Seven Spartans players charged in tunnel melee

Seven Michigan State shot players are being charged with crimes stemming from the battle connected 2 Wolverines players successful Michigan Stadium's passageway aft the 2 teams played connected Oct. 29, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday.

Defensive backmost Khary Crump is being charged with felonious battle aft video was released showing Crump striking Michigan antiaircraft backmost Gemon Green with his helmet. Defensive extremity Jacoby Windmon was besides shown successful the video and is charged with 1 number of battle and battery.

Itayvion Brown, Angelo Grose, Justin White, Brandon Wright and Zion Young are each being charged with aggravated assault. Video showed a wide of players surrounding Michigan antiaircraft backmost Ja'Den McBurrows, hitting and kicking him portion helium was connected the ground.

Michigan State initially suspended Crump, Grose, Brown and Young, and, erstwhile much video grounds was revealed, Windmon, Wright, White and Malcolm Jones besides were suspended.

Jones was not charged with a transgression Wednesday.

"At the University of Michigan we admit the thoughtful, deliberate attack from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office to this unfortunate incident," Michigan president Santa J. Ono said successful a statement. "We besides privation to explicit our interest for each the players involved, particularly those who were injured. The University of Michigan volition proceed to cooperate afloat with immoderate further reviews of this matter."

Green was enactment successful concussion protocol, according to his father, George Green, who told ESPN that the household plans to prosecute charges against those progressive successful the altercation.

These charges were filed aft an probe conducted by the University of Michigan section of nationalist safety, and the authoritative said successful the connection that nary further comments volition beryllium made astatine this time.

Green suffered a concussion, which kept him retired of 1 crippled earlier helium returned to play successful Michigan's 34-3 triumph implicit Nebraska.

Michigan accrued the information beingness successful and astir the passageway and prevented Wolverines from entering it until each Nebraska subordinate near the tract astatine halftime and aft the game.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.