College football star risks huge opportunity without playing a game as he is charged with battery on a police officer and violently resisting arrest
A Florida State Seminoles college football signing has been arrested on felony assault and battery charges in South Florida.
Kicker Conor McAneney has been charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest by obstructing with violence and trespassing.
The first two charges have been listed in court records as third-degree felonies.
In a mug shot attached to his file, McAneney is seen with a bloodied and swollen lip as well as what appeared to be swelling on his jaw and bruising in multiple places on his face.
According to records in Broward County, McAneney was booked on March 18. There is no expected release date.
McAneney is a sophomore and a transfer from Quincy University – a Division II school in Illinois.
Conor McAneney, a college football kicker who recently transferred to Florida State, shown after his arrest on a pair of felony assault charges
Florida State University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Listed on the FSU website as a native of Plumbridge, Ireland, McAneney previously competed in Gaelic football while in prep school.
Florida State is currently on spring break and is not actively practicing after previously beginning camp last week.
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