On Thursday, prosecutors dropped battery charges against former Tampa Bay Buccaneer tight end, Jerramy Stevens, from an incident in March 2011.

The State Attorney’s Office elected not to pursue felony and misdemeanor battery charges because two men Stevens allegedly assaulted weren’t consistent with their stories. State Attorney’s Office spokesman, Mark Cox, said the two men retreated and recanted from the original story they gave police.

In a statement from Stevens’ attorney, he said no witness, including the two alleged victims, testified that Stevens punched either victim. Police initially reported the two men were bouncers at the Hula Bay Club and Duke’s Retired Surfer’s Island. Both men worked at a marina next to the club. The two men had met Stevens months before the alleged incident because he docked his boat at the marina.

One of the men, William Russell, had reported that Stevens had broke his jaw, but no witnesses saw Stevens punch Russell. Russell later couldn’t say for certain that Stevens hit him. Stevens signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007 and was released in 2010 after his arrest for marijuana possession. The court date for that case is Tuesday.

Stevens has retired from the NFL, but still lives in Tampa.