Corey Ballentine went straight from his NFL debut in Arlington, Texas to Topeka, Kansas Monday to testify in a preliminary hearing for Francisco Alejandro Mendez, an 18-year-old accused of shooting Ballentine and killing his friend and Washburn University teammate, Dwane Simmons.
During his testimony, as reported by the Topeka Capital-Journal, Ballentine recalled leaving a party with college teammates on April 28 around 12:30 a.m. and talking outside about their plans for the next day when he noticed a white four-door car without its lights on approaching them.
Ballentine, 23, testified that someone in the car asked the players if they smoked, to which they said “no.