Seven Michigan State football players have been charged in the postgame melee in Michigan Stadium's tunnel last month.
Scuffles broke out in the Michigan Stadium tunnel on Oct. 29 after the then-No. 4 Wolverines beat the Spartans 29-7. Social media posts showed Michigan State players pushing, punching and kicking Michigan's Ja'Den McBurrows.
An entrance to Michigan Stadium is seen on the University of Michigan campus amid reports of college football cancellation, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., August 10, 2020.Seven Michigan State football players have been charged in the postgame melee in Michigan Stadium's tunnel last month, according to a statement Wednesday from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.
Scuffles broke out in the Michigan Stadium tunnel on Oct. 29 after the then-No. 4 Wolverines beat the Spartans 29-7. Social media posts showed Michigan State players pushing, punching and kicking Michigan's Ja'Den McBurrows in and near a hallway that doesn't lead to either locker room. Brown, Grose and Young are seen on video getting physical with McBurrows.
Crump in one video appears to swing his helmet at a Michigan player. That could account for the more serious charge, which carries a maximum of four years in prison. The state law describes felonious assault as an attack "using knife, iron bar, club, brass knuckles or other dangerous weapon without intending to commit murder or to inflict great bodily harm."
The statement from the prosecutor's office provided no detail on the allegations, including who is accused of hitting whom. The statement also doesn't list potential prison sentences for each charge. It adds that the office will have no further comment as the case proceeds. Michigan State's athletic director and football coach did not immediately return requests for comment.
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