Today, officials from the athletic department worked diligently to remove the last bit of Hernandez’s history at the school. The university removed the former tight-end’s All-American brick honoring him outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
“We didn’t feel it was appropriate to celebrate Aaron Hernandez. We put together an immediate plan after the initial news broke to remove his likeness and name in various private and public areas in the facility, such as the South End zone team area, locker room, football offices, Heavener Complex, Kornblau Lobby and the brick display entrance to the football facility,” the school said in a statement.”We were able to implement some of the changes immediately and this [brick removal] was a more complex process to complete with our vendors. The plan was to have everything completed before the end of July.”
Hernandez pleaded not guilty to the murder of Odin Lloyd, and is being held without bail.
