An Orlando Sentinel sports reporter has uncovered a video on YouTube showing a UCF football player appear to punch a University of Georgia player seconds after the bulldogs lost the Liberty Bowl to the No. 25 Knights.
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The ESPN clip, posted on YouTube, appears to show UCF sophomore defensive end Troy Davis punching Georgia sophomore running back Washaun Ealey in the face of his helmet. But the video shows signs that Davis may have been attacked first.
As all the Knights are running forward on the field to celebrate the historic win, the camera shows Davis falling back backward. It’s at that point where you see Davis raised his arm and impact Ealey’s helmet.
O’Leary was not immediately available to comment on the incident when the Sentinel tried reaching him, but another athletics administrator got back to the paper with a brief comment.
“It would be a matter between coach and player,” said UCF associate athletic director Joe Hornstein when the Sentinel asked about the video clip.
In Georgia, football is a big deal. Davis is from that state. He graduated from Beckmar High School in Lawrenceville, Ga. Davis also helped put pressure on bulldog quarterback Aaron Murray in the final series of the bowl game.
Ealey, the Georgia player in the apparrent altercation, graduated from Emanuel County Institute in Stillmore, Ga. According to the Sentinel, he was the Bulldogs’ leading rusher in the Liberty Bowl.
