DURHAM - Duke University junior middle linebacker Michael Tauiliili was arrested Saturday on a litany of charges, including driving while impaired, failing to stop after an accident, assault by pointing a gun, carrying a concealed weapon and simple assault.

He was indefinitely suspended from the Duke football team Sunday.

Tauiliili was arrested by a Durham police officer on Hillsborough Road in Durham around 4 a.m. He is listed on the arrest warrant by the name on his Texas driver's license, Michael Shawn Brown. Tauiliili changed his name prior to the 2006 football season to honor his Samoan heritage.

Citations say he failed to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in property damage to a vehicle owned by Jesus Alejo of Creedmoor. Tauiliili, 20, of Houston, had a .12 blood alcohol level. The legal limit in North Carolina is .08. The legal age to consume alcohol is 21.

Alejo is listed as the complainant on the simple assault charge, which alleges Tauiliili hit him in the face, resulting in an injury requiring stitches. The concealed weapon Tauiliili is accused of carrying is a knife, and the gun he is accused of pointing at Alejo is an air pistol.

Tauiliili was no longer in custody at the Durham County jail on Sunday night, jail officials said, but the amount of his bond was unclear.

The Blue Devils are scheduled to open practice today at 6:30 a.m. They open the season against Connecticut on Sept. 1.

Reached by phone Sunday evening, Duke football coach Ted Roof said he would not comment on Tauiliili's situation until all the facts have been revealed.

"It concerns me and is disappointing when one of our players puts himself in a difficult circumstance off the football field," Roof said in a statement released by the school. "I will investigate and deal with this situation with the seriousness it deserves."

The Blue Devils would lose their emotional leader on defense in Tauiliili, who led them in tackles in his first two seasons. As a sophomore in 2006, Tauiliili ranked eighth in the ACC with 7.8 tackles per game.

Tauiliili, reached by phone Sunday night, said he couldn't comment on what happened Saturday.