is now 3-0 and ranked fourth in the N-C-A-A’s Division Three.