In a story published by Stadium’s Brett McMurphy on Tuesday morning, former Ohio State wide receiver Trevon Grimes’ father LeBron told McMurphy that former Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith used a racial slur against Grimes during an altercation in September 2017, and that Grimes (who now plays at Florida) chose to transfer from Ohio State for that reason.
LeBron Grimes also alleged in McMurphy’s story that Urban Meyer was aware of the altercation, and that his trip to visit Trevon and his mother in Florida last October – for which he canceled a scheduled Monday press conference – was because “Trevon threatened them (to go public with the altercation and alleged racial slur) like Zach threatened Trevon (at Ohio State).