Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning revealed in his weekly press conference on Monday night that senior wide receiver Traeshon Holden, who was ejected from Saturday’s game for spitting on an Ohio State player, would face additional punishment from the team.
Lanning would not reveal exactly what the extent of that punishment would be, but that it would be handled internally.
“Extremely disappointed in his actions within the game,” Lanning said. “There’s absolutely zero place for that in our program, and zero place for that in football. I reached out to Coach Day and expressed my frustration with the situation.”
In the second quarter of the game, with Oregon’s offense inside the red zone, Holden was flagged for a flagrant personal foul. The official said that he had spit on Ohio State cornerback Davison Igbonosun, and would be ejected from the game.
Holden was escorted to the locker room, and would later return to the sideline wearing street clothes.
On Sunday, Holden released an apology on social media to his teammates, the fans, and to the Ohio State player.
“Traeshon is extremely apologetic, he is embarrassed, he realizes how wrong he was in that moment,” Lanning continued. “We will handle some things internally. There is some discipline that exists there, but I’m gonna leave that for us internally to handle and communicate.”
The Ducks have a quick turnaround, now traveling to West Lafayette, Indiana to face the Purdue Boilermakers on Friday night. Whether or not Holden will play in that game remains to be seen.
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