Posted on 06/15/2005 1:19:34 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina
Suspended Florida State quarterback Wyatt Sexton was taken to a Tallahassee hospital on Monday evening by local police after causing a disturbance in the street, then identifying himself to police as "God" and the "son of God."
Sexton was not arrested.
Florida State assistant athletic director Rob Wilson would not comment on the incident, but did reveal that coach Bobby Bowden suspended Sexton on June 3 for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Sexton, the son of running backs coach Billy Sexton, played in 10 games last season, completing 55 percent of his passes (139-of-252) for 1,661 yards with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions. He finished spring practice as the first-team quarterback, ahead of second-year players Xavier Lee and Drew Weatherford.
According to the Tallahassee Police Department report, when a police officer responded to a call regarding unusual behavior on Monday evening, the officer found Sexton lying face down in the middle of the street.
Sexton, friends told the officer, had attended the rock festival in Tennessee that featured the Dave Matthews Band and returned to town Monday.
Witnesses told police that Sexton had been making strange gestures, and at one point jumped onto a car. When asked to identify himself, Sexton "yelled that he was 'God,' " the report said, and acted in a manner irrational enough that the officer pepper-sprayed him.
Only when police put him in a patrol vehicle did Sexton identify himself by name. As police transported him to the hospital, and upon arrival, he reverted to identifying himself as "God" or the "son of God."
Tallahassee police spokesman John T. Newland said Tuesday that common procedure in such cases is that the person in custody is taken to a psychiatric facility. He did not know if that had been the case for Sexton.
At the end of spring practice, Bowden said, with archrival Miami as the opening opponent, that he would take experience over talent at the outset of the season. Since Weatherford is recovering from offseason ankle surgery, Lee appears to be the front-runner to take over the offense.
According to the police report filed Monday, one of Sexton's friends who went to Tennessee with him said that Sexton "has been very stressed out the past week over him being the starting quarterback in football for FSU."
Yes, but I can see how the stress of having to be the starting QB for FSU might drive anyone mad....
This man is mentally ill. My mother used to work in a mental hospital and it was a symptom of many there that they thought of themselves as a historical religious leader. Or God himself. I hope that he gets the help he needs.
Did he use the Hail Mary pass?
...son of running backs coach Billy Sexton...
I wonder if he is related to Howard Dean also.
coach Bobby Bowden suspended Sexton on June 3 for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Obviously, he stole Bobby's schtick ...
Wonder if any Vitamin L was involved....
This meant he was at Bonnaroo down here, which would explain his God complex. Lots of shrooms at the hippie music festival, among other things.
I was expecting Eric Cartman to show up with a big drilling rig and a Slayer CD...
The Noles had God at QB and they could only go 9-3. The Red Sox had Jesus in Centerfield and we won it all.
that was my first thought....
The Passion of the Centerfielder at it's best LOL
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Or on drugs. Or not on the right drugs. Or not taking his prescribed drugs.
I'm trying to remember how many head shots he took last season.
He's been even better so far this year.
You didn't think Jesus would suck, did you?
With him becoming a free agent after the season? No way!
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Sounds like the start of schizophrenia to me. I think many of them have religious delusions and he's in the right age category for it to be starting up. May the real God help him.
"I hope that he gets the help he needs."
Me too. I've seen this happen in young people, the sudden (or seemingly sudden) onset of pretty severe mental illness. In fact I had a friend years ago who went from sane to dead by his own hand in about 3 weeks, his mom tried and tried to get him help, nobody would help him. This was in NYC in the 1970s, St. Vincent's wouldn't admit him; Bellevue wouldn't admit him. Even though he was showing classic signs of being suicidal. Then he just did the deed. It was awful.
How very sad. I knew that schizophrenia can come on in young people, but I didn't realize that it could happen so suddenly.
"I didn't realize that it could happen so suddenly."
It's still hard for me to believe, even after all these years. We were all New Yorkers, so you could definately say we were all a little wacky and neurotic. And my friend did not have a great life, but neither did his older brother who was actually a person with a pretty bad drug problem. Yet the brother didn't go insance, and neither did the rest of us. Scary stuff.
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