With the Aaron Hernandez verdict yesterday, suggestions that Urban Meyer deserves some blame for Hernandez have bubbled back up. Here's what you need to know about what Urban Meyer and his staff at Florida did to help Hernandez.
A Massachusetts jury found former New England Patriot and Florida Gator Aaron Hernandez guilty of first degree murder yesterday. Hernandez faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole.
Urban Meyer's name often comes up when the Hernandez case is discussed. Meyer recruited and coached Hernandez at Florida from 2007 to 2009. Following a 2013 Rolling Stone article, there have been questions about whether Meyer had any sense of Hernandez's capacity for violence, and whether Meyer and his Florida staff did enough to help Hernandez.