Dallas Cowboys safety Markquese Bell arrested for drug charges in Collin County, records show

Dallas Cowboys safety Marquese Bell was arrested in Prosper on Friday after being caught with marijuana, according to Collin County jail records.

Bell, 27, now faces one felony count of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana.

No details have been released concerning the arrest.

CBS News Texas reached out to the Dallas Cowboys Saturday morning, in which team officials said they are aware of the arrest but are declining to comment at this time.

Deiric Jackson, Bell's agent, said his client would let the legal process play out.

"Certainly let Markquese have his day like anybody else," Jackson said. 

The safety, once undrafted, signed with the Cowboys as a free agent in 2022 out of Florida A&M. 

While Bell has mostly played special teams, injuries have led to substantial playing time in the secondary. He had 94 tackles in 2023, when he played all 17 regular-season games and tied for the team lead in tackles with eight in a wild-card loss to Green Bay.

Bell played all 17 games again last season and is going into the second year of a $9 million, three-year contract.