Wisconsin WR Quintez Cephus charged with felony assualt, fellow WR Danny Davis named in criminal complaint
There was already a post this weekend about Cephus announcing his leave/suspension from the team but he has officially been charged with felony assault. The main reason I'm posting this is that the official charges were filed and in the criminal complaint, fellow Wisconsin WR Danny Davis was named. Quote:
" Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus was charged Monday with second- and third-degree sexual assault of two intoxicated women who said he sexually assaulted both of them and said Cephus and his roommate, teammate Danny Davis, laughed and took photos of the women, according to a criminal complaint.
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According to the complaint, Cephus told investigators that he and one of the women had sex, but “It was all good. She was all into it,” the complaint states. He said he also had sex with the other woman. He at first denied taking any photos, but then said one was taken but was quickly deleted."
Nothing by Wisconsin has been announced with regards to Davis, but if he's suspended too that's a huge blow to Wisconsin's depth chart. Last year's leading receiver was TE Troy Fumagalli who graduated. Cephus, a JR, was the second leading receiver and had 30 catches for 501 yards and 6 TDs despite missing the last 5 games due to injury. Davis was the 4th leading receiver in his freshman year had 26 catches for 418 yards and 5 TDs and emerged at the end of the season when Cephus went down.
The two remaining receivers for Wisconsin who had double digit catches last year are JR AJ Taylor. Taylor is purely a slot and 31 catches for 475 yards and 5 TDs but also missed a scrimmage with a leg injury two days ago. The last player is Sophomore Kendrick Pryor who had 13 catches for 179 yards and 1 TD.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:00 PM ^
Most of the comments from Badger fans suggest Davis will for sure be suspended on this as well.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
It would be awesome if Cephus' first name was "Joe"
August 21st, 2018 at 12:07 PM ^
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Bo'
August 21st, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
I see what you did there, but Quintez Cephus is already a Five Star Name.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
Hornibrook's windows are about to get tighter
August 21st, 2018 at 12:09 PM ^
I was pretty confident in a win before this stuff came out, I’ve gone to very confident. To me, they’re last year’s Michigan without the dominant defense. They just have higdon and Evans combined in one back.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
And one of the top olines in the country and a good qb. But other than three quarters of their offense being more experienced and proven, sure exactly the same.
So far Wisconsin seems to be handling this well assuming Davis is also suspended as this plays out.
August 21st, 2018 at 2:31 PM ^
They have a very good offensive line, but people seem to be ignoring the fact Hornibrook was one off the league leader in picks last year on not a lot of volume (318 passes compared to Tanner Lee, the leader with 16 picks but with over 100 more pass attempts) and not is down perhaps his best wideout.
Wisconsin will be good this year, and their schedule is really pretty weak, but they don't look particularly scary to me.
But credit to them for handling this well.
August 21st, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
They always have a good o line. But in terms of offensive effectiveness, they are Michigan, or what Michigan was. They will have no pass game and rely solely on the run, where teams will just load up the box like they did with Michigan. It doesn’t matter how good your line is when they’re outnumbered.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
Agree on half. I think they will have a dominant defense. That being said, Michigan should be able to load up the box and hopefully negate Taylor/OL.
August 21st, 2018 at 1:48 PM ^
Have you seen Wisconsin's offensive line? The whole line is back, including three All Americans. They are not "last year's Michigan."
August 21st, 2018 at 3:44 PM ^
Four AA candidates on the OL seems as far from last year’s UM team as one can get. Hornibrook threw a lot of picks, but he was far more effective than UMs QBs. Even losing his best targets won’t drive him to those depths. Very little about their offense seems akin to UM 2017.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:08 PM ^
So much for Wisconsin's great receiving corps
August 21st, 2018 at 12:14 PM ^
People called me crazy for thinking their #4 ranking was inflated. I knew that Cephus was gone after the report earlier in the week, but now it's even more inflated. They lost too much IMO to be #4 and this makes it worse. I wish I could feel sorry for them, but stupid actions require punishment....cough...urban meyer...cough.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:14 PM ^
Wisconsin obviously needs a man of moral character to lead their WRs. Someone with great leadership qualities and someone who will absolutely not tolerate any off field issues. Anyone think that Zac Smith will apply? Maybe he can get a job reference from Urban after tomorrow?
August 21st, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
Not sure about UW, but Sparty would take quite a hard stance on their players for this offense. I'm thinking Mork would probably make them pick up trash after practice possibly do a few extra wind sprints.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:35 PM ^
Yeah he definitely wouldn't suspend them and then kick them off the team.
August 21st, 2018 at 2:02 PM ^
Only if the team voted for it of course.
August 21st, 2018 at 2:54 PM ^
For sure. Corley and king dominated last year
August 21st, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^
Me thinks we would have seen another outcome if it weren’t for the Nassar investigation and accompanying spotlight. (Particularly with the charge they managed to plea down to after things blew over.). Of course the 3rd time re-offender case still would have been there to focus public opinion on the “strict” discipline style of the Morkster...
Pre-emotive RCMB deflection......”But But But Grant Perry grabbed some girl’s ass!!!!!!!!!!”
August 21st, 2018 at 6:02 PM ^
Methinks is one word
August 21st, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
For the record, Michigan removed a player for filming a sexual encounter without her permission, without any allegation of sexual harassment/misconduct. If they do anything less than termination in this instance I would imagine Wisconsin people will cry foul, especially if there are, as they allege, pictures taken without consent. From my take Madison's atmosphere is fairly similar to Ann Arbor's, and that stuff isn't tolerated or covered up.
August 21st, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the bigger issue with LTT was the dissemination of the video, more so than the filming? Also, LTT pled guilty. I personally believe that suspension is more appropriate than termination prior to any final court determination.
August 21st, 2018 at 3:26 PM ^
I guess I'm not a prosecutor so I'll leave that distinction to them. There were two counts, one of taking the picture of an unclothed person, and the second of distributing it. I don't know the specifics here but it sounds like the lady found out there was a picture. Pictures are usually shared at least minimally with friends, in my experience.
I'm perfectly happy with your assessment of what should be done, as long as it isn't brushed under the rug with slaps on the wrist, or no charges brought by the local prosecutor, the system seems to be acting normally, so lets let the process work, right? Hopefully these guys and everyone else who hears about this comes to learn that some things are very serious and aren't done. Period.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
Yikes, and all this after we all saw the article pronouncing this WR corps as the best Wisconsin has ever had.
I would have to think Davis is probably at least suspended if not gone too - not sure where Wisconsin fans stand on this, but I assume that's the prevailing thought. If so, that's a gigantic blow to them.
August 21st, 2018 at 1:09 PM ^
What's more, in the original story posted about Cephus leaving the team voluntarily to fight the then un-filed charges, it was noted that once filed anyone named in them would be subject to automatic team suspension with reinstatement determined by certain school officials.
I wonder whether Cephus' roommate's involvement in this incident will also lead to some form of discipline regardless of whether he is formally charged in the case. Sounds like he would be Cephus' chief witness, and their relationship would clearly be compromised if he remains on the team while his partner is off the roster.
AP voters yesterday ranked Wisconsin No. 4 in the nation, one step higher than Ohio State at No. 5, in which pollsters acknowledged that they dinged the Buckeye's placement because of Meyer's uncertain status heading into the season pending an investigative review of his supervision of his former receivers coach.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
I already think Iowa beats them in Kinnick in week 4, but if both Cephus and Davis are out for that one you can book it.
August 21st, 2018 at 1:04 PM ^
sheesh, last B1G team able to field a full squad wins the conference!
August 21st, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
Just like your mom's!
August 21st, 2018 at 3:12 PM ^
Some of the comments about the case in a thread on the Wisconsin 247 forum are appalling. Very hard to read.
Everything from blaming the bar they drank at, blaming the girl for drinking too much, blaming "femanazi's" for turning America's justice system against men, etc.
Thankfully some of the posters there aren't afraid to call out their counterparts.
August 21st, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^
LTT was expelled from Michigan for being guilty of what Davis is accused of. I would expect Wisconsin to take the high road. They are not MSU/OSU/PSU.
August 21st, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
That is exactly what I wrote in my emails to Alvarez and Blank - UW is not MSU or OSU or PSU. As a UW alumnus, I expect my school to do the right thing, which is suspending these WRs while they are suspected of criminal behavior.
Every last one of my Badger buddies is pissed our guys would do something like this. We hope they're innocent but that's for the courts to decide.