Alabama wide receiver Jermaine Burton has been taking anger-management classes stemming from an incident after last week's loss to Tennessee.
During the ESPN broadcast of Saturday's Alabama-Mississippi State game (h/t Mike Rodak of AL.com), Chris Fowler said head coach Nick Saban said during a production meeting that Burton has been working with anger-management counselors.
Mike RodakThat detail was apparently shared with ESPN during its production meeting with Saban. During his news conference Wednesday, Saban told reporters about Burton, “We handle discipline issues internally, and that's the way we'll handle this.”
The move comes after a fan video posted on social media appeared to show Burton striking a female fan.