Any time a player is accused of punching someone in the face, it’s not a good look. It is particularly bad when that accusation has a female on the other end of it. And it only gets worse if video is available of said punch of woman. Florida State quarterback De’Andre Johnson is now captured on security video punching a female right in the face at a bar.
Johnson was suspended indefinitely after being charged with misdemeanor battery. Today The Tallahassee Democrat shared security camera footage of the incident that led to the charge, in which Johnson appears to have a verbal exchange with a woman at the bottom of the video feed before exchanging blows with her. Johnson’s punch, captured below, was the one that landed Johnson in jail and could potentially ruin a college football career before it ever truly gets started.So here’s the still frame of the punch from De’Andre Johnson... pic.twitter.com/HuYYVPdnnQ
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For now, the legal process is still playing out. Johnson turned himself into authorities and state attorney Willie Meggs stepped in to prosecute the case. Given the graphic detail of the video, it would be hard to imagine Johnson would have a great chance of playing football this fall, but that should be the least important part of this story for now.