WATCH: USC Trojans sign player who punched a referee during game
By SDS Staff
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USC head coach Clay Helton announced Tuesday night that the Trojans had signed JUCO OL Bernard Schirmer.
In 2016, Schirmer was a freshman at Mount San Antonio College when he clocked a referee during a game knocking him out cold turkey. The lineman has maintained since the incident that his punch was accidental.
Although Schirmer was arrested for the in-game act, he did not face any criminal charges. Helton said the Trojans evaluated Schirmer extensively before signing him, and he thinks he’ll be a great member of the team.
Here’s the punch that went viral two years ago:
USC signs juco OL Bernard Schirmer, best known for punching a ref, knocking him out, during a 2016 while he was at Mt. SAC (Schirmer claims he was punching his own helmet in frustration and knocked the ref out with his elbow by accident): https://t.co/Aa1vLJYMAM pic.twitter.com/0MGNy4vjDp
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