COLUMBIA — Oscar Adaway, the other South Carolina football player contacted by a game-day cop during a 31-30 loss at Texas A&M on Nov. 15, wants an apology.
Adaway has filed a criminal complaint against the Texas state trooper who touched him and receiver Nyck Harbor during the game, an act that got the trooper immediately sent home. The Texas Department of Public Safety said then that it would further investigate.
Adaway retained counsel. The attorney, B. Keith Jackson, told The Washington Post that Adaway wants to press assault charges against the trooper. The Brazos County district attorney has heard the claim and is considering whether or not to move forward with charges.
Texas DPS has declined to reveal the trooper’s name. Adaway also called TAMU campus police to report the incident. He wants to hear the cop apologize to him.
Harbor, when asked about it later in the season, declined to comment if the situation had been resolved.
Adaway claims he’s lost sleep since it happened and has consulted a USC sports psychiatrist.
“You see this sort of thing on TV — different scenarios of police bullying people here and there — but you never feel it and understand it until you’re actually in the situation,” Adaway told the Post.
The incident drew widespread social media reaction, including a post on X from LeBron James.
“We know the staff and gameday operations team at Texas A&M work extremely hard to provide a safe environment for student-athletes and fans,” USC athletics director Jeremiah Donati told the Post in a statement. “We appreciate their communication and immediate action taken following the incident that took place.”