Fox Sports analyst and former Jets QB Mark Sanchez accused of attacking delivery driver before being stabbed

Joseph Wilkinson and John Annese, New York Daily News on Oct 5, 2025

Published in Football

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NEW YORK — Fox Sports analyst and former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has been accuse of drunkenly attacking a 69-year-old delivery driver before being stabbed by him in self-defense, Indianapolis police said in court documents released Sunday.

Sanchez, 38, was hospitalized early Saturday after the incident in downtown Indianapolis. He was arrested at the hospital later that day but remained at the facility in stable condition.

The former Jets first-round pick was formally charged Sunday with battery resulting in injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle, all misdemeanors.

“This incident should never have happened,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement. “What began as a disagreement between a 38-year-old former professional athlete and a 69-year-old man should not have escalated into violence or left anyone seriously injured.”

The dispute began just after midnight on Saturday after the delivery man parked his vehicle in an alley between two hotels, according to charging documents.

Surveillance video shows Sanchez approaching the truck and opening the driver’s door, police said.

“Mr. Sanchez told [the driver] that he could not be there (at the loading dock) and that he (Mr. Sanchez) had spoken to the manager of the hotel,” prosecutors wrote in a probable cause affidavit.

The driver is an employee with a company that deals with commercial cooking oil recycling and disposal and he parked at the loading dock of The Westin Indianapolis, police said. During the interaction, the driver was confused because he did not have his hearing aids in — but he smelled alcohol on Sanchez’s breath, he told investigators.

During his conversation with Sanchez, the driver got out of his vehicle and walked around, seeking nearby security, cops said. When he tried to get back in his vehicle, Sanchez blocked him and shoved him to the ground, he told police.

After a brief struggle in which Sanchez struck the man and threw him to the ground, the driver attempted to pepper spray Sanchez, cops said. However, the driver told police Sanchez was unaffected by the spray.

The man told police it was at that point he thought, “This guy is trying to kill me” and pulled the knife, stabbing Sanchez multiple times.

First responders found Sanchez in a bar next to the alley around 12:30 a.m. Saturday and he has been hospitalized since. He was in Indianapolis as part of Fox Sports’ broadcast team for Sunday’s Las Vegas Raiders at Indianapolis Colts game. Brady Quinn replaced Sanchez on the call.

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