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A 21-year-old University of Colorado football player was arrested Friday night for allegedly assaulting two 19-year-old men at a party, police say.
Riar Geer was booked into the Boulder County Jail for investigation of second-degree assault and harassment, said Sarah Huntley, Boulder police spokeswoman.
A fight broke out outside a party at 18th and Cascade streets after 11:30 p.m. when Geer allegedly knocked a hat off someone's head.
Geer, a junior who is 6 feet 4 inches and weighs 250 pounds, and several other men argued and Geer allegedly punched Hunter Wright and Alexander Williams, both 19, who were bleeding from their mouths.
The suspect and his friends left the area, and friends of the victims' flagged down an officer
Riar Geer (Courtesy of CUBuffs.com)
for help.
About 15 minutes later, CU police found Geer at Regent Drive and Kittredge Loop Drive. Geer, who had cuts above his eyebrow and on his hand, was positively identified by the victims, police said.
Williams was taken to the hospital to be examined for injuries to his mouth and teeth. He was treated and released. Wright declined medical treatment.
In 2006 Geer became the first freshman to ever lead CU in receiving after catching 24 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns.
Geer was named on the freshmen All-America teams for The Sporting News and Rivals.com, according to a CU roster profile.
A second CU player, Lynn Katoa, 18, turned himself in Friday in connection with the assault of another CU student in an off-campus apartment on Feb. 16.
Witnesses claimed Katoa came through a door of the apartment yelling. He allegedly pushed one victim's head into the wall and hit him in the forehead while holding a rock in his fist, Huntley said.
Katoa then allegedly punched a second victim in the head. The first victim was taken to the hospital and required stitches. The second victim declined to pursue charges.
Katoa, a Parade All-America linebacker fro Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City, picked Colorado over Oklahoma in December after being visited by seven CU coaches.
He is 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 220 pounds.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitch