Tennessee Titans LB Bud Dupree pleads guilty to lesser assault charge, gets probation

Bud Dupree was sentenced to six months of supervised release after pleading guilty to a lesser assault charge.

In January, Dupree was cited for assault after an altercation with an employee at a Walgreens in Nashville. According to a court official, Dupree pleaded guilty to a crime.

In January, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said that after a verbal altercation between the 20-year-old male employee and some individuals who had entered the store, subjects then reentered the store with Dupree, who allegedly grabbed the employee and his phone and then was involved in a physical altercation

Dupree's guilty plea wasn't commented on by theTitans.

Dupree signed a five-year, $82.50 million contract as a free agent last year and is entering his second season with theTitans. He had three sacks last year.

Turron Davenport was a contributor.