TCU WR Ezukanma brain bleed after teammate assault — SkimNews
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- Dozie Ezukanma was hospitalized for three days with a brain bleed, concussion, and other injuries after teammate Jacob Fields allegedly punched and kicked him in the head Aug. 13 inside TCU's Walsh Athletic Complex; he was admitted to the ICU after his first CT scan confirmed the bleed and remained hospitalized until Aug. 16.
- Jacob Fields, a decorated Louisiana Tech transfer, was arrested Sunday on a charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, released on $50,000 bond, and dismissed from the TCU team.
- A teammate told TCU's athletic trainer that Fields "just hit" Ezukanma because "Dozie wasn't paying attention"; Ezukanma told police the attack was retaliation after he outperformed Fields in Aug. 12 practice.
- Fields texted Ezukanma admitting he "made an emotional decision cause how I felt played the last few practices" and offered to "pay every hospital bill and then some to make this right."
- Coach Sonny Dykes called the incident "out of character" after TCU's season-opening game in Ireland, saying "you got 110 football players... things happen sometimes."
Why it matters: Fields faces an aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury charge for the Aug. 13 attack that hospitalized Ezukanma for three days with a confirmed brain bleed; TCU opens its season missing the junior receiver while managing a teammate-on-teammate assault that Dykes publicly downplayed as routine.
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