Florida Gators DT Gary Brown was dismissed from the team on Friday following his arrest earlier in the week on two counts of misdemeanor battery. (Gatorsports.com Photo)

The Florida Gators football team dismissed redshirt freshman defensive tackle Gary Brown on Friday afternoon.

Brown was suspended indefinitely on Monday after being arrested early Sunday morning. He allegedly struck one woman across the face with "an open hand" and scratched another woman's arm when they asked him to leave a party in Gainesville.

According to Alachua Country Jail records, Brown was charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery and was released on his own recognizance on Monday.

“Gary Brown has had a history during his time here of not meeting a set of expectations we have for the student athletes in our football program and therefore he is no longer part of our program,” Florida associate athletic director of communications Steve McClain told the St. Petersburg Times on Friday afternoon.

Brown is a former 5-star recruit at defensive tackle and was expected to compete for time in the starting rotation at defensive tackle in 2010.

He is the third former 5-star defensive tackle recruit to leave Florida in the past two years.

Torrey Davis left the team in March citing personal reasons after having trouble off the field for the majority of his time in Gainesville.

John Brown also left the program in March after struggling academically at Florida. He is now playing for the Tennessee Volunteers.