Reporter Brett McMurphy deletes tweet about Iowa DB who was hospitalized

College football reporter Brett McMurphy deleted a tweet he sent on Saturday about an Iowa Hawkeyes football player who was hospitalized following a watercraft accident.

Iowa defensive back Jack Koerner was on a Sea-Doo watercraft on the Lake of the Ozarks Friday when it crashed into the side of a boat, injuring those aboard the craft. Koerner’s injuries were described by Iowa as non-life threatening.

“We can confirm Jack Koerner – a junior defensive back on the University of Iowa football team and member of the 2020 Leadership Group – was injured in a watercraft accident at Lake of the Ozarks on Friday, June 12 at approximately 6:30 p.m. Koerner was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Jack had completed the first week of voluntary workouts with his Hawkeye teammates and was at the Lake of the Ozarks with his father, Gary, for a father-son weekend along with other West Des Moines families.”

The situation is pretty serious, which is why Iowa fans objected to a tweet from McMurphy about the situation. The reporter wrote “This was not part of Ozark Season 3” when sharing information about the matter.