College football player accuses ex-NFL star coach DeSean Jackson of ‘gang-associated mentality’ after claiming he was attacked by teammate in locker room

Ex-NFL star DeSean Jackson has been accused of pushing a ‘gang-associated mentality’ by one of his former players at Delaware State, who claims he was brutally assaulted in the team’s locker room.

Jackson, the three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver who became a college head coach last year, is being sued by Malachi Biggs over the ‘unsafe environment’ he allegedly oversaw in Delaware, according to Fox News.

Biggs alleges that he was assaulted by former teammate Anthony Hebert in the locker room on November 19, claiming the attack knocked out at least a dozen of his teeth and rendered him unconscious.

And according to the ex-Hornets safety, Jackson’s ‘tough guy’ philosophy that ‘relied heavily upon the use of gang-associated slang and gang-associated mentality’ played a part.

The head coach, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers amongst others in his 17-year NFL career, is also accused of other dangerous conduct, including failing to prevent hazing.

Biggs claims that Jackson and members of his staff even ‘encouraged crimes, assaults, harassment, hazing, altercations’ at Delaware State.

After the alleged attack, Jackson did not discipline Hebert and went as far as hiring him on the coaching staff, according to Biggs.

In a statement on Instagram, the Hornets coach has denied the allegations and claimed that he ‘never fostered or encouraged… any violent environment.’

‘I take the safety, well-being, and development of every student-athlete in the Delaware State University football program seriously,’ he stressed.

‘I have never fostered or encouraged hazing, bullying, or any violent environment, and that has never been the culture I have worked to build.

‘Because this matter is the subject to pending litigation, I will not comment further.

‘My focus has always been on creating a positive, respectful place for student athletes to train, compete, grow, and pursue their college dreams.’