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Duron Carter suspended for bumping into, knocking down opposing coach
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Duron Carter was inevitably looking at a more serious punishment.
Last week, the ex-Ohio State receiver bumped into Ottawa coach Rick Campbell after a touchdown during a Canadian Football League. A melee ensued and Carter was promptly ejected.
In case you forgot what happened, here it is:
.@TimHortons CFL Must-See: Duron Carter made an unbelievable TD catch and took his celebration to the Ottawa bench pic.twitter.com/ziLesWggjU
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) July 1, 2016
As a result, Carter was suspended one game by the CFL. He’ll be inactive when the Montreal Alouettes take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was also fined an undisclosed amount.
Surprisingly, Carter played innocent in the matter.
“To tell the truth, I don’t even know what happened,” Carter said after the game, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Company. “I ran into the coach, apparently. I didn’t even know I knocked him over. It’s an emotional game. I’m excited. I got hit. I got a cut on my face from that hit. You tell me.”
Carter only spent a year with the Buckeyes but was academically ineligible after his freshman season. He went to four different schools and battled academic issues for much of his college career.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.