Former TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin said Monday that missing the final game of his college career because of an arrest in a San Antonio bar is “a mistake that … I know I can overcome” on the road to becoming an NFL quarterback.

Boykin, a finalist for the 2015 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, attended Monday night’s ceremony at the Fort Worth Club and expressed remorse for the way he ended an otherwise stellar college career. Boykin was suspended and sent home from what would have been his final college game, the Horned Frogs’ 47-41 victory over Oregon in triple overtime at the Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2.

Boykin faces charges that he hit a police officer who was attempting to break up a bar fight at Pat O’Brien’s, a sports bar near the TCU team hotel during bowl week in San Antonio. His initial hearing is set for Wednesday in San Antonio. …