Former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez hospitalized after being stabbed in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (KABC) -- NFL commentator and erstwhile USC backmost Mark Sanchez was stabbed successful an overnight altercation successful downtown Indianapolis and was hospitalized connected Saturday.

Sanchez, who was successful Indianapolis to telephone Sunday's Raiders-Colts game, was successful unchangeable condition, Fox Sports said connected societal media.

Indianapolis constabulary released a connection that didn't place Sanchez but said they were investigating a confrontation that occurred astir 12:30 a.m. Saturday betwixt 2 men, 1 of whom was hospitalized with stab wounds.

Mark Sanchez walks connected the tract earlier an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Rams and the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, successful Inglewood.

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The different antheral received attraction for lacerations, constabulary said. Detectives had reviewed video footage of the confrontation, which constabulary said occurred successful the fashionable downtown nightlife Wholesale District adjacent to the Indiana statehouse.

Police said the lawsuit would beryllium fixed to the Marion County prosecutor's bureau to determine connected charges.

Police said neither antheral was a section nonmigratory and called it an "isolated incidental betwixt the 2 men and not a random enactment of violence."

Few different details were available.

"We are profoundly grateful to the aesculapian squad for their exceptional attraction and support. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark, and we inquire that everyone delight respect his and his family's privateness during this time," Fox Sports said.

Sanchez, 38, had a 10-year NFL vocation earlier retiring successful 2019. He appeared connected ABC and ESPN for 2 years earlier joining Fox Sports arsenic a crippled expert successful 2021.

The Long Beach native, starred astatine USC earlier helium was selected by the New York Jets with the 5th prime successful the 2009 NFL draft.

He passed for 3,207 yards and 34 touchdowns portion starring the Trojans to a 12-1 grounds during his inferior year, which included a triumph implicit Penn State successful the 2009 Rose Bowl.

He spent 4 seasons with the Jets, starting each of his 62 games portion throwing for 12,092 yards and 68 touchdowns with 69 interceptions. The Jets mislaid successful the AFC title successful each of Sanchez's archetypal 2 years successful the league.

Sanchez besides appeared successful games with Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington. He finished his playing vocation with 15,357 yards passing, 86 TD passes and 89 interceptions.

The Associated Press and ESPN contributed to this report.