Rex Ryan Surrenders in Nashville on Six Hit and Run Charges

Rex Ryan turned himself in to Nashville authorities on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and was booked in the Davidson County Jail, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said. Ryan, 63, a former NFL head coach who now works as an ESPN analyst, surrendered on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants tied to a hit and run on Broadway in downtown Nashville six nights earlier.

What police say happened on Broadway

Police said the incident happened just before midnight on November 5, 2026, at Broadway and 4th Avenue. Two pedestrians were crossing Broadway from 4th Avenue, and police said they had a walk sign when a pickup truck turned right from 4th Avenue.

"The pedestrians were crossing Broadway from 4th Avenue with a walk sign when the pickup truck turned right from 4th Avenue running over both victims' feet and making contact with one of the individual's legs," the police statement said, as quoted by the New York Post.

Both pedestrians had minor injuries, police said, and the police release did not identify them. Police said the truck kept going, then stopped at a red light at Broadway and Representative John Lewis Way, where the pedestrians caught up with it and waved down the driver.

"They said he stepped out of the truck to argue with them, got back in, and drove away," the police account said, as reported by The Tennessean.

The pedestrians took a picture of the truck's license plate, police said, and that photo is how investigators connected the truck to Ryan.

Six misdemeanor counts

Ryan is charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, two counts of failure to give information or render aid, and two counts of failure to obey a traffic control signal, The Tennessean reported. His bond was set at $6,000, the New York Post reported, citing the Nashville police.

The charges are allegations. Police have accused Ryan of leaving the scene and of failing to give information or render aid after the incident, and no conviction has been reported. Ryan surrendered on Wednesday on the outstanding warrants and was booked into the Davidson County Jail.

A familiar face from the Jets and Bills

Ryan was head coach of the New York Jets and then of the Buffalo Bills, and he now works as a commentator for ESPN. The case now moves through the courts in Davidson County, where the six misdemeanor counts will be heard.