Florida All-American cornerback Jalen Tabor and sophomore tight end C'yontai Lewis were suspended by coach Jim McElwain earlier today (Wednesday) under seemingly mysterious circumstances.
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It seems those circumstances are a little less mysterious now as ESPN's Brett McMurphy reports that the two were in a fight and that's what led to the suspension.
Florida All-SEC CB Jalen Tabor, TE C’yontai Lewis suspended for opener vs. UMass for fighting each other in practice, source told @ESPN
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 17, 2016
RELATED: We know why Tabor and Lewis were suspended now
Apparently it was pretty serious too as there was some blood involved.
Sources: Tabor was hit with a helmet during scuffle. Injury unknown, but led to bleeding. #Gators
— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall) August 17, 2016
Tabor's mother claims that her son was acting in self-defense:
https://twitter.com/teezmama1/status/766026663012409344
Tabor admitted to getting into the scuffle and seems a bit baffled as to why he was suspended for it:
Scuffles happen in football all the time , just didn't kno you could get suspended for it lol
— Teez Tabor (@_31Flavorz) August 17, 2016
Scuffles happen in preseason camps all the time and some coaches actually encourage it to get their players fired up. It's pretty common in the NFL and players are rarely suspended or even fined for it. It seems pretty crazy that McElwain would suspend his best player, even if the suspension comes against a cupcake team at the start of the season.
Florida opens up the season against UMass on Sept 3 and the Gators will be starting the season without their leading returning cornerback and tight end now.
