But after a promising spring and high expectations for the 2007 season, Norwood is in trouble again.

Norwood was arrested on two different occasions, in a span of less than four hours, early Sunday morning in Manhattan, Kan. On Monday, he was suspended from the team.

Norwood, 22, was arrested on multiple counts on a domestic disturbance, Riley County Police Lt. Kurt Moldrup said. Norwood is facing charges of domestic battery, criminal damage to property, criminal trespassing and obstruction of the legal process. Bail was set at $3,000 for the criminal trespass and $2,000 for domestic battery.

In a prepared release today, K-State coach Ron Prince said: "We have high standards that our players need to be held accountable to. Rashaad will be suspended, and his overall standing with the program will be reassessed after the judicial system has run its course."

The case has been forwarded to the Riley County attorney's office. Norwood has been issued a first appearance at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 5 in district court.

The weekend incident, according to Moldrup, started after Norwood saw a girl he previously had dated out Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

Norwood, Moldrup said, showed up at her apartment, where he pounded on her door. After he tried to call her on his cell phone and still didn't get a response, Norwood allegedly broke a sliding glass door with a chair, forced his way into a locked bedroom and pushed her onto the bed. There were no injuries, Moldrup said.

A male friend of the victim who was there at the time tried to hold back Norwood, who left after the police were called by the victim. A police officer attempted to stop Norwood outside the apartment complex, but Norwood took off running, Moldrup said. He was chased on foot and apprehended around 3:15 a.m.

Later, after Norwood posted bond, police were called back to the apartment. They found Norwood hiding under a bed in the woman's apartment, and Moldrup said it was unclear how he gained entry, but Norwood was arrested with criminal trespassing because he had been warned after the first arrest not to see the victim at her residence or place of work.

"Even if she let him in there, he wasn't supposed to be there because of the domestic battery charge and the warning he was given," Moldrup said.

Riley County attorney Barry Wilkerson said Norwood has not been formally charged, and he wouldn't comment specifically on the case until he reviews it.

Domestic battery and trespassing both are Class B misdemeanors, and the maximum sentence is six months in jail. Damage to property and obstruction both are Class A misdemeanors, and the maximum sentence is one year in jail.

Wilkerson said generally in cases such as this, if a not-guilty plea is entered, it could take four to six months to go to trial.

This was not the first time that Norwood, considered the top Kansas City area recruit in the class of 2003, encountered problems since he arrived at K-State.

Norwood was held out of the spring game in 2005 by Snyder for unspecified violation of team rules.

Norwood was suspended for the game against Louisville last year after he had been arrested for obstruction of the legal process and disorderly conduct following an incident in the student union parking lot.

Norwood, who made 10 starts in 2006, was working with the first unit Saturday during the Wildcats' last open practice at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. He finished second in receptions with 36 for 358 yards with no touchdowns.

"The Oakland Raiders sent a letter just a couple weeks ago asking about him," Steve Szczygiel, Norwood's coach at Schlagle High School, said Monday . ". . . (Prince) said Rashaad was working hard, had gotten better strengthwise, and it sounded like he was going to be a big part of their team."

Now, Szczygiel wonders what happens next for his former star player.