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Report: Oklahoma football player seriously injured in off-campus bathroom bar brawl

Spencer Jones, the holder and wide receiver on the OU football team, is "lucky he didn't lose the eye altogether" in a recent fight at an off campus bar

John E. Hoover

Report: Oklahoma football player seriously injured in off-campus bathroom bar brawl
Report: Oklahoma football player seriously injured in off-campus bathroom bar brawl /

Oklahoma football player Spencer Jones was seriously injured in an off-campus fight and required facial surgery that may have saved his eye.

That’s according to a report late Saturday night from the OU Daily.

Daily sports editor Mason Young and senior sports reporter Austin Curtright detailed the situation after a conversation with Jones’ Norman attorney, Woody Glass, who said the fight in a men’s room at Logie’s on the Corner after midnight on Feb. 13-14 ended up with his client requiring surgery from Norman surgeon Dr. Perry Brooks.

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Glass told The Daily that Brooks performed a four-hour outpatient surgery on Feb. 16 and had to rebuild Jones’ left orbital socket.

“Dr. Brooks came out of that surgery saying he’s extraordinarily lucky at this point, that he’s lucky he didn’t lose the eye altogether,” Glass told The Daily “ … and thinks everything is eventually going to come back to normal, but it’s going to take a while for him to fully recover.”

Spencer Jones (87)
Spencer Jones (87) / Pool photo

Jones is the holder on placekicks and last fall was accorded the Mortell Holder of the Year Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that recognizes college football holders. Originally from Nashville, Jones first played college football at Liberty before transferring to OU.

The incident was caught on video and posted on social media as Jones and a companion got into a violent bathroom brawl with two other men.

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In the video, which contains explicit language, Jones can be seen arguing with one of the men and telling him to “get the f*** out of here” before a physical altercation begins.

“He was trying to de-escalate that situation,” Glass told The Daily. “But … he became the victim of this vicious assault you’ve seen.”  

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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