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5 Wheaton Football Players Reportedly Face Felony Charges in Teammate Hazing

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Five football players at Wheaton College in Illinois are facing felony charges stemming from a 2016 hazing incident with a teammate.

Per Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair of the Chicago Tribune, the five players used duct tape to restrain a freshman teammate and he was "beaten and left half-naked with two torn shoulders on a baseball field."

James Cooksey, Kyler Kregel, Benjamin Pettway, Noah Spielman and Samuel TeBos are expected to turn themselves in after a judge signed arrest warrants for each of them, per Gutowski and St. Clair.

The players have been charged with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint.