NFL Wide Receiver Crashes Camaro Into Lake, Gets Dropped By Team
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An NFL wide receiver was dropped by his team this week after he was charged with DUI for crashing his fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro into a lake in Put-In-Bay, Ohio.
Jermiah Braswell, 23, was picked up by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent shortly after the 2020 NFL draft. Unfortunately for him, though, his time in the big leagues was over before it even began. According to the Put-In-Bay Police, Braswell was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Camaro when it veered off the road, drove off a grass embankment and landed in Lake Erie.
When police arrived on the scene, they approached the orange Camaro and found Braswell “was still in the driver’s seat trying to drive forward.” He allegedly told officers that he was “stuck” and didn’t know how his vehicle had landed in the water. Police then noticed his speech was slurred and administered a breathalyzer test. Braswell was found to be over Ohio’s legal blood alcohol content limit for operating a motor vehicle and was subsequently placed under arrest.
Photos of the scene show Braswell’s Chevrolet Camaro, which appears to be outfitted with large aftermarket wheels, sitting stranded near the shore of Lake Erie with rather significant front and rear-end damage. The airbag appears to have also gone off in the crash.
Braswell previously played football for Youngstown State and racked up 11 touchdowns with 986 yards in 40 games over four seasons with the school. Not surprisingly, the Cardinals have now elected to drop Braswell from the team, though he wasn’t guaranteed to make the roster this season.
Thankfully this was a single-vehicle crash and no one, Braswell included, was hurt in the accident. Put-In-Bay is a popular destination for tourists and vacationers this time of year, so it’s a relief that no pedestrians, cars or golf carts were collected by Braswell’s speeding, out-of-control Camaro.
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Photos via Put-In-Bay Police
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Too bad the Cardinals organization isn’t interested in helping this young man. Alcoholism is a serious problem for so many people who don’t realize it and need help. If he’s still in the car telling officers he’s stuck, there’s a problem.
I’ve seen worst done in the sports world. Give’em a break.
Love the people trying to make this about race. Regardless of his skin, if he’s a first round pick he doesn’t get dropped. Anyone who knows the NFL knows an undrafted free agent is on thin ice day 1.
They did the right thing by dropping the fool.
To be fair he just read the sign “Put In Bay”.
Come on really!!!
Seen worse from professional football players..aholes Arizona..😠
Honestly. Arizona sports GM’s, not all, but majority only care about keeping the money in their pockets. They don’t care to keep or pay players if it means less money for them.
He should not be kicked off the team for a DUI. O many other players have been arrested for some realy bad mistakes and they are still on the NFL pay roll. He needs to prove now that he can be responsible and a good leader. LET OTHERS KNOW DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE PUTS MANY LIFES IN DANGER
Stupid is as stupid does maybe he’ll get another chance to prove that a black man came in about race is the fact that we work twice as hard to getOne step further and he just took 20 back at least they didn’t find the glove on him with a knife
So crashing a car while DWI sets an entire race back?.
Maybe, he needs a Bambi Pole….lol
Why does someone have to make it a race issue. Only a racist would do that.. let’s pray he makes a full recovery from his devil’s juice and gets his life back in order… You armchair critics are a real laugh…
White folks are slowly waking up and not caring about sports. How are illiterate violent blacks supposed to be millionaires now?
And here’s why America gets nowhere, can’t get over race….
Hopefully his bad decisions will get behind him, and he can get another shot at the NFL.
EVERYBODY needs a second chance, EVERYBODY makes mistakes. Were all human