of the fight. She described the unconscious fraternity member's head as "cracked open."

When interviewed by the police, she positively identified one of the suspects as Peterson. While fleeing the scene, he "knocked me down," she said.

Fraternity members said all three football players threw punches, but a fourth football player tried to break up the fight.

"We understand that this is an isolated incident," said the first representative, stressing that Sigma Chi has nothing against the football team as a whole.

Though Sigma Chi representatives said they did not know what Brooks, Jackson and Peterson were being charged with specifically, they said AAPD told them felonious assault, larceny and aggravated assault were among the charges the three could face.

When asked if the football players were acting in self defense, the second fraternity representative said, "that is not true."

Fraternity members involved stress that it was the three football players who instigated the fight.

"All of the thefts were unprovoked," the first fraternity representative said.

Bruce Madej, director of Athletic media relations, said he could not confirm that Brooks, Jackson and Peterson were involved in the incident.

"We are going to gather all of the facts and we are not going to comment until we have all of the facts," Madej said.

Peterson was suspended from playing in the Citrus Bowl after a Dec. 3 incident involving a larceny and an exotic dancer, according to a Dec. 18 report in The Detroit News.

AAPD investigated Peterson for criminal sexual conduct allegations in October, according to The Detroit News. He dressed for the Oct. 3 Michigan-Iowa game but was not allowed to play.

Last year, Brooks pled not guilty to fourth degree criminal sexual conduct in Washtenaw County court. The victim of the assault told The Michigan Daily that Brooks was disciplined under the University's Code of Student Conduct.

Brooks accepted responsibility for four Code violations, the victim said, involving physically harming another person; sexually assaulting or sexually harassing another person; illegally possessing, using, distributing, manufacturing or selling alcohol or other drugs; and violating state or federal law if such action has a serious impact on the University community.

The Code of Student Conduct is the University's internal discipline system with sanctions ranging from educational discipline to expulsion.

- The Associated Press and Daily Staff Reporter Jason Stoffer contributed to this report.

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