The fall of former Ravens first-round pick Matt Elam continued Monday as he was arrested in Florida for the second time in less than three months.
The free-agent safety was charged with battery and grand theft larceny of an amount between $300 and $5,000 by Delray Beach police, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office records. He was being held on $4,500 bond.
According to TMZ, Elam was involved in a domestic incident with his girlfriend early Monday morning in which he took her cellphone. She told police that they had fallen to the floor while fighting over the phone, an altercation that left her with small cuts on her fingers and left foot. Elam told police he had asked her for money and took the phone when she refused.
After taking the phone and fleeing the scene, he was found at a nearby house by police a couple hours later.
The 32nd overall pick of the 2013 draft was arrested on drug charges on February 26 as the Ravens said in a statement later that day that he was not in their plans for the 2017 season. He appeared in nine games in 2016, making four tackles.
Elam, 25, played in 41 games over four seasons with Baltimore and lost his starting job during the 2014 season. This latest arrest leaves his NFL career in even greater jeopardy than it already was following his first arrest of the offseason.
The Ravens signed former Arizona safety Tony Jefferson to a four-year, $34 million contract in March to start next to veteran Eric Weddle in the secondary. Ironically, Jefferson went undrafted out of Oklahoma in 2013 and shows the skill set the Ravens thought they would be getting from Elam when they made him their first first-round pick after Super Bowl XLVII.

Luke Jones
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