Report: Tennessee starting defender Bryce Thompson charged with domestic assault
Tennessee sophomore cornerback Bryce Thompson was arrested overnight and charged with domestic assault, according to a report by WATE 6 in Knoxville.
Thompson was released from jail overnight. According to the report, Thompson and a woman were arguing at Stokely Hall, a dorm on campus. Thompson allegedly threatened to “slap the (expletive) out” of her, and then, a witness alleges that Thompson threatened to “shoot up the school.”
Responding officers found a gate ripped from its hinges and visible damage to the building.
The cornerback denied any physical contact or threats.
Thompson played in all 12 games last season as a freshman and made 10 starts. He was selected to the 2018 SEC All-Freshman Team after making 34 tackles, one sack and three INTs.
Thompson was once again projected to be a starter in the Vols secondary.
This story is developing, and we’ll update with new information once it becomes available.
Horrible news for Tennessee. Georgia had a freshman get a DUI last night. These are young kids that still have a lot to learn.
Well that stinks. Our best CB and a kid with a very bright NFL future future. Open anus, insert head. troubling but at least it doesn’t sound like he actually assaulted her, hit her. Threatening to shoot up a school is taken very seriously these days. Will be interesting to see what happens with him. Am afraid Pruitt has no choice but to come down hard to set the tone for the rest of the team. This is his first real high impact legal turmoil to deal with as a HC.
If his intentions were to ruin his career, he gets an A+ for effort.
If the school part was really said, kicked off the team and should have additional charges coming his way. That’s just flat out embarrassing. The young kids part doesn’t apply here, that’s beyond that issue.
Reason we let him walk
The SC version “Pittman didn’t want him”? You guys are getting nearly as insufferable as Troll U. If the allegations are true, then I hope he gets the prescribed consequences in accordance with the team rules/norms and school honor code. Not going to revel in kids screwing up on a Sunday.
No where in my statement at all did I “revel in kids screwing up”. I hope he gets his act together but there were red flags back when he was a high school recruit which eventually led to us stopping in our pursuit of him.
Lex that’s not true. SC and others dropped off due to concerns over bullying with grades. He pulled them up and qualified.
There were no “character” concerns on him from any school.
Supposed to say “qualifying” not bullying.
1. It’s “nowhere”
2. You provided zero context as to the aforementioned “gets his act together”. At best, your initial comment was a rather flippant “I told you so”. Closer to reveling than genuine concern or insightful commentary (as volbeef noted).
It’s not that he’s happy the kid got arrested, but SC backing off him allowed us to land Jaycee Horn, so it’s more that gamecock fans are glad we aren’t the ones dealing with this. Hope the kid gets the help he clearly needs.
You can deny the red flags, but the schools who tend to ignore them seem to always end up with more disciplinary issues/ suspensions than most (like Florida), so there’s nothing wrong with being glad our program backed off (as it seems they were correct to do so.)
Cockyfan 97 what “red flags”? The ONLY reason SC backed off is because they thought he wouldn’t qualify. Period. Nothing more to it. There were ZERO character issues with him in the least. It was purely grades.
Me: why troll this issue?
The entire SC fanbase: we’re not trolling reeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
What a shame. Looked forward to seeing him play.
Ya’ll need better cops in Knoxville. Gainesville cops would have would have kept this out of the news for at least a season.
Anyone seen Butch’s trash can?
My thoughts are
1) If he threatened to slap someone, but didn’t actually hit them, then that is probably a couple games suspension and anger management classes.
2) If he really threatened to “shoot up the school” he is probably getting kicked out of the university.
Dang. We almost went the whole offseason drama. Hate to hear this.
If this was Florida, he’d be suspended a couple of games, but return in time for the game with Tennessee.
In other news, the NCAA’s Aubrey Solomon hostage crisis continues. Day 247 with no end in sight.
>with no drama< sorry.
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