Mississippi State center Dillon Day caught a lot of flak during and after the Bulldogs’ road upset of LSU Saturday for two separate instances where the 6-foot-4, 299-pound senior appeared to stomp on Tigers’ defenders.
Both plays, captured in the video from Saturday Down South below, show Day running up the field and following the play. In the first play he jumps and lands on the stomach of LSU’s Davon Goldchaux. In the second play he goes the same but jumps to avoid landing on his teammate and instead lands with his full force onto Rashard Robinson.
Day took to Twitter Monday to defend himself against the perception that it was his intent to injure LSU players.
Day says he has been “taught to always hustle to the ball” and to “follow the ball.”
“I was going too fast at 300 pounds to stop. I had all that momentum running, and I tried to clear the pile after not being able to stop,” Day wrote.
My personal letter to the bulldog fans. http://ift.tt/1wH5Hlt
— Dillon Day (@DoomzDAY63) September 22, 2014 LSU head coach Les Miles said Monday that members of his staff have already reached out to the SEC offices about the two plays.
“That’s already in the works,” Miles said. “I think not only did TV catch that, but that was something that we caught and that we sent in and certainly the conference will do the right thing.”
Day was not penalized for either of the two plays in question, but he did receive a 15-yard personal foul penalty in the third quarter for a late hit.
Additionally, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen suspended Day for a half last season for stomping on a player during the Auburn game.
It remains to be seen if Mullen will discipline Day this time around.
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