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Per SI, UF considered taking Sam Ukwuachu in 2013 but didn't after learning of his violent past

Landon Watnick

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Jul 9, 2014
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Interesting details in here from this story. Makes Baylor look worse and worse.

Although Baylor coach Art Briles maintains he did not know about Sam Ukwuachu's past history of violence against a woman at Boise State before accepting him as a transfer, at least one other school did.

Florida considered taking Ukwuachu in May 2013, but then-Gators coach Will Muschamp decided against it after a Boise State athletic department employee detailed Ukwuachu's troubles with a girlfriend, according to two former Florida athletic department employees.

That included the former freshman All-America defensive end's alleged physical abuse of his girlfriend and an allegation that Ukwuachu put his fist through a window while drunk at the couple's home, one of the ex-staffers said. (Ukwuachu was not charged in either incident.)

"There was no way," one of the former Florida employees told The Inside Read of Ukwuachu. "[Muschamp] wouldn't touch him."


https://www.campusrush.com/trevone-boykin-sam-ukwuachu-inside-read-1311167343.html
 
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