Myles Jack was released from Denton County jail after posting bond on Thursday. The former Jaguars and Steelers player faces gun charges after allegedly firing shots Tuesday while alone in his home in Frisco, Texas.
Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Myles Jack was released Thursday from Denton County Jail on $100,00 bond, court records show.
Jack, 30, was arrested early Tuesday morning after firing a gun inside his home in suburban Dallas, Texas.
According to a Frisco Police press release Tuesday, Jack was charged with deadly conduct/discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony, and a misdemeanor charge of discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities. Denton County Court records list only the misdemeanor charge.
No court date has been set in the case, and court documents do not indicate whether Jack has retained an attorney.
Responding to a welfare check in the gated community in Frisco, Texas, city police heard shots fired from inside Jack's house, multiple new sites reported.
Authorities say Jack fell from a second-story window after breaking the glass and attempting to climb out. He was taken into custody just after 7 a.m. local time and transported to a local hospital for treatment of what were reported as non-life-threatening injuries.
No one else was inside the house, police said. Authorities provided no indication of who requested a welfare check, the Dallas Morning New reported.
Jack spent eight seasons in the NFL before retiring in 2023. The Pac 12's Freshman of the Year in 2013 at UCLA (on offense and defense), Jack played two seasons before suffered a season-ending knee injury in 2015. He did not return to play for the Bruins, opting to enter the NFL draft, where he was selected 36th overall in 2016 by the Jaguars.
In Jacksonville, Jack was a key part of the Jaguars' last 10-win season in 2017, when the team finished first in the AFC South and went deep in the playoffs before falling to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game. The Scottsdale, Arizona, native started for the Jaguars through 2021, then was released in the offseason.
Nagging knee injuries, dating back to his junior year at UCLA, sidelined Jack for several games during his tenure in Jacksonville.
He was suffered a concussion after taking a knee to the head from then-Texans running back Derrick Henry in the third quarter of the Jaguars' Sept. 19 game at Houston in 2019. Jack passed through the NFL's required concussion protocol the following week and was cleared for activity, according to past Jaguars injury reports.
Jack signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2022 season and was on the practice squad for the Philadelphia Eagles in August 2023. He retired less than three weeks into his Eagles contract.
The Dallas Cowboys paid tribute to the late Marshawn Kneeland before their Nov. 23, 2025, game against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium. Kneeland, 24, died of an apparent suicide on Nov. 6. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)In October 2023, Jack and his mother, LaSonjia Jack, bought a majority stake in a minor-league hockey team, the ECHL's Allen Americans, based in Allen, Texas. According to an ESPN report, Jack is also part of a group of former athletes invested in Zawyer Sports, which owns the ECHL's Jacksonville Icemen.
Frisco is the same Dallas suburb where Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Marshawn Kneeland died last month, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. CNN reported that Kneeland's girlfriend had called authorities for a welfare check after Kneeland had threatened suicide. Kneeland crashed his car following a police pursuit and was later found dead.
Kneeland, 24, was in his second season in the NFL.