A University student told police former Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno knocked him out with a punch to the face in a downtown bar last Saturday.
Stephen Anderson, 18, filed a report with Athens-Clarke County Police Monday accusing Moreno, a running back for the Denver Broncos, of misdemeanor battery.
According to the report, Anderson said he was intoxicated at the time of the incident, so he is basing the account on what several witnesses told him after the fact.
The confrontation reportedly began when three males “jumped” Anderson, striking him in the back of the head and ear and tearing his shirt.
Later, as his friends were escorting him out of Bourbon Street Bar, Moreno reportedly ran up and punched Anderson once in the face, knocking him unconscious.
Although Anderson didn’t seek law enforcement or medical help at the time of the incident, he did go to the University Health Center the following Monday, where he was diagnosed with a concussion.
At press time, Anderson had provided the name of one witness, but he told police there are several who could identify Moreno.
Anderson declined to comment, and Moreno and representatives from the Broncos could not be reached Wednesday.
