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Urban Meyer Says Trayvon Martin Image Was Used in OSU Meeting, Says He Was Unaware

Ohio State football did use an image of Trayvon Martin during a team meeting in 2017 to help enforce the program's "no hoodies" policy.

Urban Meyer, who was Ohio State's head coach at the time, acknowledged Thursday that the image was used, but he didn't have any knowledge of it.

“I didn’t know about it until one hour ago, until after talking to (former safety Tyvis Powell),” Meyer told Rob Oller of the Columbus Dispatch. “I wasn’t there (in the meeting). None of the coaches were present. It was a support staffer who was in error and apologized.