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Gators’ WR transferred from OSU after racially charged incident with assistant, report says

Florida Gators wide receiver Trevon Grimes, a former Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas star, was involved in a racially charged incident while attending Ohio State with former Buckeyes assistant coach Zach Smith, and head coach Urban Meyer was aware of the altercation, according to a Watch Stadium report.

Watch Stadium’s Brett McMurphy first reported Smith’s alleged domestic violent past with estranged wife Courtney Smith that Meyer knew about prior to Smith’s dismissal from the program.

The latest allegations surrounding Smith involves Grimes through an interview McMurphy conducted with Grimes’ father, LeBron.

It led to Grimes’ transfer to UF.