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Ohio State Players Refute Father's Claim That Trevon Grimes Transferred Over Racial Slur

LeBron Grimes, the father of Florida wide receiver Trevon Grimes, claims his son transferred from Ohio State because former receivers coach Zach Smith called him the n-word during a practice last September, according to Brett McMurphy of WatchStadium.

In a lengthy report detailing Trevon Grimes's transfer, his father claims he was called to come to Ohio State in the fall of 2017 after Smith called the then-freshman wide receiver a "b---- ass n-----" before an altercation between the two at practice.

LeBron Grimes said that the incident left his son in tears and was what pushed him to transfer out of the program.