Jermaine Burton publicly addresses field-storming incident against Tennessee
Jermaine Burton put together a strong showing against Kansas State in the Sugar Bowl Saturday. He led all receivers for the Tide, totaling 3 receptions for 87 yards and 1 touchdown.
Burton spoke to the media after Alabama’s 45-20 win over the Wildcats and was asked about the field-storming incident that centered around himself and a Tennessee fan back in October. Burton was shown on video allegedly striking a female Vols fan following Alabama’s 52-49 loss to the Volunteers.
And he addressed the incident publicly for the first time Saturday afternoon.
“That whole situation, it was a mistake. I can’t hold that against myself forever,” Burton said, via Tuscaloosa News’ Chase Goodbread. “… But a mistake is a mistake. You move past it. I’m not going to let situation frame me as a person or shape me as a person because I know who I am, and my team knows who I am.”
For what it is worth, Burton never received any public disciplinary action for the incident. Alabama head coach Nick Saban labeled it as a disciplinary issue, though the details that followed are unclear.
Burton is set to return to Alabama next year having caught 40 passes for 677 yards and 7 touchdowns this season.
Trying to get the draft stock up….
Yet the big d-ummy could have been playing in the National Championship Game if he stayed at Georgia. He was good at Georgia, but average at Alabama cause Alabama doesn’t have the coaching and player development that Georgia has.
Alabama certainly has all the haters though i guess they must be doing something right
So who is Burton? Loser?
If I hit a girl I would be ashamed to say anything publicly but Saban and Burton have zero humility
Imagine being as wealthy as Saban and living rent free in a nobody’s head
Tf you talking about? You’ve punched your mom harder for making you pull out of her. Stfu
He’s a good boy who didn’t do nothin
Don’t dig up this whole mess again.
He answered that well. Good for him.
No he didn’t. He never held himself accountable at all, so stating he’s somehow been remorseful is asinine. It’s crazy how many folks in here think going out of your way to assault a female is a minor issue.
In the words of George Costanza…..I don’t think what you said was actually an apology
Not when it’s said 3 months later.
He’s really turned it around and deserves credit. Hasn’t assaulted a female in two months now. He had to spend all that time in jail, then paid her restitution, and that lengthy apology he issued. Can’t forget how he asked Coach Saban, who refused to defend him, to voluntarily bench him all those games. I think we can all look past the innocent mistake of assaulting females, which is something every man does. He’s inspirational, like George Floyd, Tookie Williams, and Assat Shakur. The only question is will he cure cancer, win a Nobel Prize, or solve world hunger after he ends his football career.