With more and more reports about Aaron Hernandez’s potential involvement in a murder investigation, the stories about his previous brushes with the law are only building.
And with everyone looking, anything he’s done is bound to come out.
Sports Illustrated mentioned that several NFL teams were concerned about potential gang related activity by some of Hernandez’s associates prior to the draft. That talk, even if it never advanced beyond rumors, likely contributed to his draft stock falling as much or more than reported failed drug tests in college.
Now, there’s another report that he was connected to a shooting in Florida while he was in college, though no charges were filed.
According to Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel, Hernandez and three other Gators players were questioned about a shooting the night after a 2007 game. He refused to comment on it while he was a student.
That report also notes a juvenile arrest for an altercation at campus hangout called The Swamp, for which he received deferred prosecution.
Neither of those incidents necessarily have anything to do with his current situation.
But they add brushstrokes to the portrait of a player that’s looking much different than it looked a week ago.