The former Florida Gators coach, who now runs the
The Ohio State program, initially refused to talk about the former Gator who is accused of murder. On Saturday, Meyer
sent multiple texts to the
Columbus Dispatch regarding Hernandez. But Meyer didn’t address an unsolved 2007 Gainesville shooting.
Since then, Meyer reportedly has said more. According to Pat Dooley of GatorSports.com, Meyer says he was told at the time that Florida players were
questioned as witnesses.
“I didn’t think about it again until a couple of days ago,” Meyer said.
According to ABC News, it was more than that. An eyewitness to the shooting initially said former Florida safety Reggie Nelson was present, and the eyewitness gave a
general description of the shooter that seems to match Hernandez.
More importantly, ABC News uncovered information indicating that, when police tried to question Hernandez, the then-17-year-old invoked his right to counsel.
That would be a fairly important fact to share with the head coach. Meyer’s comments imply that it wasn’t.
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