The teenager accused of rubbing his genitals in the face of a younger football player at Gunnison Valley High School and committing other acts that prosecutors called sexual abuse admitted to eight felonies on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old will face the possibility of being in a juvenile detention center until he is 21, though Wes Mangum, the deputy Sanpete County attorney who prosecuted the case, on Wednesday declined to say what his recommendation will be. A judge will issue a sentence at a hearing in late February.
The teen has been serving detention in his home since the charges were filed in September, Mangum said.