Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Video shows EKU player's brutal punch to Kentucky QB Drew Barker



(Spruce Derden - USA TODAY Sports) Almost three months after news emerged that an Eastern Kentucky player was involved in a bar fight with three Kentucky players, police in Richmond, Ky., released its investigative report related to the incident.


In the report, per Kentucky.com, police concluded that EKU’s Colton Scurry threw the first punch in the Jan. 25 incident. Surveillance footage from the bar shows that “Mr. Scurry was the primary aggressor in the altercation. He entered into a crowd willingly (without any physical altercation) and threw a punch at an unidentified male,” the police report says.


A grand jury declined last week to indict the three UK players – quarterback Drew Barker, wide receiver Dorian Baker, and defensive tackle Tymere Dubose. Scurry, an offensive lineman, “suffered a broken nose and other facial fractures” in the incident.


The report said video showed that Scurry was talking with a woman and "appeared to be visibly upset at the female and was yelling or speaking passionately at/to her” when a man walked by Scurry. Though it is unclear if the man said something or just bumped into Scurry, there was a “change in disposition of Mr. Scurry and he (turned) his attention from the female to the male,” the report says.


At that point, the report says, Scurry “charges into a crowd of people and throws a punch at an unidentified person,” sparking the fracas.


Here is video of the bar incident:



Later that night, Barker, Baker and Dubose were at Telford Hall on EKU’s campus when Barker was violently punched by EKU defensive lineman Patrick Graffree, who transferred from UK.



At the 25-second mark of the video, you can see Graffree enter the building, remove his sweatshirt, and deliver a blow to the side of Barker’s head. Barker falls to the floor and Graffree leaves the area. After Barker returns to his feet, the three Kentucky players leave the building.


According to reports, Graffree has not been charged with a crime.


On top of all that, Kentucky hosts EKU in Lexington on Oct. 3. That one could get interesting to say the least.


For more Kentucky news, CatsIllustrated.com.


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